Unprecedented – and deadly – scenes at the Capitol in Washington DC – where supporters of President Trump stormed the building in a bid to overturn the election results. One woman was shot and later...
Israel denies vaccines to Palestinians, exposing discrimination – report
Israel started the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in December 2020 and already inoculated more than 10 per cent of its population. But its roll-out plan excludes the 5 million Palestinians living in occupied...
US police criticised for ‘double standards’ after Capitol riots
Critics in the US have called out law enforcement agencies for showing “little resistance” to the violent Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol Hill building.
Trump transition: ‘America’s reputation has taken a hit’
Ex-Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman and former UK Ambassador to the US Lord Kim Darroch pick over what happened in the US Capitol yesterday, what should happen next and where America goes from here.
How police handled MAGA Capitol mob compared with BLM protesters
Aymann Ismail explains the differences between law enforcement’s response at the Capitol yesterday and during Black Lives Matter protests last summer. When he was at the building, he claimed police ‘did not...
France unlikely to avoid UK variant of coronavirus
#France is unlikely to avoid the new and more contagious “UK #variant” of the #coronavirus, and may have to consider more restrictions on people’s movements next week, the government’s chief...
‘It must end now’: Biden urges restoring decency after ‘assault’ on democracy
President-elect Joe #Biden called Wednesday for the restoration of “simple decency” as a mob incited by his predecessor stormed the #US #Capitol and delayed Congress from certifying the results of November’s...