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Tories delight as satirical tapestry pokes fun at 'turncoat' Robert Jenrick
Reminders of banished Reform UK defector were all around the Conservative party conference in BirminghamAs Kemi Badenoch basked in the applause of the Tory faithful at the close of her pivotal speech at Conservative party conference last year, one member of her shadow cabinet looked less than enthused.Robert Jenrick, bested by Badenoch in the leadership contest a year earlier, looked on, and – as one shadow cabinet member now recalls – had to be prodded by Lord Ashcroft to applaud. "If you're plotting against someone, then you at least pretend to like them," they say. "The thing about Robert is he's not even a good machiavellian." Continue reading...
British Jewish groups hold London vigil for victims of 7 October attacks
Organisations honour those who died three years ago as Andy Burnham says government stands with British JewsBritish Jewish organisations gathered in central London on Wednesday for a vigil honouring victims of the 7 October attacks in Israel, after a day of tributes from politicians and community leaders.The vigil took place at Richmond Terrace, opposite Downing Street. The Board of Deputies of British Jews said: "Three years ago, Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel, murdering 1,200 men, women and children, injuring thousands and taking 251 people captive. May their memories for ever remain a blessing." Continue reading...
Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – as it happened
Conservative leader says proposed measures would halve the number of families paying inheritance taxChris Philp, the shadow home secretary, is speaking now at the conference. He described Nick Timothy as the "Bob the Builder" of the next parliament on the basis of the Tory pledge to build 50,000 prison places."Can he fix it? Yes he can," Philp said. He went on:I know we didn't get everything right in government, but we now have a plan to make things better, whereas Labour is making them worse.Dangerous men released early from jail. Police numbers down by 2,000. Stop and search opposed. 92% of crime unsolved. Illegal immigrants and foreign criminals not deported.So many parts of government are corrupted by radical identity politics and a deference to clan culture.We can no longer trust our institutions to work for us all, to uphold the principle that justice is blind, that we're all equal before the law. Continue reading...
George Galloway contests London byelection without setting foot in UK
Veteran leftwinger has been 'in exile in the east' in Russia and not been to Holborn and St Pancras constituency since campaign beganGeorge Galloway has been elected seven times to parliament, but his attempt to succeed for an eighth this week, in the London seat formerly held by Keir Starmer, is undoubtedly his most curious effort yet.Since the byelection campaign began, the leader of the Workers party of Britain has yet to set foot in the UK, let alone the Holborn and St Pancras constituency, because he is in what he describes as "self-exile" after being questioned by counter-terrorism police at Gatwick airport a year ago. Continue reading...
Artists including Noel Gallagher show support for Garvaghy Road residents in Drumcree dispute
Actors and musicians sign open letter urging government to protect residents amid impasse over Orange Order paradeDozens of artists, actors and musicians including Susan Sarandon and Noel Gallagher have expressed support for Garvaghy Road residents in the impasse over the Drumcree parade in Northern Ireland.In an open letter to the secretary of state, Chris Bryant, they urged the government to protect residents and to appoint an international mediator to resolve the dispute between the Catholic residents and the Orange Order in County Armagh. Continue reading...
MANDEL: Man who invested with ‘Crypto King’ tells court life savings were lost
Witnesses have testified that Whitby's Aiden Pleterski impressed them with his knowledge, apparently winning ways
Houston stays on the dry side of Isaias, but major humidity surge arrives next week
Our sunny and warm weather continues this week and into the weekend. Meanwhile, Isaias continues to strengthen in the Gulf, expected to make landfall late Friday well to our east along the northern Gulf Coast.
Jaishankar discusses bilateral ties with Cote d'Ivoire
The Minister arrived in Cote d'Ivoire from Ghana on the second leg of his three-nation tour of African countries, which also includes Ethiopia
Outrage after 'MAGA thug' assaults Trump protester at Texas rally: 'Bunch of snowflakes'
Critics erupted online Wednesday after an older MAGA rallygoer yanked a protester's hair during President Donald Trump's San Antonio rally.Trump came to San Antonio to campaign for U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton and Carlos De La Cruz, who's running to represent Texas' 35th Congressional District. He was speaking at Freeman Coliseum when multiple protesters heckled him and drew a sharp reaction from the crowd.After interrupting Trump's speech, one of the protesters appeared to head for the exit, but an older Trump supporter in a red MAGA hat ran up behind him, grabbed him, and started pulling at his hair, shocking even the people around him. The scene was captured by C-SPAN's coverage of the event and circulated online."Wow Trump gets heckled in Texas and the protester gets assaulted by a member of the crowd," MeidasTouch digital editor Acyn Torabi reacted in a post on X, sharing the clip."Bunch of snowflakes," blasted journalist Zaid Jilani, turning a common MAGA slur for liberals back at them. "Heckling is as American as apple pie.""As expected, Trump doesn't even offer lip service to the principle of free speech," lamented author and activist Hemant Mehta. "He doesn't ask if the person is okay after being attacked by a MAGA thug."PatriotTakes, an account that monitors right-wing violence and extremism, shared the video with the label, "MAGA violence.""MAGA people are banshees and savages," slammed Army veteran and media personality Bruce Crossing."The guy who grabbed him committed assault," decried disability advocate James Tate. "Laws do exist at MAGA rally's, right?""For what it's worth, the vast majority of the MAGA folks in the vicinity of the assault immediately realize that's a big no no," offered political strategist Doug Landry.According to a post by Texas journalist Adam Schwager, another group of protesters was kicked out of the event, and "as they were handcuffed and escorted out one woman threw a full cup of water on one of the men." Schwager reported that four protesters were removed from Trump's rally in San Antonio.
Emma Stone’s Plunging Blazer & Louis Vuitton Necklace Highlight Her Curves
At the PFW, Emma Stone turned heads in a plunging Louis Vuitton blazer that served as the perfect backdrop for her drop necklace.
On TV

Law & Order — 26x1: "Ghost in the Machine" (NBC)

A software engineer's murder sends Riley and Walker into the rapidly-evolving world of AI; as Baxter pursues justice in a groundbreaking case, he's confronted with a technology advancing faster than the laws designed to govern it.

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent — 4x3: "The Business of Boys" (Citytv)

This Old House — 48x2: "Essex County Colonial: Demolition Derby" (PBS)

Ask This Old House — 25x2: "Pull-Chain Upgrade; Sod Repair" (PBS)

New Music

No new drops today. Go rediscover something in your old playlists.

In theaters
Matchbox the Movie (127 minutes)
When a group of former childhood friends reconnect, their reunion takes a wild turn as they stumble upon a dangerous international plot—and must save the world.
Launching today
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A — SpaceX (07:54 UTC)
Tranche 1 Transport Layer A is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation, which will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms from Low Earth Orbit satellites. The constellation will be interconnected with Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISLs) which have significantly increased performance over existing radio frequency crosslinks. It is expected to operate over Ka band, have stereo coverage and be dynamically networked for simpler hand-offs, greater bandwidth and fault tolerance. This launch carries 21 satellites manufactured by Northrop Grumman.
Useless Fact

Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye & tongue print along with their finger print.

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Today In History
2005 — 2005 Pakistan Earthquake
In 2005, a major earthquake struck the Pakistan-administered portion of the Kashmir region and the North-West Frontier Province, killing at least 79,000 people.
2004 — Martha Stewart Begins Prison Sentence for Insider Trading
American domestic lifestyle innovator Martha Stewart reported to a federal prison in West Virginia to begin her five-month sentence for insider trading. Chris Hondros/Getty Images
2001 — Linate Airport Disaster Kills 118
In Italy's worst civilian air disaster in nearly 30 years, a Cessna took a wrong turn on a taxiway at Linate Airport in Milan and crashed into an SAS airliner about to take off, which exploded, killing 118 people, including 4 airport workers
1982 — Polish Government Dissolves Solidarity Trade Union
The Polish legislature dissolved the trade union Solidarity, which subsequently became an underground organization and played a key role in ending communist rule in Poland, with its various leaders, notably Lech Wałęsa, later holding important government posts.How much do you know about European history?Copyright Wesolowski/Sygma
1970 — Solzhenitsyn Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
1967 — Clement Attlee's Establishment of UK Welfare State
British politician Clement Attlee—who, while serving as prime minister of the United Kingdom (1945–51), presided over the establishment of a welfare state in his country and the granting of independence to India—died at age 84
1967 — Che Guevara Captured and Killed in Bolivia, 1967
A prominent communist figure in the Cuban Revolution and a South American guerrilla leader, Che Guevara was captured and later shot to death by a Bolivian army
1957 — 1957 Windscale Nuclear Facility Fire
In 1957, a fire at the Windscale nuclear facility in northwestern England caused a 16-hour blaze and melted 10 tons of radioactive fuel in the reactor core, releasing radioactive contamination into the environment.
1918 — Corporal Alvin York's Heroics in Meuse-Argonne
Corporal Alvin York single-handedly captured 132 Germans and killed another 25 during the Meuse-Argonne offensive of World War I
1895 — Birth of Argentine President Juan Perón
Argentine politician Juan Perón, who served as president of Argentina (1946–52, 1952–55, and 1973–74) and founded and led the Peronistmovement, was born
1871 — Great Chicago Fire
On this day in 1871, the Great Chicago Fire began in the barn of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, and, by the time the blaze died out two days later, a large swath of the city had been devastated and some 300 people killed
1871 — Peshtigo Fire: One of America's Deadliest Disasters
The city of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, burned to the ground in hours, killing 1,152 people
1856 — Boarding of the British Ship Arrow Sparks Second Opium War
In Canton (Guangzhou), Chinese officials boarded a British-registered ship, the Arrow, arrested several Chinese crew members (who were later released), and allegedly lowered the British flag; the event contributed to the start of the second Opium War, in which Britain and France battled China
1809 — Metternich Becomes Foreign Minister of Austria
Klemens von Metternich was named foreign minister of Austria; he revived the country's standing in European affairs, and his organization of the Congress of Vienna maintained a balance of power in Europe

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