Rebels

O PM enfrentará Kemi Badenoch e outros parlamentares no último PMQs da sessão parlamentar de 2024-26 Bom dia. Originalmente, Keir Starmer esperava que não houvesse necessidade de um PMQs hoje, mas teremos um, e será definitivamente o último da sessão parlamentar de 2024-26. Será uma oportunidade para Starmer refletir sobre toda a legislação aprovada. Há certo alívio pelo fato de o governo ter vencido facilmente a votação sobre o pedido de Kemi Badenoch para que Starmer fosse encaminhado ao comitê de privilégios. Aqui está a nossa história da noite por Pippa Crerar, Ben Quinn e Jessica Elgot. Continue lendo...

Kremlin-controlled paramilitaries also alleged it inflicted ‘irreplaceable losses’ on insurgents avoiding civilian casualtiesRussia’s defence ministry has claimed its Africa Corps – the successor to the former Wagner mercenary group – had prevented a coup in Mali over the weekend, avoiding mass civilian casualties and inflicting “irreplaceable losses” on rebel insurgents.It said in a statement that its troops in the desert town of Kidal near the Algerian border had fought for more than 24 hours while completely surrounded and vastly outnumbered. It also alleged without providing evidence, that the militants had been trained by European mercenary instructors including Ukrainians. The casualty toll was not specified. Continue reading...

Campaigners say banks and web platforms are being told to collect data on customers visiting blocked sitesMajor Russian companies have been conscripted into a “witch-hunt” against users trying to circumvent online controls, researchers have said, as the Kremlin continues trying to cut its citizens off from the global internet.Banks and web platforms are collecting data on users of virtual private networks (VPN) tools, which obscure an individual’s real location and allow them to access sites blocked in Russia, according to an investigation by RKS global, an advocacy group for internet freedoms. Continue reading...