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Israel Defence Budget For 2026 Rises As Cabinet Opens Talks

Israel Defence Budget For 2026 Rises As Cabinet Opens Talks

December 5, 2025 6:51 am

Israel has confirmed a defence budget of 112 billion shekels for 2026, a sharp rise that signals continued security pressures even after the ceasefire arrangements with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The figure, announced on Friday, emerged as ministers entered the first round of talks on next year’s national budget, a process that must be finished by March to avoid the risk of fresh elections.

The increase places defence at the centre of the political debate, with government officials arguing that the armed forces need long term funding after an expensive year of conflict. According to the finance …

China Maritime Deployment Sparks Concern In Taiwan And Japan

China Maritime Deployment Sparks Concern In Taiwan And Japan

December 5, 2025 6:31 am

Taiwan and Japan raised alarms on Friday after reports that China had sent an unusually large number of naval and coast guard vessels across East Asian waters. The deployment marks one of Beijing’s most extensive maritime operations in recent years, according to information reviewed by Reuters.

The activity, which involved more than one hundred ships at its peak, stretched across several strategic zones, from the Yellow Sea to the western Pacific. The scale of the movement drew regional attention because it extended far beyond the Taiwan Strait and included the contested Senkaku Islands area in the East China Sea.

Speaking …

BBC/Dundee Culpable Homicide Case Leads To Prison Term

Dundee Culpable Homicide Case Leads To Prison Term

December 5, 2025 6:21 am

A woman with a long record of violent offending has been jailed for killing a ninety seven year old Dundee man after forcing her way into his home and demanding money. The High Court in Edinburgh ruled that Tandy Swinton, aged forty four, caused the fatal injuries that led to the death of William Lambie in May last year.

Swinton was convicted of culpable homicide after prosecutors showed that she pushed the frail pensioner to the floor during the confrontation in April. Mr Lambie, described as vulnerable and slight in build, never recovered from the injuries he suffered in the …

Novichok Inquiry Findings Set To Reshape UK View Of Salisbury Attack

Novichok Inquiry Findings, To Reshape View Of Salisbury Attack

December 4, 2025 4:35 am

A public inquiry in the United Kingdom will on Thursday issue its final report on the death of Dawn Sturgess, the woman who was fatally exposed to the Novichok nerve agent months after the attempted killing of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal in 2018.

The Novichok inquiry findings will close a lengthy process examining how a banned military-grade toxin entered Britain, how it ended up in a counterfeit perfume bottle, and why an innocent civilian died in an incident that sparked one of the most serious diplomatic standoffs between London and Moscow since the Cold War.

Skripal and his …

Malaysia Corruption: Shamsul Iskandar Puts Pressure On Anwar

Malaysia Corruption: Shamsul Iskandar Puts Pressure On Anwar

December 4, 2025 3:56 am

Malaysian prosecutors charged a former senior aide to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday, a move that has revived political debate over the government’s promise to curb graft. The Malaysia corruption case Shamsul Iskandar enters court at a sensitive moment for Anwar, who campaigned on restoring public trust after years of political upheaval.

Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, who resigned last week as Anwar’s senior political secretary, was accused of accepting 176,829 ringgit (about $42,960) from businessman Albert Tei in return for help securing mineral mining licences in Sabah, according to court filings seen by Reuters. He entered a plea of …

Bangladesh Student Party Election Struggle Intensifies

Bangladesh Student Party Election Struggle Intensifies

December 4, 2025 3:41 am

The Bangladesh student party election struggle intensified this month as the National Citizen Party tried to convert last year’s mass protest momentum into electoral gains ahead of the February vote. The group, led by several key figures from the uprising that removed longtime leader Sheikh Hasina, is finding it difficult to build national reach, raise funds, and keep early supporters engaged.

Despite drawing huge crowds when it launched earlier this year, the party now faces entrenched competitors with long standing political machines and broad networks. Opinion surveys suggest that support for the new movement has stalled, leaving it far behind …

UK Budget Leak Inquiry Gains Support From Reeves

UK Budget Leak Inquiry Gains Support From Reeves

December 4, 2025 3:05 am

UK Budget leak inquiry efforts gained momentum on Wednesday as Chancellor Rachel Reeves threw her weight behind a formal investigation into a series of unauthorised disclosures that unsettled businesses, alarmed consumers, and moved financial markets in the run up to the November 26 Budget.

The chief secretary to the Treasury, James Murray, told Parliament that the inquiry is already under way and is being led by James Bowler, the Treasury’s most senior civil servant. Murray said the probe had the “full support of the chancellor” and the entire Treasury team.

The leaks ranged from plans to freeze income tax thresholds …

US Ukraine Peace Talks Move To Miami As Tensions Grow

US Ukraine Peace Talks Move To Miami As Tensions Grow

December 4, 2025 2:29 am

US Ukraine peace talks will continue in Miami on Thursday as US special envoy Steve Witkoff prepares to meet Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine’s national security council. The White House confirmed the meeting only a day after Witkoff spent close to five hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

The back to back sessions reflect Washington’s effort to explore a potential path toward ending the conflict, although divisions between Kyiv and Moscow remain deep. The Kremlin said the Moscow meeting delivered no compromise, while US President Trump described it as “reasonably good” and stressed that progress would take …

German State Visit To UK Begins With Royal Welcome At Windsor

German State Visit To UK Begins With Royal Welcome At Windsor

December 3, 2025 12:27 pm

President of Germany Frank‑Walter Steinmeier, accompanied by his wife Elke Büdenbender, was formally received at Windsor Castle on Wednesday by King Charles III and Queen Camilla, marking the first state visit by a German head of state to the UK in 27 years. The arrival included a royal carriage procession, a guard of honour and a ceremonial welcome, launching a three-day visit bringing together pageantry, diplomacy and cultural exchange. 

This visit comes as Britain and Germany seek to reinforce bilateral ties through renewed cooperation on trade, security, and cultural diplomacy. The visit reflects efforts to deepen the post-Brexit partnership and …

BBC/London Nursery Worker Guilty Of Child Abuse

London Nursery Worker Guilty Of Child Abuse

December 3, 2025 10:22 am

A nursery worker in north London has admitted to 26 charges of sexual offences involving young children, including sexual assault by penetration, assault by touching, and the creation of indecent images, prosecutors said Wednesday. The man, 45-year-old Vincent Chan, entered guilty pleas during a hearing at Wood Green Crown Court.

Police described the case as among the most “harrowing and complex” that the Metropolitan Police have ever handled.

Chan, who worked at a nursery in Finchley Road, West Hampstead — a branch of a well-known chain that has since closed — was first flagged by a whistleblower. Investigators later discovered …

Batuk Kenya Inquiry Finds Major Gaps In Military Oversight

Batuk Kenya Inquiry Finds Major Gaps In Military Oversight

December 3, 2025 10:11 am

Kenyan lawmakers have accused the British Army Training Unit Kenya of failing to meet environmental, legal, and accountability standards during its long-running operations in the country, citing a series of incidents involving civilian harm and unexploded ordnance. The findings were part of a parliamentary inquiry that urged major changes to the defence cooperation agreement between Kenya and the United Kingdom.

The panel said the concerns were serious enough to demand structural reforms in how the two countries manage the presence of British forces in Kenya, where thousands of UK soldiers conduct regular field exercises each year.

According to the committee, …

Haaland Premier League Record Powers City Past Fulham

Haaland Premier League Record Powers City Past Fulham

December 2, 2025 8:14 pm

Erling Haaland became the fastest player to reach one hundred Premier League goals on Tuesday as Manchester City edged Fulham in a frantic nine goal contest at Craven Cottage. City’s 5 to 4 win kept Pep Guardiola’s side within touching distance of the top of the table.

The victory moved City to twenty eight points in second place, two behind leaders Arsenal, who play Brentford on Wednesday. Haaland’s milestone strike set the tone for what looked like a comfortable evening until Fulham mounted a furious late comeback.

Haaland opened the scoring in the seventeenth minute with a powerful left footed …

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