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St Vincent and the Grenadines buys island central to Garifuna culture
Members of the Garifuna community are celebrating “a historic and long-awaited victory” after the Caribbean nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) announced the purchase of a privately owned island where thousands of their ancestors perished from disease and starvation.The uninhabited island of Baliceaux has long held great significance...
US suspends aid to South Africa after Trump order
The state department has ordered an immediate pause on most US foreign assistance to South Africa, according to a cable seen by the Guardian, officially implementing a contentious executive order by Donald Trump.The directive, issued on Thursday, implements Executive Order 14204 targeting what the administration called “egregious actions” by South...
London ebike fire: landlords of ‘grossly overcrowded’ flat fined almost £100,000
The landlords of a “grossly overcrowded” east London flat where a man died after an ebike battery started a fire have been fined almost £100,000 after pleading guilty to nine housing law breaches.The judge, the recorder Emma Smith, said the landlords showed “blatant disregard for the law and for the...
Reform faces split as Farage hits back over ‘messianic’ criticism
Reform UK is facing a split at the top after Nigel Farage called one of his most prominent MPs “utterly completely wrong” for calling him the “messianic” leader of a protest party.Farage hit out at Rupert Lowe after the Great Yarmouth MP and former Southampton FC chair criticised his leadership...
St Vincent and the Grenadines buys island central to Garifuna culture
Members of the Garifuna community are celebrating “a historic and long-awaited victory” after the Caribbean nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) announced the purchase of a privately owned island where thousands of their ancestors perished from disease and starvation.The uninhabited island of Baliceaux has long held great significance...
US suspends aid to South Africa after Trump order
The state department has ordered an immediate pause on most US foreign assistance to South Africa, according to a cable seen by the Guardian, officially implementing a contentious executive order by Donald Trump.The directive, issued on Thursday, implements Executive Order 14204 targeting what the administration called “egregious actions” by South...
London ebike fire: landlords of ‘grossly overcrowded’ flat fined almost £100,000
The landlords of a “grossly overcrowded” east London flat where a man died after an ebike battery started a fire have been fined almost £100,000 after pleading guilty to nine housing law breaches.The judge, the recorder Emma Smith, said the landlords showed “blatant disregard for the law and for the...
Reform faces split as Farage hits back over ‘messianic’ criticism
Reform UK is facing a split at the top after Nigel Farage called one of his most prominent MPs “utterly completely wrong” for calling him the “messianic” leader of a protest party.Farage hit out at Rupert Lowe after the Great Yarmouth MP and former Southampton FC chair criticised his leadership...
‘Little agency that could’ cheered for act of resistance against Trump and Musk
Members of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) unit were barred from entering a small, independent federal agency promoting economic development in Africa on Wednesday after a tense standoff with federal staff they had been sent to fire.Workers at the US African Development Foundation (USADF), which Donald Trump...
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