The Telegraph
Keir Starmer is simply immoral
I still can’t get past what Sir Keir Starmer said about private healthcare. It should have been the biggest story of the week, far bigger than Rishi Sunak’s slip-up in missing a meeting of world leaders after he had attended the commemoration for British veterans in Normandy.
HuffPost UK
Nigel Farage On The Rack Over Claim Rishi Sunak 'Doesn't Understand Our Culture'
Laura Kuenssberg said he was "trying not very subtly to emphasise the prime minister's immigrant heritage."
INSIDER
Ukraine war video appears to show US-supplied Bradley fighting vehicle and Russian APC in a head-on firefight
A new war video released by Ukraine appears to show a US-supplied M2 Bradley attacking a Russian personnel carrier at close range in Donetsk.
The Telegraph
I employed huge numbers of migrants – and I now realise the damage terrible mass migration has done
Growth in living standards – as any South American junta could tell you – comes one of two ways: real or artificially. The real thing is the product of getting more people into work, embracing technology, and reducing inefficiencies. But all manner of sleights of hand can conjure its illusion. Printing money will convince people – at least in the short term – that there’s more to go around. The graveyard of economic history shows how severe that drug’s comedown is. Yet, looking back at our own r
Sky News
Ukrainian warplane fires weapon at target inside Russia for first time
A Ukrainian warplane has for the first time fired a weapon that struck a target inside Russia, a Ukrainian military source has told Sky News. The source said a "Russian command node" was hit on Sunday in the area of Belgorod, western Russia. Belgorod is close to the border with northeastern Ukraine.
The Telegraph
The German board game that changed the face of war
On January 10 1940, Major Helmuth Reinberger of Hitler’s 7th Airborne Division was hiding behind a hedge, frantically trying to burn some documents, when Belgian soldiers noticed the rising smoke and arrested him. Fog had put Reinberger’s plane off course and forced his pilot to land in Belgium, still then a neutral country; he had, against regulations, been carrying the plans for Hitler’s invasion later that month. The Nazis planned to move through Belgium to neutralise France and Britain so th
The Telegraph
Nick Robinson: If I broadcast like Farage I’d be sacked
An hour before we meet, BBC Radio 4’s Today presenter Nick Robinson was tying James Cleverly up in knots over immigration. Cleverly was skirting round Robinson’s questions – about whether the Home Secretary would put a number on the changes to net-migration should the Tories be re-elected – and Robinson was getting frustrated with the evasion.
The Telegraph
None of Britain’s political leaders have dared to mention the elephant in the room
There is a great deal of talk about the state pension in the run-up to July’s general election.
The Independent
General election news – live: Tories face wipeout in latest poll as minister forced to deny Sunak will quit
‘Despondent’ PM cancels press event amid deepening row over decision to skip D-Day memorial
The Daily Beast
Trump’s Team Clocked Him Lying About Getting Praise for His ‘Best Speech’ After Verdict, Michael Wolff Says
A political journalist known for critiquing the Trump administration says a member of former President Donald Trump’s own team caught him in a lie after his rambling post-verdict speech following his hush-money trial. In an episode of the Fire and Fury podcast, his inaugural podcast, Michael Wolff tells James Truman that the former commander-in-chief utilized his trial for entertainment purposes, adding that being inside the courthouse was “exciting [and] quite dramatic.”In typical Trump fashion
HuffPost
Biden To Visit WWI Cemetery Five Years After Trump Refused To Honor ‘Suckers’ And ‘Losers’
Trump skipped a visit to Aisne-Marne American Cemetery outside Paris in 2018 because it was raining and instead stayed indoors and tweeted all afternoon.
INSIDER
7 Democrats who could replace Biden if he drops his 2024 reelection bid
President Joe Biden is committed to his reelection bid and is unlikely to exit the race. But speculation about whether he'll bow out continues to swirl.
Bloomberg
Philippines Rejects ‘Absurd’ Beijing Demand Over South China Sea
(Bloomberg) -- The Philippines said it will continue to maintain and supply its South China Sea outposts without seeking permission from any other nation, dismissing Beijing’s demand to do so as “absurd, nonsense and unacceptable.”Most Read from BloombergRussia Is Sending Young Africans to Die in Its War Against UkrainePutin Is Running Out of Time to Achieve Breakthrough in UkraineMacron and Scholz Get Trounced by Far Right in EU ElectionsScholz’s SPD Suffers Record Rout in Germany’s EU VoteTher
Business Insider
Russia's top Su-57 stealth fighter jet hit for first time, Ukraine's military intelligence says
Ukraine claims to have struck one of Russia's advanced Su-57 stealth fighter jets deep inside Russia.
The Hill
Biden campaign highlights Trump’s Arpaio kiss
President Biden’s reelection campaign launched a quick response digital ad Saturday that features former President Trump kissing former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on stage. The kiss came at a rally Thursday where the former president brought out the 91-year-old Arpaio onstage, hugged him and blew an air kiss in the vicinity of the former law enforcement…
The Telegraph
Tice fury as Reform UK candidate pulls out of race and backs Tories
A Reform UK candidate who was due to contest Sir Gavin Williamson’s seat has withdrawn from the race and endorsed the Conservatives.
The Telegraph
Europe still wants to punish Britain for Brexit – and Starmer knows it
One topic has been notably, and some might say blissfully, absent in this election debate: Brexit.
The Guardian
Home Office asks Ukrainian woman scammed over visa scheme to leave UK
Home Office asks Anastasiia Drevynytska, 20, to return to war-torn country after her paperwork was incorrect
The Guardian
‘I think Sunak’s walked out of No 10’: Tory garrison town reacts to D-Day gaffe
For some in Aldershot, long a Conservative bastion, the prime minister’s early exit from France is the final straw
CNN
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agrees to testify before Congress following Trump verdict
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed on Friday to testify before Congress as Republicans try to discredit Donald Trump’s conviction, but indicated that could happen only after Trump is sentenced next month, according to the New York Times.
