Video: Millions celebrate Lunar New Year ushering in the Year of the Horse
Hundreds of millions of people around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year.
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‘Unwavering commitment to justice, equality, and human rights’: family of Jesse Jackson pay tribute to civil rights champion – live
Ordained minister and activist who twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination had been living with progressive supranuclear palsyMy colleagues Melissa Hellmann and Martin Pengelly have looked back at the Rev Jesse Jackson’s extraordinary contribution to the civil rights movement and how he fought for the rights of Black Americans and other people of colour alongside his mentor Martin Luther King Jr:A fixture in the civil rights movement and Democratic politics since the 1960s, Jackson was once close to Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Continue reading...
Reform UK no longer ‘one-man band’, Farage says as he prepares to announce ‘shadow cabinet’ appointments – UK politics live
Party’s leader expected to announce holders of four roles, with Robert Jenrick expected to take the Treasury briefA minister has sought to defend Steve Reed, the local government secretary, against opposition calls for him to resign over the U-turn on postponing May’s local elections.Stephen Kinnock, the care minister, said Reed was doing “an excellent job”.Steve Reed is doing an excellent job as secretary of state, pushing through the Pride in Place programme, pushing through renters’ reforms, bulldozing all of the bureaucracy and regulations that stops us building things in this country.Steve is doing an excellent job as secretary of state and he will continue to do that and to deliver for the British people.That legal advice has now changed. That is not ideal. I’m not going to stand here and pretend to you that it is, but we’re a government that works with the rule of law.There was another difference to the previous year as well. Steve Reed, the local government secretary, had been actively promoting the idea of cancelling elections this year before he’d announced which areas, if any, would be covered.In The Times, Reed said the public would support cancelling “pointless” elections to “zombie” councils — calling them “time-consuming”.According to a poll by JL Partners for The Telegraph, Labour is forecast to lose control of six councils due to elections which will now proceed: Blackburn with Darwen, Cannock Chase, Exeter, Preston, Thurrock and Worthing. Continue reading...
Spain to probe social media giants over AI-generated child abuse material
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledges to end 'impunity' of platforms X, Meta and TikTok in promoting harmful content.
Russia launches 400 drones and 29 missiles at Ukraine hours before peace talks in Geneva – Europe live
Zelenskyy calls for allies to ‘respond to all these strikes against life’ as US-brokered talks between senior Russian and Ukrainian officials beginLuke Harding in Kyiv and Pjotr SauerThe choice of Switzerland marks the first time the talks involving Russia will be held on European soil after earlier rounds in Abu Dhabi and Istanbul. Continue reading...
Iran and US open second round of nuclear talks in Switzerland
A second round of nuclear talks between the US and Iran is underway in Geneva. Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid explains.
Lunar New Year: Global celebrations welcome Year of the Fire Horse
From Beijing to Hong Kong to Moscow, people celebrate Lunar New Year with cultural events and vibrant displays.
Five young people die in Spain apartment block fire
Firefighters say they do not know why the victims could not escape the blaze in the building's upper floor.
The Drone Games: Flying Cameras Are Everywhere at the Winter Olympics
The robotic cameras chase behind lugers, skiers and speedskaters across the venues in Northern Italy. Some spectators find they’re as much fun to watch as the athletes.
Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84
A fixture in civil rights and Democratic politics since the 1960s, Jackson was once close to Martin Luther King JrJesse Jackson dies – latest updatesThe Rev Jesse Jackson, the civil rights campaigner who was prominent for more than 50 years and who ran strongly for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988, has died. He was 84.“Our father was a servant leader – not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement. “We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family. His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by.” Continue reading...