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Jane Merrick is a British political journalist and former political editor of the Independent on Sunday newspaper. The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. (CNN) British Prime Minister Theresa May is juggling many problems right now. Defending her government's role in the threatened deportation of some legal immigrants, which has overshadowed the Queen's final Commonwealth summit in London, and controversy over her decision to join in airstrikes in Syria without a vote in Parliament, to name but two. With so many political crises swirling around her government, it is easy to forget that there is one problem that will not be solved for many months, if not years: Brexit. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister was defeated in the House of Lords in a key vote on Britain's departure from the European Union. Peers rejected a proposal to withdraw Britain from a customs union with the European Union after Brexit without a proper debate in Parliament. UK … [Read more...] about Theresa May’s Brexit is being ruined by British democracy

Smoke rises following Israeli strikes in Gaza City on August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa GAZA — Israeli airstrikes hit targets across Gaza on Friday, killing a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement and prompting vows of retaliation from the militant group, which said it could hit Tel Aviv in response. Local health officials said at least nine people, including a five-year-old child, had been killed and 44 wounded in the strikes, which came after days of escalating tensions following the arrest of a Palestinian militant leader during the week. An Israeli spokesperson said the military estimated it had killed around 15 “terrorists” but said it did not have a final casualty total. “The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) is currently striking in the Gaza Strip. A special situation has been declared on the Israeli home front,” the military said in a statement. Israel’s Army Radio reported that Israel was calling up military reservists for the region near … [Read more...] about Israeli strikes kill nine in Gaza, Islamic Jihad vows response

A truck carrying fuel imports for the lone power plant rolls into Gaza, after Israel eased up closures, as ceasefire holds in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, August 8, 2022. REUTERS GAZA/JERUSALEM — Israel reopened border crossings into Gaza on Monday following an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with the militant Islamic Jihad group that ended the bloodiest escalation of fighting around the volatile Palestinian enclave in more than a year. The opening of the border crossings allowed fuel trucks in to supply Gaza’s only power plant and increase the availability of electricity, which was down to around eight hours a day. At least 44 people, 15 of them children, were killed in 56 hours of violence that began when Israeli airstrikes hit a senior Islamic Jihad commander. Israel said its action was a pre-emptive strike against an attack the Iranian-backed group had planned. Hundreds more people were wounded and several houses destroyed in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian militants fired … [Read more...] about Israel reopens Gaza crossings as truce with Palestinians holds

Shahir, one of four disabled Palestinian siblings from Shamalakh family, is assisted near the rubble of their home after it was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, amid Israel-Gaza fighting, in Gaza City August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa GAZA — As Israel’s campaign against the militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza moved into its second day on Saturday, residents of houses targeted for destruction said they were given 15 minutes warning to evacuate. “What can we do with 15 minutes?” said 68-year-old Nadia Shamalakh, who cares for four disabled sons and daughters in Gaza. “We took nothing away with us.” The Israeli military said a number of houses doubling as either Islamic Jihad weapons depots or command and control centres for the group were hit on Saturday. It said inhabitants of the homes were warned before they were bombed. Asked whether it had given 15 minute warnings it had no immediate comment. Shamalakh said her one-storey house was destroyed when an … [Read more...] about Gazans said they got 15 minute warning before Israeli strikes destroyed homes

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Israel on Monday reopened border crossings into the Gaza strip, according to Reuters , after the country signed a truce with Palestinian militants following three days of violence that left dozens of Palestinians dead and hundreds injured, marking a potential end to the worst fighting since war broke out between Israel and Hamas in 2021. Key Facts Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group—an Iranian-backed group that is one of two central Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza strip— agreed to a cease fire Sunday evening, which Egypt helped negotiate, to put an end to the three-day conflict. Though the ceasefire took effect at 11:30 p.m. local time, both sides continued rocket fire in the minutes after it began, the New York Times reported . The truce came after the violence started Friday afternoon, when Israel launched airstrikes into Gaza to to pre-empt a planned attack from … [Read more...] about Ceasefire Between Israel And Palestine Holds After Three-Day Conflict—Here’s What Happened

GAS PRICES SHATTER RECORD HIGHS… USA TODAY: Gas prices are now the most expensive in US history, breaking record from 2008 After days of dramatically rising gas prices in wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the national average for a gallon of gas is now the highest in United States history, breaking the record that stood for nearly 14 years. As of Tuesday morning, the cost of regular gas in the U.S. is $4.17, according to AAA, up from $4.06 on Monday. Last week, the average cost was $3.60. The previous national average high was $4.11, set on July 17, 2008, according to AAA. The cost for diesel is also nearing the record of $4.84, which was also set in July 2008. The current price for a gallon of diesel is $4.75, over double what it was in October 2020. WORSE THAN HOLLYWOOD COULD IMAGINE… ‘I Am Legend’ Set A Prediction For Gas Prices In The Apocalypse. Prices In Beverly Hills Just Surpassed It In one rich pocket of the country, gas is officially more … [Read more...] about Editor Daily Rundown: Gas Prices Shatter Record Highs

FILE PHOTO: Corn kernels are seen inside a storage at a farm in the village of Yerkivtski, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, on June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko Kyiv, Ukraine — Three grain ships departed Ukraine on Friday under a landmark deal to avert widespread food shortages, as Kyiv and Moscow accused each other of striking Europe’s largest nuclear site, causing a reactor stoppage. Russian troops have occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine since the early days of their invasion and Kyiv has accused them of storing heavy weapons there. Moscow, in turn, has accused Ukrainian forces of targeting the plant. “Three strikes were recorded on the site of the plant, near one of the power blocks where the nuclear reactor is located,” Ukraine’s state-run nuclear power plant operator Energoatom said in a statement. “There are risks of hydrogen leakage and radioactive spraying. The fire danger is high,” Energoatom said. It did … [Read more...] about Grain ships depart Ukraine as Kyiv, Moscow trade blame over nuclear plant

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin D onald Trump has made a lot of investments over his career. One of the flashiest, his purchase of Mar-A-Lago, also turned out to be one of the best. Trump paid an estimated $10 million for it in 1985 and turned it into a moneymaking club, before a rising real estate market made it one of the most valuable homes in the world. Today, the crown jewel of Palm Beach is worth an estimated $350 million. The property, which the former president said the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided on Monday, was historic long before Trump got involved with it. The cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post built the estate from 1924 to 1927, incorporating details befitting the Roaring Twenties. Stones traveled from Genoa, Italy, via three ships. Silk-needlework panels came from an old palace in Venice. The living room rug hailed from a Spanish monastery. In 1973, Post passed away, bequeathing Mar-A-Lago, which means “sea to … [Read more...] about How Much Has Trump Made From Mar-A-Lago, His Palm Beach Estate Under Siege?