The Scottish government will seek to oppose the UK government in the Supreme Court during the appeal over the triggering of Article 50. The High Court ruled last week that MPs must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU. The UK government immediately said it would appeal to the Supreme Court, with a hearing… Read more »
British military intelligence has issued a warning over a ground-breaking tank being developed by Russia, according to a leaked document seen by The Telegraph. The Ministry of Defence internal briefing paper raises doubts over the UK’s ability to combat the threat posed by the Kremlin’s new Armata tank. It also questions why the Government has no plans for a rival tank… Read more »
The president of Bulgaria has told the BBC that Russia is trying to divide and weaken Europe. Rosen Plevneliev warned of Russian influence in his country and across the continent and said Europe needed to take a stronger line. Elections to pick a new president take place in the country on Sunday, with a run-off a week later if no… Read more »
Winners began to separate from losers among companies and industries in European stock trading, with automakers and food exporters bearing the brunt of selling, while health-care providers took off. Drugmakers, the region’s largest industry group, headed for their biggest jump since June, tempering losses for equity benchmarks after Donald Trump won the race to govern the region’s biggest export market…. Read more »
Plan would ensure freedom to live, travel and work for nationals of countries that have left the union – including Britons Proposals could mean British citizens who opt for the new status would still be able to continue to travel freely and live in Europe. Photograph: Mary Turner/Getty Images Jon Henley The European parliament is to review a proposal for… Read more »
Incidents of hate crime aimed at the UK’s Polish community increased after the summer’s EU referendum and as a result, some Poles are considering leaving the country. Joanna Kalinowska believes that the decision to leave the EU was a turning point – when anti-Polish sentiment became increasingly vocalised and continuing to live in the UK became a much less attractive… Read more »
Based on the article, migrants may face animosity, discrimination, and even death threats once relocated from Calais. I think it is human nature to oppose change and I understand why the villages receiving migrants are feeling alarmed and threatened. However, the migrants are ethnically and culturally different and if native inhabitants are open they could be in a unique position… Read more »
Often considered a “taboo” or “uncomfortable” subject, sexual assault and enslavement is rarely covered as much as it should be in the media. Sexual enslavement and abuse of women is one of the continuing tragedies in the world today. Especially in LDC’s and other areas where gender empowerment is lacking, women face these problems every day without any notice from… Read more »
The UK’s service sector helped the economy to grow faster than expected in the three months after the Brexit vote, official figures have indicated. The economy expanded by 0.5% in the July-to-September period, according to the Office for National Statistics. That was slower than the 0.7% rate in the previous quarter, but stronger than analysts’ estimates of about 0.3%. “There… Read more »
Two Yazidi women who escaped sexual enslavement by so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq have won Europe’s top human rights award, the Sakharov prize. Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Aji Bashar were among thousands of Yazidi girls and women abducted by IS militants and forced into sexual slavery in 2014. But both survived and now campaign for the Yazidi community…. Read more »