Britain accused of double standards over terrorism by Imran Khan (£)
The cricketer turned politician, Imran Khan, has today suggested that Britain had no right to criticise Pakistan for sheltering terrorists, while it failed to hold Altaf Hussain to account for his alleged crimes, The Times reports. He accuses the British Government of failing to fight terrorism, questioning its failure to take action against the London-based Pakistani political leader, who is alleged to have ordered the assassination in Karachi of dozens of his opponents.
The Cleveland kidnapper, Ariel Castro, is found dead in his cell The former bus driver, 53, has been found hanged in his cell after an apparent suicide, The Independent reports. Last month Castro was sentenced to a whole life term, plus 1,000 years after pleading guilty to 937 charges including rape, kidnapping and aggravated murder relating to the three women he abducted.
Obama given 90 days by a US draft resolution for military action against Syria The Obama administration’s campaign to win over sceptics in Congress is beginning to gain momentum reports The Guardian. Leaders of the Senate foreign relations committee agreed a new draft resolution, as John Kerry detailed a convincing argument for attacking the Assad regime. Meanwhile, at a key White House meeting, Obama secured the backing of the Republican leadership. Yet, this sympathetic reception was clarified, as details emerged of the committee’s revisions to the White House’s proposals for a military authorisation. Here a potential window was limited to 60 days for military action, whilst allowing a single 30-day extension subject to conditions. This report comes just hours after The Independent revealed that CIA-trained rebels were now operating inside Syria.
Thirty former Auschwitz guards to be charged over killings The head of the special prosecutor’s office, Kurt Schrimm, has announced that the investigation of 49 alleged former guards has provided enough evidence to recommend that regional prosecutors pursue charges of accessory to murder against 30 of them who are still living in Germany, reveals The Telegraph. This announcement came a day after the start of proceedings against a 92-year-old former SS officer for the murder of a Dutch resistance fighter nearly 70 years ago. Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Jerusalem, while commending the prosecutors, admitted that it was a “shame that this kind of legal reasoning was not applied previously.”
Places crisis could force thousands of primary school pupils to have a three-day week According to the Daily Mail, a chronic shortage of school places due to an increased influx of school-children pressuring classes sizes, may require the radical measure of a three-day week to be introduced by a London council in 2015 at dozens of primary schools.
GMB union to cut Labour party funding Ed Miliband faces a £1 million funding gap, as a leading trade union seeks to cut its affiliation funds to Labour from £1.2 million to £150, 000 in the wake of the row over party reforms, argues the Independent. This decision follows the Labour leader’s plans to give individual union members the choice of opting to join the party rather than being automatically affiliated. Nevertheless, although tensions have been mounting between Labour and the unions, Shadow Treasury secretary Rachel Reeves said she was “confident that more people will sign up, get involved in the Labour Party, and come out campaigning” under the new system.
The Cleveland kidnapper, Ariel Castro, is found dead in his cell The former bus driver, 53, has been found hanged in his cell after an apparent suicide, The Independent reports. Last month Castro was sentenced to a whole life term, plus 1,000 years after pleading guilty to 937 charges including rape, kidnapping and aggravated murder relating to the three women he abducted.
Obama given 90 days by a US draft resolution for military action against Syria The Obama administration’s campaign to win over sceptics in Congress is beginning to gain momentum reports The Guardian. Leaders of the Senate foreign relations committee agreed a new draft resolution, as John Kerry detailed a convincing argument for attacking the Assad regime. Meanwhile, at a key White House meeting, Obama secured the backing of the Republican leadership. Yet, this sympathetic reception was clarified, as details emerged of the committee’s revisions to the White House’s proposals for a military authorisation. Here a potential window was limited to 60 days for military action, whilst allowing a single 30-day extension subject to conditions. This report comes just hours after The Independent revealed that CIA-trained rebels were now operating inside Syria.
Thirty former Auschwitz guards to be charged over killings The head of the special prosecutor’s office, Kurt Schrimm, has announced that the investigation of 49 alleged former guards has provided enough evidence to recommend that regional prosecutors pursue charges of accessory to murder against 30 of them who are still living in Germany, reveals The Telegraph. This announcement came a day after the start of proceedings against a 92-year-old former SS officer for the murder of a Dutch resistance fighter nearly 70 years ago. Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Jerusalem, while commending the prosecutors, admitted that it was a “shame that this kind of legal reasoning was not applied previously.”
Places crisis could force thousands of primary school pupils to have a three-day week According to the Daily Mail, a chronic shortage of school places due to an increased influx of school-children pressuring classes sizes, may require the radical measure of a three-day week to be introduced by a London council in 2015 at dozens of primary schools.
GMB union to cut Labour party funding Ed Miliband faces a £1 million funding gap, as a leading trade union seeks to cut its affiliation funds to Labour from £1.2 million to £150, 000 in the wake of the row over party reforms, argues the Independent. This decision follows the Labour leader’s plans to give individual union members the choice of opting to join the party rather than being automatically affiliated. Nevertheless, although tensions have been mounting between Labour and the unions, Shadow Treasury secretary Rachel Reeves said she was “confident that more people will sign up, get involved in the Labour Party, and come out campaigning” under the new system.
