Author: Emmanuel
👉 Listen to This Is Why on your podcast app 👈The United States may have launched strikes on Iran this week, but Donald Trump also found time for a war of words. This time, it was with the prime ministers of the UK and Spain – after they refused to allow America access to their airbases ahead of the attack.Sir Keir Starmer and Pedro Sanchez have responded with some tough words of their own – so why are they and other European leaders finally standing up to the US president?Niall is joined by Sky’s military analyst Michael Clarke.Have you got…
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Labour chair Anna Turley has met MPs to discuss the threat from the Greens after their party’s Gorton and Denton by-election drubbing. The Labour meeting on Wednesday afternoon follows long-held concerns among the party’s left that Number 10 has ignored its progressive voter base by trying to “out Reform Reform”. Politics Live: Labour MP responds after husband arrested on suspicion of spying for ChinaOne MP present at the meeting held by the cabinet minister, who oversees party strategy, told Sky News there was “a keenness to listen to experiences from people around the country who’d faced challenges from the Greens…
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Civilians are being displaced, taking shelter in tents, parks and cars, as Israel retaliates to Hezbollah rocket attack.
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Asked about the reported bombing of a school in Iran, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that the US was “investigating”.