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What’s Behind the Increase in Fatal Accidents?
The new statistics for automobile accident deaths are out and the news isn’t good. The country saw fatal accidents rise in 2022 when experts thought they might decrease. The pandemic in 2020 significantly skewed accident data, but experts believed the pattern that...
Which US States Have the Worst Poaching Problems?
Think poaching is only a problem in other countries? Unfortunately, the capturing, killing, and exploitation of animals is an activity that is alive and well in the US. There are multiple motivations for why poachers partake in this illegal activity, and poaching...
Dear Joe Biden: Don’t Listen to Silicon Valley
Roger McNamee co-founded one of Silicon Valley’s most successful venture-capital firms and was an important early investor in Facebook. But he has soured on Big Tech, arguing that it now promotes hate speech, undermines democracy and profits at society’s expense....
Britain Supports Gambling Restrictions
Like it or not, we can all agree that the British people do like to spend a dime or two on gambling. Many Times we hear about problematic gambling, and this has seen many casinos including the self exclusion policy within their sites. This is when you, as the player,...
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Cameron lands in Israel for talks over Iran attack
ReutersBy James LandaleDiplomatic correspondent, in JerusalemUK Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has arrived in Israel for talks with its leaders about their response to Iran's unprecedented drone and missile attack.He is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Chris Mason: Smoking ban represents a political legacy for PM
PA MediaBy Chris MasonPolitical editor, BBC NewsUnless the opinion polls shift and shift quite a bit, Rishi Sunak knows his time left as prime minister might be running out.But he is the instigator of a smoking plan with substantial, cross-party political support,...
MPs back smoking ban for those born after 2009
Getty ImagesBy Kate Whannel & Sam FrancisPolitical reporters, BBC NewsMPs have backed a plan to ban anyone born after 2009 from buying cigarettes, effectively ensuring it will become law.The measures, championed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, survived despite...
Police told to shut down right-wing Brussels conference
ReutersBy Nick Beake in Brussels and Laura GozziBBC NewsBrussels police were ordered to shut down a conference for right-wing politicians, including Brexiteer Nigel Farage and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, on Tuesday.People were stopped from entering the...
Government suffers fresh Rwanda defeats in Lords
EPAThe government's flagship Rwanda Bill has suffered a fresh set of defeats in the House of Lords.Despite MPs overturning previous changes, peers backed Labour plans to carve out exceptions to the scheme for children and ensure it sticks to international law.The...
Unemployment jumps as UK jobs market stalls
Getty ImagesThe UK jobs market is showing signs of stalling as the number of people out of work rose, according to new figures.The unemployment rate increased to 4.2% between December and February, which is the highest rate for six months.Meanwhile, the rate of people...
MPs to vote on PM’s smoking ban bill
Getty ImagesBy Jennifer McKiernan & Helen CattBBC PoliticsMPs are to debate plans for some of the world's toughest anti-tobacco laws.Rishi Sunak wants to make Generation Alpha, born since 2009, the UK's first smoke-free generation in a major public health...
Six things that stand out for me in Liz Truss book
ReutersBy Chris MasonPolitical editor, BBC NewsI have spent the last couple of weeks reading the former Prime Minister Liz Truss's new book, Ten Years to Save the West. I was sent a copy to prepare for my interview with her, which you can watch on BBC iPlayer and...
MPs reject Lords amendments to Rwanda bill
EPABy Nick Eardley, political correspondent & James Gregory & Chris Mason, political editorBBC NewsMPs have rejected all changes to the Rwanda bill made in the House of Lords in an ongoing parliamentary stand-off.The much-debated bill will now return to the upper...
Truss endorses Trump to win US presidential race
This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.By Chris Mason, political editor & Sam Francis, political reporterBBC NewsLiz Truss has endorsed Donald Trump to win this year's US presidential election, saying the "world...
Truss backs Trump to win US presidential race
This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.By Chris Mason, political editor & Sam Francis, political reporterBBC NewsLiz Truss has endorsed Donald Trump to win this year's US presidential election, saying the "world...
A Conservative Republican’s Rise Is The Latest Sign Of Indigenous Political Power
LOADINGERROR LOADINGIt took Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) only about a minute to say all he had to say about becoming the most politically powerful Native American currently in elected office, and possibly the most powerful one since the 1920s.“I care a lot about Native...