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DEPUTY PM RAYNER ADMITS UNDERPAID PROPERTY TAX-Rayner has been under scrutiny for days over her purchase of a flat in Hove British deputy prime minister Angela Rayner said on Wednesday (September 3) she would refer herself to the ministerial standards watchdog after admitting she had underpaid the amount of tax on a property she purchased in southern England. Rayner, who is also Britain’s housing minister, has been under scrutiny for days over her purchase of a flat in Hove near the southern English seaside resort of Brighton, and whether she deliberately avoided paying the correct rate of tax. In an…

FREE SPEECH LAWS MUST CHANGE – After Father Ted creator, Graham Linehan’s arrest, Wes Streeting says Free speech laws must change after Graham Linehan’s arrest, Wes Streeting has said. The Health Secretary suggested that existing legislation was not fit for purpose after the Father Ted creator was arrested by five armed officers at Heathrow airport as he got off a flight from the US. Linehan, who has become a vocal critic of transgender ideology, said he was detained “like a terrorist” and locked in a cell for making jokes online. The case marks the latest instance of police continuing to…

MIGRANTS COULD BE MOVED FROM HOTELS TO WAREHOUSES-Says Home Secretary Yvette Cooper  Asylum seekers could be housed in warehouses under plans to reduce the number of migrant hotels, Yvette Cooper has said. The Home Secretary said the Government was looking at industrial and military sites as a potential way to end the use of asylum seeker hotels. Pressed on an example of an industrial site, Ms Cooper said that warehouses were “one of the things being looked at”. The disclosure came as Ms Cooper backed Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge on Monday to speed up the decommissioning of asylum hotels so…

ZACK POLANSKI ELECTED AS GREEN PARTY LEADER  A former hypnotherapist has been elected as the new leader of the Green Party. Zack Polanski won the ballot of party members after seeing off a joint leadership bid from Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns. Mr Polanski secured an emphatic victory with 20,411 votes, while Ms Chowns and Mr Ramsay received 3,705. Mr Polanski is a member of the London Assembly but not an MP, meaning that his election will trigger another vote to elect a leader of the four-strong Green bloc at Westminster. Mr Polanski takes over as Green leader from Mr…

RUSSIA TO BOOST GAS SUPPLIES TO CHINA- Signs deal for new pipeline  Russia agreed to supply additional volumes of natural gas to China and signed a memorandum on building the vast Power of Siberia 2 pipeline but has yet to agree on pricing for one of the world’s most expensive gas projects, Gazprom said today. The “no limits” partnership between China, the world’s biggest consumer of energy, and Russia, the world’s biggest producer of natural resources, has strengthened since the West imposed sanctions to punish Russia for the war in Ukraine. Since losing a lucrative chunk of the European gas…

SERBIAN AND SLOVAKIAN LEADERS ARRIVE BEIJING-Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico arrived in Beijing today to attend a massive military parade hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two following Japan’s surrender.  Vucic and Fico, both critical of sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine, are the only Western leaders attending.  More than 20 world leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will gather in Beijing for the September…

MEXICO’S ELECTED SUPREME COURT JUSTICES SWORN IN – First time in the country’s history that such judges were chosen by public vote Mexico’s newly elected Supreme Court justices were sworn in on Monday in a Senate ceremony, marking the first time in the country’s history that such judges were chosen by public vote rather than presidential nomination and Senate approval. Earlier in the day, the justices received the indigenous staff of command, a symbol of the communitarian authority they now hold. Hugo Aguilar, the newly elected president of the Supreme Court, pledged to root out corruption and nepotism within the…

AMERICA’S NEW $250 “VISA INTEGRITY FEE” SPARKS GLOBAL BACKLASH – The fee is set to take effect on October 1st as part of immigration crackdown Travel to the United States just got even pricier as the Trump administration has unveiled a brand-new $250 “visa integrity fee”, set to take effect on October 1st — part of its ongoing hardline immigration crackdown. For travelers from countries outside the U.S. visa waiver system — including Mexico, Brazil, India, China and Argentina — this means a tourist visa will now cost a staggering $442, making it one of the most expensive in the…

ARSENAL BRING IN HINCAPIE ON LOAN FROM LEVERKUSEN – A 45 million pounds agreement is in place to buy the player if his move becomes permanent Arsenal have signed Ecuador defender Piero Hincapie from Bayer Leverkusen on a season-long loan, the Premier League club have announced. Since arriving at Leverkusen in 2021, the 23-year-old has racked up over 100 appearances and was instrumental in their 2024 Bundesliga title triumph. British media reported that Arsenal have a 45 million pounds agreement in place to buy Hincapie if they decide to make his move permanent next summer. “Piero has a real physical…

GOLD PRICES HIT RECORD HIGH – Fed rate cut expectations weaken dollar International gold prices surged significantly on Monday, with the December delivery gold futures contract on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange briefly breaking through the 3,550 U.S. dollars per ounce mark to set a new all-time high. Market analysts attribute the rally primarily to a weaker U.S. dollar and growing expectations that the Federal Reserve may cut interest rates later this month. The U.S. dollar index fell to a five-week low on Monday, adding further momentum to bullion prices. According to the CME FedWatch Tool,…