Fylde MP Mark Menzies strongly disputes claims he asked a party volunteer for £5,000 to pay "bad people".
The MP was also previously accused of getting his friend's dog drunk, paying for sex from a male escort and drunkenly 'kicking the chairs and poking people' at a concert.
Germany announced on Wednesday that it would resume funding to the main U.N. aid agency for Palestinians, UNRWA. The move comes as the European country, UNRWA’s second largest donor, previously suspended financial assistance to the organization amid reports by Israeli intelligence officials that some of the participants in the October 7 rampage in southern Israel
Berlin restores ties with UN agency after review says Israel has provided no evidence of terrorist linksMiddle East crisis – live updatesGermany has said it will restore cooperation and funding to Unrwa operations in the Gaza Strip after an independent review said Israel had not provided evidence to back up claims that hundreds of employees of the UN agency for Palestinians were members of terrorist organisations.Berlin’s foreign and development ministries said in a joint statement on Wednesday...
Tory MPs urging government not to restore funding despite UN’s roadmap, published on Monday, to make agency more transparentA plan due to be published today to improve the accountability and transparency of Unrwa, the UN relief works agency for Palestinians, is not expected to lead to a snap British decision to restore funding to the agency.Britain joined 18 other nations in suspending funding for the agency after Israel claimed that 12 of the 30,000 Unrwa staff had participated in the attack on...
Rebe McEntire's ex-husband, Narvel Blackstock, married Laura Stroud in a beautiful ceremony over the weekend.
In February this year, Elbit Systems, Israel’s notorious drone manufacturer and creator of the Hermes 450 aerial device responsible for this month’s killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers including the Australian national, Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom, was rewarded with a $917 million contract. Business, even over bodies, exerts a corrupting force. More
Australia has ramped up military aid for Ukraine, with A$100 million ($65 million) in new funding to go toward short-range air defense systems, drone development and other equipment needed in the nation’s war against Russia.
Remarks before the US Senate. M. President, The Senate will soon vote on a $95 billion supplemental spending package. $95 billion. That’s a lot of money – especially at a time when many Americans are unable to afford their rent or pay their mortgages, pay their bills, afford healthcare, are struggling with student debt or More
Stockholm, April 22, 2024—Azerbaijani authorities should release journalist Imran Aliyev and stop arresting journalists on allegations of illegally receiving funding from international donors, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. On April 18, officers from the State Border Service, a law enforcement agency, detained Aliyev, founder and chief executive of the independent news outlet Meclis.info,
A Toronto police officer with 25 years of service has been suspended with pay after allegedly assaulting two women. On Saturday, Toronto Police Service launched an assault investigation after a man allegedly attended an address and assaulted two women. That day, 51-year-old Const. Nickolas Kalatzopoulos was arrested and charged with two counts of assault and one count of unlawfully in a dwelling house He has a May 24 court a date. Kalatzopoulos is assigned to the Primary Report Intake,...
Mark Menzies strongly disputes claims he asked a party activist for £5,000 to pay "bad people".