News Round-Up

• “Syrian rebels capture majority of Aleppo as Russia’s forces abandon bases” – Syria’s rebels seized most of Aleppo on Saturday as their sweeping advance ousted Russian forces from at least three military bases around the city, reports the Telegraph.
• “Is this finally the end for Bashar al-Assad?” – Jihadist-led rebels have seized Aleppo airport and dozens of nearby towns on Saturday after overrunning most of Aleppo, reports the Mail.
• “Whether Assad fights or flees from Syria, this is bad news for us all” – In the Mail, Mark Almond is deeply concerned about developments in Syria.
• “Jewish children left ‘terrified’ as thugs pelt their London school bus with rocks before storming it and yelling ‘f*** Israel’ while frightened pupils cowered behind seats” – Jewish children at Jewish Free School in Kenton, north London, were left cowering after teenage thugs pelted their London bus with rocks and rubbish, before storming onto the vehicle and yelling “f*** Israel”, as police confirmed they are investigating a “potential hate crime”, reports the Mail. 
• “Antisemitism at the BBC now ‘normal’ after October 7th, whistleblower claims” – A whistleblower has said antisemitism at the BBC has become “normalised” and accused the broadcaster of failing to take seriously repeated claims of antisemitic behaviour and attitudes within the organisation, the Telegraph reports.
• “Tories willingly flung the borders wide open” – In the Mail, Dan Hodges responds to the revelation that the Tories did not ‘lose control’ of the border after Brexit but deliberately threw it open.
• “Prepare for the National Suicide Service” – In the Spectator, Jane Stannus writes from Canada about where the U.K. is now headed, with ads promoting suicide a new normal.
• “This is a truly dark day for our nation” – Our political class has just sanctioned death for the ‘worthless’, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
• “The Chagos Islands betrayal shames Britain. Here’s how we stop it” – In the Telegraph, Daniel Hannan suggests that by pressing Starmer to consult the Chagossians on the give-away of their islands it might be stopped.
• “Britain ‘was warned of Russian meddling in Chagos deal’” – Britain was warned of Russian attempts to encourage Mauritian claims to the Chagos Islands but chose to disregard it, according to the Telegraph.
• “Can Bhattacharya rescue the reputation of the scientific establishment?” – Dr. Jay Bhattacharya’s nomination may turn out to be the most important of all, says Dan Hannan in the Washington Examiner.
• “Trump more popular than Starmer with British voters” – Donald Trump is more popular in Britain than Sir Keir Starmer, polling for the Telegraph has shown.
• “The Kamala campaign is in total denial” – Harris’s staffers are blaming the voters, the media and bad luck for their bruising defeat to Donald Trump, says Lauren Smith in Spiked.
• “Britain is about to miss out on an energy revolution” – Trump’s stress on boosting energy supply stands in stark contrast to Britain’s approach, and the results will too, says Kate Andrews in the Telegraph.
• “Miliband’s green energy plans only ‘artificially’ cheaper than nuclear or gas” – Ed Miliband’s plans for green energy are based on assumptions that make them appear “artificially cheaper” than nuclear or gas, according to critics, reports the Telegraph.
• “Whitehall civil servants hold ’emotional check-ins’ before meetings” – A former senior civil servant has lifted the lid on a culture of lengthy “emotional check-ins” before Cabinet Office meetings, raising concerns that HR departments may be harming the economy, says the Mail.
• “Navratilova condemns New York Times for calling female athletes ‘non-transgender women’” – Martina Navratilova has criticised the New York Times for describing biological females as “non-transgender women”, reports the Telegraph.
• “I admire the women’s volleyball players boycotting my team because of our trans player” – Brooke Slusser tells the Telegraph that she and her teammates feel let down by their university over allowing the male player Blaire Fleming to participate in their sport.
• “Historic England under fire for funding queer history trail” – Historic England has come under fire after announcing it will fund a walk to highlight the “queer” history of a Norfolk town, reports the Telegraph.
• “Britain already has an ‘Islamophobia law’ – we’re just too scared to admit it” – Keir Starmer has no need to crack down on blasphemy when ‘community leaders’ are already doing the job for him, says Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Watch Dominic Cummings – Government is Fake” – On X, “Ban the BBC” posts a clip of Boris Johnson’s one-time Chief Adviser Dominic Cummings explaining how little power politicians really have compared to unelected officials: “Cabinet is stage theatre.”

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