News Round-Up

• “Iran’s intelligence chief killed in Israeli strike” – Iranian state media has officially confirmed that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence chief, Mohammad Kazemi and his deputy Hassan Mohaqiq were killed in an Israeli strike, reports the Times of Israel.
• “Trump sees peace between Iran and Israel soon, eyes Putin role’” – President Trump says that the US could become involved in the Iran-Israel conflict, while adding that he would be “open” to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, helping mediate, according to Reuters.
• “Drug-addled migrant can stay in UK after judge rules he would ‘struggle mentally’” – A drug-addled migrant who has racked up 42 convictions in Britain cannot be deported to Uganda after a judge ruled he “struggles mentally”, reports the Telegraph.
• “Minister refuses to apologise over Channel migrants claim” – Treasury Chief Secretary Darren Jones has refused to apologise for suggesting that most Channel migrants are babies, women and children, says the Mail.
• “Two former South Yorkshire Police officers arrested over Rotherham sexual abuse claims” – Two former police officers have been arrested over complaints from four victims of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, according to Sky News.
• “Angela Rayner’s law could see walkouts triggered by 10% of workforce” – Angela Rayner has been accused of delivering a “strikers’ charter” with new laws that would allow industrial action to be triggered with the support of just 10% of the workforce, reports the Mail.
• “Trade union bosses’ pay shows all that’s wrong with Labour’s Britain” – The egalitarian instinct of proud Marxists quickly dissipates when it really matters, says Michael Mosbacher in the Telegraph.
• “The rich are fleeing Labour’s Britain. We could all pay the price” – Rachel Reeves’s non-dom crackdown is a gamble that could rake in £5 billion or cost the UK dearly, writes Eir Nolsøe in the Telegraph.
• “Treasury ‘already drawing up tax rises for the Autumn’” – The Treasury is said to be drawing up tax rise options for the Autumn as economists warn Rachel Reeves’ plans no longer add up, reports the Mail.
• “‘Family businesses are the bedrock of Britain. Attacking us is mind-blowingly stupid’” – Generations of pioneering Britons are grappling with Labour’s grievous tax changes, writes Rebecca Burn-Callander in the Telegraph.
• “Starmer plots equality law ‘to penalise middle class’” – Tories claim that Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to put ‘class war’ on the statute book by amending the Equality Act so it’s legal for service providers to discriminate against the middle classes and privately educated, according to the Mail.
• “Headmaster of 125-year-old prep school reveals Labour has cost them £2 million” – The headmaster of one of Britain’s most prestigious private schools has revealed how Labour’s tax rises have already cost it £2 million, reports the Telegraph.
• “Labour to force academies to take violent pupils” – Ministers are pushing through new laws to fast-track the admission of violent and disruptive pupils into academy schools, says the Mail. 
• “It’s time for a national ban on smartphones in schools” – A national ban on smartphones in schools is not anti-tech, says Nick Gibb in the Telegraph; it is pro-learning, pro-childhood and pro-mental health.
• “‘We will never do a deal with Reform’” – In an interview with the Telegraph, Tory Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride tells Szu Ping Chan that Nigel Farage would put Britain “on the road to ruin”.
• “Dominic Cummings has run out of answers” – In the Spectator, William Atkinson laments that Dominic Cummings’s much-hyped Oxford lecture rehashed old blog posts rather than rallying the disillusioned Right.
• “Britain is turning into a Third World country” – One of the best aspects of our nation is social capital, says Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph. But it is ebbing away and the state is struggling to protect us from crime.
• “If Sadiq Khan wants money for policing, he could trim his legions of overpaid bureaucrats” – More than 300 people in the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime are on salaries of more than £100,000, reports Dia Chakravarty in the Telegraph.
• “The 32 year-old nuclear scientist busting the ‘Net Zero myth’” – Dr Tim Gregory tells the Telegraph why a total re-think of our decarbonisation strategy is needed to achieve a future of sustainable energy.
• “Net Zero is a far-Left tyrannical Death Star” – The Net Zero Death Star will eventually be destroyed by the forces of freedom and market economics, writes David Turver on his Eigen Values Substack.
• “Good news (if you like freezing)! Antarctica sees more snowfall, record low temps!” – On NoTricksZone, P. Gosselin reports that the European Institute for Climate and Energy has released a new video focusing on Antarctica – and it’s good news: the much-feared catastrophic warming remains a myth.
• “Mining minerals to support renewable energy is wrecking the environment” – In WUWT?, Eric Worrall flags a new study showing that the metal mining boom for green energy is wreaking havoc on the environment.
• “Greta and the temptations of fame” – The problem with people like Thunberg is that they will never be pleased, says Patrick Vincent in Gript.
• “Full-term abortion ‘to become legal’ under change planned by MPs” – Women will be able to abort their pregnancies for any reason at any point up to birth without facing prosecution under law changes supported by over 100 MPs, reports the Telegraph.
• “‘I won’t shrink away from opening NHS to private sector’” – Health Secretary Wes Streeting says he will not rule out leaning more heavily on the private sector to cut NHS backlogs, according to the Telegraph. 
• “‘You’re turned on by Lucy Letby in her uniform’” – The expert witness whose evidence helped to convict Lucy Letby is at the centre of an extraordinary row after claiming that the nurse’s supporters were motivated by a sexual attraction to “pretty young blonde females”, reports the Mail.
• “Letby supporter claims neo-natal unit was ‘not fit for purpose’” – A former nurse who worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neo-natal unit claims it was “not fit for purpose” before Lucy Letby was accused of murdering babies, according to the Mail.
• “Justice cannot be immune from scrutiny or doubt” – Even in the most harrowing cases, a fair society must allow for review, and the possibility of judicial error, says the Guardian in a leading article about the Letby case.
• “Mobility scooter rider challenges riot police in Ballymena” – A video has gone viral showing a mobility scooter rider in Ballymena challenging riot police, reports the Mail.
• “US State Department backs Ireland as EU threatens legal action over noncompliance with ‘hate speech’ censorship laws” – Ireland is at the forefront of a growing battle over free expression, as the EU threatens legal action if the country fails to implement controversial hate speech laws, reports Reclaim The Net.
• “Slain lawmaker broke down after brave vote in one of her last acts” – Five days before she was shot dead, Minnesota Democrat Melissa Hortman broke with her party in a tearful vote to strip undocumented adults of access to the state’s subsidised health scheme, says the Mail.
• “China will soon once again be the primary civilisation of the world” – The Middle Kingdom is on its way back to its former pre-eminence, writes Stephen Davies in the Telegraph.
• “All-male shortlists return to the City after diversity backlash” – City businesses are restoring all-male recruitment shortlists amid a growing corporate backlash against diversity policies, reports the Telegraph.
• “The City should ditch Pride celebrations and focus on its real job” – ‘Rainbow-washing’ may be well-meaning, but it won’t save the Square Mile from decline, warns Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
• “‘He’s played a complete Nicola Sturgeon there’: offensive golf banter revealed” – ‘Sexual innuendo’ and ‘laddish banter’ is still par for the course among networking male executives on the golf green, says Steve Bird in the Telegraph.
• “Royal Mint rejects Henry V coin in favour of Pride and Mr Men” – The Royal Mint rejected a commemorative coin for Henry V, deeming him insufficiently significant, and chose to honour Pride and Mr Men instead, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Bristol museum’s trans exhibition is like something out of a cult” – In the Spectator, Debbie Hayton likens Bristol Museum’s trans-themed exhibition to a cultish sermon of victimhood and ideology.
• “‘It’s going to be the end of the British pub as we know it!’” – On GB News, Andrew Doyle asks Toby about Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill, aka the ‘banter ban’.

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