News Round-Up

• “MPs sign off on ‘surrender’ of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius” – Labour has pushed through the “surrender” of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius despite concerns of a “secret deal” between the country and China, reports the Mail.
• “At least 1.9 million foreign nationals claiming benefits in Britain” – New research by the Centre for Migration Control reveals that there are at least 1.9 million foreign nationals claiming benefits in the UK.
• “‘Tommy Robinson mob threat’ leads to Maccabi Tel Aviv blocking fans from Aston Villa match” – Maccabi Tel Aviv will reject any ticket allocation for next month’s Aston Villa match amid fears that Tommy Robinson supporters could infiltrate their fans, reports the Mail. 
• “Security ramped up after pro-Palestine students target Israel academic” – A university has ramped up its security after posters branding an Israeli academic a “terrorist” were scattered around campus by pro-Palestine students, says the Mail.
• “NHS doctor who ‘celebrated Hamas October 7th attack’ is arrested” – An NHS doctor who celebrated the Hamas October 7th attack on Israel has been arrested on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred, according to Jewish News.
• “Louis Theroux has ‘lost the plot’ says former BBC boss” – Louis Theroux has “lost the plot in a very dangerous way,” his former BBC boss claims, after a “soft” interview with Bob Vylan following their controversial Glastonbury set, says the Mail.
• “Deal with France will take 300 years to deport Labour’s Channel total” – According to Migration Watch UK, Labour’s ‘one in, one out’ deal with France will take 300 years to deport all small boat migrants who have come to Britain since the election, reports the Mail.
• “Oxford Union President slammed for rejecting vote for him to go” – Alumni of the Oxford Union have branded its President-Elect “vindictive” after he refused to leave his role despite being voted out, says the Mail.
• “Good riddance (or not) to George Abaraonye” – In the Spectator, Adrian Hilton argues that George Abaraonye’s downfall at the Oxford Union wasn’t censorship but consequence.
• “Union bosses splurged members’ cash on Vegas casinos and fine dining” – The leaders of a railway trade union spent thousands of pounds of members’ money at a casino during an all-expenses-paid trip to Vegas, according to a leaked dossier seen by the Telegraph.
• “More air miles for Net Zero! Starmer will attend COP summit in Brazil” – Sir Keir Starmer will rack up more air miles by attending the COP30 climate summit in Brazil next month, reports the Mail.
• “Rising temperatures threaten UK trees” – UK trees are supposedly “under stress” from climate change, but a stroll in the local woods tells a different story, writes Paul Homewood on Not a Lot of People Know That.
• “Escape from Net Zero” – On Climate Scepticism, Robin Guenier argues that Britain must scrap Net Zero to break free from China’s energy chokehold, revive gas, nuclear and domestic resources and secure its future.
• “Corporate media, Democrats finally giving up shoving climate messaging down Americans’ throats” – Corporate media outlets and Democrats have been pivoting away from climate policy and instead hammering on the issue of rising electricity costs, reports Daily Caller.
• “It’s always spooky season for climate doomsdayers” – Real-life scare tactics in the form of climate alarmism have had Americans on the edges of their seats for years, says TEA.
• “Aussie professor: Trump is forcing allies to reject renewables and buy expensive US gas” – Trump is locking allies into US gas deals to exploit a looming glut, not create demand, explains Eric Worrall in WUWT?
• “When climate science gets ignored, weather porn drives headlines and policy” – Climate warnings rely on debunked, overstated science, so when new data disproves the scare, media and officials stay largely silent, writes Bjorn Lomborg in Climate Change Dispatch.
• “Oh, the horror! Climate change to make more rain in the Sahara desert” – The Sahara is projected to almost double its historical precipitation levels, which is surprising for such a climatologically dry region, writes Anthony Watts in WUWT?
• “Reality 101: what students must learn about energy” – Turning college courses into a campaign against climate change deprives students of the very literacy that innovation and stewardship demand, warns Portia Roberts in Real Clear Energy.
• “Let’s face the nuclear elephant in the room” – The answer to safe, continuous, uninterruptible, emissions-free electricity is right in front of us, say Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers and Steve Curtis in WUWT?
• “Sarkozy applauded as he heads to prison” – Nicolas Sarkozy was clapped and cheered as he headed to jail to begin his five-year sentence, after being found guilty of seeking to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run, according to ITV News.
• “Trump’s meeting with Putin in Hungary called off” – Peace talks between Trump and Putin have been called off after Russia refused to accept America’s terms for a ceasefire in Ukraine, reports the BBC.
• “Trump warns Hamas of ‘fast, furious and brutal end’” – Trump has threatened to unleash death upon Hamas if they do not uphold the Gaza peace deal with Israel, says the Mail.
• “Japan elects its own ‘Iron Lady’ as first female PM” – Japan has elected Sanae Takaichi as its first female Prime Minister, setting up the country for a turn to the political Right, reports Reuters.
• “Boris Johnson was in ‘homicidal’ mood over Covid exams, WhatsApps reveal” – Boris Johnson was left in a “thoroughly homicidal mood” by his own Conservative government’s handling of school exams during the Covid pandemic, says ITV News.
• “Flaws and fraud in peer reviewed science” – Science is a human endeavour corrupted by human vice, writes Paul D. Thacker on Substack.
• “Bishop Grenfell lets slip revisionist agenda to bypass CofE ban on gay wedding celebrations” – Revisionist bishops in the Church of England are looking for ways around the ban on dedicated gay wedding celebrations, warns Julian Mann in Anglican Mainstream.
• “All the celebrities who proudly support their trans kids” – The Mail reveals the UK stars raising trans kids. 
• “What must happen now is simple” – On Talk with Julia Hartley-Brewer, Toby says every UK police force should follow the Met and ditch investigating NCHIs.

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