News Round-Up

• “They protested peacefully. The regime slaughtered them” – More than 50 people have been killed in Iran’s latest uprising as security forces seek to shield the regime, reports the Telegraph.
• “Trump’s plans for attacking Iran are revealed including large-scale aerial strikes on multiple military targets… as President says America is ‘ready to help’ after night of bloodshed” – The President posted on Truth Social on Saturday that the US stands behind the Iranians who have been speaking out against repressive leaders for two weeks, reports the Mail.
• “Dissidents remove Iranian flag from embassy and burn pictures of Ayatollah Khamenei as thousands protest in the UK and around Europe against the regime” – In London on Saturday a protester was seen climbing onto the balcony of the Iranian embassy in Kensington and triumphantly tearing down the flag of the current regime, says the Mail.
• “The end of Iran’s brutal reign of terror will benefit the entire world” – Argentina, Australia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Kenya, Kuwait, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sweden, Thailand, the UK and the US have all been on the receiving end of Iranian terrorism, either directly or through a Tehran-backed proxy such as Hezbollah, says Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
• “Outrage grows over BBC’s ‘shameful’ coverage of Iran protests as it airs blundering report on flagship News At 10” – BBC viewers have hit out at embarrassing editing errors and the tone of a report on the Iranian protests, which aired a lengthy statement from the country, according to the Mail.
• “Who is Reza Pahlavi? The Crown Prince urging Iranians to protest” – The son of the last shah may have his name chanted on the streets of Tehran, but whether his influence is real or a by-product of repression remains to be seen, says the Times.
• “As bullets fly in Iran, some are even scared of hospital” – Doctors speak of their struggle to treat people injured by gunshots as security forces appear to be crushing dissent, reports the Times.
• “Courting death to own the Nazis” – Eugyppius dissects the killing of anti-ICE activist Renée Good after she accelerated her car towards an armed officer.
• “New video from ICE shooting in Minneapolis emerges showing Renée Good ‘stalking and impeding’ agents, DHS claims” – A new video of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis posted by the Department of Homeland Security on social media shows Renée Good positioned sideways on the road minutes before she was shot to death, notes the Mail.
• “Former MI6 chief says Trump should be given control of Greenland in the interests of ‘European security’” – Sir Richard Dearlove, the ex-head of Britain’s intelligence agency, has said there is a “strong argument” for the US to have Greenland in a bid to deter Chinese threats, reports the Mail.
• “‘That’s the way he rolls!’ Free Speech Union chief mocks Keir Starmer after PM threatens to ban X” – Toby blasts No. 10’s “disproportionate” response to X’s AI image fakery on GB News.
• “Elon Musk hits out at ‘fascist’ Britain and posts AI image of Keir Starmer in a bikini as he claims banning X over Grok sexualised pictures would be ‘censorship’” – Elon Musk has hit out at “fascist” Britain, saying Labour is looking for “any excuse for censorship” as his social media site X faces the threat of being shut down over deepfake undressing images, says the Mail.
• “Starmer ‘misled public’ by suggesting OBR backed Chagos costs” – Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of misleading the public by implying that his disputed Chagos Islands costings were backed by the Office for Budget Responsibility, reports the Telegraph.
• “Inside Starmer’s local where even north London luvvies want him barred” – Patrons of Starmer’s local The Pineapple have made their feelings known over Labour’s pub tax hikes, says the Telegraph.
• “Jeremy Clarkson: No wonder Labour are killing pubs — they hate fun” – “Starmer’s socialists think landlords like me are Lucifer,” says Jeremy Clarkson in the Times. “They simply don’t grasp what the politics of envy does to business.”
• “Mosque helped appoint police chief who banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans” – The leader of Green Lane mosque sat on a panel that interviewed Craig Guildford for West Midlands Chief Constable, reports the Times.
• “Secret dossier reveals police ‘covered up’ threat to Maccabi players” – West Midlands Police has been accused of a cover-up after downplaying threats against Maccabi Tel Aviv football players from “Asian youths looking for a fight”, reports the Telegraph.
• “Fury as American Islamist preacher who praised Hamas is invited to speak in Britain next weekend: Pressure grows on Home Office to revoke Lebanese-born’s visa” – Lebanese-born Ustadh Mohamed Baajour is due to speak in London, Manchester and Leicester next weekend, amid accusations that he holds extreme and antisemitic views, reports the Mail.
• “Describing Israel-Gaza war as ‘genocide’ trivialises term, says Chief Rabbi” – In the Telegraph, Sir Ephraim Mirvis warns that calling the war in Gaza ‘genocide’ reduces “humanity’s gravest crime to a political insult”.
• “Pro-Palestine activist who hit policewoman with sledgehammer is ‘gentle and caring’” – Palestine Action activist Samuel Corner, who hit a policewoman with a sledgehammer during an alleged attack at an Israeli defence company, is “caring, gentle and compassionate”, a court heard, reports the Telegraph.
• “Open University claims Virgin Mary was from ‘ancient Palestine’” – The Open University has been forced to back down on claims the Virgin Mary was born in “ancient Palestine” following a legal complaint, says the Telegraph.
• “Why won’t Britain proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood?” – After it was revealed that the UAE is now limiting the number of students it will enrol at British universities because of the prevalence of Muslim Brotherhood influence on campuses, Stephen Pollard in the Spectator wonders what it will take for the British Government to proscribe the Islamist organisation.
• “The Emiratis are right to keep their kids out of Britain” – If you don’t want your kids joining the jihad, don’t send them to a British university – that’s the view of the United Arab Emirates, and it’s right, says Stephen Daisley in the Spectator.
• “Labour delay over trans guidance for schools is ‘political move’” – Baroness Spielman, who led Ofsted, says head teachers are being left in the lurch and Bridget Phillipson must publish the revised guidance, reports the Times.
• “Listen up, straight white men: a woke comedian is here to tell you what you can and can’t joke about” – After denouncing un-PC comics like Ricky Gervais, Rosie Jones has presented her advice on “how to joke responsibly”. Pay attention, bigots, quips Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
• “Police abandon ‘Orwellian’ charges against firefighter” – Fireman Robert Moss is suing the police after they used “Orwellian” powers to arrest and silence him after he criticised his bosses on social media, says the Telegraph.
• “Thousands of Brits prescribed super-strength cannabis for mental health conditions including anxiety and depression – with benefits claimants offered free consultations and discounts on their monthly weed prescription” – Thousand of Britons are being prescribed super-strength cannabis for anxiety and depression, with benefits claimants even being offered free cannabis consultations and up to 20% off their monthly weed prescription, according to the Mail.
• “This is the way to deal with racially divisive ‘decolonising’ attempts to rewrite history” – In the face of strident nationalisms built on lies about the past, the British Museum must stay true to its calling, argues Nigel Biggar in the Telegraph.
• “Academic ‘stripped of title’ after critiquing critical race theory” – David Harris believes Plymouth Marjon University stripped him of his emeritus title after he criticised critical race theory, reports the Telegraph.
• “Natural Gas is More Important and Cleaner Than Most Americans Realise” – For most Americans, natural gas forms an invisible backbone of modern civilisation, enabling processes that touch nearly every aspect of daily life, write Timothy Nash, Anthony Storer, Bob Thomas and Tom Rastin in WUWT.
• “Berlin Blackout Shows Germany’s $5 Trillion Green Scheme is ‘Left-Green Ideological Pipe Dream’” – On the No Tricks Zone, Professor Fritz Vahrenholt spells out a fundamental lesson from the terrorist attack on Berlin’s power grid.
• “Guardian: Withdrawing from Climate Treaties will Make the USA Poorer” – The Guardian is living in a fantasyland, says Eric Worrall in WUWT: there is no scenario in which the USA does not gain an economic advantage by pulling out of climate treaties.
• “Attention, Energies Media, Sea Level Cannot be Submerging Tokelau if Tokelau is Growing” – Energies Media says Tokelau is being submerged by sea level rise, but data show the opposite is true: the island is growing, according to Climate Realism.
• “Ed Miliband’s eco-war is only benefiting the rich” – Whatever he might say, the Energy Secretary is a reverse Robin Hood as Net Zero policies favour those with the deepest pockets, says Dominic Lawson in the Times.
• “Labour council installs ‘socialist speed bumps’” – A Labour council has been accused of building “socialist speed bumps” that scrape high-performance and luxury family cars, according to the Telegraph.
• “The flag of Iran’s embassy in London was replaced with the lion and sun flag” – Watch the protester switch the flags at the Iranian embassy in London.

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