News Round-Up

• “Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s face is severely disfigured but he is still alive, his inner circle says” – Mojtaba Khamenei has reportedly suffered severe injuries in an airstrike that killed his father but remains alive, according to the Mail.
• “Benjamin Netanyahu declares campaign against Iran is ‘not over’ and there is ‘more to do’ – while US-Tehran peace talks take place in Pakistan” – Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted the campaign against Iran continues despite ongoing US-led peace talks, reports the Mail.
• “Are Britons really cheering for the worst regime on Earth?” – For the sake of blowing raspberries at Donald Trump, the chattering classes are ignoring Tehran’s barbarity, says Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph.
• “I reported ‘antisemitic’ art show to the police. Now they are investigating me” – An activist who organised an email campaign by supporters to complain about the antisemitic Margate art exhibition is told by police she may have committed a criminal offence, reports the Telegraph.
• “Starmer must defend British territory, not surrender it” – The delay in the Chagos bill should eventually lead to it being killed off for good, says the Telegraph in a leading article.
• “This isn’t the end of the Chagos debacle” – It’s good news that the Government recognises it cannot ratify the Chagos treaty in the immediate future, but this is a pause, not an end, warns Richard Ekins in the Spectator.
• “Mauritius vows to reclaim Chagos after Starmer shelves deal” – Mauritius has vowed to gain control of the Chagos Islands after the collapse of Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to give them up voluntarily, says the Telegraph.
• “UN investigates whether Chagos deal amounts to human rights violation” – The United Nations is reviewing whether Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal breaches international human rights laws after the Government was accused of “ethnic cleansing and potentially crimes against humanity” for efforts to expel islanders, reports the Telegraph.
• “Chagos supply mission thwarted by officials” – UK immigration officers and police have been accused of seizing vital supplies destined for inhabitants of the Chagos Islands, notes the Telegraph.
• “Badenoch: Starmer is lying to you – Britain is not ready for war” – Sir Keir Starmer has lied to the public by saying Britain is ready to defend itself in a war, Kemi Badenoch has claimed, reports the Telegraph.
• “Maga podcasters helped make Trump President. Now, they’re battling to replace him” – Influential Maga podcasters have begun shaping a succession struggle within Trump’s political movement as divisions emerge, reveals Tim Stanley in the Telegraph.
• “Data show court backlogs falling, so why aren’t Ministers talking about it?” – Ministers have been accused of withholding improving criminal court backlog data because they undermine arguments for curtailing jury trials, reports the Times.
• “Labour MP appeared at event with peer convicted of child-sex crime” – Afzal Khan has faced scrutiny after footage appeared to contradict his account of attending an event with a convicted peer, reports the Times.
• “Working-class boys don’t have white privilege, says Anas Sarwar” – Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has argued that many white working-class boys do not benefit from “white privilege”, says the Times.
• “Afghans and Nigerians enter Britain under Ukrainian visas” – Thousands of non-Ukrainian migrants have entered the UK through visa schemes intended for Ukrainians, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Restore ties with Israel to fix Britain’s defences, Air Vice-Marshal tells Starmer” – A former RAF chief has called for renewed ties with Israel to strengthen Britain’s outdated air defence systems, according to the Telegraph.
• “Done four times for driving at 22mph. Welcome to anti-car Britain” – A doctor has accumulated penalty points and now risks a ban for repeatedly driving at 22mph, highlighting concerns over strict traffic enforcement, says the Telegraph.
• “Tony Sewell: The Clapham riots were like Lord of the Flies” – Tony Sewell has compared the Clapham riots to Lord of the Flies while criticising identity politics and social breakdown, reports the Telegraph.
• “Bridget Phillipson accused of putting career ahead of women’s rights in trans war” – Bridget Phillipson has been accused of delaying guidance on single-sex spaces over political concerns, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Everyone cares about Hungary” – The growing international fixation on Hungary is because it has become a symbol of wider European political tensions, says Ed West on Substack.
• “Zohran Mamdani’s racial Stalinism” – The NYC Mayor’s ‘racial equity’ agenda will racialise every aspect of New York City life, laments Hugo Timms in Spiked.
• “How appeasing the IRA opened the door to Islamic terrorism – Part 3” – Concessions to the IRA set precedents that later facilitated Islamic terrorism, says Aileen Quinton in TCW.
• “Matt Ridley: climate alarmism is declining” – Clintel publishes the text of Matt Ridley’s recent lecture where he argues that climate alarmism is waning as economic and energy realities reshape debate.
• “The carbon bureaucracy nobody voted for” – Aiden Buzzetti in WUWT warns that the International Organisation for Standardisation is quietly shaping energy policy without democratic oversight.
• “The hydrogen highway ends in a traffic jam” – California’s hydrogen car experiment has entered a phase where the gap between expectation and experience is no longer subtle, says Charles Rotter in WUWT.
• “Zack Polanski has some nerve calling Reform hateful” – It’s the Green Party that has become a magnet for cranks and bigots, says Tom Slater in Spiked.
• “The National Trust villages caught up in Labour’s Net Zero obsession” – The heritage charity’s centuries-old rental homes will struggle to meet tough new standards, notes the Telegraph.
• “Tony Blair started the rot that’s left Britain bust and divided” – Polling has suggested deep national pessimism that William Sitwell in the Telegraph traces back to Tony Blair’s legacy.
• “Bash Back are thugs posing as victims” – When people are told that their opponents are Nazis and fascists, they will feel justified in doing anything to them, as illustrated by the vicious new trans activist group telling members to attack MPs and organisations, says Julie Burchill in the Spectator.
• “Victorian boys were gender-fluid, museum claims” – The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, County Durham, tells visitors that “gender fluidity” was a feature of 19th-century childhoods because some boys wore dresses up to the age of eight, says the Telegraph.
• “The UK has just banned viewing pornographic material that features supposed ‘step-family members’” – Yet the same Government “refused to ban actual cousin f*cking incest. That’s how insane the UK Government is”, says Basil the Great on X.

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