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What does the breach in US security tell us about the Trump Administration. They are incompetent. Sharing battle plans on a non-approved communication channel, hours before the action is due to take place would probably result in the court martial of a serving officer. Pete Hegseth's response was to blame the journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg, who was invited onto the group by…

Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...

Under The Terrorism Act 2000 the Home Secretary has the power to proscribe an organisation that he/she believes is engaged in terrorism. The same Act in Part 1, Section 1 defines terrorism as follows: "1 Terrorism: interpretation. (1) In this Act “terrorism” means the use or threat of action where— (a) the action falls within subsection (2), (b) the use or threat is designed to influence the government [

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President Trump's sword of chaos, in relation to global diplomacy and trade, has been much discussed in recent weeks. But there is another area where he is attempting to impose his "might is right" doctrine which has not got as much coverage. An area which, arguably, is equally as significant in the long term. This area is global taxation policy. As a topic you might understand why it slips under the radar!

In 1487 William Caxton wrote "according to an old prouerbe he that is not mannered is no man for manners maketh the man." Now, it is as pointless to berate Donald Trump Trump for the absence of manners as it is to berate Vlad the Impaler for cruelty, or indeed, water for being wet. The White House press conference, however, went far beyond bad manners.

In 1858 Abraham Lincoln gave a speech at the Illinois Republican State Convention, which had just nominated him as their candidate for the position of Senator. The speech was about the issue of slavery and how it was dividing the States of the Union. His key phrase in the speech was that "A house divided against itself cannot stand." The divisive issue of the time was slavery.

Despite being an atheist I still enjoy and feel it is right for us to celebrate Christmas. Anything which promotes goodwill and peace on earth gets my vote however naive I fear it may be. At the very least it does make people think, however briefly, or even cynically, about what might be. It is also an opportunity to reflect on how lucky some of us are.

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The west and Israel seem to be concerned about what Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is saying. His pronouncements both in recent years and since the HTS victory in Syria have been measured and seem to reject the idea that his aim is to establish a fundamentalist Islamic regime in Syria. However, his past connections with the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS) and Al Qaeda are pointed to, as is his previous nom de guerre, Abu Mohammad al-Julani as evidence of his ideological position.

There has been a narrative about Prime Minister Netanyahu's war aims and how they are shaped by the religious-right members of his cabinet. One which presents him as something of a hostage to their extreme demands. In parallel with this is the view that he is desperate to remain in power in order to delay the case against him relating to fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes.