Day: April 21, 2018

    Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are attending a reception at the Australian High Commission celebrating the forthcoming Invictus Games 2018. Meghan is getting into the spirit of the summery weather by wearing a floaty green floral dress by Self-Portait teamed with black heels. Harry, closely by her side, is smartly dressed in a navy blue suit and tie. They will also meet a number of UK and Australian servicemen and women, some of who have previously competed. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy, who is wearing a vibrant red outfit, are hosting the reception today. The Invictus Games is the only international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick (WIS) servicemen and women, both serving and veteran. The Games use the power of sport ...

    US president Donald Trump is planning on visiting the UK in the summer, it is reported. Mr Trump has not visited the UK since he was elected to the White House in November 2016, with a potential visit to London to open the US Embassy in January not taking place. The Daily Mail report a visit from Mr Trump has been pencilled in for July, while the Daily Telegraph quoted an unnamed US official saying the president was looking at coming in the late summer. Mr Trump cancelled a visit to the UK to open the new American embassy, criticising its move from Grosvenor Square in the prestigious Mayfair district of central London to an “off location” at Nine Elms, south of the Thames. The president blamed the cost of the new embassy and its location south of the River Thames,...

    The Prince of Wales will one day succeed the Queen to become the next Head of Commonwealth, it was confirmed on Friday night, after leaders reached an agreement to honour Her Majesty’s vision, duty and steadfast service to the institution. The Prince will take on the honorary position in the Commonwealth at the same time he eventually becomes King, following the sincere wish expressed by the Queen this week. I am deeply touched and honoured by the decision of Commonwealth Heads of State and Government that I should succeed The Queen, in due course, as Head of the Commonwealth, he said. Meanwhile, I will continue to support Her Majesty in every possible way, in the service of our unique family of nations. Theresa May, the Prime Minister, announced the decision from...

    Smoke rises in Busra al-Harir town, near Deraa, Syria in March. Academics at some of the UK’s top universities pushing pro-Assad propaganda have been accused by parts of the Syrian community of peddling conspiracy theories and whitewashing war crimes. The Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media (WG) has been set up by a number of left-wing professors to examine the role of both media and propaganda and provide reliable, informed and timely analysis for journalists, publics and policymakers. Although in its infancy, the group’s published material as well as public posts by its members have already drawn accusations of circulating islamophobic tropes and wilfully ignoring the depravity of the regime. Two of the academics in particular, Professor Tim Hayward of E...