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Arsenal crowned Premier League champions

20 May 2026 @ 10:15 am

Arsenal have ended a 22‑year wait for the top-flight title, finally turning near-misses into silverware under Mikel Arteta. The Gunners sealed the 2025/26 Premier League crown after Manchester City drew 1-1 at Bournemouth, a result that handed Arsenal the trophy with one game to spare. How it happened Arsenal led the table for much of […] By Faz Ali

Europa League final: Aston Villa looks to make history

20 May 2026 @ 9:58 am

Aston Villa head into the Europa League final against Freiburg with a clear sense of purpose and a manager whose record in this competition is unmatched in recent years. The club have already secured Champions League football for next season, and the final in Istanbul represents an opportunity to add a major trophy to a […] By Faz Ali

A Silent Geopolitical Earthquake: How ‘Western Attrition’ is Paving the Way for an Imminent Shift in European Security

20 May 2026 @ 9:30 am

At a time when Western media and political discourse insist on marketing the narrative that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has settled into a permanent stalemate and a mutual swamp of attrition, facts on the ground reveal a completely different trajectory. This prevailing perception represents a flawed strategic reading: Russia has not merely managed a local war […] By Mohammad Fakih

Disability group slams TUC for conflating DWP PIP with work

20 May 2026 @ 9:16 am

dwpOne of the UK’s biggest disabled people’s organisations has slammed a trade union for supporting disability benefit reforms and conflating Department for Work and Pension (DWP) disability benefits with benefits that assist work. TUC makes DWP PIP about work The Trade Union Congress (TUC) called for ‘genuine reform’ of the DWP benefit Personal Independence Payment […] By Rachel Charlton-Dailey

BBC claims Farage is ducking them over donation scandal

20 May 2026 @ 9:07 am

Nigel Farage and Victoria DerbyshireNigel Farage is facing significant heat at the moment over a £5m ‘gift’ he failed to declare. Farage faces two separate investigations on the matter, and he’s also facing question about whether he used the money to purchase a £1.4m house in Surrey. On the topic of the house, the BBC have been trying to […] By Willem Moore

Turkish women’s footballers celebrate win wearing Palestine flag

20 May 2026 @ 9:01 am

Ipek Kaya celebrates the Turkish Women's Football League title dancing on to the pitch, holding the Palestine flag above her headFenerbahçe players celebrated the Turkish Women’s Football League title amid remarkable scenes that included raising the Palestinian flag during the coronation ceremony. The moment received widespread interaction across social media. Both Zeynep Kerimoglu and Ipek Kaya were seen raising the Palestinian flag inside the stadium during the celebrations.   View this post on Instagram   […] By Alaa Shamali

Makerfield Reform candidate’s fascist links exposed after X account suspended

20 May 2026 @ 8:14 am

Robert Kenyon, Reform's candidate in the Makerfield by-election, sat at a kitchen counterRobert Kenyon, Reform UK’s candidate in the Makerfield by-election, has had his X account suspended. Shortly afterward, likely reasons why started to surface, particularly his links to a British fascist and his sharing of extremist right-wing content. Ironically, Kenyon kicked off his campaign by praising his party for supposedly weeding out racists. He also moaned […] By Skwawkbox

BlackCore: Inside an Israeli foreign influence operation

19 May 2026 @ 10:40 pm

François Piquemal pictured in 2022. BlackCore is accused of orchestrating a smear campaign against himAn Israeli influence operation run by a private intelligence firm branded two left wing French mayoral candidates as “pro-Palestinian”, “pro-Muslim” and “rapists”. A joint investigation by liberal-leaning Israeli newspaper Haaretz and French outlet Liberacion exposed details of BlackCore, a shadowy disinformation operation. This is just the latest so-called ‘psy-op‘ to be exposed. The targets were […] By Joe Glenton

San Diego mosque shooting exposes Western heirarchy of racism

19 May 2026 @ 9:45 pm

Female Muslim mosque members embrace in the parking lot of the Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD) on May 19, 2026 in San Diego, California.Three Muslim men have been killed after a horrific shooting at a mosque in San Diego where the authorities later found the attackers dead in their car. One of the victims, a security guard, lost his life while trying to protect others from the gunfire. Police chief, Scott Wahl, said “Islamophobia has no home in […] By Maddison Wheeldon

Intelligence Committee intervenes on delay to release Mandelson files

19 May 2026 @ 8:32 pm

Lord Peter Mandelson seen outside his house on February 15, 2026 in Marlborough, England.The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) continues to press the Starmer government to release the entirety of the Peter Mandelson files. The top security body asked an urgent question in the House of Commons to try and get access to the documents. The row became public on 15 May when the Canary reported: The top […] By Joe Glenton