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Farage sucks up to genocidal, authoritarian petro-state in the UAE
30 January 2026 @ 3:22 pm
Nigel Farage has been in Dubai to drum up donations and lavish praise upon the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Reform UK leader is a man all too eager to blame Britain’s problems on Muslims. But the truth is Farage knows a good thing when he sees it. And by ‘good’, we mean rich. Middle […]
By Joe GlentonEU slaps sanctions on Iran, adding Revolutionary Guard to terrorist list
30 January 2026 @ 2:30 pm
On 29 January, the EU added the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — a key proponent of Tehran’s security apparatus and economy — to its list of terrorist organisations. They announced on the same day sanctions against a further 15 individuals and six entities in Iran, citing involvement in “serious human rights violations”. The […]
By Alex/Rose CockerICE thugs unleash brute force on peaceful anti-ICE march in Texas
30 January 2026 @ 1:27 pm
Trump’s fascist war on peaceful resistance to his racist ICE purge has moved to Texas. ICE thugs and National Guard troops attacked an entirely peaceful anti-ICE march outside ICE’s Dilley, Texas concentration camp. Dilley is the camp holding five-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father after ICE abducted Liam to arrest his dad. Liam was […]
By SkwawkboxProtesters channel Marie Antoinette at Murdoch’s London HQ
30 January 2026 @ 1:17 pm
Activists staged a Marie Antoinette-themed performance at the office of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK today, 30 January. They disrupted staff and visitors with theatrical calls to address deep power inequality throughout UK society. “Stop printing Murdoch’s lies” “Stop printing Murdoch’s lies” and “They are eating all the cake, take the power back” echoed across the […]
By The CanaryKidnapped Venezuelan leader Maduro could qualify as prisoner of war
30 January 2026 @ 1:13 pm
Kidnapped Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro could qualify as a prisoner of war (POW). Maduro was snatched from Caracas by the US in a deadly raid on 3 January. But the US has insisted that’s armed conflict with Venezuela. Legal experts from the NGO Just Security now say Maduro could qualify. Maduro and his wife were […]
By Joe GlentonLondon hospital STILL starving severe ME patient, Savannah — bias medical approach to blame
30 January 2026 @ 12:19 pm
A week after the Canary first reported on the abysmal care of 23-year-old severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) patient Savannah Victora-May, and Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s (QEH) continued intransigence is putting her life at risk. Far from stabilising her condition, Savannah, under their care, is enduring a slow and excruciating death via dehydration and malnutrition. Now, it […]
By Hannah SharlandProfessionals urge UK government to end super-rich attacks on free speech
30 January 2026 @ 11:54 am
A coalition of professionals — including media and legal experts — are urging the UK government to stand-up to the war on free speech by the rich and powerful. In an open letter calling for action, its members warned that democracy cannot survive under the current conditions. The battle for free speech has never been […]
By Ed SykesOmbudsman hammers cops for mistreatment of Irish speaker at Belfast Palestine protest
30 January 2026 @ 11:05 am
The Police Ombudsman in the North of Ireland has ruled that police failed in their duties when arresting a woman at a pro-Palestine protest in Belfast. Máire Mhic an Fhailí spoke to police in Irish after she was stopped for wearing a Palestine Action t-shirt in August 2025. When asked for her name and address, […]
By Robert Freeman“We want justice” — Irish Londoners remember Bloody Sunday and its victims
30 January 2026 @ 10:01 am
Member of London’s Irish community gathered on 29 January to mark the anniversary of the UK government’s Bloody Sunday massacre of innocent civilians in Derry. Skwawkbox’s friends ‘BetterThanReal’ and Chiara Contrino were there to make a recording of the event for Skwawkbox and the Canary readers. It was the first such commemoration since a British […]
By SkwawkboxPolice confirm Reform wasted its time with tweet complaint
30 January 2026 @ 12:07 am
Greater Manchester Police has announced that it will be taking no further action on Reform UK candidate Matthew Goodwin’s complaint about a Labour party tweet. Goodwin had claimed that a post by Labour misrepresented him and breached electoral law. Goodwin’s pearl-clutching disgusted even right-wing hack Dan Hodges: Next time anyone in Reform bangs on about […]
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