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Watch: Hegseth says Hormuz is safe for transit except for Iranian missiles
11 April 2026 @ 11:01 am
What happens when you put a half-soaked (allegedly) TV presenter in charge of the military? Well, Trump’s ‘secretary of war’ Pete Hegseth is doing his best to show us. His latest nugget? Encouraging shipping companies to keep sailing through Iran’s Strait of Hormuz despite its re-closure because the US and Israel won’t stop slaughtering innocents. […]
By SkwawkboxThe police are probing Reform’s scandal-struck raffle
11 April 2026 @ 10:43 am
On 9 April, Reform UK announced the winner of their ‘Free Energy Bill’ prize draw. As we noted at the time, it seemed to be an excuse for Reform to make life a little easier for a family who appeared to have it quite easy already: Giving old wealthy people assistance while the rest of […]
By Willem MooreYet another paedophile convicted from the Labour-right production line
11 April 2026 @ 10:34 am
Yet another right-wing, friends-of-Israel paedophile has been convicted — the latest in the seemingly endless production line of Zionist Labour child rapists and abusers. Former Dudley councillor — and “attack dog” for arch-Zionist Luke Akehurst’s ‘Labour First’ pressure group — Adrian Hughes has pleaded guilty to three charges of grooming children for sex. Hughes, who […]
By SkwawkboxThe Green Party has hit 225,000 members
11 April 2026 @ 10:17 am
Taking place on Thursday 7 May, the 2026 local elections are fast approaching. If you’re an outsider party looking to do well, this is the moment when you want the maximum momentum. As such, it’s good news for the Green Party that they just hit a brand new milestone: Victory rally in Margate this evening […]
By Willem MooreMurderous Israel continues to target Lebanese and Palestinian journalists
10 April 2026 @ 11:05 pm
On 8 April, 2026, the Israel killed another three journalists. It has now murdered at least 260 since October 2023, more than any other country in the world. 254 dead in just one day as Israel targets Lebanese civilians, including two journalists Wednesday was the deadliest day of “Israeli” attacks on Lebanon, so far. Israeli occupation […]
By Charlie JaayIsrael approve single largest expansion in their Zionist history
10 April 2026 @ 9:59 pm
The Israeli occupation’s cabinet has quietly approved the establishment of 34 new settlements across the occupied West Bank, the largest single expansion in the colonial zionist regime’s history. The decision, taken on 1 April, but kept confidential until the 9th, was revealed by Peace Now, an Israeli organisation monitoring settlement expansion. 10 outposts and 24 new settlements have just been approved by […]
By Charlie JaayPentagon denies wrongdoing for AI manager’s $24m return on xAI investment
10 April 2026 @ 7:10 pm
In this week’s dispatches from the American kleptocracy, a senior US ‘department of war’ official made up to a 4,800% return on a private investment in Elon Musk’s xAI. The official’s job, you ask? Why, overseeing the Pentagon’s use of AI, of course. What a normal thing to write about a functioning and definitely-not-at-all corrupt […]
By Alex/Rose CockerSex offender jailed after terrifying wife so much she jumped from bridge
10 April 2026 @ 6:48 pm
A convicted paedophile has been jailed for killing his vulnerable wife after he terrorised her so extremely that she “climbed over the barrier of a Dundee road bridge and fell to her death”. Lee Milne beat, choked and verbally abused 28-year-old Kimberly Milne before her death from multiple vehicle impacts in 2023. The jury in […]
By SkwawkboxMilitary aged men? US brings back mandatory military draft registration
10 April 2026 @ 6:20 pm
The US is bringing in automatic draft registration for military-aged men. The move is cross-party and predates the paused illegal war on Iran. Yet it shows that the US political elite remains committed to warfare on a massive scale in the future. CNN reported: Young, eligible men will be automatically registered for the military draft […]
By Joe GlentonEducation in Palestine ‘continues against all odds’, says university coordinator
10 April 2026 @ 5:55 pm
“In Palestine, as a student, you don’t live a normal life,” Sundos Hammad, coordinator of the Right to Education (R2E) campaign at Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, told the Canary. You go to university not knowing if there will be a raid of your campus, if you will be arrested or harassed at the […]
By Charlie Jaay