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Vinícius Júnior slams racist cowards as game halted over abuse
18 February 2026 @ 11:35 am
Last night, Real Madrid and Benfica went head-to-head in the UEFA league match, before it had to be stopped five minutes into the second half due to allegations of racist abuse. Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior immediately told the referee about the disgusting racist abuse he’d received from Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni. Football heavyweights Thierry Henry and […]
By Maddison WheeldonHollywood actors among 81 to sign letter criticising Berlinale’s Gaza silence
18 February 2026 @ 10:14 am
Hollywood actors Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem and Brian Cox are among more than 80 leading film industry figures to sign an open letter, titled “We Are Dismayed”, condemning the silence of the Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) on Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its censoring of artists who speak out. The letter comes on the same […]
By SkwawkboxHillary Clinton’s latest feeble attempts to gloss over Epstein links
18 February 2026 @ 12:00 am
After trying desperately to dodge scrutiny of the involvement she and her husband had with child rapist Jeffrey Epstein, Hillary Clinton is now adopting a different approach. Speaking to the BBC, she told US president Donald Trump to “get the files out”, accusing him of a cover-up. Her shift in tack comes ahead of the […]
By Robert FreemanCan Mamdani stop NYPD from spying on residents?
17 February 2026 @ 10:33 pm
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani faces a further test of his resolve and principles after the city’s police department (NYPD) disclosed that it spies on the city’s residents’ online. NYPD fesses up On 4 February 2026, the NYPD finally admitted that it uses ‘sockpuppet’ fake accounts – technically ‘managed attribution’ infrastructure — to covertly […]
By SkwawkboxDo senior Labour politicians have relatives fighting in the Israeli military?
17 February 2026 @ 10:29 pm
In July 2023, Richard Hermer KC, a “close confidante” of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, proudly declared that he had “dear family members” serving in the Israeli military. One year later, he was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, the “chief legal adviser to the Crown”. But incredibly, he is not the only senior […]
By Jody McIntyreIndia’s historic strike challenges Modi’s pro-US, pro-corporate laws
17 February 2026 @ 9:51 pm
On 12 February, a joint platform of 10 Central Trade Unions (CTUs) in India organised a nationwide strike to protest the Modi government’s anti-labour, pro-corporatisation, and pro-USA policies. Those organising the general strike include the Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU), the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), the All India Central Council of Trade Unions […]
By The CanaryLabour deselects 3 councillors for wanting inquiry into paedophile
17 February 2026 @ 8:23 pm
Keir Starmer’s Labour party has deselected three Labour councillors and blocked them contesting May’s local elections — punishment for demanding: an independent inquiry into the election of a paedophile councillor. When Clare Johnson, one of the three, successfully overturned the centralised deselection, she says the party orchestrated the local branch’s selection vote to ensure she […]
By SkwawkboxTrial begins in “callous” murder of young deaf woman in Romford
17 February 2026 @ 7:55 pm
A “chance” meeting with strangers on a night out led to the “callous attack” and murder of a young deaf woman in Romford, last summer, by a man nicknamed “Nasty”, a court has heard. Zahwa Mukhtar, 27, was by herself socialising outside a pub in Stoke Newington Road, Hackney, when she first encountered Duane Owusu, […]
By Vicky GayleLabour council offers £8m contract to Israel-backing, Trump-boosting tech company
17 February 2026 @ 7:10 pm
Lambeth Greens have launched a petition calling on Labour-run Lambeth council to cancel plans to award US-tech firm Oracle a contract worth £8m. This is due to the company’s financial and political ties to Israel and Donald Trump. A decision report published last Friday shows Lambeth council is preparing to renew its contract with Oracle. […]
By The CanaryWith unemployment rising, no wonder 82% of Brits support a Job Guarantee
17 February 2026 @ 7:08 pm
The rate of people not in employment in the UK has risen further to 5.2%, according to new figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). With that in mind, it’s clear why 82% of the UK supports an economic package that includes a Job Guarantee, polling from the Lancet shows. These new figures […]
By James Wright