Hundreds of right-wing activists rushed to Portsmouth after a boat with 140 asylum seekers arrived in the city Right-wing protesters have clashed with police in the British city of Portsmouth as they tried to prevent a group of newly arrived migrants from being processed, videos from the scene show. A small boat which departed Normandy in France with some 140 asylum seekers aboard was intercepted by the UK authorities in the English Channel and escorted to Portsmouth, British media reported on Sunday. The news prompted hundreds of anti-immigrant activists to head to the city in Hampshire in south-eastern England. The demonstrators blocked roads in the area in an attempt to prevent buses from delivering the migrants to a Home Office processing center in the village of Manston in Kent. The protesters, many of whom were dressed in black and wore face masks, chanted: “Stop the boats” and “S...
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The US president’s dramatically darker locks have prompted jokes and memes online US President Donald Trump has debuted a dramatically darker hairdo, causing bewilderment among social media users and sparking a wave of jokes and memes. Photos of Trump stepping off Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, on Friday en route to his golf club in nearby Bedminster show his signature golden-blond locks transformed into an almost brunette hue. “What in the world is going on with Trump’s hair?” journalist Aaron Rupar asked on X after images of the apparent transformation began circulating online. Next week pic.twitter.com/szt4Owy2id — Philippe 🇺🇸 🌊 🖖🏼 (@unfazedgoat) September 5, 2026 “The hair???? If I hadn’t pulled the photos from Getty Images myself, I wouldn’t have believed it,” journalist Yashar Ali wrote . Journalist Molly Jong-Fas...
The Jewish state should take action against those targeting Palestinian homes, Mike Huckabee has said Violent Israeli settlers are “terrorists” who must be held accountable for targeting Palestinians, US Ambassador to West Jerusalem Mike Huckabee has said. The UN relief agency, OCHA, said in August that there were an average of six settler violence incidents every day in the occupied West Bank during the first six months of 2026. The attacks by radicalized Jews have seen more than 2,300 Palestinians, including over 1,000 children, displaced, it added. Huckabee, who is a strong supporter of Israel and calls himself a Christian Zionist, visited the town of Turmus Ayya near Ramallah on Saturday. The area has been frequently targeted by settlers this year, and around 80% of the town’s population of 3,000 people are Palestinian Americans, according to its mayor. During his meeting with resid...
Experts say the latest US contacts with Moscow look more symbolic than substantive, with peace talk overshadowed by wider rivalry The latest visit to Moscow by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff has triggered a fresh wave of speculation in Russia about what Washington is really trying to achieve. With US President Donald Trump under pressure at home and much of his administration’s foreign-policy bandwidth consumed by Iran, the trip has been interpreted less as a breakthrough mission than as a signal – one that may be aimed as much at domestic American politics and alliance management as at Russia itself. Russian analysts see the visit in different ways. Some believe the Americans are simply sounding out Moscow before returning to Kiev, trying to gauge whether any space remains for movement on Ukraine. Others argue the mission is part of a broader performance of diplomatic activity by the Trump Wh...
Paris needs guarantees that Kiev will repay the money it’s been getting during its conflict with Moscow, Jordan Bardella has said France lacks money for itself and simply cannot keep funding Ukraine indefinitely, Jordan Bardella, the president of Marine Le Pen’s right-wing National Rally (NR) party, has said. The main French opposition party faced harsh criticism from its rivals earlier this week after its vice president, Louis Aliot, said that NR “would turn off the tap” for Kiev if it comes to power after the 2027 presidential vote. Le Pen is seen as having strong chances to succeed in the election next year, no matter who her rival will be in the second round. Bardella weighed in on the issue during his speech at the Ambrosetti Forum in Italy on Saturday, saying that Ukraine needs support from France and other Western nations during the conflict with Russia, but “our objective s...
‘Firewall’ breach? Germany is heading for potential upheaval in Saxony-Anhalt – here’s what you need to know
‘Firewall’ breach? Germany is heading for potential upheaval in Saxony-Anhalt – here’s what you need to know
The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party could form the first regional government in its history This weekend, Germans in the state of Saxony-Anhalt will elect their regional legislature and, by proxy, the new state government. A normally routine event in German political life that happens every five years, this year’s vote is drawing attention far beyond the state as its results could send shockwaves through German and, arguably, European politics. The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) – known for its anti-immigration stance – leads polls by a wide margin and could secure enough seats to form the regional government even if all other parties refuse a coalition with it. Berlin is apparently so wary of this potential outcome that it is actively preparing mechanisms to cut a potential AfD government off from some federal resources, such as the intelligence-sharing network, ...