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3 days ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie |Andrew Murray |Ceren Sagir
WORKERS across Britain are taking part in a day of action for Palestine tomorrow, demanding an end to 77 years of the Nakba or ”catastrophe” that saw hundreds of thousands of Palestinians expelled from their homes during the founding of the state of Israel. They also joined the growing calls for the British government and institutions to end their complicity in Israel’s atrocities against the Palestinians. More than 80 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were killed today during more Israeli attacks.
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1 week ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
LEADERS from across the globe joined Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today to mark the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Mr Putin presided over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops through Red Square on Russia’s most important secular holiday. The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in the “Great Patriotic War” from 1941 to 1945.
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1 week ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
AT LEAST five civilians have been killed as Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged heavy shelling and gunfire across their countries’ frontier in Kashmir. Thursday night’s violence escalated a conflict that erupted following an attack on tourists in the India-controlled portion of the region, which both India and Pakistan claim in its entirety.
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1 week ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
FRIEDRICH MERZ succeeded today in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round. The right-wing leader had been expected to smoothly win the vote to become Germany’s 10th chancellor since World War II. No candidate for chancellor in postwar Germany has failed to win on the first ballot. Mr Merz received 325 votes in the second ballot.
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1 week ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
ISRAEL’S military said today that it had fully disabled the international airport in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital with a series of air attacks. Tel Aviv said that it had also hit several power plants across the country. The attacks, the second in two days, came in retaliation for a Yemeni missile strike the previous day on Israel’s international airport.
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1 week ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
A MEETING of the United Nations security council was set to take place today over the growing tensions between India and Pakistan. The meeting comes as both Iran and Russia have sought to mediate between the two nuclear armed sides. “Pakistan has officially requested emergency closed consultations in the UN security council. Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN Asim Iftikhar Ahmad will make a statement to reporters after the meeting,” Pakistan’s UN mission said.
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1 week ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
ACTIVISTS blasted Israel’s plans to permanently occupy Gaza and said it would not be possible without the support of the United States and its allies. Tel Aviv approved plans today to seize the entire Gaza Strip and permanently remain in the territory for an unspecified amount of time, two Israeli officials said, in a move that if implemented would vastly expand Israel’s operations in the Palestinian territory.
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1 week ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
PAKISTAN test fired a ballistic missile Saturday as tensions with India spiked over last month’s deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir region. The surface-to-surface missile has a range of around 280 miles, the Pakistani military said. There was no immediate comment about the launch from India, which blames Pakistan for the April 22 gun massacre in the resort town of Pahalgam — a charge Pakistan denies.
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1 week ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
ISRAEL'S security cabinet was poised late today to extend its deadly war on the Palestinians in Gaza. The country’s so-called Security Cabinet was due to meet last night to approve plans to escalate fighting in Gaza more than 18 months after invading the impoverished territory it has besieged for decades. An Israeli military source said the country had already decided to call up thousands of reserve soldiers.
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2 weeks ago | 
morningstaronline.co.uk | Roger McKenzie
MAY DAY celebrates the historic struggles of the working class across the world. I didn’t know this when I was growing up. I just thought that everyone was celebrating my birthday!Always being a bit slow — as some reading my random musings regularly give up their valuable time to write to remind me — I thought the news coverage on May Day of the Warsaw Pact parades through Moscow’s Red Square was entirely for my benefit.
