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Clive Myrie: BBC presenter apologises for not declaring £145,000 in earnings | UK News

Clive Myrie: BBC presenter apologises for not declaring £145,000 in earnings | UK News

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BBC broadcaster Clive Myrie has apologised for failing to declare at least £145,000 for external work he undertook outside his role at the corporation. Figures suggest the 60-year-old newsreader earned at least £145,000, but it could have been more than £255,000, with the exact figure likely to be somewhere in between, according to retrospective entries to the BBC’s external events register. Apologising in a written statement on X, Myrie blamed the error on “several administrative issues” and said he will not be taking part in paid external events for the “foreseeable future”, except for some pre-existing commitments. “An apology – I’ve had several administrative issues, and I didn’t fill out the correct paperwork for some of my external public events, so they haven’t been published until now,” he said. “I’ve told the BBC I won’t be taking part in any more paid external events in the foreseeable future, beyond a handful of pre-existing commitments, so that this doesn’t happen again. “My sincere apologies.” X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies …

Parliament passes bill declaring Rwanda safe – but can it really be called a law at all?

Parliament passes bill declaring Rwanda safe – but can it really be called a law at all?

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After months of deadlock, the House of Lords withdrew its opposition to the safety of Rwanda (asylum and immigration) bill, meaning that it will become law upon receiving royal assent. This legislation declares in UK law that Rwanda is a safe country for the UK to send asylum seekers. Much has been written about the Rwanda plan’s practical (un)workability, high cost and its perceived cruelty. But one thing we have overlooked is a conceptual question: are there problems with this law that mean it’s not a real law at all? You may be reading this and thinking: “It’s been passed by parliament, of course it’s a law!” If so, then you’re adopting what is known in legal theory as legal positivism. This is the belief that if a rule has been properly passed (or “posited”, hence the name) by a lawmaking authority, then it’s a valid law. It’s fair to say that this is probably the dominant position in Anglo-American legal theory – so much so that many people adopt it without even realising they’re …

Lords push back on Rwanda bill again – despite PM declaring ‘enough is enough’ | Politics News

Lords push back on Rwanda bill again – despite PM declaring ‘enough is enough’ | Politics News

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The House of Lords has pushed the government’s Rwanda Bill back to the Commons again as a row continues over the controversial plan to “stop the boats”. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told reporters on Monday that “enough is enough”, promising the legislation would pass its final parliamentary stages this evening, “no matter how late it goes”. But peers are now testing this pledge, insisting MPs take another look at one of the changes they want implemented to the bill – which aims to see asylum seekers making Channel crossings deported to the African nation – for the fifth time. Politics live: Follow the latest from parliament as MPs and peers vote on Rwanda bill Ministers made a concession earlier on Labour peer Lord Browne’s proposal that sought to ensure asylum seekers who had worked with British armed forces abroad were not deported – with the government promising to reassess all those from Afghanistan who claims had been rejected under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme. Home Office minister Lord Sharpe told the chamber: …

White House declines Comer testimony invite, declaring impeachment investigation ‘over’

White House declines Comer testimony invite, declaring impeachment investigation ‘over’

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President Biden declined to appear before House impeachment investigators, writing in a Monday letter through an attorney that the investigation “is over.” Though brief, the letter tears into the impeachment investigation being led in part by House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), which has yet to uncover any wrongdoing by President Biden. “Your Committee’s purported ‘impeachment inquiry’ has succeeded only in turning up abundant evidence that, in fact, the President has done nothing wrong. Yet rather than acknowledge this reality, your March 28, 2024, letter contains the same litany of false allegations that have been repeatedly debunked and refuted by the very witnesses you have called before your Committee and the many documents you have obtained,” Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president, wrote in a letter to Comer obtained by The Hill “Your insistence on peddling these false and unsupported allegations despite ample evidence to the contrary makes one thing about your investigation abundantly clear: The facts do not matter to you.” CNN first reported Sauber’s response. Comer’s March letter to President Biden contained numerous …

Jerrod Carmichael shares update on Tyler, the Creator relationship after declaring love for him

Jerrod Carmichael shares update on Tyler, the Creator relationship after declaring love for him

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Jerrod Carmichael has praised Tyler, the Creator for being open to discussing his unrequited love for the rapper on camera, saying “he was down for something chaotic”. The stand-up comedian, 36, has just launched an unconventional HBO documentary series called Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show. In the first episode, he explores the awkward situation that developed in his personal life after he developed a crush on his best friend, rapper Tyler, the Creator, 33. In a stand-up performance filmed for the premiere episode, Carmichael says: “I fell in love with my best friend. 1 out of 10, don’t recommend.” He continues: “I knew I had to tell him. Things started getting kind of weird between us. I had these feelings… So I texted him. I remember saying, ‘I know you didn’t ask for this, but somewhere down the line I developed feelings for you and I don’t know what …

Trump camp assails Biden for declaring Easter the inaugural Transgender Day of Visibility

Trump camp assails Biden for declaring Easter the inaugural Transgender Day of Visibility

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is facing criticism from Donald Trump’s campaign and religious conservatives for proclaiming March 31 — which corresponds with Easter Sunday this year — as “Transgender Day of Visibility.” The Democratic president issued the proclamation on Friday, calling on “all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating violence and discrimination based on gender identity.” But in 2024, the March 31 designation overlaps with Easter, one of Christianity’s holiest celebrations. Trump’s campaign accused Biden, a Roman Catholic, of being insensitive to religion, and fellow Republicans piled on. “We call on Joe Biden’s failing campaign and White House to issue an apology to the millions of Catholics and Christians across America who believe tomorrow is for one celebration only — the resurrection of Jesus Christ,” said Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign’s press secretary. She assailed what she called the Biden administration’s “years-long assault on the Christian faith.” House Speaker Mike Johnson said on social media that the …

Trump campaign assails Biden for declaring Easter Sunday as Transgender Day of Visibility

Trump campaign assails Biden for declaring Easter Sunday as Transgender Day of Visibility

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is facing criticism from Donald Trump’s campaign and religious conservatives for proclaiming March 31 — which corresponds with Easter Sunday this year — as “Transgender Day of Visibility.” The Democratic president issued the proclamation on Friday, calling on “all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating violence and discrimination based on gender identity.” But in 2024, the March 31 designation overlaps with Easter, one of Christianity’s holiest celebrations. Trump’s campaign accused Biden, a Roman Catholic, of being insensitive to religion, and fellow Republicans piled on. “We call on Joe Biden’s failing campaign and White House to issue an apology to the millions of Catholics and Christians across America who believe tomorrow is for one celebration only — the resurrection of Jesus Christ,” said Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign’s press secretary. She assailed what she called the Biden administration’s “years-long assault on the Christian faith.” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said on social media that …

Jacob Graham: Left-wing anarchist jailed for 13 years over terror offences after declaring he wanted to kill at least 50 people | UK News

Jacob Graham: Left-wing anarchist jailed for 13 years over terror offences after declaring he wanted to kill at least 50 people | UK News

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A left-wing anarchist has been jailed for 13 years for preparing acts of terrorism by compiling and sharing a bomb-making manual, after declaring he wanted to kill at least 50 people. Jacob Graham, 20, from Norris Green, Liverpool, dedicated his manual, called the “Freedom Encyclopaedia”, to “misfits, social nobodies, anarchists, [and] terrorists past and future, who want to fight for freedom against the government”. The judge said the college student was a “dangerous young man”, adding that Graham described himself “as the first UK home-grown terrorist”. The security services uncovered Graham’s activity as part of an investigation into the purchase of chemicals online, it can be disclosed. When they raided the home he shared with his mother and sister, they discovered he had filmed bomb-making experiments in his back garden and buried supplies in a secret woodland hide in Formby, Merseyside. In a document called “My Plan”, Graham wrote he wanted to kill at least 50 people by attacking government buildings and politicians’ houses. He also made 138 videos, to be released on the day …

Japan government considers declaring end to deflation – Kyodo

Japan government considers declaring end to deflation – Kyodo

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TOKYO : Japan’s government is considering declaring an end to deflation in the wake of rising prices, Kyodo news agency reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. The government will make a decision after determining whether annual labour-management wage talks due March 13 will turn out strong enough to offset price hikes and also consider the outlook on price trends. If realised, it will mean Japan would break free from deflation that put a drag on economic activity for well over two decades, the sources said. The government acknowledged that Japan’s economy was in deflation for the first time in 2001, with the nation struggling for much of the past two decades to break a vicious cycle of lower corporate profits, tepid wages and weak private consumption. In judging an end to deflation, the government would scrutinises a broad range of indicators, such as consumer prices, unit labour costs, output gap and GDP deflator, Kyodo said, citing the sources. Source link

Left-wing anarchist guilty of terror offences after declaring he wanted to kill MPs | UK News

Left-wing anarchist guilty of terror offences after declaring he wanted to kill MPs | UK News

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A left-wing anarchist has been found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism by compiling and sharing a bomb-making manual, after declaring that he wanted to kill at least 50 politicians. Jacob Graham, 20, from Norris Green, Liverpool, dedicated his manual, called the “Freedom Encyclopaedia”, to “terrorists past and future, anarchists etc” and buried bomb-making chemicals in a secret woodland hide. He wrote a document called “My Plan” in which he said he wanted to kill at least 50 people by attacking government buildings and politicians’ houses. He also made 138 videos in which he demonstrated explosives and talked about “Judgement Day” and “standing up for working class people.” On the wall in his bedroom Graham had printed out a picture of a car bomb exploding with the words: “Make politicians afraid to start their cars again.” The jury at Manchester Crown Court acquitted Graham of planning a terrorist attack but found him guilty of preparing acts of terrorism by writing the Freedom Encyclopaedia, and of disseminating terrorist publications and possession of documents useful for terrorism. …