Fires burn across Kuwait’s largest refinery for 2nd day
FIRES burned across Kuwait’s largest oil refinery for a second consecutive day as Iran widened its strikes on Gulf energy infrastructure, while Tehran warned...
‘We oppose genocide – we support Palestine Action!’
MORE than 130 prominent writers, scholars, and activists, including Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg, and Brian Eno, have written to the Court of Appeal in...
Doctors defy Starmer’s ‘48 hours to call off strike’ threat
THE British Medical Association has responded defiantly to Labour PM Starmer’s threat to break his pledge to train 1,000 new doctors unless the union...
Foreign Secretary Lammy – ‘UK warplanes could strike Iran!’
FOREIGN Secretary David Lammy has said British warplanes could strike Iranian missile bases as the United States and Israel continue their assault on Iran. Lammy...
Iran Will Fully Defend Itself
IRAN will ‘irreversibly’ destroy vital energy and fuel infrastructure across the region if the United States attacks power plants inside the country, Parliament Speaker...
‘Inciting support for Hamas’ – Doctor pleads not guilty!
NHS doctor Rahmeh Aladwan, 31, pleaded not guilty yesterday at Westminster Magistrates Court to charges of ‘inciting support for Hamas’ and ‘publishing material intended...
Queen’s Hospital workers are striking for fair pay
THERE was a lively well attended picket line at Queen’s Hospital Romford yesterday. A number of issues have brought the Unite union membership of the...
Qesser Zuhrah Released On Bail
PALESTINE campaigner Qesser Zuhrah was released on bail yesterday from Westminster Magistrates Court after being arrested on Monday morning at 6.20am for posting on...
Watson rebukes non-social democrat Corbyn
THE DEPUTY leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson spoke to Andrew Marr’s BBC show on Sunday about diverting the party away from its...
CIA trying to trigger civil war
THE CENTRAL Intelligence Agency (CIA) intends to arm Kurdish militants in a bid to trigger a civil war in Iran after the United States...
London Met Strike Action
LONDON Metropolitan University lecturers came out on strike yesterday, Wednesday 15th April, having warned the university they would do so, if the management refused to...
Bow Bus Strikers Walk Out!
BUS drivers from Bow bus garage walked out on strike from 5am yesterday over exhausting schedules, inadequate rest breaks, and systematic disregard for their...
‘Hormuz closure a defensive necessity’ says Iranian Parliament Speaker Qalibaf
IRANIAN Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said yesterday that the threat of war against Iran and the region must be eliminated, and Tehran will...
Half a million on London march against war & racism
MORE than half a million workers, students and youth joined the Together Alliance and pro-Palestine marches through central London to Whitehall on Saturday. The demonstrations,...
Police Arrest 523 Palestine Supporters
THE METROPOLITAN Police arrested 523 supporters of Palestine in Trafalgar Square in central London on Saturday, claiming they were showing support for a ‘proscribed...
Trump retreats from attacking Iran’s vital infrastructure
US President Donald Trump backed away from his 48-hour ultimatum to strike Iran’s power plants yesterday, after the Islamic Republic warned that all energy...
Death toll in Gaza continues to rise!
THE DEATH toll from Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip has reached 72,317, Gaza’s health ministry reported yesterday, as fresh attacks killed a 13-year-old...
Iran launches Wave 64 striking Israeli targets!
IRAN launched Wave 64 of Operation True Promise at dawn yesterday, striking military and strategic targets across Israel while simultaneously hitting US naval assets...
From Gaza to Buenos Aires workers demand justice on May Day!
WORKERS took to the streets in cities across the world yesterday to mark International Workers Day, with trade unions warning that the US-Israeli war...
Starmer declares – ‘This is not our war!’
‘IT IS now clear that the impact of this war will affect the future of our country... I do have to level with people....
Iran declares ‘historic & crushing defeat’ for USA
IRAN yesterday declared a ‘historic and crushing defeat’ of the United States and the Israeli regime after 40 days of war. It announced that Washington...
US-UK medicines deal will cost NHS £9 billion a year!
A controversial UK-US medicines deal will cost the NHS an estimated £9bn a year by 2035 in higher drug prices, critics have warned. The agreement,...
No more wage cuts, pay up now! – demand striking resident doctors
TENS of thousands of Resident Doctors began six more days of strike action yesterday, determined to defeat attacks on their pay and on the...
NUJ and BECTU condemn the BBC plans to cut 2,000 jobs
THE NUJ and BECTU have condemned the BBC’s plans to cut around 2,000 jobs. The NUJ is urging the broadcaster to meaningfully engage workers and...
Sadiq Khan blocks £50 million Palantir police contract
LONDON Mayor Sadiq Khan has blocked a £50m Metropolitan Police contract with US surveillance technology company Palantir, citing a ‘clear and serious breach’ of...
Scores of Labour MPs are ditching Starmer!
THE NUMBER of Labour MPs calling for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to quit stood at 87 by late yesterday afternoon, including four ministers. Allies of...
FOURTH DAY OF FUEL PROTESTS IN IRELAND – as prices rocket by 50%
FUEL protests entered their fourth day across Ireland yesterday, with blockades at the country’s only oil refinery and major ports forcing Taoiseach Micheál Martin...
Labour Health Sec Streeting launches new attack on NHS
LABOUR Health Secretary Wes Streeting yesterday launched a new attack on the NHS. While he noted the King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust survey reveals the...
Save Lewisham Shopping Centre! – demand hundreds on local march
MORE than 200 Lewisham residents turned out on Sunday afternoon to march and protest against the collaboration of the south east London Labour Council...
‘You look like gangsters!’ Palestine campaigner Qesser Zuhrah tells masked arresting police officers
AT 6.30 yesterday morning campaigner for Palestine Qesser Zuhrah was arrested by masked police officers under Section 44 of the Serious Crimes Act and...
No direct talks with US insists Iran
‘IRAN has not held any direct talks with the United States, but has only received messages through some mediators regarding the US’ desire for...
Palestine coalition condemns false claims of riot & disorder
TODAY’S guilty verdicts in the case of Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal and Stop The War Campaign vice chair Chris Nineham are extraordinary...
Honda Swindon Plant Axed – 3,500 Car Workers’ Jobs To Go
THREE thousand five hundred car workers’ jobs are to be axed as Japanese carmaker Honda announces this morning that it is to shut down...
Barghouti at risk in Israeli jails
JAILED Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is at immediate risk in Israeli jails, where he has been attacked three times in as many weeks, including...
Israeli forces violate ceasefire and kill seven Palestinians!
ISRAELI forces have killed at least seven Palestinians across the Gaza Strip since Sunday in continued violation of the October ceasefire. Five were killed yesterday...
Over 10,000 workers & youth march to Trafalgar Square!
OVER ten thousand workers, students, and youth marched from Clerkenwell Green to Trafalgar Square on the TUC May Day march in London yesterday afternoon. There...
Determined Resident Doctors Defy Starmer’s Threats!
TENS of thousands of Resident Doctors begin their 15th wave of strike action today in defence of their pay and conditions against attacks first...
Strait of Hormuz declared ‘open’ by Iranian Minister
THE Strait of Hormuz is ‘declared completely open’ for the ‘remaining period of ceasefire,’ Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said yesterday. In a statement on...
Iran Hits Back At Trump
IRAN'S President Masoud Pezeshkian hit out at Donald Trump over his threats, saying he is not in a position to deprive the Iranian nation...
Tube Strike Brings London To A Standstill!
POWERFUL picket lines continue outside London rail depots this morning as the RMT Tube union completes this week’s first 24-hour strike at 12noon today,...
Trump threatens to ‘eliminate’ any vessel breaking Iran blockade
THE United States has declared a total naval blockade on Iranian ports after ceasefire talks collapsed in Islamabad on Sunday without a breakthrough. President Donald...
17,000 cases of infection in Gaza!
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported more than 17,000 cases of infection among displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip linked to rodents and...
Palestinian Prisoners Day protest at SOAS
FOUR HUNDRED Palestinian prisoners could be executed in the next couple of weeks under the the Zionist death penalty law. Yesterday SOAS students held a...
Bin workers reject pay cut capitulation deal!
'THERE’S no mention of the massive £8,000 pay cut. If it’s not satisfactory we’re quite prepared to reject this deal and vote to stay...
Tube Workers Defend Working Conditions
RMT Tube strikers were on strike against London Underground’s attack on their working conditions yesterday. News Line attended the Arnos Grove RMT picket and spoke...