House Censures Al Green for Heckling Trump During Speech to Congress
The House on Thursday officially rebuked Representative Al Green of Texas, the Democrat whom Republicans ejected from the chamber on Tuesday night for standing and heckling President Trump during his address to a joint session of Congress. A resolution of censure passed 224 to 198, with 10 Democrats joining Republicans in support of the punishment. Mr. Green and Representative Shomari Figures, a first-term Democrat from Alabama, both voted “present.”But when Mr. Green stepped into the well of the House to receive his official scolding for a “breach of proper conduct,” the floor devolved into a scene of chaos. The Texas Democrat led a crowd of his colleagues in singing the gospel anthem “We Shall Overcome” as Speaker Mike Johnson raised his voice and finished reading out the censure. Mr. Johnson was forced to call a brief recess as Republicans and Democrats lingered on the floor, shouting at each other.
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March 07, 2025 13:49 UTC
US exits $9.3 billion climate deal with developing nations
Representative imageBillions for projects in South Africa, Indonesia and VietnamCan South Africa afford a green transition? Similar agreements were made with Indonesia and Vietnam.UK climate envoy Rachel Kyte called the US withdrawal ''regrettable'' but reassured South Africa that "the rest of the world moves on. "South Africa is one of the world’s largest polluters, with coal generating 80% of its electricity. Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa stated, ''Our commitment to a just energy transition is not conditional on other sovereign powers. However, progress has been slow to implement due to financing challenges, leadership changes in Indonesia and Vietnam, and the complexities of shutting down power plants.
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March 07, 2025 13:33 UTC
Assisted suicide privatisation ‘an option’
Assisted suicide could be outsourced to private companies if Kim Leadbeater’s Bill is passed, Government sources have told The Times. The newspaper reports that ministers have “no in-principle objection” to private clinics helping vulnerable patients to kill themselves. Last year, Health Secretary Wes Streeting voted against MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill over the unsatisfactory state of NHS palliative care and concerns it could increase the risk of coercion. Contracted outThe newspaper was told that England and Wales “could end up with what you have in the States and Australia, where a cohort of doctors specialise in assisted dying”. Normalising suicideLast week a Government suicide prevention advisor warned that legalising assisted suicide undermines society’s long-standing commitment to ending all suicides.
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March 07, 2025 13:24 UTC
Jaishankar's security breach: MEA slams UK for 'license accorded to extremist forces'
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Friday reacted to the recent security breach involving EAM S Jaishankar's convoy in London, acknowledging the UK's condemnation of the incident. "We have conveyed our deep concern to the UK authorities about the breach of security arrangements by UK-based separatist and extremist elements during the EAM’s visit. "We strongly condemn the incident that took place outside Chatham House yesterday during the External Affairs Minister's visit to the UK. "We have seen the footage of a breach of security during the visit of EAM to the UK. We expect the host government in such cases to fully live up to their diplomatic obligations," MEA said in a statement .
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March 07, 2025 11:43 UTC
Watch: UK opposition MP Bob Blackman raises Jaishankar's London security breach issue in Parliament
This is against the Geneva Convention and it appears that the police and the security forces failed to ensure that he was made safe. "External affairs minister was attacked while leaving an event at the Chatham House think tank in London. "The Ministry of External Affairs called upon the UK to fulfil its diplomatic responsibilities following the security breach attempt. While the UK upholds the right to peaceful protest, any attempts to intimidate, threaten, or disrupt public events are completely unacceptable. The minister departed without further incident, and no arrests were made.Jaishankar's UK and Ireland tour continues with scheduled bilateral discussions with Irish counterpart Simon Harris in Dublin.
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March 07, 2025 11:20 UTC
Is RBI's CBDC initiative just another digital mirage?
Cross-border trade CBDC was meant to curtail India's dependence on the dollar, elevating the rupee's standing in the world currency basket. Crypto killer e-₹ was RBI's answer to the many real and imaginary threats that cryptocurrencies generated in their wake. When it comes to CBDC RBI seems to have taken Edward Hickson's 1840 moral song, 'Perseverance, Or Try Again', to heart: 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again. His response: 'The world needs a class of digital public infrastructure across countries that offers low-cost payment rails. Any cost advantage that CBDC offers - such as the fact that no bank can demand an interchange fee to transfer what is essentially digital cash - will be universally applicable to all players that allow CBDC transactions.
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March 07, 2025 11:16 UTC
Sudan Accuses U.A.E. of Being Complicit in Genocide
Sudan’s government filed a complaint at the International Court of Justice this week accusing the United Arab Emirates of being complicit in genocide by arming and funding a rebel militia in the country’s brutal civil war. The United Arab Emirates quickly called the complaint a “cynical publicity stunt” aimed at diverting attention from the “widespread atrocities” committed by the Sudanese government. The International Court of Justice is the United Nations’ highest court. In this case, the court can claim jurisdiction because both Sudan and the United Arab Emirates have adopted the 1948 Genocide Convention. Sudan is one of the poorest countries on the African continent.
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March 07, 2025 08:52 UTC
England considering Ben Stokes for white ball captaincy
"You look at every single option and you think, right, what is the best thing to do? "Ben Stokes is one of the best captains I've ever seen. "He's an unbelievably good tactician, which we've seen in Test cricket, but he's a leader of men. But there's always a way in England, I think, where you start looking at, 'what if it goes wrong?' "When you start looking at it, I believe that Test cricket and 50-over cricket are probably closer than T20s, which is the outlier now.
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March 07, 2025 08:31 UTC
Times letters: Division over the Holocaust memorial plan
Write to letters@thetimes.co.ukSir, Daniel Finkelstein’s case for the Holocaust memorial deserves respect (“This is the right way to recall the Holocaust”, Mar 5). Britain, however, was not a party to the Holocaust, and the only political party sympathetic to Nazism — the British Union of Fascists — had minuscule support in the 1930s, and almost none among educated people. That said, a recent a survey by the University Jewish Chaplaincy shows that 89 per cent of Jewish students have experienced antisemitism at university, with nearly half experiencing incidents at least once a month. Perhaps the best memorial to the Holocaust would be for government and vice-chancellors to ensure that antisemitism is eliminated in our universities. Sir Vernon BogdanorProfessor of government, KCL
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March 07, 2025 07:17 UTC
School chaplain to face fresh employment tribunal
The Revd Dr Bernard Randall arrives at High Court before his appeal at the Employment Appeal Tribunal, on TuesdayThe Revd Dr Bernard Randall arrives at High Court before his appeal at the Employment Appeal Tribunal, on TuesdayTHE Revd Dr Bernard Randall will face a fresh employment tribunal regarding his dismissal by Trent College, after a judge ruled on Tuesday that there was an “appearance of bias” in the composition of the first tribunal. On Tuesday, at a hearing of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in London, Judge James Tayler ordered that Dr Randall’s case return to the Employment Tribunal with a new panel, because of the “appearance of bias on the part of Mr Purkis”. Dr Randall was made redundant in December 2020, and argued in a subsequent employment tribunal that he had been unfairly dismissed. In late 2022, the employment tribunal, consisting of a panel led by Judge Victoria Butler and including Mr Purkis, ruled against Dr Randall’s claims of direct discrimination, harassment, victimisation, and unfair dismissal. Andrea Williams, the chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, which is supporting Dr Randall, also welcomed the decision.
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March 07, 2025 03:07 UTC
Photo stories of the week: Paddington in Norwich
Canon Residentiary and Sub DeanWorldwideThe Bishop of Bermuda is seeking a dedicated and visionary Canon Residentiary and Sub Dean to serve in a key leadership role at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity within the Anglican Church of Bermuda.
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March 07, 2025 03:07 UTC
France makes light of US snub: ‘Trump hates anything trans’
With Donald Trump leaving Britain and France to support Ukraine, the entente is now not just cordiale but essentielle. Nevertheless, we two old allies are even older enemies, and there’s room for mockery still. In this case, France has been laughing at our not exactly independent nuclear deterrent, which is leased from the US. At least the French are also having a laugh at Trump. Trump hates anything trans.”There was
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March 07, 2025 00:05 UTC
British court finds PhD student guilty of raping 10 women
Zhenhao Zou (AP photo)Victims found through dating appsA 28-year-old a PhD student at University College London has been convicted on Wednesday of drugging and raping 10 women.According to the UK daily The Guardian, he flew to China just days after a woman accused him of raping her in November 2023. He was arrested on his return to London in January 2024.A jury at Inner Crown Court found him guilty of raping three women in England and seven in China between 2019 and 2023.The man, identified as Zhenhao Zou , had filmed nine of the rapes and kept a collection of women's belongings as "souvenirs." Police have identified only two of his victims.Most of the victims in the footage were unconscious, allegedly drugged by Zou. The videos Zou filmed became key evidence in his conviction.Zou targeted women through dating apps, inviting them home for drinks before drugging them at his London flat or unknown locations in China.The prosecutor, Catherine Farrelly KC, described him as a "persistent sexual predator" who appeared smart and charming but exploited women for his crimes.He was also convicted of possessing extreme pornography, illegal possession of the restricted drug butanediol which he used to commit rape, and false imprisonment.Zou moved to London in 2019 to pursue a master's degree before enrolling in a PhD program in mechanical engineering.
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March 06, 2025 23:09 UTC
New Zealand's UK envoy sacked for criticising Trump's 'grasp' of World War II history
"I was re-reading Churchill's speech to the House of Commons in 1938 after the Munich Agreement, and he turned to Chamberlain, he said, 'You had the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, yet you will have war,'" Goff said during a Q&A session, referring to former UK Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain. "In an indirect response, Finland's foreign minister Elina Valtonen, who attended the event, noted that Churchill's were "timeless remarks. "Before his 2023 UK diplomatic appointment, Goff held various ministerial roles, including foreign affairs, and served two terms as the mayor of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city.On his part, New Zealand foreign minister Peters described Goff's dismissal as necessary but "seriously disappointing. "When you are in that position – you represent the government and the policies of the day.
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March 06, 2025 22:26 UTC
Petition started to reinstate licence of Workington taxi driver
Gerard Glaister, the former owner of Ged's Taxis who also used to sit on Workington Town Council, had his taxi licence revoked by Cumberland Council in August 2024. Mr Glaister applied for his taxi licence to be reinstated by Cumberland Council. The sub-committee determined that the applicant "did not meet the necessary criteria to be considered a 'fit and proper' person to hold a taxi driver’s licence". A petition has now been created asking the council to reinstate Mr Glaister's licence. The 57-year-old, who had been a taxi driver since 2001, says he believes in being ‘innocent until proven guilty’ and that he currently holds no convictions.
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March 06, 2025 21:09 UTC