UK - Authorities have been accused of attempting to 'cover up' a child rape involving two Afghan migrants which shocked the country, the Daily Mail can reveal. The police and judiciary are alleged to have shrouded the case of Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal in secrecy 'from start to finish' after they were arrested for raping a schoolgirl. The teenagers were jailed last Monday for abducting and raping the 15-year-old girl in the picturesque town of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, leading to widespread public outcry. But despite arriving in the UK by small boat just months before the attack, the two asylum seekers were described by Warwickshire Police as 'two 17-year-old boys from Leamington' when charges were announced, while their victim - a child - was referred to as a 'young woman'.

UK - Crimes by illegal immigrants no longer shock us. Their very frequency has a numbing effect. Just as we became dulled to the horror of IRA terrorism in the 1970s, so we no longer react as we should to sexual assaults by people who ought not to be in our country. A failed asylum seeker was convicted of rape in Bournemouth last week – a story that would once have dominated the front pages, but which now seems almost routine. It was a harrowing case, in which the victim recorded what was happening on her phone. Her recording was played in court, where she was heard crying and begging her attacker to stop.

AUSTRALIA - This was not an isolated act of violence — it was the culmination of ‘globalise the intifada’ rhetoric that has been building around the world since October 7. Now, they’re all shocked. The progressive activists. The influencers. The Greens. The podcasters. All those impeccably right-on people who’ve spent two years making “Zionist”, or “Zio”, the dirtiest word in the Australian vocabulary — who marched down Oxford Street in Sydney during Mardi Gras holding a sign that said “Globalise the Intifada”. Well, congratulations. The intifada’s here. Globalised. Mission accomplished.

GERMANY - After the October 7 massacre, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz now rejects the idea of a two-state solution. When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Yad Vashem, he not only bowed his head in memory of 6 million murdered Jews, he delivered a message to millions of living Jews — in Israel and across the Jewish Diaspora. Under Merz’s leadership, Germany is reiterating its commitment to confront antisemitism, support Israel’s right to self-defense, and reject policies that weaken Israel’s security. Germany’s unofficial arms embargo against the Jewish state during the height of the Israel-Hamas war has ended, and in a remarkable twist of history, Berlin has turned to Jerusalem with a multibillion-dollar purchase of the Iron Dome system. In the 21st century, the Jewish state’s cutting-edge technology will be safeguarding tens of millions of German lives.

UK - Sir Richard Knighton urges more defence spending to counter ‘most dangerous’ threat he has known. The head of the Armed Forces is to warn the price of peace is “increasing” and more money is needed to defend Britain. Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, the chief of defence staff, will say in a speech on Monday that the international situation is now the most “dangerous I have known” in his 37-year military career. His intervention comes days after Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary-general, warned the West must be prepared for conflict on a scale not seen since the days of “our grandparents and great-grandparents”, with Vladimir Putin having chosen Nato as his “next target”. “A new era for defence doesn’t just mean our military and government stepping up – as we are – it means our whole nation stepping up.”

USA - We’re being hit with the “Super Flu” (allegedly), and that means everyone wants us to wear masks again. In a 2016 literature review, infection control expert Dr John Hardie found [emphasis added]: Between 2004 and 2016 at least a dozen research or review articles have been published on the inadequacies of face masks. All agree that the poor facial fit and limited filtration characteristics of face masks make them unable to prevent the wearer inhaling airborne particles. In their well-referenced 2011 article on respiratory protection for healthcare workers, Drs Harriman and Brosseau conclude that, “facemasks will not protect against the inhalation of aerosols.” When it comes to preventing disease, masks are not effective. They never worked. The science backs this up. This is neither an ideological position nor a moral position. It is simply a rational, fact-based position.

CANADA - Planned changes to Canada’s hate speech law would criminalise biblical passages, critics have claimed. Under Canada’s criminal code, anyone found guilty of “wilful promotion of hatred” faces up to two years in jail. But it also says that prosecution should not apply to a statement made in “good faith” and “based on belief in a religious text”. This exemption would be scrapped under planned changes to the law agreed between the Bloc Québécois party and Sean Fraser, the justice minister in Mark Carney’s Liberal government. Critics argue that the attempt to plug what some see as a potential loophole has gone too far, especially after Marc Miller, minister of Canadian identity and culture, told a parliamentary committee that the bible contained “clear hatred towards, for example, homosexuals”. He added: “Clearly, there are situations in these texts where these statements are hateful; they should not be used and prosecutors should have the right to press charges.”

USA - Even high earners are drowning financially as the US Dollar is transformed into toilet paper. Inflation is a tax that nobody can escape. No matter how hard you may try, the rising cost of living is going to catch up with you eventually, and we live at a time when the cost of living has become exceedingly painful. The reason why the cost of living has become such an important issue is because those that are running the system have been treating our currency like toilet paper. Many of us warned what would happen when the Federal Reserve started printing money out of thin air and monetizing the debt. But instead of learning their lesson, they are beginning to do it again. And Congress is spending so much money that the monthly budget deficit for the month of October just set an all-time record. What they are doing to us is literally insane, and the middle class is dying right in front of our eyes. In so many ways, the US economy is starting to resemble the economy of the Weimar Republic just before hyperinflation kicked in. As the US dollar rapidly loses value, even high earners are now struggling to stay afloat financially.

GERMANY - According to information obtained by BILD, the Egyptian man was a prayer leader who allegedly called upon the three Moroccans in a mosque in the Dingolfing-Landau area to carry out the attack. Authorities stated that the goal was “to kill or injure as many people as possible.” According to the Attorney General’s office, they are a 56-year-old Egyptian, a 37-year-old Syrian, and three Moroccans aged 22, 28, and 30. The three Moroccans were reportedly prepared to carry out the attack. The Syrian man is said to have reinforced their resolve. What did German authorities think Islamic prayers consisted of? Pretty much this. If they’re going to ban calls for the death of infidels, well that’s pretty much banning Islam.

USA - A new children’s book set to be released in 2026, “Abortion is Everything,” bizarrely celebrates abortion, calling it a “superpower.” The activist group 'Shout Your Abortion' is behind the book that is targeted at kids who are five to eight years old. 'Shout Your Abortion' describes the book on its website, “Abortion Is Everything speaks directly to five to eight-year-olds about what abortion is, how it might feel, and why people have abortions.” “With accessible, inclusive language, Abortion Is Everything frames abortion as the actualization of a uniquely human superpower: our capacity to imagine the future and make choices that lead us towards the life we envision. Abortion is a tool that allows human beings to shape our destinies, and which has shaped the entire world around us.”

USA - A new wave of AI-powered toys has hit the market this holiday season, but experts warn that the technology powering these interactive companions is largely untested and exposes children to inappropriate content and safety risks. Christmas shoppers are warned to think twice before buying a cute plushie for a child that may instruct them on Chinese communism or talk to them about sexual preferences.

UKRAINE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the US push for ceding territory to Russia as he arrived in Berlin for talks with US envoys on ending the war. Zelenskyy arrived at the Chancellery ahead of the expected talks with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, part of a series of meetings in Berlin between Ukrainian, US and European officials. Washington has tried for months to navigate the demands of each side as Trump presses for a swift end to Russia´s war and grows increasingly exasperated by delays. The search for possible compromises has run into major obstacles, including control of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, which is mostly occupied by Russian forces.

UK - “There is no hierarchy of rights; all are to be treated with equal respect.” What an unobjectionable phrase that is. So reasonable-sounding, so plausible, that the eye simply glides over it. Which is precisely what should make the eye suspicious. Just two months ago, the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary issued new guidance on how to stop AI-generated guff sneaking into legal documents. Now, the already fraught and prolonged tribunal case between NHS Fife and Sandie Peggie (the nurse who complained after having to share a changing room with a transgender doctor) has been thrown into disarray by the discovery of “false and non-existent quotes” in the judge’s 300-page ruling. Two passages, both presented as quotations from previous tribunal rulings, have so far been identified as fabrications. The most likely explanation seems to be that someone used AI to help put together the judge’s briefings. As a result, the entire ruling may be withdrawn or overturned on appeal. All that effort, expertise, commitment and stress, made redundant by the hyperactive imaginings of a robot.

EUROPE - The US is teaching its European allies a harsh lesson in who’s really in charge. The EU’s humiliation today may forge better relations with Russia tomorrow. The humiliation Washington is inflicting on Western Europe today will shape an entire generation of politicians who will eventually have to rediscover how to deal with Russia. The lessons they are absorbing now may prove as important as those learned by previous Western European leaders who built a dialogue with the USSR after 1945. Recent American documents, public statements, and diplomatic maneuvers point to an obvious fact that Russia should carefully note. The US is not the EU’s friend. It is not even a reliable ally. Its behavior is grounded in a deep cultural arrogance and an instinctive greed, and these are constants that will not change regardless of who sits in the White House. Against this backdrop, Russia should not rule out the possibility that relations with our European neighbors could eventually be rebuilt.

VATICAN - Pope Leo criticised President Trump's Ukraine peace plan, saying parts of it create a 'huge change' for the US-Europe alliance. When asked by a reporter "Will you please let us know what you think of the Trump peace plan for Ukraine, do you think it's fair?"