Mirza Shahzad Akbar, a top Pakistani politician who meets with UK government officials, lent support to sacked CNN reporter One of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s closest advisors has apologised after endorsing a TV journalist who said the world ‘needs a new Hitler’ amid clashes between Israel and Hamas. Mirza Shahzad Akbar, Mr Khan’s right-hand … Read more
Mirza Shahzad Akbar, a top Pakistani politician who meets with UK government officials, lent support to sacked CNN reporter One of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s closest advisors has apologised after endorsing a TV journalist who said the world ‘needs a new Hitler’ amid clashes between Israel and Hamas. Mirza Shahzad Akbar, Mr Khan’s right-hand … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK BARBAROSSA by Jonathan Dimbleby (Viking £25, 640pp) Moscow on a midsummer’s night in 1941 was a balmy place to be. For the discerning, there was Chekhov’s Three Sisters playing to full houses, while opera lovers had a choice between Rigoletto and La Traviata. Others fished for their suppers on the banks … Read more
A Scotland Yard officer who lived a secret life as a neo-Nazi was facing jail yesterday after becoming the first British policeman to be convicted of terrorism. PC Benjamin Hannam, 22, attended training camps, went on graffiti sprees and recruited others to the banned white supremacist group National Action (NA), that supported the murder of … Read more
A Scotland Yard officer who lived a secret life as a neo-Nazi was facing jail yesterday after becoming the first British policeman to be convicted of terrorism. PC Benjamin Hannam, 22, attended training camps, went on graffiti sprees and recruited others to the banned white supremacist group National Action (NA), that supported the murder of … Read more
Sitting in a quiet corner of a Wetherspoons pub near Paddington Station, the small group attracted little attention from other customers. But for a fresh-faced 17-year-old boy who sat sipping a Coca-Cola beside a bricklayer and a bouncer, listening to the tales of a handsome, charismatic stranger, it was ‘an awakening’. Benjamin Hannam, now 22, … Read more
Sitting in a quiet corner of a Wetherspoons pub near Paddington Station, the small group attracted little attention from other customers. But for a fresh-faced 17-year-old boy who sat sipping a Coca-Cola beside a bricklayer and a bouncer, listening to the tales of a handsome, charismatic stranger, it was ‘an awakening’. Benjamin Hannam, now 22, … Read more
Amazon changes its new smartphone app logo after shoppers say it reminds them of a smirking Adolf Hitler Amazon replaced shopping cart symbol with an Amazon box and a piece of tape But combined with a smile-shaped arrow it looked like it could belong to a face Some shoppers saw an uncomfortable resemblance to Hitler’s … Read more
A politician named after Adolf Hitler has won a seat at a Namibian election – but says he has no plans for world domination. Adolf Hitler Uunona was elected with 85 per cent of the vote in the former German colony, which is still home to a small German-speaking community and where a number of … Read more
Adolf Hitler wins election in Namibia: Politician named after Nazi leader sweeps to victory but promises ‘I’m not striving for world domination’ Adolf Hitler Uunona was elected with 85 per cent of the vote in a regional poll He said his father had named him Hitler without realising what the name meant Former German colony … Read more