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Sir Keir Starmer could end up allowing Donald Trump to use British bases to launch strikes on Iran, Harriet Harman has said.Speaking to Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Baroness Harman said this was despite the prime minister being part of a generation “shaped” by opposition to the Iraq War. 👉Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app👈Baroness Harman was solicitor general when Sir Tony Blair decided to take Britain to war in Iraq alongside the United States in 2003.She said the decisions made by Sir Tony would be “burning bright” in Sir Keir’s mind. Image:…

UK broadcaster BBC is threatening legal action against AI search engine Perplexity, as it seeks to crack down on tech companies scraping its vast content archives to train artificial intelligence models, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

Published Fri, Jun 20, 2025 · 12:40 PM[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia‘s exports unexpectedly fell by 1.1 per cent in May from a year earlier after a decline in shipments of petroleum products, chemicals, and iron and steel goods, government data showed on Friday. May’s exports were expected to grow 7.5 per cent on an annual basis, according to a median forecast among economists surveyed by Reuters. Imports in May grew 6.6 per cent from a year earlier, data from the trade ministry showed, below the poll forecast of 9 per cent.Malaysia recorded a trade surplus of RM0.8 billion (S$241.7 million) in May, missing…

👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 Is Donald Trump about to join Israel in attacks on Iran, and will he ask Keir Starmer to help him out? If he does – would it even be legal? A lot has happened since Beth, Ruth and Harriet last got together, with further significant developments expected before a big NATO summit next week – a gathering we don’t even know if the US president will turn up to.So how did we get to the point where we’re asking whether the UK will allow its ally -…

Published Fri, Jun 20, 2025 · 09:57 AM[KUALA LUMPUR] Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak succeeded in setting aside another one of his court cases involving troubled state fund 1MDB, in a rare victory for the jailed politician.The Kuala Lumpur High Court on Friday (Jun 20) granted Najib a discharge, a reprieve that doesn’t amount to an acquittal, on three counts of money laundering breaches related to SRC International, a former unit of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). A discharge is a ruling that leaves room for the prosecution to lay the same charges in the future.High Court Judge K Muniandy ruled…

Published Fri, Jun 20, 2025 · 12:11 PMPOP Mart International Group shares slid in Hong Kong after a Chinese state media commentary called for stricter regulation of businesses offering “blind cards” and “mystery boxes.”Shares of the Beijing-based toymaker dropped as much as 6.2 per cent, after tumbling 5.3 per cent on Thursday. Shares in Bloks Group, which sells similar products, fell as much as 7.1 per cent. China should further refine regulations for “blind cards” and “mystery boxes” as some of the current business models easily induce minors to become addicted to purchasing these products, according to a feature story carried…

Caitlin Clark has no interest in rehashing Indiana’s physical, testy win against Connecticut when she was shoved to the floor by Marina Mabrey.Mabrey’s hit on Clark in Tuesday night’s game was upgraded to a Flagrant 2 on Wednesday.”I think Steph (Fever coach Stephanie White) talked about it plenty after the last game and it is what it is, you move on,” Clark said Thursday before playing the Golden State Valkyries in her first visit to San Francisco. “My focus is just on tonight.”Jacy Sheldon poked Clark in the eye in the third quarter and the Fever star cringed while grabbing…

[TOKYO] Hiking interest rates only gradually as raw material costs rise could heighten the risk of an upward spiral in wages and consumer prices, the Bank of Japan said in a research paper released this week.The paper’s publication on Thursday comes as the central bank faces an increasingly complicated policy environment, with inflation at a more than two-year high and US tariffs fanning economic uncertainty.While the staff papers do not represent the BOJ’s official view on monetary policy, they provide hints on key topics of attention within the central bank in setting interest rates.The BOJ staff paper, using data from…

A controversial bill which would give some terminally ill adults the right to end their lives is facing a crunch vote in the Commons today.The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, more commonly known as the assisted dying bill, will be back for its third reading, which is the first time MPs will vote on the overall piece of legislation since the yes vote in November. That vote, during the bill’s second reading, saw MPs vote 330 to 275 to approve the bill – a relatively narrow majority which means every vote will count later.If the new amendments are…