Corporate Western media appears to celebrate Israel’s Illegal occupation of Lebanon

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Corporate Western media appears to celebrate Israel’s Illegal occupation of Lebanon

Ethnic Cleansing — Several Western corporate media outlets have appeared to celebrate Israel’s illegal occupation of the Crusader-era Qal’at al-Shaqif Castle in southern Lebanon. “Captured a strategic mountain” At this point it sounds like AP is celebrating Israel’s unlawful occupation of Lebanon. https://t.co/b13dCVICHD — Assal Rad (@AssalRad) May 31, 2026 On Sunday, May 31, Israel issued more illegal forced displacement orders to all residents living south of the Zahrani River. The attack suggests that Israel is moving towards attacking the city of Nabatieh. Israel had issued more than 10 displacement orders in the last 24 hours. On Friday, the IOF crossed…

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Burnham’s no ‘King of the North – he’s the Menace from Manchester for the left

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Burnham’s no ‘King of the North – he’s the Menace from Manchester for the left

In these quite frankly desperate times for British progressivism, with Keir Starmer’s deeply unpopular government crumbling under the weight of its own timid orthodoxy, many on the left are (still) casting about for a saviour. Enter Andy Burnham, the apparent “King of the North”, Greater Manchester Mayor, and newly energised contender for the Labour leadership. Polls show Burnham is outpacing Starmer among Labour members, which really shouldn’t be too difficult. Burnham’s folksy charm and occasional rhetorical flourishes about public control of essential utilities play rather well in working-class heartlands. So let’s be absolutely clear from the word go. Andy Burnham is…

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Canary Catch Up: Sauciness of Rivals and substanceless The Testaments

Canary Catch Up: Sauciness of Rivals and substanceless The Testaments

Hello and welcome to Canary Catch Up. Each week, our resident telly addict Rachel Charlton-Dailey will bring us bang up to date with the shows she’s been obsessed with, what she’s hate-watching, and what she can’t wait to get stuck into. My God, it’s been hot this week, hasn’t it? I’m not made for this weather, but on one of the rare occasions I left my cool house, I saw the fantastic Mike Garry perform his poetry at King Ink in Sunderland. Garry’s poetry is a sharp look at working-class family life. His poem ‘what me mam taught me’ brought tears to…

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Valued at €2.5 Billion: The 19 Most Valuable Players in the 2026 World Cup

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Valued at €2.5 Billion: The 19 Most Valuable Players in the 2026 World Cup

The battle for the World Cup is no longer confined to the pitch; it has extended into the global football market, where the market values of players reveal the scale of the stakes riding on their performance before the biggest football event on earth. As national teams prepare for the 2026 tournament, attention turns to an elite group of stars whose names have become footballing fortunes, collectively valued at over two billion euros. According to the latest data from “Transfermarkt” as of the publication date of this report, the number of players whose market value exceeds the €100 million threshold has…

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British company responsible for California chemical leak is building F-35 parts for Israel

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British company responsible for California chemical leak is building F-35 parts for Israel

The military contractor responsible for a huge chemical leak in southern California is also manufacturing parts for F-35 jets for Israel. A 7,000-gallon chemical tank ruptured and threatened to explode at the GKN Aerospace plant in Garden Grove, California, last week. It forced over 50,000 people to evacuate. Crucially, GKN is a British engineering company, headquartered in Birmingham. The tank contains thousands of gallons of methyl methacrylate. This is a highly volatile and flammable substance used to make plastic. Only recently, it was deemed at risk of a major spillage or an explosion. Garden Grove is a predominantly working-class and immigrant city…

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Why this stubborn cosmetics tycoon will make you root for a millionaire

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Why this stubborn cosmetics tycoon will make you root for a millionaire

I don’t usually root for millionaires. In fact, I would say I have a visceral hatred for them. Most corporate biographies offer nothing but exploitative tales of untouchable oligarchs hoarding wealth at our expense. Yet the wild, radical journey of LUSH co-founder Mark Constantine breaks this mould entirely. Hearing about Mark’s humble beginnings, how he experienced homelessness and sleeping under hedges, resonated with me from the start. I’ve been on the streets, and I know how hard it is. The laughter at the launch On Thursday, 28 May, I attended the book launch of Dear John inside the stunning LUSH studio on Beak…

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Streeting does Blair’s bidding with call for more drilling

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Streeting does Blair’s bidding with call for more drilling

On 26 May, the wax-faced war criminal Tony Blair returned with a half-baked essay on what the UK should do next. Among his widely-panned arguments was the suggestion that we need to increase North Sea drilling. And now, like clockwork, the Blairite homunculus Wes Streeting has stepped forwards to make roughly the same argument: Labour should cut national insurance and issue new oil drilling licences for North Sea, Streeting says https://t.co/yWsOYDXf0n — LBC (@LBC) May 31, 2026 New Streeting, New Danger In his essay, Blair wrote: 3. We must prioritise cheaper energy and electrification over net zero and use what is…

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Burnham slams ‘desperate’ Farage over vile AI slop-post

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Burnham slams ‘desperate’ Farage over vile AI slop-post

On 30 May, Nigel Farage posted the latest in a long line of dehumanising political ads. Reacting with more good humour than Farage deserved, Makerfield candidate Andy Burnham responded as follows: Are you getting desperate, lad? Maybe keep your crypto millions for something else. — Andy Burnham (@AndyBurnhamGM) May 30, 2026 Using refugees as pawns like this shows that Farage lacks any empathy whatsoever. And if he cares this little for the people who are most in need, we’ve got bad news for anyone deluded enough to think he cares about them. Nasty Nigel Farage later highlighted what he was talking…

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Trump loses it as US’s 250th Anniversary plans collapse

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Trump loses it as US’s 250th Anniversary plans collapse

Trump — As we find ourselves in the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, the country is more American than ever. This isn’t a compliment, of course, but it is a way of introducing the chaos we’re seeing around the anniversary planning — chaos even right-wingers are calling out: I’m actually pretty pissed at how badly they’ve bungled America 250. First they tried to invite Milli Vanilli and a bunch of other absurdly washed up geriatric one hit wonders. Then when that didn’t work they decided to convert the event into a Trump rally where Trump will talk… https://t.co/lYo2jUWOLy — Matt Walsh…

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US Congress moves to merge US and Israeli militaries — with Israel ‘leading’

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US Congress moves to merge US and Israeli militaries — with Israel ‘leading’

A bill before the US Congress seeks to essentially merge the US and Israeli militaries — with many saying it puts the IOF in the driving seat. Many would say the IOF already is, of course. The ‘United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative’ has been described as a “sweeping proposal” to merge the two militaries to an “unprecedented degree”. Foreign policy thinktank Responsible Statecraft said that “Section 224”: lays the groundwork for bilateral research and development, co-production of weapons, joint ventures, licensing agreements, and seemingly every manner of US-Israeli military-industrial complex cooperation. Others put it more succinctly, like Arab-Jewish ‘ex-Israeli’ analyst…

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A correction and apology regarding Reform councillor David Barker

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A correction and apology regarding Reform councillor David Barker

On 8 May, the Canary published an article entitled “Sunderland Reform councillor David Barker allegedly beat up his girlfriend and abused child”. The piece incorrectly stated that Barker was the same individual who was given a suspended sentence in 2019 at South Tyneside magistrates’ court for assault and causing actual bodily harm to his girlfriend. The Canary published this based on information it had at that time. Since then, Barker has reached out to us and provided information categorically showing that he is not the same man who was sentenced in 2019. The Canary would like to unreservedly apologise to Barker,…

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Government washes hands of raising minimum wage for young people

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Government washes hands of raising minimum wage for young people

In 2024, Labour pledged to equalise the minimum wage across all age bands. Now, a senior minister has claimed that the act of governing is completely out of the hands of government: Page 45 of Labours 2024 manifesto stated: "Labour will also remove the discriminatory age bands so all adults are entitled to the same minimum wage" Pat McFadden is asked, when are you going to do this? McFadden says its not up to the govt to do it. pic.twitter.com/RSVJaZvf7x — Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) May 31, 2026 Has there ever been a government as comfortable with u-turning as the Starmer regime?…

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Mbappe and the Champions League curse: Paris rules Europe after his departure

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Mbappe and the Champions League curse: Paris rules Europe after his departure

For years, the European project of Paris Saint-Germain was inextricably linked to the name Kylian Mbappe. Since joining the club in 2017, the French striker became the most prominent face of the Parisian dream in the UEFA Champions League, while the club’s management spent billions in an effort to finally win the trophy that had eluded them. During that period, rumors constantly linked Mbappe with Real Madrid, a club historically synonymous with the continental competition. While Paris sought to retain its star to complete its European ambitions, the player continued to view a transfer to the Spanish capital as the quickest…

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Enrique joins the ranks of the most decorated Champions League coaches

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Enrique joins the ranks of the most decorated Champions League coaches

Spanish coach Luis Enrique continues to make history in the UEFA Champions League. After leading Paris Saint-Germain to their second consecutive continental title, raising his total to three trophies in the competition, he joins the list of the most decorated coaches of “The Big-Eared Cup,” cementing his place among the legends who have shaped the tournament’s glory over the decades. This latest title grants Enrique entry into the exclusive club of coaches who have won the Champions League three or more times — a list that only includes four names who achieved this feat before him, led by Italy’s Carlo Ancelotti,…

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Watch: Netherlands police thug brutally flings pregnant Palestinian woman backwards to floor

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Watch: Netherlands police thug brutally flings pregnant Palestinian woman backwards to floor

A Netherlands police thug has been caught on camera viciously throwing a visibly pregnant Palestinian asylum-seeker backwards to the floor in an unprovoked attack. Several other officers stood by and did nothing to prevent the attack or to restrain the thug afterward. The attack was perpetrated on 29 May 2026 in an asylum centre in Zeist, near Amsterdam. It is yet another example of European state brutality toward refugees and and anti-genocide activists: https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/nl-thug-asylum.mp4 Netherlands — Early birth The video quickly went viral. The woman had approached police to ask to be allowed to remain with her husband during detention. She…

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Kemi Badenoch says future Tories will all be ‘C words’

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Kemi Badenoch says future Tories will all be ‘C words’

Kemi Badenoch has argued that the next generation of Conservatives need to be C words. If you’re thinking ‘aren’t they already?‘, we can explain: I can think of a sixth C https://t.co/LPcvwY7kT9 — Ian Sharp (@gablid) May 31, 2026 Kemi Badenoch — Do you C what she did there? This latest intervention comes from a Badenoch-penned think piece titled: This Z-list Labour Parliament is everything that’s wrong with British politics You don’t have to read between the lines to understand that Badenoch is promising a return to the traditional Tory values of bungs for business and austerity for the masses: I…

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Ireland’s explosive data centre growth triggers shocking rise in electricity bills

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Ireland’s explosive data centre growth triggers shocking rise in electricity bills

A new report has revealed the whopping tax levied on households in Ireland due to runaway data centre expansion — a massive €715 million extra on electricity bills from 2015-2023. Not only that, the document published by Friends of the Earth Ireland (FOTEI) projects that between 2025-2034, bill payers are: …set to face an additional €1.43 billion in electricity bills linked to data centre growth. It also highlights how those least able to pay are hit, stating that: …the poorest households in Ireland paid an extra €209 on electricity bills between 2021 and 2023 due to data centre growth. The cost…

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Police offered Manchester cafe owner cash, immunity to grass on Palestine Action

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Police offered Manchester cafe owner cash, immunity to grass on Palestine Action

Greater Manchester Police offered cafe-owner Shams Sadiq cash — and carte blanche to commit ‘certain’ crimes — if he would inform on anti-genocide group Palestine Action (PA) and his fellow Muslims. Sadiq, from Didsbury, was approached when he went to collect devices the police had confiscated after a 2025 raid connected to the group. The Starmer regime unlawfully banned PA as a terror group in 2025 at the behest of the Israeli government and lobby groups. The government is still trying to overturn the High Court’s ruling that the ban breached human and free speech rights. Police continue to arrest people…

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Rumours swirl of an early election if Burnham wins

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Rumours swirl of an early election if Burnham wins

Andy Burnham is running to become the MP for Makerfield, Wigan. As everyone knows, if Burnham wins, he’ll challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership, becoming the PM if he succeeds. Given that Labour has a huge majority and the party doesn’t have to call an election until 2029, most assume he won’t go to the polls early. If rumours are to be believed, however, he might be eyeing one up: EXCL: Andy Burnham is considering holding a snap general election if he becomes PM.https://t.co/4vTIQ2oH5Y — Kate Ferguson (@kateferguson4) May 30, 2026 Wargaming The latest rumours comes from the Sun, and…

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Royals knew about Andrew’s dodgy trade envoy dealings 6 years ago

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Royals knew about Andrew’s dodgy trade envoy dealings 6 years ago

Buckingham Palace had emails six years ago showing the queen’s second son, Andrew, was abusing his position as UK trade envoy. It was a position the late queen had pressured the government into giving the Epstein pal formerly known as Prince Andrew. Court documents have revealed that the family had an archive of information since 2020 concerning Mountbatten-Windsor’s sharing of information with banking scion Jonathan Rowland. Andrew had told his serial child-rapist friend Jeffrey Epstein that Rowland’s “shady” banker father David was his “main money man”. Emails released in the US Justice Department’s Epstein files show Andrew, as trade envoy, trying…

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