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Obese people will outnumber those of a healthy weight within five years, a stark report warns. The study by Cancer Research UK shows that by 2027, those whose weight does not compromise their health will be in the minority. The forecasts show four in 10 will be obese within two decades, while seven in 10 will be overweight or obese. Currently 28 per cent of adults in the UK are obese , while 34 per cent are of healthy weight. But Britain’s weight gain means that by 2027, 32.4 per cent will be obese - overtaking the 31.9 per cent in the healthy category. The charity issued the new analysis as it criticised the Government’s decision to delay a ban on buy-one-get-one- free deals and advertising of junk food to children. Obesity to become leading cause of cancer It follows warnings that Deliveroo lifestyles mean Britain will soon have the highest obesity rates in Europe, with the disease set to overtake smoking as the leading cause of cancer. Earlier this … [Read more...] about Obese people will soon outnumber the ‘healthy’ in Britain

Turkish warplanes stuck residential parts of Syria’s Afrin on Saturday, forcing people to hole up in their homes and shelters, as Ankara launched an offensive to smash positions held by US-backed Kurdish forces. Hevi Mustafa, a top member of the civilian administration that governs the city in the northwest of Syria, said several wounded people had arrived in the hospitals. "As of this moment our brave armed forces have started the aerial offensive to eliminate the PYD and PKK and Daesh elements in Afrin," said Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said, referring to the Kurdish Democratic Union Party and the Kurdistan Worker's Party respectively, and using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group. Associated Press journalists at the Turkish border saw at least five jets heading toward Afrin. They also witnessed a convoy of buses, believed to be carrying Syrian opposition fighters, traveling along the border across from Afrin. The convoy included trucks mounted with machine … [Read more...] about Turkey launches offensive against Syrian city held by US-backed Kurdish forces

The “defeat” of the Islamic State (Isil), signified by its eviction from Mosul in July, its impending loss of Raqqa, and an apparent resurgence of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, seemed to augur a new era of stability for the Middle East. The jihadists would be gone and Iranian-backed governments in Syria and Iraq consolidated. True, Assad murdering those who resisted him with poison gas and concentration camps, and hiding the evidence by installing crematoria, would nag at our conscience. But foreign policy is a cold-blooded business and it has been decreed that Isil is the greatest – really the only – threat emanating from the region. It would not be justice, but it would be peace. Or something like that. Last week, the evidence against this accumulation of fantasy – that Isil is nearing defeat, let alone that the region is heading for “stability” on any definition – has become rather stark. Let's begin with Syria. Asad has strategically broken the rebellion, with the … [Read more...] about Isil is not beaten – our devil’s bargain with Iran has ensured it will flourish for years to come

Baghdad on Sunday evening accused Kurdish forces of making a "declaration of war" after claiming PKK fighters were among Kurdish forces in a standoff with its army in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk. The National Security Council, headed by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, said it viewed as a "dangerous escalation" and a "declaration of war" the presence of "fighters not belonging to the regular security forces in Kirkuk" including fighters from Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). "The central government and regular forces will carry out their duty of defending the Iraqi people in all its components including the Kurds, and of defending Iraq's sovereignty and unity," it added. The PKK have manned several positions around Kirkuk since 2014. On Sunday, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters rejected a warning from an Iraqi paramilitary force to withdraw from a strategic junction south of Kirkuk, which controls the access to some of the region's main oilfields, a … [Read more...] about Baghdad accuses Kurdish forces of making a ‘declaration of war’

The leader of a Muslim fishing community in Mahatma Gandhi’s hometown asked an Indian court earlier this month to allow him and 600 of his followers to kill themselves. The bizarre request from Allarakha Ismailbhai Thimmar, leader of a fishing village in Porbandar, was lodged with the Gujarat High Court. The Gosabara Muslim Fishermen’s Society claims its members have been driven to desperation by the local government’s 2016 decree barring their boats from docking at a local port. “Thimmar and his community are being denied their rights despite having licenses,” said the group’s lawyer, Dharmesh Gurjar. “They say that they are like dead wood, and without a decent livelihood it’s better to end life en masse. And they asked for mass euthanasia.” Plight of Muslim Fishermen in Gosabara village in Gujarat: Move High Court Seeking Permission for Mass Euthanasia. Banned from fishing since 2016. @CMOGuj , Gujarat high court? @dgpgujarat ? https://t.co/FsgjySKDH4 — Zafarul-Islam … [Read more...] about Leader Of Tiny Indian Fishing Village Asks Court To Allow Him And 600 Followers To Commit Suicide | The Daily Wire

We are only at the start of understanding the series of catastrophes unleashed by Vladimir Putin’s war . Governments get justifiably jumpy when their energy supplies are threatened. But when food supplies are in doubt, governments fall. Mercifully for us, the UK does not depend for food on any country or trade route directly affected by the war. Although price rises will hit British households, for most the grocery shop is a lighter burden than the utility bill. Outside the developed world, neither factor holds. The war in Ukraine and resulting sanctions have taken a huge slice out of global food production. And as rising interest rates in the US suck capital out of developing markets and bombs and blockades stop grain flowing in, we will see riots, starvation and conflict arise in countries around the world. Many of Europe’s neighbours in the Middle East and North Africa will be among the worst affected. The biggest immediate impact comes from the blockading of Ukraine’s … [Read more...] about Putin has unleashed catastrophe on the world – and the West could get the blame

The last time I spent an afternoon with Mina Naguib, both he and his revolutionary ideals were about to take an unexpected battering. It was the height of Egypt's Arab Spring revolution and, in Cairo's Tahrir Square where he and thousands of others were demanding the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak, we had just survived what became known as the "Battle of the Camels". A mob of Mubarak supporters, some of them on camelback, pictured below, had attacked the crowd, hoping to disperse them with a humpbacked cavalry charge. Yet, the demonstrators had stood firm, pelting the attackers with stones and dragging them off their mounts. The revolution, it seemed, had weathered a stern test. Then, as Mina left for the day, he got a reminder that outside Tahrir Square, the old, reactionary Egypt was still very much there. "I was trying to get a cab when some more Mubarak supporters saw me," he recalls. "One said to me: 'Our houses are getting looted because of you stupid kids causing … [Read more...] about Ten years on from Egypt’s Arab Spring – what has become of the Tahrir Square revolutionaries?

Rob Sturdy’s family have been farming land in North Yorkshire for three generations. But the family’s future was thrown into doubt in 2020, when they were informed that the landowners of the estate where they live and work hoped to turn half of their leased farm over to solar panels. “The land agent asked if we’d thought about taking up a new career, perhaps becoming fencing contractors,” says Rob’s wife Emma. “It was shocking. This is our livelihood, it’s our home.” Across the UK, fields that once grew wheat, barley and other foodstuffs are being transformed in order to harvest sunshine. The statistics are eye-opening. Encouraged by Government backing and a relatively easy planning regime, developers are targeting around 11,000 megawatt (MW) of new ground-mounted solar power, doubling the current capacity. Every MW of energy requires roughly three to four acres of solar panels, so, the panels would cover roughly 40,000 acres of land, much of it on British fields that would … [Read more...] about How farming solar panels became more profitable than crops

Boris Johnson on Wednesday opened the door to increased immigration from India to the UK in exchange for a trade deal, as he prepared to meet Narendra Modi , the country's prime minister. Speaking from his plane, the Prime Minister said he hoped to strike a trade deal "by the end of the year" and that he had "always been in favour of having people come to this country". He suggested more relaxed rules for Indian immigrants could be offered by the Government in exchange for a speedy deal that allows the two countries to trade without tariffs. "We have a massive shortage in the UK, not least in experts in IT and programmers," Mr Johnson said. "We're short to the tune of hundreds of thousands in our economy. "We need to have a professional approach but it has to be controlled." His comments come after ministers announced they would loosen visa restrictions for Indian students earlier this year. Easier immigration is a key demand of Mr Modi in trade negotiations, and could … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson opens door to increased immigration from India in exchange for trade deal

Boris Johnson has been embroiled in controversy on the first morning of his long-awaited diplomatic visit to India after inaugurating a new JCB factory, one day after the company’s machines were used to illegally bulldoze Muslim homes and businesses in Delhi. JCB is owned by Lord Bamford , who is close with the Prime Minister and backed his Conservative leadership bid in 2019. Through his business interests, he has also donated at least £10 million in cash and gifts to the Conservatives since 2001. On Thursday, civil society activists and members of the Indian public accused the under-fire Mr Johnson of carrying out an ill-timed visit to the plant in Gujarat, the home state of Narendra Modi , the Indian prime minister. Sushant Singh, a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, a Delhi-based think tank, said: “The people working in Boris Johnson’s office are clearly unaware of the major human rights controversy over the use of JCB machinery in the bulldozing of … [Read more...] about JCB demolition row threatens to bulldoze first day of Boris Johnson’s India trip