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DEVASTATION IN MIDDLE EAST LIFT SANCTIONS ON SYRIA!

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

INTERNATIONAL emergency services are rushing to the Middle East following a devastating earthquake that toppled thousands of buildings across the Syrian-Turkish border this week. Thousands have died and many more were injured in the quakes that shook the region. Many others remained trapped under the debris in cold and snowy weather that is hampering the rescue teams

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On the Rails

by New Worker correspondent

LAST WEEK Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, announced that another 800 sub-contracted cleaners working on Transport for London (TfL) sites would become entitled to free transport on TfL services. They work on MTR Crossrail and on London Overground operations. They now join 5,000 sub-contracted cleaners at TfL who have secured the same rights. These came only after long struggles.

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Editorial

Zelensky in Wonderland

THE BRITISH government rolled out the red carpet for Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, who addressed Parliament, held talks with Sunak and had an audience with King Charles that was a Ukrainian PR dream. The British government promised to supply the Ukrainians with more heavy weapons and to provide more training facilities for their fighter pilots in Britain so that Ukraine could achieve a “decisive military victory on the battlefield this year”. Well, that’s what Sunak says. But what does it all mean?.

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