New training facilities and new accommodation blocks have been completed for personnel at the Wiltshire site The exterior of a new accommodation block at MOD Lyneham, Wiltshire. MOD Crown Copyright Armed forces personnel will benefit from state-of-the-art technical training facilities and new accommodation blocks at MOD Lyneham.   The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has handed over the new facilities, which were delivered by main contractor Kier Construction Western

Sanctions on Illicit Petroleum Traders to Support the People of Iran Today, the United States is taking further action to deny the Iranian regime the resources to oppress its people. The Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on eight entities and nine vessels in Iran regime’s shadow fleet. These entities have shipped hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian petroleum and petroleum products, including liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), helping finance the regim

מאת רם בן זאב שתיקה כריבונות: ארבע התגובות של התניא והמשמעת שנשכחה מאתנו בשנים האחרונות כתבתי שוב ושוב על לשון הרע בצורתה המודרנית: הפצה מהירה, רשלנית ולעיתים מצטדקת של רוע באמצעות האינטרנט. התנהגות זו מוצגת לא פעם כדאגה, מודעות, עיתונאות או אפילו אחריות מוסרית. אך המסורה שלנו מעולם לא מדדה דיבור לפי כוונה בלבד. היא מדדה אותו לפי צורך, תוצאה והשפעה רוחנית. השאלות מעולם לא היו רק ״האם זה אמת״, אלא גם ״האם זה נחוץ״ ו״האם זה בונה או הורס״. כאשר התשובה אינה כן מוחלט לשלושתן, שתיק

by Ram ben Ze’ev Silence as Sovereignty: The Four Responses of the Tanya and the Discipline We Have Forgotten In recent years, I have written repeatedly about לשון הרע (lashon hara — harmful or degrading speech about another, even when true ) in its modern form: the rapid, careless, and often self-justifying spread of evil through the Internet. Much of this behaviour presents itself as concern, awareness, journalism, or even moral responsibility . Yet our מסורה (mesorah — t

Nuclear Transport Solutions sign new strategic agreement on development of transport package designed to safely move the next generation of nuclear fuel UK and US Nuclear Experts Sign Landmark Partnership Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), the world’s leading nuclear transport specialist, and nuclear technology company Westinghouse have signed a new strategic agreement to work together on the development of Pegasus – NTS’s revolutionary transport package designed to safely mo

A predator who groomed and sexually abused a teenager has his suspended sentence quashed and sent to jail Sexual Predator Jailed After Solicitor General Intervenes Peter Pottle, from Taverham, Norfolk, had his suspended sentence overturned and jailed for four and a half years after the Solicitor General referred his case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. The court heard that Peter Pottle met the victim in 2016 shortly before her thirteenth birth

How Moshe Rabbenu ensured that Paro freeing Am Yisrael had Halachic validity (From the teachings of Maran Rabbenu Ovadia Yosef ztvk”l)(written by his grandson HaRav Yaakov Sasson Shlit”a) (translated by our dear friend Rav Daniel Levy Shlit”a, Leeds United Kingdom) From Christina Mattison Ebert’s D’rash Designs series It states in the Parashah concerning the plague of the Smiting of the Firstborns,  “Paro stayed up that night [lit. got up that night (see further on)], along w

U.S. Ends WHO Membership: Joint Statement by Secretaries Rubio and Kennedy Today, the United States withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO), freeing itself from its constraints, as President Trump promised on his first day in office by signing E.O. 14155. This action responds to the WHO’s failures during the COVID-19 pandemic and seeks to rectify the harm from those failures inflicted on the American people. Promises made, promises kept. Like many international orga

The United States Applauds Iraqi Leadership on ISIS The United States welcomes the Government of Iraq’s initiative to detain ISIS terrorists in secure facilities in Iraq, following recent instability in northeast Syria.  The United States appreciates the Iraqi government’s leadership and supports this bold initiative to ensure that ISIS terrorists cannot roam freely throughout the region.  As a member of the Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Iraq is on the front line in confronting t