By Yadnom Awu,/Asaba
Britain
British Royalty ‘Derobes’ Prince Andrew
There has been a major development at the British royalty with
Prince Andrew stripped of royalty , and ordered to vacate the 30- room Royal Lodge , also called Windsor Castle.
He would now live in a private residence paid for by the king, his elder brither.
By the development , Andrew would no longer be addressed as Prince, and Duke of York.
The decision was announced today by his elder brother and British Monarch, King Charles.
It follows the revelation of his alleged sexual intimacy with Virginia Giufre, an American lady who said that the former prince , aside from sharing intimacy with her thrice, was also linked to the late American sex offence convict, Jeffrey Epstein, who died in controversial circumstances in prison.
Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, denies the charges.
Virginia Giufre, who put her contacts with Prince Andrew in her book, committed suicide in April this year, but had insisted that the former British prince opens up on his links to Epstein and his sex ring.
Epstein is also allegedly linked to American President, Donald Trump, who has denied any wrongdoings.
Americans, including members of his own Republican Party and his Make America Great Again ( MAGA) group, have called out Trump, urging him to come clean on his alleged involvement with Epstein.
Major news media have published pictures of Trump and Epstein in cosy postures, and his personal letter to the sex offender on his 50th birthday in which he appeared to eulogise him.
Jamaica
Govt Confirms Hurricane Melissa Killed 19
The government of Jamaica has confirmed that Hurricane Melissa, the world ‘s strongest storm this year, killed at least 19 persons in the Caribbean Island nation.
The storm, packing winds of up to 280 kilometres to the hour, tore through the country earlier this week, causing havoc in impaired utilities, floods, landslides and personal and public property losses.
Prime Minister Andrew Hulness had cautioned residents, especially those living in the communities lying in the eye of the storm, not to venture out of their homes unnecessarily.
After the storm made landfall, Hulness conducted both aerial and ground assessments of the effects, and sumed up with the submission that the wind had turned the country into a disaster area.
Areas mainly impacted include the Black River area of the West- lying coastlines of the country.
Hulness admitted that the damage caused by the storm would take billions of dollars to fix.
Israel
Israel Confirms Identities of Two Hostages Handed over by Hamas
The Israeli government has confirmed that the bodies of two hostage returned on Thursday matched those of hostages it had been waiting for Hamas to hand over.
The development leaves Hamas with 11 more bodies to return.
The identities of the two hostages are to be divulged later today by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after first contacting their families.
The Netherlands
D66 Leader Says Parliamentary Polls Open New Beginnings For The Netherlands
The leader of the centrist D66 Party of The Netherlands, Rob Jetten, Says the outcome of the recent Parliamentary Polls in the country were a foreshadow of the new frontiers before the citizens.
Rod Jetten said as the polls results trickled in that the obvious massive gains by the centrist and liberal parties were an indication that the people of the country wanted to move away from its far right leanings
The right wing leaning of the country has been typified by the massive electoral gains of the Freedom Party led by Geert, who is a staunch islamophobic and has anti- immigration and Anti- European Union( EU) sentiments, in previous polls.
The huge gains enabled the Freedom Party, with an impressive numerical control.of Parliament, to form the government that now looks set to.lose power, going by the .results trickling from this week’s polls.
From the results collated and announced so far, the centrist D66 has made the most gains, and, barring any unexpected last minute upsets, is expected to have the majority in the Parliament.
However, there would be a hung Parliament as no party is expected to make enough electoral gains to have a controlling majority.
A hung Parliament is likely to favour D66, which, unlike the Freedom Party, is better set to have other parties join its coalition government.
The polls had been dominated by housing, immigration, EU membership and the Gaza war issues.
Like most other parts of Europe, most citizens of the country are at odds with the conduct of Israel, and want effective debilitating sanctions on the Jewish state.
America
Trump’s Slashes 2026 Immigration Quota To Historic Low
The President of America,n Donald Trump, has significantly slashed the number of immigrants into the country for the current fiscal year to a historic low.
The fiscal year began on October 1 this t year, and is expected to run full cycle by the same time next year.
The cut , from an annual average of 120,000 to a paltry 7, 500, means a tightening of the tough immigration policy of the Trump administration.
Besides, the approval seems targeted at Negroid immigrants as white South Africans have an overwhelming allocation from the paltry 7,500 limit set by Trump.
The American President had falsely claimed that white South Africans were being killed and their land seized by xenophobic blacks.
