US election warning issued as 'humanity on the line' after Trump success in Iowa: 'If America falls, the rest of the world does too'

Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake has warned that "humanity on the line" if Donald Trump fails to win the next US Presidential election.

The Former US President secured his first victory in Iowa on Monday, after winning over 50 per cent of the vote at the state's caucus.

Ron DeSantis took second place with 21 per cent of the vote, and Nikki Haley came in third with 19 per cent.

Ahead of the New Hampshire ballot, Donald Trump is currently leading once again with 52 per cent of the vote.

Nikki Haley has jumped two percentage points to 35 per cent, and Ron DeSantis remains in third place with just six per cent.

Trump told a New Hampshire rally: "You inherit the legacy of red-blooded New Hampshire patriots and you really are incredible patriots who lived by that immortal motto 'Live Free or Die'.

"We'll get it done without the dying part, we don't want the dying part."

Speaking to GB News, Kari Lake backed Donald Trump to win the election in November and hopes America "gets it right".

Lake told Nigel Farage: "Remember eight years ago when President Trump decided to step into politics? He was beloved by all of America.

"And it's unfortunate that he has has to go through this eight-year witch hunt. They're weaponising the judicial system against him and the American people see right through it."

Lake added that the "attacks" on Donald Trump will "embolden" voters to be more vocal and support him.

She stated: "It's been a character assassination and they're continuing. It just makes people love him more that he stands up and fights back."

Predicting Trump's election chances, Lake warned Nigel that humanity is "on the line" if Trump loses the election.

Lake claimed: "I don't think there's a better fighter in the world for humanity. And let me tell you, humanity's on the line.

"If America falls, the rest of the world goes down. And that's why wherever you go around the world, people are paying attention to Trump. What's going to happen with Trump.

"I hear from people who are not Americans all the time. Please tell me America is going to get this right. And re-elect President Trump."

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Sturgeon's pandemic WhatsApp messages 'all deleted', COVID inquiry hears

All of Nicola Sturgeon's WhatsApp messages during the pandemic appear to have been deleted, the UK COVID inquiry has heard.

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Rishi Sunak stuck to his new slogan relentlessly - but some MPs believe it backfired spectacularly

Rishi Sunak's message at his Downing Street news conference was "stick to the plan". But his strategy was to stick to the script - relentlessly.

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It's no surprise that Tories have more faith in Farage than Sunak, says Kelvin Mackenzie

A YouGov poll in The Times says only 35 per cent of Tories trust Sunak on the immigration issue against 54 per cent who trust Reform’s Nigel Farage.

Easy to give a thumbs up to Farage as he’s not in office but gives his views from a TV studio. More jaw jaw than war war.

But what the Tories do trust is his instinct on the issue. Under his watch, I don’t believe a piece of filth called Khairi Saadallah would have been allowed to spend years in our country.

In fact under Farage he would never have been allowed to come here in the first place.

Saadallah arrived in 2013 from Libya. He was a member of Ansar al-Sharia, the anti-Western death cult which had killed a US ambassador. As a Jihadist he had been trained to kill.

There then followed years of violent behaviour, drugs, and convictions for assault. But he was never deported.

Why? While in jail, he spends time with a radical preacher.

Fifteen days after leaving he goes to a park in Forbury Gardens, Reading, where three male friends are enjoying a summer evening. Shouting Allahu Akbar he murders all three by stabbing each of them just once in the neck. He had been trained to kill back in Libya.

All three were members of the LGBT community and when arrested Saadallah referred to them as “wrong uns”.

He is now serving at our expense a whole life sentence and the pain of his actions were replayed at the inquest of the three this week.

The families spoke movingly about their loss and the great people they were. My question is how did a drug taking, violent criminal with Jihadist background spend seven years here without somebody, anybody, saying we should kick him out?

Apparently the Home Office thought Libya too dangerous for him. A park in Reading proved too dangerous for three friends.

You wonder why Tories are so behind in the polls and why Farage has our confidence. This story is why.

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Rishi Sunak unveils new women’s health strategy as MP opens up on ‘childbirth taboo’

Rishi Sunak is expected to focus on providing a boost to several areas of women’s health this year following an announcement by the Health Secretary this morning.

Speaking to GB News on the latest announcement, Theo Clarke, Conservative MP for Stafford, is campaigning to raise awareness of birth trauma and get more support for mothers.

Birth trauma has been chosen as one of the Government’s focus areas in this year’s Women’s Health Strategy, announced this morning by Health Secretary Victoria Atkins.

Other focuses in 2024 include period problems, menopause and support for domestic abuse victims.

The Women’s Health Strategy, which started a year ago, has cut the prices of HRT and seen women’s health hubs rolled out across the country.

Talking exclusively to GB News today, Clarke said: “There will be a separate check-up with your GP within eight weeks of giving birth, specifically for the mother to talk about your physical and mental health.

“And before it was only ever focused on the babies.

“That is a huge difference which I'm hoping is going to make a big change to women right across this country.”

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Birth trauma is a subject close to Clarke’s heart as she underwent a 40-hour labour when her daughter was born. Speaking on her experience, she said: “I ended up having very heavy bleeding when she arrived and got rushed into emergency surgery and separated from my daughter.

“I later discovered, having been awake for two hours in surgery, that I'd had what's called a third-degree tear, which is a very significant birth injury.”

Around 3 per cent of mothers sustain 3rd or 4th-degree tears during delivery while new mothers can struggle emotionally.

Suicide is the leading direct cause of deaths up to 12 months after having a baby.

Clarke continued: “There seems to be a real taboo around talking about issues within childbirth.

“It's really striking to me how many friends and family of colleagues have contacted me since I shared my own story and said that they'd had issues either with physical symptoms post-birth or psychological support that they needed.

“So I'm really hoping this campaign first is going to break that taboo.”

Clarke has launched an inquiry into birth trauma, and is calling on mothers and health professionals to share their experiences by February 6th at https://www.theo-clarke.org.uk/birth-trauma.

Recommendations will be made to the Government.

Clarke acknowledges the part paid by the chronic shortage of midwives, saying: “We need to do more to both recruit them but also to retain them in our workforce.

“I'm pleased that the Government has invested money in that in the last few years. But of course there's so much more they should do.”

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If you need a response immediately, it’s best to call them on the phone. You can reach them by calling 116 123 or by visiting www.samaritans.org.

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Tories defend 'Better Call Keir' attack ad that seeks to highlight Labour leader's legal past

The Conservative Party has defended a controversial attack ad targetting Sir Keir Starmer, which seeks to draw attention to the Labour leader's advice to an Islamist group.

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Sunak's Brexit deal allowed possible 'wiggle room' as he holds secret talks

Britain’s Brexit negotiators have held secret talks with EU officials over possible “wriggle room” in Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland deal.

Discussions in Brussels come as the Democratic Unionist Party, Northern Ireland’s largest pro-UK party, continues to boycott Stormont.

Ulster has faced a two-year power-sharing deadlock after the DUP pulled out of Stormont after former Prime Minister Boris Johnson erected a border down the Irish Sea.

Senior officials conceded there was no room for renegotiation of Sunak’s Windsor Framework, The Telegraph has claimed.

However, Cabinet Office officials Mark Davies and Brendan Threlfall joined the UK’s EU Ambassador Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby in asking for the Brussels bloc to grant favourable language on the implementation of the so-called “green lane”.

A source said: “It’s on the implementation, the wriggle room, of how things are described and explained. There’s no room to renegotiate.”

The green route deals with internal trade from the UK to Northern Ireland.

It ensures goods are subject to minor checks to enter the country.

The red lane revolves around British exports entering the Republic of Ireland via Northern Ireland.

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Goods caught up in the so-called red route are subject to extra checks before exportation to the EU as the Brussels bloc is keen to protect the integrity of its single market.

Despite securing concessions on the interpretation of the Windsor Framework, the DUP has had a long-standing demand that goods shipped through the green lane must be done so with the bare minimum of controls.

Whitehall is also prepared to put forward legislation to protect Northern Ireland’s place in the UK with a £3.3billion financial package and a new East-West council to bolster intra-UK ties.

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris is under pressure to call fresh elections to Stormont.

Heaton-Harris, who held talks with Stormont parties on Monday, faces a deadline of mid-April if power-sharing is not restored.

The DUP’s boycott of Stormont leaves the province facing industrial action on Thursday as 15 trade unions strike over pay.

Deals could not be hammered out for the public sector workers because Stormont is not in place to negotiate with them.

Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, which is expected to romp to victory at the next general election as the Tories face a 1997-style wipeout, has vowed to sign a veterinary deal.

Labour’s proposed deal with Brussels has also been discussed with DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.

Donaldson claimed “significant progress” had been made in negotiations with Westminster over the border but gave no timeline for a return to Stormont.

He also put pressure on Heaton-Harris to release the public sector pay awards this year otherwise “it looks like the strike action will go ahead”.

Michelle O’Neill, who leads the pro-unification party Sinn Fein, said there was no “chink of light” over a return to Stormont before workers strike.

Stormont is due to meet to elect a speaker before the deadline but the DUP is expected to veto that move for the seventh time.

It will also debate a motion brought by Sinn Fein in support of the striking workers.

Recent opinion polls suggest the DUP would remain the largest Unionist party in Northern Ireland at the next election.

However, Sinn Fein would likely retain its status as the province’s largest party, a feat it first achieved in the poll held in 2022.

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