Conservative American radio show host Rush Limbaugh said that US President Barack Obama is pursuing a radical agenda that is putting the economy and national security in peril, and that Obama is immature and inexperienced.
Limbaugh assailed the administration for their economic stimulus package, health care reform and uncertainty over the way forward in Afghanistan, Fox News reports. He also called Obama a “child” driven by his “out-of-this-world ego”, and he predicted that Obama, who built …

The producer of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Matrix”, Barrie Osborne, is backing a new, £91.5 million film on Islam’s Prophet Mohammad, the aim of the movie is to “bridge cultures”.
Filming of the English-language movie is set to start in 2011 with Osborne as its producer, Ynet reports.
However, Prophet Mohammad himself won’t be depicted in the film, in accordance with Islamic rules.
Osborne said that the film would be an “international epic production aimed …

Conservative leader David Cameron signalled that a Conservative Government would be unable to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty once it is ratified, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Cameron said that once the document is endorsed by all 27 EU members, it will “not be a treaty” and will instead be part of European law.
Only the Czech Republic is still to ratify the treaty, which will create a new European President and end British vetoes in more than 50 areas of EU policy. However, the Czechs are likely to sign later this month…

Foreign Secretary David Miliband promised in Moscow that Britain will work with Russia but insisted the countries would not “paper over” their differences, ITN reports.
Miliband, who is the first British Foreign Secretary to visit Moscow since Jack Straw in 2004, welcomed increasing “common ground” between the two countries.
“The cultural and business links that are growing, I think, are testimony to the importance of the UK-Russia relationship,” he said. “That is reflected now at governmental level – not …

Festive holidaymakers could find their Christmas holidays disrupted if the threat of industrial action by British Airways cabin crew staff becomes reality, politics.co.uk reports.
A dispute over contract changes has led to the balloting for strike action, the result of which will be announced on 14th December. Under industrial action rules a strike could take place from 21st December as a result.
Around 14,000 BA cabin crew face contractual changes which union Unite claim have been imposed without …

Home Secretary Alan Johnson admitted today that the Labour Government have made mistakes over immigration policy, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Johnson said that some parts of Britain were “disproportionately” affected by immigration, with an influx of new arrivals putting a “strain” on jobs and services. Setting out four key principles for debate, including that all immigrants should learn English, he also accepted that his party had been “maladroit” in their handling of the issue.
Distancing himself from his …

Orange have confirmed that Apple’s iPhone smartphone will be available to their customers from 10th November, which is effectively marking the end of a two-year exclusive deal with O2, however, the competition does not bring the prices down by much.
Orange said they would offer the handset to pay as you go, pay monthly and business customers, the BBC reports.
Customers taking out 24 month contracts worth £30 or £45 a month will get the handset for …

The European Commission accuse the UK Government of failing to protect citizens’ privacy, the Commission say that the Government should have done more to guarantee online privacy when trials of a controversial ad-serving system were carried out in 2006, the BBC reports.
The Commission said they had now started the second phase of legal action over the trials. If the UK fails to answer the criticism satisfactorily, it faces being taken to the European court.
“People’s privacy and …

Conservative leader David Cameron stepped up his bid to make the Tories the party of the NHS today by promising reforms to cut costs and extend patient power, the Daily Mail reports.
Cameron repeated his pledge to ring-fence the health budget, but insisted that money would be better spent. The £4.5billion annual bill for administering the NHS is astonishing, and must be slashed by a third over the next four years, he said.
“Spending on the NHS cannot …

Afghanistan’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) declared incumbent President Hamid Karzai the winner of the 2009 presidential election today after cancelling the election run-off due to take place on Saturday; yesterday Karzai’s rival Abdullah Abdullah dropped out of the race.
The commission came to a consensus on the decision for several reasons, including security and money, commission president Azizullah Lodin said, according to CNN.

Police have been questioned Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman for allegedly leaving the scene of a traffic accident, which allegedly happened when she was driving while using her mobile phone.
A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesman confirmed that lawyers were in discussions with police regarding the case and that they had offered preliminary advice – but were awaiting further evidence, the Daily Mail reports.
A full police file is expected to be sent to the CPS next …

Williams’ team manager Frank Williams confirmed today that Brazilian Rubens Barrichello and German Nico Hülkenberg will be the team’s drivers next season.
Barrichello moves to Williams Cosworth from Brawn GP team, and Hülkenberg from GP2 series.
“Rubens needs no introduction. He is not only the most experienced driver in Formula One, but a passionate and talented driver who fought hard for the drivers’ championship this year,” Williams said.
“Nico Hülkenberg won the GP2 Championship this season as …

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that changing the country’s constitution to extradite the murderer of former spy and Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko, Andrei Lugovoi, is “absolutely unrealistic”, AFP reports.
“Our position has not changed,” Lavrov said after his meeting with Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband. “I believe our British colleagues understand that demands to change our constitution are absolutely unrealistic.”
British police accuse Lugovoi of murdering former Russian spy turned exiled Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko by …

Iran is looking for a new capital, because seismologists have warned that current capital Tehran is liable to be struck by a catastrophic earthquake in the foreseeable future.
The idea for a new capital was proposed by the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and approved by the expediency council, the Guardian reports.
It is not clear whether a new capital will be built from scratch or sited in an existing city.
Iran has had numerous capitals during …

Japanese tyre-maker Bridgestone Corp are quitting Formula One at the end of the 2010 season, following other high-profile firms citing the global downturn, Sky News reports.
Bridgestone said today that they would end their contract as the official tyre supplier to the FIA, raising questions over who would replace them after French rival Michelin pulled out in 2006 and US maker Goodyear left in 1998.
Bridgestone have supplied tyres to F1 for 13 years and have been …

Afghanistan’s last presidential challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, dropped out of the race on yesterday, accusing the Government of profound corruption and electoral fraud, the New York Times reports.
Abdullah gave an emotional speech to thousands of supporters, but he did not ask Afghans to take to the streets to protest or boycott the political system. However, he said that he could not take part in an election runoff this week that he believed would be at least as …