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Daily Record
3 hours ago
- Daily Record
Anti-nuclear weapons demo takes place at Faslane base
HM Naval Base Clyde is home to the Royal Navy's four Vanguard-class submarines – HMS Vanguard, Vengeance, Victorious and Vigilant – which each carry Trident 2 D5 nuclear missiles. More than 100 people gathered from churches across Scotland outside HM Naval Base Clyde today to renew calls to stop nuclear weapons. Marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the peace vigil at Faslane was led by senior representatives from Scotland's three largest Christian denominations alongside other faith groups. The 'No To Nuclear Weapons' gathering was organised by Justice & Peace Scotland, and brought people of all faiths together for prayer, reflection, and a public stance against nuclear arms. Those in attendance included Most Rev William Nolan, Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow and Bishop-President of Justice & Peace Scotland; Rt Rev Rosie Frew, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland; and Most Rev Mark Strange, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. They were joined by members of the Quakers, the Iona Community, the United Reformed Church, and other religious groups amid growing global tensions. The UK is preparing to upgrade and expand its nuclear weapons system and President Trump ordered two nuclear submarines to be deployed "in the appropriate regions" in response to comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on social media. Archbishop Nolan said: 'The phrase 'never again' gained much currency 80 years ago. "But the actions of nuclear powers, including our own, run contrary to that. "As the late Pope Benedict articulated, the very concept of a nuclear deterrence has instead fuelled an arms race as those on opposing sides keep seeking to outdo the other. "We have seen this in the replacement for Trident. Deterrence itself, therefore, has increased insecurity and does nothing to build up trust which is necessary to encourage disarmament and build up peace.' HM Naval Base Clyde — located near Helensburgh on the Gare Loch — is home to the UK's four Vanguard-class submarines, each armed with Trident 2 D5 nuclear missiles, capable of striking targets up to 4,000 miles away. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Rt Rev Frew said: 'On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it seems right to stand with other Christians saying 'No' to nuclear weapons and 'Yes' to peace. "My hope and prayer is to live in a world without war or the threat of war, a world without the threat of the deployment of nuclear weapons. "I know opinion is very divided on holding nuclear weapons but I don't believe anyone would ever wish them to be deployed, both those who will gather outside and those who serve in HM Naval Base Clyde. "The Church of Scotland stands in solidarity with all those who work at Faslane in the service of the United Kingdom, while praying for peace in a world where there is no threat of nuclear weapons ever being used.' Justice & Peace Scotland said the use and threat of nuclear weapons is incompatible with Christian teaching, and called on political leaders to reject a future based on 'fear and power-wielding'. They added: 'Nuclear weapons are fundamentally incompatible with this call as their existence threatens indiscriminate destruction and a future built on fear and power-wielding rather than on fraternity amongst nations.'
Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Kristin Smart's final steps: The chilling map of missed clues that haunted a campus and her family
When Kristin Smart left an off-campus frat party on Memorial Day Weekend in 1996, it should've taken her less than 10 minutes to get back to her dorm - but the 19-year-old never made it. The last person seen with her was Paul Flores, a fellow freshman at California Polytechnic University, who was a serial loner with a long and disturbing history of leering, stalking and groping women. Law enforcement's theory was that Flores murdered Smart during an attempted rape on the night of the party, then buried her body somewhere nearby. But a series of crucial mistakes made early in the investigation saw the case falter. For years, Kristin's trail went cold. Then, in 2022, Flores was finally charged and later convicted of her murder. But for Kristin's family, justice has only been half-served, for her body has still not been found almost 30 years on. In the latest episode of Daily Mail's Murder Maps series, Senior Reporter Luke Kenton forensically examines Kristin's case and sets out the damning trail of missed opportunities, overlooked evidence, and red flags ignored for decades. From Flores' shifting alibis and a black eye he couldn't explain, to cadaver dogs alerting on his mattress and suspicious activity beneath his father's deck - the clues were there all along. So how did it take more than two decades to bring Kristin's suspected killer to justice? And with Paul Flores now behind bars, will her family ever get the answers - and the closure - they've waited so long for? In this new episode, now streaming on YouTube, Kenton maps out Kristin's tragic story from her birth in Germany to her puzzling disappearance that left the vibrant college town of San Luis Obispo shaken - and a family forever fractured. He also explores the long shadow the case continues to cast today, and the unanswered questions that still hang over one of California's most haunting unsolved mysteries.
The Guardian
4 hours ago
- The Guardian
Trump says Sean ‘Diddy' Combs's past comments make pardoning him ‘more difficult'
Donald Trump says he considers Sean ''Diddy' Combs 'sort of half-innocent' despite his criminal conviction in federal court in July – but the president called pardoning the music mogul 'more difficult' because of past criticism. Trump spoke about Combs during an interview on Friday night on the friendly environs of Newsmax. Combs was found guilty on 2 July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, with each leaving him facing up to 10 years in prison – but he was acquitted of more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. 'He was essentially, I guess, sort of half-innocent,' Trump remarked to Newsmax host Rob Finnerty. 'He was celebrating a victory, but I guess it wasn't as good of a victory.' A number of media outlets reported that Trump has been weighing a pardon for Combs, with whom he had partied in public and exchanged mutual declarations of friendship before winning his two presidencies. Trump has built a track record of pardoning convicted political supporters in what has been widely seen as a broader rebuke of a justice system that found him guilty of criminally falsifying business records less than six months prior to his victory in the 2024 White House election. Yet Combs evidently complicated matters for himself by having told the Daily Beast in 2017 that he did not 'really give a fuck about Trump'. And in 2020, when Trump's first presidency ended in defeat to Joe Biden, Combs told radio host Charlamagne tha God that 'white men like Trump need to be banished'. 'The number one priority is to get Trump out of office,' Combs said. Trump seemingly alluded to those comments in his interview on Friday with Newsmax when asked to revisit the concept of pardoning Combs. 'When I ran for office, he was very hostile,' Trump said of the Bad Boy Records founder. 'It's hard, you know? We're human beings. And we don't like to have things cloud our judgment, right? But when you knew someone and you were fine, and then you run for office, and he made some terrible statements. 'So I don't know … It makes it more difficult to do.' Combs was convicted of flying people around the country, including male sex workers and girlfriends, for sexual encounters. He is tentatively scheduled to be sentenced on 3 October and has asked to be freed from custody on a $50m bond while awaiting that hearing. Sign up to This Week in Trumpland A deep dive into the policies, controversies and oddities surrounding the Trump administration after newsletter promotion At the time of Trump's Newsmax interview on Friday, Combs was being housed at New York City's only federal lockup. Another federal lockup in New York City closed after the 2019 death there of disgraced financier, convicted sex offender and former Trump friend Jeffrey Epstein while awaiting federal trial. Trump's justice department drew bipartisan political criticism after announcing that it would not release any more documents from the Epstein investigation despite earlier pledges from the president and his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to disclose more information about the case. Amid the furor, Trump has been asked about whether he is mulling a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who has been serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with Epstein to sexually traffic and abuse minors. 'Well, I'm allowed to give her a pardon,' Trump has said with respect to Maxwell, who as of Friday had been transferred from a federal prison in Florida to a lower-security facility in Texas. 'But right now, it would be inappropriate to talk about it.'
