🇮🇪 ‘Insanity’: Irish teacher jailed after refusing to ‘call a boy a girl’

Enoch Burke, a teacher who refused to use a student's preferred gender-neutral pronouns (the transitioning student wanted to be addressed as “they” rather than “he,” as requested by the student and parents) has been jailed after breaking a subsequent court order that banned him from teaching at his Westmeath school or even visit it.

After the ruling was delivered, Burke said: "It is insanity that I will be led from this courtroom to a place of incarceration, but I will not give up my Christian beliefs ... Transgenderism is against my Christian belief."

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💬 "My religious beliefs are not misconduct. They are not gross misconduct. They never will be. They are dear to me. I will never deny them and never betray them, and I will never bow to an order that would require me to do so. It is just not possible for me to do that," Enoch Burke added.

He told the court that even if he had to remain in prison for “every hour of every day for the next 100 years,” he would not compromise his beliefs or agree to comply with the terms of the court order.

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⚡️⚡️ UK PM Liz Truss freezes electricity bills for two years

🇹🇷 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's latest statements:

▪"Vladimir Putin is right", grain is going to rich countries, not poor ones;

▪It is wrong to send grain to those countries that have imposed sanctions;

▪It is necessary to start deliveries of Russian grain to needy countries as soon as possible;

▪The issue of grain supply will be discussed with Vladimir Putin in Samarkand;

▪West is panicking in anticipation of winter

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⚡️⚡️ UK Queen Elizabeth's doctors concerned for her health, advise she 'remain under medical supervision'

💬 Liz Truss says whole of the UK 'deeply concerned' by news about health of Queen Elizabeth II

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❗ Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles have travelled to Balmoral to be with the Queen

❗Prince William also now travelling to Balmoral after today's announcement on the Queen’s health

❗The UK’s BBC has reportedly changed its broadcasting schedule

❗Prince Charles is now with Queen Elizabeth II - BBC

❗First time in history, ECB raises key rate by 75 bp at once, to 1.25% per annum

⚡️🇮🇳🇨🇳 India, China begin disengagement in contested Ladakh region

"Indian and Chinese troops in the area of Gogra-Hotsprings (PP-15) have begun to disengage in a coordinated and planned way, which is conducive to the peace and tranquility in the border areas," a statement by the Indian Army reads.

Since May 2020, eastern Ladakh has witnessed numerous standoffs between China and India, both of which have reinforced their military presence in the area. The absence of a marked border between the two countries has been a source of tension for decades.

Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer and candidate for the Conservative Party leadership Rishi Sunak has said his thoughts and prayers are with the Queen

📌Russia's MoD issues its latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️Russian forces destroyed an ammunition depot near Murakhovka, in the Nikolaev region;

▪️Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 near Konstantinovka, in the Nikolaev region;

▪️Russian forces eliminated up to 120 Ukrainian servicemen, and 15 units of armored and automotive equipment in the DPR;

▪️Russian aviation destroyed one BUK-M1 surface-to-air missile launcher in the Nikolaev region;

▪️Russian air defenses shot down 13 Ukrainian drones over the day, and intercepted 19 MRLS projectiles, including 16 launched by HIMARS

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The moment Nadhim Zahawi (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) passed an alleged note to Liz Truss about concerns over the Queen's health in the House of Commons has been captured on video

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❗Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly heading to Balmoral

Dozens of Britons gather at the Queen's Scottish home, Balmoral, where the 96-year-old monarch is now

🇬🇧 The moment the BBC interrupted regular broadcasts to report on Queen Elizabeth's health

⚡🇺🇸 Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon surrenders to New York authorities to face fraud charges