DES ABEND NEWS

US President Joe Biden kicked off Fourth of July celebrations with hope and calls to 'celebrate the goodness of our nation.' By the end of the celebratory weekend, 220 were dead. With the death toll increasing day by day, the world is calling on Biden to bring in harsher and stricter gun laws. Credit: BBC News. By: Derry Salter. On the day of American independence, a gunman opened fire on a crowd of parade spectators in Chicago; seven died, leaving dozens injured. According to Gun Violence Archive, shootings were reported in nearly ever US state across the weekend, with 570 left wounded. Only five states did not report a shooting from July 1 to July 4. Acts labelled ‘mass shootings’ are classified where four or more people are killed or wounded by gunshots; in the space of four days, there were 11 mass shootings. These shocking attacks continue to ring out across the US; children attending celebrations are coming home orphans. The Fourth of July weekend horror is not ne...

7 July. The day it all got too much for anyone to back Johnson any longer.  Boris Johnson has buckled to the pressure caving in around him and resigned as Prime Minister of the UK, bringing an end to a short but controversial tensure shrouded with issues not faced any of his predecessors - most of which were his own doing. Credit: PA. By: Sam Feierabend. On July 7, Boris Johnson buckled to the pressure caving in around him and resigned as Prime Minister of the UK, bringing an end to a short but controversial tensure shrouded with issues not faced any of his predecessors - most of which were his own doing. His resignation is a culmination of a political career that has seen climb the ladder from journalist to the top political job in the country, not shying away from controversy and disgrace. Born in New York, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson first ambitioned to be 'world king.' He recieved a King's scholarship to study at Eton College, practicing English and Classics. Man...