A viral social media skit has reignited a familiar argument about immigration, assimilation and social cohesion. The video lampoons the idea that Western host countries are expected to bend culturally to immigrants who accept public benefits without adopting shared norms.
Comedian Pat Smith portrayed a caricature of an immigrant moving from the U.K. to China who is culturally disengaged, openly resentful of his host society and still dependent on state support.
Smith’s character hails from a Western country and expects accommodations that suit his sensibilities while resisting assimilation into life abroad, holding up a mirror to those who argue that this behavior is acceptable from foreigners who move to the United Kingdom.
People carrying flags and banners gather to stage a demonstration against the immigration policies of the Labour government and Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Aug. 16, 2025, in Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom.(Stuart Brock/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“OK, I think we can all agree everything here is a little bit too Chinese,” Smith begins, posed in front of a green-screened background of a traditional Chinese street.
He says he doesn’t eat noodles and wants traditionally English foods “uniquely catered to me.” Throughout the sketch, he is repeatedly surprised by resistance from someone off-screen — presumably Chinese — with whom he is speaking.
“I don’t think you understand. I’m not from here, OK? I left the U.K. because I didn’t like it, alright? So, I need you to change everything to make it feel like it’s the U.K.”
The character says he can’t work due to “anxiety” and asks, “When do I get my money?” before suggesting the creation of a British enclave within China.
People protest outside Epping Forest District Council, after the British government won a court ruling resulting in asylum seekers not being evicted from The Bell Hotel in Epping, Britain, on Aug. 31, 2025. (Reuters/Jack Taylor)
“I’ve noticed as well there’s a lot of Chinese people here,” he says. “So I was thinking we could get loads of me over here, and we have our own little area, and then you lot can just f— off.”
Faced with pretend pushback, Smith’s character asks to be heard out.
“I was thinking if we get loads of me over here, then we can vote in one of me to be in charge, and then we all can start telling you lot how to live.”
He goes on to say that he plans to organize anti-Chinese marches, for which he will need government protection, and finishes the sketch by admitting he is in the country illegally, acting surprised when he finds out he will be sent to prison.
The video received more than 21 million views on X and over one million on TikTok, with nearly 300,000 likes on Instagram and more than 11,000 comments at the time of publication.
“I’ll be honest, I just thought it was funny, I’m not that invested in politics, but if I see an opportunity to take the piss I’m all over it,” Smith told Fox News Digital.
He also commented on his own Instagram post, writing, “Unfortunately I don’t have time to respond to all these comments, but I just wanted to say I have absolutely no idea how this skit relates to politics.”
Britain’s Labour government has been toughening its stance on immigration as it seeks to address the surging popularity of the populist Reform U.K. party, which has taken a strict approach to immigration.
NASA engineers spent the weekend studying the data after another attempt to fill the agency’s monster Space Launch System (SLS) produced mixed results.
Dubbed a “confidence test” by NASA, the core stage of the SLS was partially filled with liquid oxygen to check out the newly replaced seals around where the propellant leaked in a recent Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR). According to NASA, “Teams were able to gain confidence in several key objectives of the test,” although things did not go entirely to plan.
One issue was a reduced flow of liquid hydrogen into the rocket, which engineers suspect was caused by a filter in ground support equipment. The component has now been replaced, although NASA has not said it plans to conduct a further confidence test before attempting a second WDR in February. The Artemis II mission, which will use this SLS, is set for launch in March at the earliest, with additional opportunities in April.
The agency said it had obtained data “at the core stage interfaces, taken at the same time in the test where they encountered a leak during the previous wet dress rehearsal.”
It added: “Engineers will purge the line over the weekend to ensure proper environmental conditions and inspect the ground support equipment before replacing a filter suspected to be the cause of the reduced flow.”
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman used a post on X (formerly Twitter) to point out that problems were observed on the previous mission to the Moon: “Considering the issues observed during the lead-up to Artemis I, and the long duration between missions, we should not be surprised there are challenges entering the Artemis II campaign.”
Isaacman also made himself somewhat of a hostage to fortune with the comment, “I will say near-conclusively for Artemis III, we will cryoproof the vehicle before it gets to the pad, and the propellant loading interfaces we are troubleshooting will be redesigned.”
The engines of the SLS core stage are former Space Shuttle units, which run on liquid oxygen and hydrogen, meaning that NASA has plenty of experience at dealing with the stuff. However, the final Space Shuttle launch was in 2011, and the gap between SLS flights can be measured in years rather than months.
As for Artemis III, there is no guarantee it will launch during Isaacman’s tenure. It could easily slip into the 2030s unless the mission profile is changed, as it requires a lander that NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel fears will not be ready in time. ®
NASA engineers spent the weekend studying the data after another attempt to fill the agency’s monster Space Launch System (SLS) produced mixed results.
Dubbed a “confidence test” by NASA, the core stage of the SLS was partially filled with liquid oxygen to check out the newly replaced seals around where the propellant leaked in a recent Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR). According to NASA, “Teams were able to gain confidence in several key objectives of the test,” although things did not go entirely to plan.
One issue was a reduced flow of liquid hydrogen into the rocket, which engineers suspect was caused by a filter in ground support equipment. The component has now been replaced, although NASA has not said it plans to conduct a further confidence test before attempting a second WDR in February. The Artemis II mission, which will use this SLS, is set for launch in March at the earliest, with additional opportunities in April.
The agency said it had obtained data “at the core stage interfaces, taken at the same time in the test where they encountered a leak during the previous wet dress rehearsal.”
It added: “Engineers will purge the line over the weekend to ensure proper environmental conditions and inspect the ground support equipment before replacing a filter suspected to be the cause of the reduced flow.”
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman used a post on X (formerly Twitter) to point out that problems were observed on the previous mission to the Moon: “Considering the issues observed during the lead-up to Artemis I, and the long duration between missions, we should not be surprised there are challenges entering the Artemis II campaign.”
Isaacman also made himself somewhat of a hostage to fortune with the comment, “I will say near-conclusively for Artemis III, we will cryoproof the vehicle before it gets to the pad, and the propellant loading interfaces we are troubleshooting will be redesigned.”
The engines of the SLS core stage are former Space Shuttle units, which run on liquid oxygen and hydrogen, meaning that NASA has plenty of experience at dealing with the stuff. However, the final Space Shuttle launch was in 2011, and the gap between SLS flights can be measured in years rather than months.
As for Artemis III, there is no guarantee it will launch during Isaacman’s tenure. It could easily slip into the 2030s unless the mission profile is changed, as it requires a lander that NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel fears will not be ready in time. ®
At least two people are dead in an apparent mass shooting at an indoor ice rink in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on Monday afternoon, officials told the WPRI local news outlet.
Police confirmed to the outlet that the suspect is dead. A local sports reporter, Branden Mello, said that one of the shooting victims also died.
The shooting allegedly took place during a boys’ hockey game between two local schools.
Shots came from behind the stands, according to Mello. He also reported that a local father is being hailed as a “hero” after grabbing a gun from the shooter, though the shooter also had a second weapon.
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has not received adequate medical treatment in prison after suffering partial vision loss in one eye, his spokesman claims.
Speaking to Sky News’ The World with Yalda Hakim, Zulfi Bukhari said Mr Khan’s personal doctor has not been allowed to examine the imprisoned former leader, who is said to have lost 85% of vision in his right eye.
On Sunday, a “fully equipped ambulance” carrying a team of doctors was sent to the prison, but Mr Bukhari questioned why Mr Khan, who has been in prison since August 2023, was not taken to “an appropriate hospital with the appropriate equipment”.
The team of doctors then relayed information to Mr Khan’s personal physician, but “this all still remains in hearsay”, Mr Bukhari said.
Image:Imran Khan. File pic: AP
“Why are we getting phone calls and just being told reports? Why is his personal doctor not allowed to be present? Or at the very least, see him now after they’ve done the check-up? The same goes for any family member,” he questioned.
Mr Khan, 73, has been in isolation at the Adiala prison for about 90 days and has not been able to see his family, Mr Bukhari claimed.
“Why is he being kept in secrecy in isolation? And why is this whole procedure being done in this big secret format, which no one else is allowed to take part in?” he said, demanding that Mr Khan’s personal physician and one family member be allowed to see him.
Jailed Imran Khan suffers severe vision loss
‘Family not informed of surgery’
In January, the Pakistani government announced Mr Khan underwent a brief procedure at a hospital in Islamabad for his eye condition.
Mr Khan’s family or his legal team were never informed of his eye conditions, Mr Bukhari said, adding this was “a basic right for a prisoner”.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court allowed his lawyer, Salman Safdar, to see him in prison, after which Mr Safdar told the court about Mr Khan’s vision loss, resulting in the court ordering a medical assessment by a panel of doctors.
Supporters of Mr Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) have staged protests in Islamabad and other cities, demanding that the former prime minister be moved from prison to a hospital for specialised treatment for his eye condition.
Cabinet minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry wrote on X on Monday that a detailed medical examination of Khan was performed inside the prison, and doctors concluded Mr Khan’s eyesight had improved and “no major complications have emerged”.
Dr Aasim Yusuf, Mr Khan’s personal physician, said on X that the team of eye specialists treating Mr Khan had told him about an “improvement” in his eyesight, but he could not confirm or deny this assessment as he has not been allowed to see or examine Mr Khan himself.
Image:Supporters of Imran Khan protest outside the Islamabad High Court, in Islamabad, Pakistan, in December. Pic: AP
‘Inhumane to stop family from seeing him’
The Supreme Court also ordered a phone call between Mr Khan and his sons.
Sulaiman and Kasim Khan told Yalda Hakimin December that they had not spoken to their father for months and fear they might never see their father again, as he is being “psychologically tortured” in a “death cell”.
They were allowed to speak to him for 20 minutes over the weekend, Mr Bukhari said. Mr Khan’s sister, Aleema Khan, wrote on X on Saturday that her brother was “extremely happy” to hear his sons’ voices after a long gap.
‘He’s being held in a death cell’
But his sons’ visas to visit their father in the Pakistani prison keep being delayed.
“I mean, not granting them a visa is, is ridiculous. It’s an online system. The basic things are there, whose kids they are, where they were, why they’re coming, where they’re staying, all of that,” Mr Bukhari claimed.
“So denying them a visa to go see their father, who’s been in prison and they haven’t seen him for probably three odd years, is just inhumane. They haven’t outright rejected it, but they keep saying there’s some technical issue.”
Imran Khan’s son accuses Pakistan over visa
‘It is ripping the country apart’
While Mr Khan is in prison, Pakistan was “deteriorating”, Mr Bukhari said, “but the focus is just on how do we keep Imran Khan caged away, so no one can see him, no one can hear him, and no one can speak to him, and he should not be able to get anything out in the public”.
The former leader was convicted in a string of cases that he says were politically driven following his ousting in a 2022 parliamentary vote.
When asked whether Mr Khan believed that he would be released from jail someday, Mr Bukhari replied: “He would be thinking that he is not only going to come out of jail one day, he is also going to come out and lead the country the way it’s supposed to be led one day.”
He added he did not think Mr Khan was delusional, as “he’s always succeeded in whatever he put his vision towards”.
Mr Khan said: “He’s always made it, he’s always done it against all odds, and I don’t see how this is going to be any different.”
Sky News has contacted the Pakistani government for comment.
Before launching his political career, Mr Khan was best known as a star of international cricket and for leading Pakistan to Cricket World Cup victory in 1992.
Multiple people were injured after a shooting occurred at the Dennis M Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on Monday, February 16, 2026, according to officials.(Google Maps)
Heavy police presence was seen near an ICE arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island after an alleged shooting left multiple injured on Monday, February 16, 2026.(WPRI)
The employee said they were told to close and evacuate the building. It was unclear how many people were shot.
“We are aware of the incident and are coordinating with our partners,” the FBI said. “We refer you to the locals for any additional information.”
Heavy police presence was seen near an ICE arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island after an alleged shooting left multiple injured on Monday, February 16, 2026.(WPRI)
Rhose Island Gov. Dan McKee said his office was monitoring the events.
“I just spoke with Mayor Grebien as well as the Rhode Island State Police who are working with local law enforcement,” he wrote on Facebook. “I am praying for Pawtucket and everyone involved.”
Minnesota law enforcement authorities have said the FBI is refusing to share any evidence on its investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal immigration authorities in late January.
Pretti was shot on 24 January by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in Minneapolis during the Trump administration’s surge of immigration enforcement operations in the city. His killing came just two weeks after an immigration official shot and killed Renee Good and 10 days after the shooting of Julio C Sosa-Celis.
On Monday, Minnesota’s bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA), a state-level criminal investigative law enforcement agency, said the FBI had formally notified it that it would not share any information or evidence related to Pretti’s shooting.
The Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, has demanded an “impartial” investigation into the shootings in Minneapolis.
“Trump’s left hand cannot investigate his right hand,” he said on Monday in response to the FBI’s refusal to share evidence. “The families of the deceased deserve better.”
The BCA’s superintendent also expressed frustration.
“While this lack of cooperation is concerning and unprecedented, the BCA is committed to thorough, independent and transparent investigations of these incidents, even if hampered by a lack of access to key information and evidence,” added Drew Evans.
He added that the agency remained committed to a joint investigation and said it would “continue to pursue all legal avenues to gain access to relevant information and evidence”.
The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The agency has also previously refused to share any information related to the shootings of Good or Sosa-Celis, a lack of cooperation that led the BCA to stop its investigation into Good’s killing.
“As we’ve previously said, full access to evidence, witnesses and information is necessary to meet the investigative standard that Minnesota law and the public demands; without it, we cannot do so,” the BCA said back in January, after the FBI boxed it out of the investigation.
The Trump administration in December deployed federal officials to the Minneapolis area for an aggressive roundup of immigrants dubbed “Operation Metro Surge” that has seen a series of violent incidents as masked officials arrest people they claim to suspect lack proper residency documentation.
Democrats and Republicans have both called on independent investigations into the Minneapolis shootings.
Pretti, a nurse at the Department of Veterans Affairs, was observing immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis when he was killed. Good was similarly an observer in Minneapolis, who was shot in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. Homeland security officials initially accused Good, 37, of “weaponizing” her vehicle, but local officials have disputed those claims.
Both Pretti and Good were US citizens and video footage of their shootings has circulated widely, leading to mass protests.
Sosa-Celis was shot by an ICE official in the leg last month. Trump administration officials initially claimed Sosa-Celis and two other men had “ambushed” the ICE officer who then “fired a defensive shot to defend his life”. But last week two ICE officials were placed on leave while they are investigated for allegedly lying under oath about the interaction.
The increasingly controversial medical non-governmental organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) that has been accused of its anti-Israel rhetoric shocked many when it recently announced that it had ceased operations at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza due to the presence of gunmen using the hospital it had constantly accused Israel of raiding.
MSF said that its teams had “reported a pattern of unacceptable acts, including the presence of armed men, intimidation, arbitrary arrests of patients, and a recent situation of suspicion of movement of weapons,” and said the “incidents pose serious security threats to our teams and patients.”
Salo Aizenberg, director of media watchdog group HonestReporting, told Fox News Digital that “MSF buried its acknowledgment of seeing armed gunmen at Nasser Hospital at the very end of a 2,500-word Gaza projects update, but still wouldn’t name who those gunmen were. Hamas.”
Hamas terrorists take security measures as preparations are completed at Nasser Hospital to welcome Gazans to be released under the ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on October 13, 2025.(Doaa Albaz/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Hamas’ continued operations highlight another challenge: the need to disarm Hamas, as required by the ceasefire currently in place.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, the Israel Defense Forces said it “possesses intelligence indicating that Nasser Hospital is being used as a headquarters and military post for senior Hamas commanders and operatives in the southern Gaza Strip. For two years, the IDF and the defense establishment has warned about the cynical use by terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip of hospitals and humanitarian shelters as human shields to conceal terrorist activity.”
While noting that MSF’s decision was “important,” the IDF said that it “comes too late. This is further proof that reinforces the necessity for the disarmament of the Hamas terror organization.”
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ceased operations at Nasser Hospital over what it said were “unacceptable acts, including the presence of armed men,” at the medical center in Khan Yunis, Gaza.(Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital asked the White House whether the presence of armed fighters in Nasser Hospital is a violation of the ceasefire. A White House official stated that “we can’t confirm Medecins Sans Frontieres’ claims, but any threatening presence of Hamas is one of the reasons why we continue to emphasize that Hamas must disarm.”
MSF has previously stated that it has been “operational out of Nasser Hospital since before the conflict escalated in October 2023.”
Aizenberg said that MSF’s discourse is a change from prior statements. “When the IDF raided Nasser Hospital in February 2024, saying Hamas operatives and hostages were believed to be there, it was condemned as an illegal attack on a medical facility,” Aizenberg said. “MSF now confirms the hospital was used by combatants and for weapons movement. The IDF was right all along.”
IDF troops located a large cache of weapons, some of which were found hidden inside a vehicle used by Hamas terrorists in carrying out the Oct. 7 terror attack against Israel. Feb.18, 2024.(IDF)
Concerns have also come from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which provided over 187 million meals to Gazans between May 26 and late Nov 2025. In September, GHF told Fox News Digital that Nasser Hospital routinely issued “false reports” of civilian deaths at GHF sites to the media.
MSF did not respond to Fox News Digital’s questions about their failure to address the presence of armed gunmen at Nasser Hospital previously, whether the armed gunmen at the hospital are members of Hamas and why they chose to include their change in operations at the end of a lengthy statement alleging “intimidation, pressure and smear campaigns” regarding MSF from Israeli authorities.
The IDF banned MSF from operating in Gaza beginning on March 1, citing the organization’s failure to provide a list of all Palestinian staff, according to the Times of Israel.
MSF has come under fire in the U.S., with Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., sending a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi in September requesting that she investigate the organization under the Anti-Terrorism Act because it “mirror[ed] propaganda continuously pushed by Hamas.”
People carry boxes of relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private US-backed aid group that has bypassed the longstanding UN-led system in the territory, as displaced Palestinians return from an aid distribution centre in the central Gaza Strip on June. 8 The UN and major aid organisations have refused to cooperate with the GHF, citing concerns that it was designed to cater to Israeli military objectives. (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)
As the ceasefire brokered by the Trump administration takes hold, other anti-Israel NGOs also seem to be coming to terms with their obsession with Israel. Former Oxfam in the U.K. CEO Dr. Halima Begum is taking the charity to court for accusations of sexism, racism, and antisemitism. She told the U.K.’s Channel 4 News that “it always felt as though we were disproportionately working around the crisis in Gaza.”
Addressing Begum’s remarks, Israeli cabinet minister Amichai Chikli said that Begum has “been a vocal critic of the State of Israel. Therefore, when she testifies about the level of antisemitism within the organization and levels these accusations herself, her remarks should resonate around the world all the more.”
On Monday, Israel’s news agency TPS-IL reported that Oxfam will no longer be permitted to operate in Gaza beginning Feb. 28, the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism has ruled.
Watchdog organization NGO Monitor told Fox News Digital that the confluence of news stories demonstrates that “slowly, superpower NGOs are being exposed from the inside – their anti-Israel rot bared for all to see. A major return to founding principles is required to ensure that human rights once again become driving ideals inside the world’s most influential NGOs.”
Beth Bailey is a reporter covering Afghanistan, the Middle East, Asia, the United Nations, Central America and antisemitism. She was formerly a civilian intelligence analyst with the Department of the Army. You can follow Beth on X @BWBailey85
“Decorations and lanterns from cola cans.” Despite Israel’s restrictions on materials, many Palestinians are using creative ways to decorate Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan.
