Ukraine and Europe will be ready to present ‘refined’ peace plan to US ‘in near future’, Zelenskyy says – live
Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine remained ‘committed to a real peace’ after US president hints he could walk away from KyivOh, and a little warning shot from EU’s Kallas:“If we go into the fight [of] pointing fingers, I mean, we can also point a lot of fingers [on] what is wrong in America, but this is not the way we work, we are not going to meddle with the internal affairs of other countries.” Continue reading...
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France’s prime minister faces crunch vote in parliament
Sébastien Lecornu faces a vital test to his premiership over the social security budget bill.
‘America deserves better’: former justice department workers sign letter decrying Trump’s purge of civil rights division – live
Attorneys say they left because the administration ‘turned the Division’s core mission upside down, largely abandoning its duty to protect civil rights’A federal judge in New York has granted the justice department’s request to unseal grand jury documents in the sex-trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell – the companion and accomplice of the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein. It comes after the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Donald Trump signed last month.The legislation requires the Department of Justice to release the full tranche of records related to disgraced financier, in a searchable format by 19 December. Continue reading...
Badenoch admits Brexit has damaged economy as she announces plan to review benefits system – UK politics live
Tory leader says financial crisis, Brexit and Covid have all hit the economy and a review of which conditions deserve benefits is neededBadenoch says the Tories will review the way the household benefit cap operates.This is a policy introduced by George Osborne when he was chancellor. It imposes a cap on the total amount a household can receive in benefits.We will review every circumstance in which benefits are currently paying more than work.We will undertake a full eview of the level and operation of the household benefit cap, which currently acts more like a sieve than a cap, because most people on benefits avoid it through one exemption or another. Continue reading...
Deadly fire breaks out in office building in Indonesia’s capital
Office workers were seen climbing down ladders to escape a deadly fire in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta.
Trump criticises 'weak' European leaders over Ukraine and immigration
In his latest public criticism of Europe, the US president claims countries are "decaying".
Canada’s Northwest Territories Diamond Mines Are Closing
After decades of growth driven by diamond mining, Canada’s Northwest Territories are facing the closure of three major mines and wondering: What’s next?
Tanzania tightens security, outlaws protests over disputed election
Tanzania's prime minister asked all non-essential workers to stay home, and public transport was also stopped.
Florida declares US Muslim civil rights group a foreign terrorist organization
Ron DeSantis’s legally dubious order designating Cair – and Muslim Brotherhood – follows similar move by TexasFlorida is declaring the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) – a US civil rights and liberties group – a foreign terrorist organization, the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, announced on Monday.The move closely follows a similar order issued in November by Texas’s governor, Greg Abbott, DeSantis’s fellow Republican, even though only the federal government can designate terrorist organizations. Continue reading...
Justice department can release Ghislaine Maxwell court materials, judge says
Records could be made public within 10 days under new Epstein Files Transparency ActThe justice department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex-trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge said on Tuesday.Judge Paul A Engelmayer ruled after the justice department in November asked two judges in New York to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits from Maxwell and Epstein’s cases, along with investigative materials that could amount to hundreds or thousands of previously unreleased documents. Continue reading...