Russia and Ukraine Resume Talks After a Huge Attack by Moscow
U.S., Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are meeting in the United Arab Emirates, but Russia continues to pummel Ukraine and has not softened demands that Kyiv calls unacceptable.
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Israel Launches Deadly Strikes on Gaza, Saying Militants Attacked Its Soldiers
Gaza officials said the Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 Palestinians. Israel said one of its soldiers was critically wounded in the attack by Palestinian gunmen.
PM accepts security committee will help vet Mandelson files amid rising anger from Labour MPs – live
Decision come after Angela Rayner said allowing committee to rule on redactions would help ‘keep public confidence in the process’PMQs is starting soon. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.The Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has dismissed claims that his party’s plan to support the pub industry would cost far more than the £3bn it claims.To be honest with you, we’re not interested in who you’ve been talking to. We’re more interested who we’ve been talking to, and we’ve been talking to landlords and small businesses up and down the country, and every landlord that I speak to … they want this VAT cut.We can go on all day about the numbers. I’m not interested in the numbers that the BBC have sourced. You’re hardly a bastion of truth at the BBC when it comes to things like this.This doesn’t add up. This is an unfunded tax cut which also pushes hundreds of thousands of children into poverty.Reform says that reinstating the two-child limit for most, but not all, families would save £2.29bn in 2026/27. The party claims its package of tax cuts would also cost £2.29bn – making it cost neutral – with the bulk coming from a proposal to halve VAT on hospitality, which it estimates would cost £1.7bn. Continue reading...
How 2026 Winter Olympics Security Is Preparing For The Opening Ceremony
Thousands of Italian security officers will be deployed, though the presence of U.S. ICE personnel has stirred anger. Italian officials said Wednesday they had thwarted a Russian cyberattack aimed at some Olympics hotels.
Trump’s border czar says administration will immediately withdraw 700 immigration enforcement officers from Minnesota – live
Tom Homan says ‘around 2000’ immigration officers will remain in Minnesota and that pre-operation the number was between 100 and 150 officersTennessee to test Stephen Miller’s plan of enlisting states for immigration enforcementTom Homan, the president’s so-called “border czar” is set to speak to reporters in Minneapolis shortly.A reminder that Homan took over the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota from senior border official Gregory Bovino, just days after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti and the mounting backlash in the Twin Cities. Continue reading...
ICE attorney who said ‘this job sucks’ removed from detail
Julie Le expressed frustration to judge, in response to questions on why ICE has failed to comply with court ordersAn ICE attorney who publicly expressed frustrations with her role and told a court “this job sucks” is no longer detailed to the US attorney’s office for the district of Minnesota, according to NBC News.“The system sucks. This job sucks,” Julie Le, an attorney representing the US attorney’s office in Minnesota, said in response to a federal judge’s questions on why ICE has repeatedly failed to comply with court orders. Continue reading...
Boy, 14, stabbed art teacher because he had 'too much hatred', he tells police
The teenager allegedly took a knife from his kitchen with the plan to attack the 60-year-old, the prosecutor says.
King must feel vindicated for cutting off Andrew by latest Epstein files release
Position of Mountbatten-Windsor now appears even more grave, and the shadow cast over his family even darkerWhen King Charles stripped Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of his titles and announced he would be booted out of Royal Lodge, Buckingham Palace said the “censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him”.Four months and more than 3m documents later, Charles must surely feel vindicated on his tough approach. For while there is nothing to suggest the king nor any other senior royals knew then what was to come in the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, what has emerged has been truly shocking. Continue reading...
Bill Gates says he ‘regrets’ knowing Epstein as ex-wife alludes to ‘muck’ in marriage
Melinda French Gates insists Microsoft founder has questions to answer over his relationship with EpsteinBill Gates has said he “regrets” ever knowing Jeffrey Epstein, as his former wife Melinda French Gates alluded to “muck” in their marriage, and insisted the Microsoft founder has questions to answer over his relationship with the deceased child sex offender.Allegations that Gates hid a sexually transmitted disease from his wife after contact with “Russian girls” surfaced in the latest release of the Epstein files, which have provided remarkable insight into the disgraced financier’s multiple celebrity connections and activities. Continue reading...
Russian shelling kills seven in Ukrainian market, clouding Abu Dhabi talks
Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin accused Moscow of carrying out 'another targeted war crime'.