Britain and Moldova signed a defense and security agreement yesterday. According to the British Foreign Office, the agreement should, in particular, allow Moldova to “strengthen its resilience” in the face of threats from Russia.more
Born in Prestatyn, Wales, on 31 May 1938, John Prescott, the son of a railwayman, left school aged 15 to work as a trainee chef, then as a steward on the Cunard Line before entering politics in a career that spanned decades.more
Policymakers have been “left in the dark,” by official jobs figures since the pandemic, which may have “lost” almost a million workers according to the thinktank Resolution Foundation.more
On Monday, the United Nations held a meeting devoted to the thousand-day Russian invasion of Ukraine. The representative of the aggressor, Vasily Nebenzia, used it to accuse British services of arranging the massacre of civilians in Bucha so that responsibility for this war crime, which took place in the spring of 2022, would rest with Russia.more
American social media has been flooded by a wave of fake posts about celebrities who would emigrate from the USA because of Donald Trump's presidential election win. Names mentioned in this context include: Miley Cyrus, Robert De Niro, Jane Fonda or Taylor Swift.more
Vladimir Putin's signed amendment to the nuclear doctrine, which stipulates that any conventional attack on Russia assisted by a nuclear power can be considered a strike made jointly, lowers the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons, AP assessed today.more
What to do in the event of a prolonged power cut, water cut, lack of internet access or in the event of natural disasters or armed conflict? The Finnish government updated a portal yesterday instructing residents on what to do during a crisis.more
US President Joe Biden's administration has given the green light for Ukraine to use US weapons to hit targets deep inside Russia, Reuters reported yesterday, citing several sources familiar with the matter. Similar information was reported by other media, citing sources in the US administration.more
According to reports from the British "The Sun", newly elected US President Donald Trump is considering sending hundreds of thousands of migrants staying illegally in the US to Rwanda, where they would wait for their residence applications to be considered.more
The New Zealand Parliament was suspended after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill to reinterpret an 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori. The controversial legislation is seen by many Maori and their supporters as undermining the rights of the country’s Indigenous people, who make up around 20% of the population of 5.3 million.more
Rachel Reeves’s tax raid risks turning high streets into “ghost towns” for much of the week, as pubs, restaurants and shops prepare to shut earlier and open on fewer days.more
We should do everything so that next year the war will end through diplomatic means, Volodymyr Zelensky stated today. He noted that talks with Russia are possible “provided Ukraine is not alone and is strong.”more
Improvements to Oxford Street may not happen for a number of years because of the way Sadiq Khan is attempting to seize control of the nation’s most famous high street, according to local campaigners.
A total of 22 residents’ groups and amenity societies in Westminster have written to the mayor asking him to think again about his intervention on Oxford Street.more
The Norwegian parliament has adopted a report documenting decades of denationalization of ethnic minorities living in the north of the country. The authorities in Oslo have apologized to the Sami, Kwen and Forest Finns for years of suffering, harassment and destruction of their cultures and languages.more
President-elect Donald Trump's advisers are exerting pressure to ‘freeze’ the Ukrainian-Russian conflict and create a more than 1,200-kilometre demilitarised zone, US 'Newsweek' reported yesterday. According to the 'Wall Street Journal', the zone would be overseen by European forces, including Polish forces.more
The defence ministers of Romania and the UK signed an agreement on defence cooperation yesterday, the Romanian Ministry of National Defence said in a press release.more
US President Joe Biden welcomed his successor Donald Trump to the White House yesterday, expressing hope for a smooth transition of power. Trump thanked Biden, acknowledging that ‘politics is tough in many cases’.more
Russia has brought the war back to Europe, and even troops from North Korea. The threat of an armed attack on an EU member state is higher than at any time since the end of the Cold War, said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, speaking yesterday at the Finnish-Swedish cooperation forum in Espoo.more
Billionaire Elon Musk has been meeting with Trump every day since November 5, the day President-elect Donald Trump was elected, influencing personnel decisions in the new administration, ABC News reports. The New York Times reports that he suggested hiring SpaceX employees in the Defense Department.more
Copenhagen authorities yesterday announced the launch of a campaign to attract educated Americans who are disappointed by Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.more
A Home Office artificial intelligence tool which proposes enforcement action against adult and child migrants could make it too easy for officials to rubberstamp automated life-changing decisions, campaigners have said.more
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet with the country's President Emmanuel Macron in France today. They will discuss plans to strengthen Ukraine ahead of US President Donald Trump taking office, British media reported.more
A former adviser to President-elect Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine rather than enabling the country to gain back territory occupied by Russia. Bryan Lanza, who worked on Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, told the BBC the incoming administration would ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his version of a realistic vision for peace.more
Millionaires sympathetic to the Democratic Party are ‘lining up’ to leave the US after Donald Trump's presidential election victory, the UK's ‘Daily Telegraph’ reported yesterday, quoting data from a firm that advises wealthy investors.more
The foreign secretary has dismissed his previous criticism of Donald Trump as "old news" and insisted he would be able to find "common ground" with the president-elect. When he was a backbench MP in 2018, David Lammy described Trump as a "tyrant" and "a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath".more
