- UK's fiscal watchdog apologises for early release of budget details Reuters
- Budget 2025: key points at a glance The Guardian
- UK government borrowing costs seesaw as official economic forecasts released early CNBC
- Isas, cars and pensions - how the Budget affects you and your money BBC
- What did UK's Reeves say in her budget speech? Reuters
Junta hails end to US protected status for Myanmar nationals
Human rights monitors say it is not safe to return, citing reports of ‘serious crimes in the run-up to elections’
Myanmar’s junta applauded the Trump administration on Wednesday for halting a scheme that protected its citizens from deportation from the US back to their war-racked homeland.
About 4,000 Myanmar citizens are living in the US with temporary protected status (TPS), which shields foreign nationals from deportation to disaster zones and allows them the right to work.
Continue reading...Paul Doyle pleads guilty to Liverpool parade charges – BBC
- Paul Doyle pleads guilty to Liverpool parade charges BBC
- Man pleads guilty in Liverpool title parade crash ESPN
- Paul Doyle in tears as he admits driving into fans at Liverpool FC trophy parade Sky News
- Man who drove into crowd at Liverpool soccer parade pleads guilty to 31 charges Reuters
- Former Royal Marine pleads guilty to injuring 29 people at Liverpool FC parade The Guardian
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian town in West Bank
Israeli military and security service say ‘broad counter-terrorism operation’ in Tubas to continue for several days
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers supported by armoured vehicles have conducted raids in the Palestinian town of Tubas near Nablus in the biggest such military deployment by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank since the ceasefire came into effect in Gaza last month.
Palestinian media reported that a curfew was imposed on Tuesday night on Tubas and some neighbouring communities, roads were closed by earthen barriers and families forced from their homes to allow Israeli forces to use the buildings.
Continue reading...Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian town in West Bank – The Guardian
- Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian town in West Bank The Guardian
- Israel launches new military operation in northern West Bank Reuters
- Israel lays siege to occupied West Bank’s Tubas, displaces tens of families Al Jazeera
- IDF and Shin Bet announce start of broad counterterror op in northern West Bank The Times of Israel
- IDF Launches Major West Bank Counterterrorism Operation, Reportedly Arresting 22 Palestinians Haaretz
No real intent in Moscow to engage in peace talks, says von der Leyen
The European Commission chief said the EU would stand with Ukraine and support it "in every way".
No real intent in Moscow to engage in peace talks, says von der Leyen
The European Commission chief said the EU would stand with Ukraine and support it "in every way".
No real intent in Moscow to engage in peace talks, says von der Leyen – BBC
- No real intent in Moscow to engage in peace talks, says von der Leyen BBC
- Putin trying to negotiate an end to Ukraine war as he cannot win it on battlefield, says EU’s Kallas – Europe live The Guardian
- The Europeans pushing the NATO poison pill Responsible Statecraft
- Full text of European counter-proposal to US Ukraine peace plan Reuters
- Von der Leyen: ‘We now have a starting point’ on Ukraine peace deal politico.eu
Deadly fire engulfs Hong Kong apartment blocks
Video footage shows large plumes of smoke billowing up into the sky, as firefighters on cranes try and put out the blaze.
Can Europe save frozen Russian assets from Donald Trump? – dw.com
- Can Europe save frozen Russian assets from Donald Trump? dw.com
- EU countries seek urgent plan B to fund Ukraine politico.eu
- EU Steps Up Pursuit of Frozen Russian Assets to Aid Ukraine Bloomberg.com
- The U.S.-Russia Plan Gives Trump a $300 Billion Signing Bonus Foreign Policy
- EU urgently seeks agreement on using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, as US touts other ideas Reuters
Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for Brazil coup plot
The Supreme Court says the former leader has exhausted his appeals and will start his prison term at a police station in Brasilia.
Bahrain to argue at UK supreme court it has immunity from surveillance claims
Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in London
Bahrain is to tell the UK’s supreme court that it enjoys sovereign immunity from claims it placed surveillance software on the computers of two dissidents when they were living in London.
The Gulf country has lost the sovereign immunity claim both in the high court and court of appeal, and a decision to take the case further to the supreme court shows how important it is to the country’s reputation.
Continue reading...Trump defends Witkoff after leak appears to show envoy coaching Russia
The US president said he had not heard the audio, but that it sounded like "standard" negotiations.
Trump defends Witkoff after leak appears to show envoy coaching Russia
The US president said he had not heard the audio, but that it sounded like "standard" negotiations.
Pro-Palestine conference leaders sue Berlin officials who shut down event
Last April, police used a heavy hand to stop the Palestine Congress, pulling the plug soon after the forum started.
What’s the price tag on Israel’s propaganda machine?
Israel is still working to manage public opinion around its genocidal war in Gaza. But how much is it costing to run?
Video: Popemobile converted into clinic to treat children in Gaza
The vehicle used for the late Pope Francis on his 2014 visit to the Holy Land has been converted into a Gaza clinic.
Powerful storms, floods bring new challenges to Palestinians in Gaza
Aid organisations say that at least 300,000 mobile homes and tents are needed to house displaced people.
The Question Hanging Over Peace Talks: What Will Putin Accept? – The New York Times
- The Question Hanging Over Peace Talks: What Will Putin Accept? The New York Times
- Russia pursues peace deal — on its own terms Financial Times
- The wrong sort of peace leads to the next war The Economist
- Putin knows his war is existential The Telegraph
- What Russia wants from the peace deal with Ukraine NPR
‘Imperial Israel’ in the New Middle East – The New York Times
- ‘Imperial Israel’ in the New Middle East The New York Times
- Is Lebanon the new flashpoint for Israel? – Full Story podcast The Guardian
- Lebanese Sources Worry That Israeli Escalation Will Weaken Gov't, Thwart Hezbollah Disarmament Haaretz
- Israel Defence Minister Vows 'No Calm' In Lebanon Without Security For Israel Barron's
- Lebanon faces ‘war of attrition,’ prepares for possible Israeli escalation, prime minister says Anadolu Ajansı