‘100-year timeframe’: how Project 2025 is guiding Trump’s attack on government

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David A Graham’s latest book considers the vast far-right plan to change US politics – and why its architects are playing the long game

David A Graham doesn’t say he read Project 2025 so you don’t have to, but it might be inferred.

The Atlantic staff writer’s new book, The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America, is a swift but thorough overview of the vast far-right plan for a second Trump administration that achieved notoriety last year. Over just 138 pages, a passing dream next to the Heritage Foundation’s 922-page doorstop, Graham considers the origins of Project 2025, its aims and effects so far.

The Project is published in the US by Random House

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Indian military says Pakistani troops fired at positions along the border in disputed Kashmir – AP News

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  1. Indian military says Pakistani troops fired at positions along the border in disputed Kashmir  AP News
  2. India and Pakistan trade gunfire across Kashmir border after deadly attack  The Guardian
  3. Indian and Pakistani Soldiers Briefly Exchange Fire Along Kashmir Border  The New York Times
  4. J&K villagers in border areas prepare 'Modi bunkers' as tensions rise along LoC after Pahalgam terror att  Times of India
  5. The Latest Attack in Kashmir Escalates India-Pakistan Tensions  Council on Foreign Relations
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London councils yet to spend £130m in local climate funds

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Exclusive: Local authorities have spent less than £40m out of £170m collected since offsetting scheme began in 2016

London councils are sitting on more than £130m that should be funding local climate action, the Guardian can reveal.

More than £170m has been collected through the mayor of London’s carbon offset fund, which developers are required to pay into to mitigate emissions from new projects, since it was introduced in 2016. However, the capital’s 33 local authorities have spent less than £40m between them. Some have said they do not have the resources, expertise or time to decide how to spend it.

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Hamas official says group open to freeing all hostages for five-year truce in Gaza – The Times of Israel

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  1. Hamas official says group open to freeing all hostages for five-year truce in Gaza  The Times of Israel
  2. LIVE: Israel pounds Gaza; UN warns of ‘full-scale famine conditions’  Al Jazeera
  3. Senior Hamas leaders depart Cairo following ceasefire talks as Trump says ‘We’ve got to be good to Gaza’  CNN
  4. Hamas open to long Gaza truce but not to disarming, an official says  Reuters
  5. Hamas five-year ceasefire offer for hostages 'not new', source tells 'Post'  The Jerusalem Post
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Pope Francis buried after funeral attended by world leaders, royals and 400,000 mourners – as it happened

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At least 130 foreign delegations, including about “50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs”, would attend Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, the Vatican said on Thursday.

Heads of state and government who have confirmed their attendance at the funeral include Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump, Keir Starmer and Javier Milei, the president of Pope Francis’s native Argentina. Francis had a delicate relationship with politics in his home country, but Milei hailed his “goodness and wisdom”.

We will be present at the pope’s funeral, as is only right.

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Pope Francis funeral live: Trump, Zelenskyy and Prince William join thousands for ceremony

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Pope Francis is remembered as a ‘pope among the people with an open heart towards everyone’, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re says

At least 130 foreign delegations, including about “50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs”, would attend Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, the Vatican said on Thursday.

Heads of state and government who have confirmed their attendance at the funeral include Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump, Keir Starmer and Javier Milei, the president of Pope Francis’s native Argentina. Francis had a delicate relationship with politics in his home country, but Milei hailed his “goodness and wisdom”.

We will be present at the pope’s funeral, as is only right.

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Hamas agrees to five year ceasefire in exchange for all remaining hostages – report – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Hamas agrees to five year ceasefire in exchange for all remaining hostages - report  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Senior Hamas leaders arrive in Cairo for ceasefire talks as Trump says ‘We’ve got to be good to Gaza’  CNN
  3. Hamas open to long Gaza truce but not to disarming, an official says  Reuters
  4. New Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan proposed, Hamas source says  BBC
  5. Hamas Reportedly Willing to Release All Hostages at Once for Five-year Cease-fire in Gaza  Haaretz
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