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The IndependentVoices: Does Assad’s exile in Moscow mean Putin’s days are now numbered?
COMMENT: The sudden collapse of Syria’s brutal regime is a reminder how any leader can appear to be in power, until suddenly he isn’t, says Mary Dejevsky
- The Telegraph
Greta Thunberg’s descent from climate darling to militant pro-Palestine mouthpiece
In 2019, Time magazine named Greta Thunberg its youngest-ever Person of the Year, as world leaders and commentators all hastened to bask in the reflected glory of this new environmental star. Thunberg’s powerful influence was even dubbed the “Greta effect” thanks to thousands of students remaking themselves in her climate-warrior image. But, five years on, that blind hero worship of an increasingly militant Thunberg looks naïve at best and dangerous at worst.
- Evening Standard
Nato jets scrambled in Poland after Russia launches massive bombardment on Ukraine's energy infrastructure
Russia claimed the attack was in retaliation for Kyiv's use of US-supplied ATACMS missiles
- HuffPost
Authoritarianism Expert Flags Chilling Thing That’s ‘Happening Now’ With Donald Trump
Ruth Ben-Ghiat talked about the "personalist rule" and its worrying effects.
- The Telegraph
‘You’ll lose,’ Russian agents told Assad as they organised his escape
Russia organised for Bashar al-Assad to flee to Moscow via its air base on the Syrian coast as rebels broke into Damascus on Sunday, Kremlin sources have said.
- The Telegraph
Taxpayers to foot £1bn pensions boost for civil servants
Public sector workers will be handed another £1bn a year in pension contributions on top of their latest pay rise.
- Reuters
After Assad's ouster, Syrian rebel leader tightens his grip on the state
DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa's Islamist group is stamping its authority on Syria's state with the same lightning speed that it seized the country, deploying police, installing an interim government and meeting foreign envoys - raising concerns over how inclusive Damascus' new rulers intend to be. Since Sharaa's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group swept Bashar al-Assad from power on Sunday at the head of a rebel alliance, its bureaucrats - who until last week were running an Islamist administration in a remote corner of Syria's northwest - have moved into government headquarters in Damascus. The appointment of Mohammed al-Bashir, the head of the regional government in HTS' enclave of Idlib, as Syria's new interim prime minister on Monday underlined the group's status as the most powerful of the armed groups that battled for more than 13 years to end Assad's iron-fisted rule.
- France 24
Russia threatens to retaliate after Ukrainian ATACMS strike in Rostov
Moscow on Wednesday accused Kyiv of firing US-supplied ATACAMS missiles on a military airfield in its southern Rostov region and threatened to retaliate. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine's "destructive" approach made peace impossible. Russia on Wednesday vowed retribution against Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of firing Western-supplied missiles on a military airfield in its southern Rostov region.President Vladimir Putin has previously threatened to launch a hypersonic ballistic missi
- HuffPost
Joe Biden Calls Himself 'Stupid' For Not Doing 1 Donald Trump Thing
The president said he "learned something" from the president-elect.
- The Guardian
Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market
Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue ‘ambitious reset’
- Business Insider
Here's what we're seeing Russia's warships and aircraft doing in new satellite images of Syria amid regime change
The sudden collapse of the Assad government has raised questions about the future of Russia's military footprint in Syria.
- CNN
Some Republicans fear a DOGE dilemma is setting in
As Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy make sweeping promises to cut $2 trillion dollars of federal spending, senior House Republicans have raised concerns with GOP leadership that efforts to cut wasteful federal spending will put the party on a collision course.
- Euronews
Romania and Bulgaria are granted full Schengen membership, with one caveat
Romania and Bulgaria will become full-time members of the Schengen Area as of 1 January 2025, completing a process that dates back to 2011, when the European Commission declared both countries ready to join.View on euronews
- HuffPost UK
Putin Conveniently Forgets There Is An International Arrest Warrant Out For Him In Latest Speech
The Russian leader is suddenly very much in favour of "adherence to international law".
- CNN
Video points to Assad regime’s involvement in large-scale trafficking of illicit drugs
Social media video surfaced Wednesday allegedly showing a warehouse in Syria stacked with captagon, an illicit drug that had transformed the country into a narco-state under former President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
- HuffPost
Trump Backtracks On Campaign Pledge To Bring Down Grocery Prices
The president-elect walked back what was always a wildly unrealistic campaign promise.
- Yahoo News UK
The benefits that will be frozen in 2025
Three key benefits will not increase in the financial year ahead.
- The Telegraph
Israeli troops can remain in Gaza after war, Hamas concedes in major U-turn
Hamas has reportedly agreed to allow Israeli troops to remain in Gaza in a major about-turn that could unblock a hostage deal.
- HuffPost
Donald Trump Jr. Reacts To Kimberly Guilfoyle Ambassador News Amid Breakup Rumors
The president-elect's son congratulated Guilfoyle after he was apparently pictured holding hands with another woman.
- HuffPost
‘Oh My God!’: Seth Meyers Has Dark Realization About Donald Trump’s Billionaire Cabinet
“Do you know what this means?”