Yahoo News Daily politics briefing: February 27
All the latest political developments as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the European Commission president are due to hold 'final talks' on a new post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, Downing Street says.
All the latest political developments as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the European Commission president are due to hold 'final talks' on a new post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, Downing Street says.
Reuters/Misha Japaridze/Pool/File PhotoYevgeny Prigozhin is preparing to pull his Wagner Group mercenaries’ attention away from the war in Ukraine, according to a Bloomberg report that cites sources familiar with the matter.His current plan is to focus the private mercenaries’ focus back to countries in Africa, such as Sudan, Mali, and the Central African Republic, where Wagner has deployed forces. On Monday, Wagner posted a recruitment notice offering deployments to African countries that would
It come six months after sections of the pipeline were sabotaged
Head of the Russian mercenary force Yevgeny Prigozhin has contradicted Kremlin claims that Nazis lead Ukraine.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defense trolled the Michigan-born Russian citizen on Twitter.
Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently the deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council, said Russia is prepared to use “absolutely any weapon” in the event of an attack on Crimea
China's leader, Xi Jinping, appears to be using the leverage he has gained over Russia in the wake of the Ukraine war.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/ReutersEKOK, Cameroon—It was just before 5 a.m. local time when two pickup trucks allegedly carrying mercenaries from the Russian Wagner Group pulled up in front of Zaza and five other men, who were patrolling the areas near the Chimbolo gold mine in the Central African Republic.The vigilantes—who are among hundreds of men drawn from the Chimbolo village to prevent hoodlums and robbers from attacking the buildings and electrical installations
Predicting the future in politics is a notoriously foolish endeavour. In my humble opinion, I said, Rishi Sunak was going to swing it, before adding a few caveats. By January, belief that our new Prime Minister had the ingredients for successful political leadership felt stretched to breaking point.
The Florida governor addressed whether he'd be Trump's 2024 vice-presidential running mate.
Poll finds 72% of Britons think former PM is dishonest after committee showdown on Partygate
After a reader tip, a New York Times reporter found the painting, gifted by El Salvador's president, in an obscure room at a Trump Hotel in Miami.
The symbolism of the venue isn't so much a dog-whistle to extremists, but a "blaring air horn," the Houston Chronicle wrote in a blistering editorial.
A LACK of polling data on the SNP leadership race has left the contenders nervous and pollsters frustrated, a data expert has said.
Ignominy of committee appearance and feeble Brexiter rebellion suggest ex-PM has run out of road, but allies disagree
A lawyer for Ray Epps said Fox News and Carlson must apologize on the air for spreading the lie that Epps was a federal agent.
‘Dying rump’ of loyalists left would not be able to rebuild support for him in party, Tory MP says
Fears of resignations among 72,000-strong membership as party seeks path forward from Sturgeon era
If charged such violent rhetoric could be in violation of bond
The conflict in Ukraine is largely an artillery war, with territory being fought for inch by inch under a barrage of shells and missiles. “The importance of the helicopters is huge,” said the commander, who is part of Ukraine’s 12th Army Aviation Brigade. Footage from a camera attached to the helicopter during a recent combat mission shows it flying over fields pockmarked with craters from artillery bombing, and firing missiles at Russian trenches that cut through the landscape.
Labour’s Angela Rayner called it a ‘list of shame’ after the former prime minister’s mini-budget helped to send the pound’s value tumbling.