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Associated PressTrump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. While the U.S. dollar is by far the most-used currency in global business and has survived past challenges to its preeminence, members of the alliance and other developing nations say they are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system. Trump, in a Truth Social post, said: “We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty U.S. Dollar or, they will face 100% Tariffs, and should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy."
- Associated Press
Trump says he'll nominate Kash Patel as FBI director to remake the agency. Here's what happens next
President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning announcement that he will nominate Kash Patel as FBI director sets the stage for a fresh round of turbulence at a law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the homeland and investigating federal crimes. Patel, a steadfast Trump ally with plans to shake up the bureau, is a study in contrasts from the current tight-lipped director, Christopher Wray, who preaches a “keep calm and tackle hard” mantra. In selecting Patel late Saturday over more conventional contenders, the incoming Republican president is again testing his ability to get the Senate to bend to his will by confirming some of his more provocative nominees. What happens to the current FBI director?
- The Telegraph
How Putin’s long war is destroying the fabric of Russian society
When Timothy Ash travelled around the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, he met young veterans who had returned from the war in Afghanistan. They were psychologically broken – and drunk.
- The Independent
Voices: Blairites are in despair over Keir Starmer’s flailing leadership
COMMENT: A person close to the former PM said the current government is like a bunch of unimaginative ‘librarians and academics’ but, writes John Rentoul, for some Starmer is not just a librarian or an academic but a funeral director
- The Independent
Top pollster warns Keir Starmer will struggle to convince public with his ‘plan for change’
Sir John Curtice says Keir Starmer has shown ‘absolutely no ability’ to explain how he is going to lead the country out of its problems after five months of government, as the PM prepares for major policy reset this week
- Manchester Evening News
‘Welcome Christmas gift’ as 3,300 pensioners stripped of winter fuel payment handed £200 each by council
The eligible pensioners are those just above the threshold for the axed winter fuel allowance
- The Telegraph
Transgender rapist Isla Bryson mother says, ‘No wigs, dresses or amount of make-up makes you female’
The mother of trangender rapist Isla Bryson has said wearing wigs, dresses and make-up do not make a person a woman, insisting only biology can.
- CNN
The illusion of Assad’s grip on Syria shatters, as Russia, Iran and Hezbollah let their guard down
Time and time again the Assad dynasty has survived internal and external challenges and lived to fight another day. But nothing lasts forever.
- The Telegraph
Labour ‘hit job’ against Louise Haigh had been brewing for months
When Louise Haigh offered train drivers a whopping 15 per cent pay rise in August, she boldly said she was fulfilling a promise to “move fast and fix things” such as the long-running strikes.
- Sky News
Zelenskyy suggests 'hot phase' of Ukraine war could end in return for NATO membership if offered - even if seized land isn't returned immediately
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested a ceasefire deal could be struck if Ukrainian territory he controls could be taken "under the NATO umbrella" - allowing him to negotiate the return of the rest later "in a diplomatic way". In an interview with Sky News's chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay, the Ukrainian president was asked to respond to media reports saying one of US president-elect Donald Trump's plans to end the war might be for Kyiv to cede the land Moscow has taken to Russia in exchange for Ukraine joining NATO.
- The Telegraph
Marine Le Pen threatens to bring down French government over pension tax
Marine Le Pen, National Rally (RN) leader, has threatened to bring down the French government on Monday if Michel Barnier, France’s prime minister, does not drop effective cuts to pensions.
- Sky News
More than 20,000 people have crossed Channel in small boats since Labour won election
More than 20,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since Labour came to power. A total of 20,110 people in small boats have now arrived in the UK since the election on 4 July after two boats carrying 122 people reached British waters overnight, according to leaked analysis obtained by Sky News and The Guardian. Sky News reported on Saturday morning the two boats had arrived - the first since 16 November, while the French authorities said 151 people were rescued in the Channel and taken back to France overnight into Sunday morning.
- The Telegraph
Ministers considering stripping NHS England of powers with aim of streamlining health service
NHS England could be stripped of powers under proposals being considered by government ministers.
- The Telegraph
Assad’s old allies can’t ride to the rescue this time
In 2015, Russia waged its largest military campaign outside its borders since the Cold War, launching a sweeping air war to rescue Bashar al-Assad’s crumbling regime in Syria. Back then, Syrian rebels were closing in on the regime’s strongholds, even as Assad leaned heavily on Iran and Hezbollah for support in the years prior. Moscow’s intervention turned the tide, culminating in the recapture of the largest Syrian city of Aleppo and a fragile stability that has largely held since.
- Wales Online
Labour is no longer Wales' most popular party in shock political poll
The YouGov poll of 1,121 Welsh voters has surprising findings for several Welsh political parties
- Fortune
Russia’s ruble is still worth less than a penny, and the Kremlin’s piggy bank for propping it up is running low
Russia's sovereign wealth fund has been tapped repeatedly to prop up the ruble, leaving the Kremlin with less firepower to battle another currency collapse.
- HuffPost
How A Recent Supreme Court Decision May Have Already Hamstrung RFK Jr.'s Big Plans
Can liberals stop worrying and love the end of "Chevron deference"?
- The Telegraph
Sinn Fein locked out of power as ruling parties set to win election
Micheál Martin and Simon Harris are in a tight race to become Ireland’s next taoiseach, leaving Sinn Fein locked out of power, according to the latest general election results.
- CNN
‘No other reason to explain this’: Juliette Kayyem on Trump’s pick for FBI director
CNN senior national security analyst Juliette Kayyem joins CNN’s Jessica Dean to discuss President-elect Donald Trump announcing he intends to nominate Kash Patel to serve as the next director of the FBI.
- The Telegraph
Russia and Syria bomb rebel-held Idlib as Assad prepares major counter-attack
Russian and Syrian warplanes bombed the rebel-held city of Idlib on Sunday in an attempt to push back insurgents who have swept across northern Syria.