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Associated PressTrump demands immediate release of Oct. 7 hostages, says otherwise there will be 'HELL TO PAY'
President-elect Donald Trump is demanding the immediate release of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, saying that if they are not freed before he is sworn into office for a second term there will be “HELL TO PAY." “Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social site. It was not immediately clear whether Trump was threatening to directly involve the U.S. military in Israel’s ongoing campaign against Hamas in Gaza.
- HuffPost UK
Blow For Rachel Reeves As CBI Unveils Brutal Prediction For UK Economy After Budget
It's not exactly in line with Labour's pledge to be "pro-growth" and "pro-business".
- HuffPost
Geraldo Rivera Slaps Trump Supporters With A Reality Check After Biden’s Pardon
The former Fox News host and one-time Trump pal pointed out a double standard.
- HuffPost UK
'Does It Make You Feel Queasy?' Kay Burley Corners Minister Over Axed Winter Fuel Payments
It follows reports that a cabinet minister claims £350 of taxpayer cash per month for her second home's energy bills.
- HuffPost UK
Support For Starmer Plummets As He Prepares To 'Reset' His Government
His approval ratings have dropped by 51 points since Labour was elected in July.
- The Telegraph
The ‘meaningless’ £10 Christmas bonus landing in pensioners’ pockets today
The “meaningless” government Christmas bonus of just £10 will land in pensioners’ wallets today – after millions were stripped of their winter fuel allowance.
- The Telegraph
Louise Haigh to receive thousands of pounds in severance pay
Louise Haigh will receive thousands of pounds in severance pay after her resignation as transport secretary, No 10 has confirmed.
- INSIDER
Putin put a hit on a double agent because he knew the source of the Russian leader's riches: UK intel
A UK intelligence official said the order to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter "would have gone to President Putin."
- HuffPost UK
Ex-Ukrainian Minister Issues Stark Warning To Kyiv Amid Growing Concerns Putin May Win The War
"If it continues like this, we will lose."
- The Telegraph
Russian troops fighting behind established Ukrainian defences, MoD warns
Russian forces are attacking “behind established Ukrainian defences”, the UK Ministry of Defence has said.
- The Independent
Britain sets aside £10bn for future payments to EU more than eight years after Brexit vote
Exclusive: To cover the continuing costs of Britain’s divorce from Europe, the government has accounted for £20.6bn in future payments for Brussels staff and diplomats’ pensions, as well as the UK’s pre-existing financial obligations
- The Independent
Trump slams Hunter Biden’s presidential pardon as an ‘an abuse and miscarriage of Justice’
In a short post to his social media platform less than an hour after the official announcement, the president mused over pardons for those convicted in the violent insurrection on January 6 2021
- The Telegraph
British trader uses post-Brexit loophole to relocate to France and bypasses UK creditors
A trader has shut down his debt-ridden London company and opened a French one to use a post-Brexit EU loophole which avoids paying British creditors.
- The Telegraph
How China will make or break Trump’s bromance with Elon Musk
Dozens of yellow and red robotic arms move swiftly and silently as they assemble the latest range of Tesla electric cars.
- The Daily Beast
Trump’s FBI Pick Scored Gig After Frontrunner Flunked Job Interview
Kash Patel may have finally been nominated for the position he craved the most—Federal Bureau of Investigation director. But it’s not like Donald Trump wanted him first. President-elect Trump said Saturday he would nominate Patel to head the FBI, heralding him as a “brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter” and signaling he would push current FBI Director Christopher Wray out of his 10-year term. But Patel wasn’t Trump’s first choice for the role, according to Axios—he just di
- 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
- 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.
- The Telegraph
Sickness benefits worth more than minimum wage job
Sickness benefits are worth £3,000 a year more than a minimum wage job, according to a new analysis of Britain’s worklessness crisis.
- The Guardian
‘He is one of us!’: US anti-vaxxers rejoice at nomination of David Weldon for CDC
The move comes as US faces increased threats from bird flu, mpox, measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases
- Reuters
US will not return nuclear weapons to Ukraine
Sullivan made his remarks when questioned about a New York Times article last month that said some unidentified Western officials had suggested U.S. President Joe Biden could give Ukraine the arms before he leaves office. "That is not under consideration, no. What we are doing is surging various conventional capacities to Ukraine so that they can effectively defend themselves and take the fight to the Russians, not (giving them) nuclear capability," he told ABC.