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The IndependentWatch live: Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs as his reset Brexit plans suffer another blow
Watch live as Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs on Wednesday (4 December) as his reset Brexit plans suffer another blow. The prime minister looks set to lose another key ally in a blow to his plans to reset the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union. Michel Barnier looks likely to be ousted as French prime minister on Wednesday in a no-confidence motion after he pushed through a controversial budget without a vote.
- The Telegraph
Keir Starmer refuses to meet 99-year-old war veteran who had £60k wiped off her pension
Sir Keir Starmer has refused to meet a Second World War veteran who had £60,000 wiped off her state pension.
- The Hill
Opinion - Putin’s overseas empire is collapsing all at once — don’t let up on him now
Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a difficult week as Syria's government collapses, Russian military bases are overrun by rebels, and protests in Abkhazia and Kazakhstan signal a decline in Russian influence in the region.
- Euronews
Lost and spoofed: How Ukraine redirects Russian drones to Belarus
Ukraine has a new way of countering Moscow's increased use of Shahed drones in mass attacks — redirecting them back to Russia or into the airspace of Kremlin-friendly Belarus.View on euronews
- HuffPost
Trump Fires Off 'Spectacularly Dumb' 2-Word Post About Canada After Trudeau Jab
Some critics also pointed out a potential flub in the image he shared.
- HuffPost
I Moved To Europe To Escape U.S. Politics. Four Years Later, I've Come To A Terrifying Realization.
“With every year that passes, visits to my original home feel more like a trip to a foreign country.”
- The Hill
McConnell cries foul after 2 Democratic judges cancel retirement after Trump victory
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vented his displeasure Monday after two Democratic-appointed federal judges reversed their decisions to retire in what appear to be efforts to stop President-elect Trump from nominating their successors. McConnell called the unusual decisions to forgo retirement following Trump’s sweeping victory last month a “partisan” gambit that would undermine the…
- Associated Press
Trump 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.
- CNN
‘Unlimited’ enemy troops, no sleep: Ukrainian soldiers fight to hold on to Russia’s Kursk region
“I have this impression that (the Russians) have unlimited people,” said Oleksandr, a Ukrainian unit commander. “The next Russians, it seems, do not know what happened to the previous Russians. They go there, into the unknown. No one tells them anything about it, and no one comes back.”
- The Telegraph
Russia fires hypersonic missile in Mediterranean Sea
Russian forces test fired an advanced nuclear-capable hypersonic cruise missile during navy and air force drills in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday.
- 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
Is Rachel Reeves Paving The Way For A U-Turn On A Key Budget Pledge?
The chancellor has failed to repeat her promise not to increase taxes in the future.
- HuffPost
Donald Trump Reportedly Takes Menacing Jab At Justin Trudeau In Mar-a-Lago Meeting
The president-elect dismissed the Canadian prime minister’s tariff concerns with a confrontational joke.
- HuffPost UK
'No, Stop It': Kay Burley Clashes With Mel Stride Over £715 Million Tories 'Wasted' On Rwanda Scheme
The shadow chancellor blamed Labour for scrapping the policy after the election.
- HuffPost UK
Putin Finally Admits There's A Problem In The Russian Workforce – But Did Not Say The Obvious Reason Why
The war in Ukraine was simply not mentioned.
- The Telegraph
Trump trolls Trudeau with flag picture after ‘telling him Canada could become the 51st state’
Donald Trump appeared to troll Justin Trudeau with a picture of himself posing with the Canadian flag after reportedly suggesting Canada could become a US state.
- Associated Press Finance
China bans exports to US of gallium, germanium, antimony in response to chip sanctions
China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications, as a general principle, lashing back at U.S. limits on semiconductor-related exports. The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced the move after the Washington expanded its list of Chinese companies subject to export controls on computer chip-making equipment, software and high-bandwidth memory chips.
- The Telegraph
Why Marine Le Pen really wants to bring down Michel Barnier
The irony is unlikely to be lost on Emmanuel Macron: while France’s fire-struck Notre-Dame cathedral is to reopen after being saved in extremis from total collapse, the country’s government is about to come crashing down.
- CNN
North Korea, Russia and China watch on as crisis unfolds in key US ally South Korea
A night of political upheaval in South Korea has upended stability in a key democratic US ally – sending shock waves through the region and Washington at a moment of acute global tension.
- HuffPost
Ted Cruz Mocks 'Morning Joe' Hosts And Gets Hit With A Humiliating Throwback
The Texas senator made a vulgar suggestion about the MSNBC hosts' meeting with Donald Trump.