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Labour continues to struggle in local by-elections, losing to Reform UK in St Helens, Liverpool
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People Can't Believe Donald Trump's Response To Being Asked About His Plans To Lower Grocery Prices
"Look, they got them up. I'd like to bring them down. It's hard to bring things down once they're up. You know, it's very hard." —Donald Trump
- The Telegraph
Leaked negotiating papers reveal EU’s price for post-Brexit trade deal
The European Union has set the price for a post-Brexit trade deal in leaked negotiating papers that reveal an expectation of concessions from Sir Keir Starmer.
- The Telegraph
Taxpayers foot £6bn bill for ‘nonsense’ research despite Reeves crackdown on waste
Taxpayers are footing a £6 billion bill for “nonsense” research projects despite Rachel Reeves pledging a crackdown on government waste.
- The Independent
Voices: 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 Observers
Fears mount for Syria’s minorities as video emerges showing rebel fighters executing suspects
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has become Syria’s new strongman, replacing the Alawite regime of Bashar al-Assad. Once a partner of al Qaeda, Jolani now speaks the language of tolerance towards Syria’s ethnic and religious minorities and told his fighters to refrain from extrajudicial violence. Videos emerging on social media, including one apparently showing the execution of four suspected regime collaborators, suggest that not all of his fighters are following hi
- HuffPost
Trump Backtracks On Campaign Pledge To Bring Down Grocery Prices
The president-elect walked back what was always a wildly unrealistic campaign promise.
- HuffPost
'He's A Juvenile': Canadian Lawmaker Slams Trump's 'Idiotic Behavior' After Tariff Threats
Charlie Angus, a member of the Canadian Parliament, wasn't having it with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump "playing for the rage algorithms."
- The Telegraph
As Labour rocks the economy, there’s ‘more bad news’ around the corner
One of Labour’s key pledges in the run-up to the election was to make the UK the fastest-growing economy in the G7.
- The Guardian
US to pressure UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade deal
US industry ready to drop demand to export chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef in move set to anger British farmers
- Reuters
Assad's final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight
Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his reign collapsed. Hours before he escaped for Moscow, Assad assured a meeting of about 30 army and security chiefs at the defence ministry on Saturday that Russian military support was on its way and urged ground forces to hold out, according to a commander who was present and requested anonymity to speak about the briefing. Assad told his presidential office manager on Saturday when he finished work he was going home but instead headed to the airport, according to an aide in his inner circle.
- Business Insider
Russia looks to be packing up its helicopters and air defenses at its base in Syria, new satellite images show
Russia's military presence at two key bases in Syria fell into uncertainty after the Assad regime fell last weekend.
- The Telegraph
Trump angered by delays to new Air Force One planes
Donald Trump is used to getting his own way. However, even he has been unable to hurry things along at troubled manufacturer Boeing, as it recently emerged that the president-elect is expected to miss out on using the new Air Force One.
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Labour’s British building boom not possible, construction authorities say
Asked Labour’s vow to build 1.5 million homes is achievable, Barratt Redrow chief executive David Thomas said: “The short answer is no.”
- Euronews
Trump urges immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and suggests NATO role rethinking
Trump's remarks, including thoughts on reducing US military aid to Ukraine and reconsidering NATO membership, have sparked concern among allies and security experts.View on euronews
- CNN
Why Israel captured Syria’s tallest mountain just hours after Assad fell
Israel wasted no time after Bashar al-Assad’s fall to bomb all the Syrian military assets it wanted to keep out of the rebels’ hands – striking nearly 500 targets, destroying the navy, and taking out, it claims, 90% of Syria’s known surface-to-air missiles.
- Evening Standard
OPINION - Rachel Reeves' terrible stewardship of the economy means Labour need quick wins right now
In her reaction to this morning’s truly dismal October GDP data the Chancellor admitted they were “disappointing.” There was no mention of the grim economic inheritance from the Tories. While it is not dropping disastrously either, this show has basically exactly the same dreary plot as under the Tories.
- The Telegraph
Streeting’s clash with Miliband over Syria exposes Energy Secretary as Cabinet’s weak point
As Westminster’s great and good gathered for The Spectator magazine’s parliamentary awards last week, it fell to Wes Streeting to give the main address.
- The Independent
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian oil depot set ablaze after ‘massive drone attack’ by Kyiv
Images showed thick clouds of smoke billowing into the sky shortly after the attack on Oryol, Russia
- The Daily Beast
Trump Reveals He Wants to End Seasonal Time Changes
Donald Trump called for the end of daylight saving time in a post on Truth Social Friday. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our nation,” the president-elect wrote—a position that’s the opposite of what he said as president. “Making Daylight Saving Time permanent is O.K. with me!” Trump wrote in 2019.