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The TelegraphAngela Rayner defends hiring £68k-a-year taxpayer-funded ‘vanity’ photographer
Angela Rayner has defended hiring a taxpayer-funded “vanity” photographer while claiming that people complain about never seeing her.
- The Telegraph
Why Zelensky’s refusal to conscript more men has torpedoed his relationship with Washington
Volodymyr Zelensky may have just called last orders on his relationship with Joe Biden in one of the most open assaults on the outgoing president to date.
- Time
Syria Could Be the Beginning of the End of Russia’s Ambitions
Our columnists write how the house of cards that Vladimir Putin has so carefully stacked is folding before our eyes
- CNN
Syrian rebel leader’s victory speech holds a message for Iran – and for Trump and Israel too
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s road to Damascus has been long. He has talked openly about his change along the way. From young al Qaeda fighter two decades ago, to rebel commander espousing sectarian tolerance.
- Evening Standard
Bashar al-Assad to see 'precipitous fall in living circumstances' after fleeing Syria into exile in Moscow
People have looted his palaces in Damascus after he was deposed
- The Telegraph
Fall of the House of Assad, with a billion-pound fortune and blood on its hands
He didn’t look like a dictator. Awkward and gangly, his mannerisms unassuming, at least until he opened his mouth, Bashar al-Assad exuded none of the machismo of other Arab strongmen like Muammar Gaddafi or Saddam Hussein.
- HuffPost
Trump Must Pay $500M Civil Fraud Fine, President Or Not: NY AG
The New York attorney general’s office told Trump’s lawyers there was “no basis” for the president-elect to evade paying the massive civil fine.
- HuffPost UK
Zelenskyy Just Revealed 1 Element Of The Ukraine War Putin Refuses To Discuss
The Ukrainian president also claimed his Russian counterpart is "addicted to war".
- HuffPost
'So F**king Tacky': Donald Trump Slammed Over 'Gross' Bid To Cash In On Jill Biden Photo
Critics ripped the president-elect over a post on his Truth Social platform.
- The Daily Beast
Marjorie Taylor Greene Russian Pipe Bomb Hoax Kills Innocent Woman
A woman is dead after police in Georgia received an email from a Russian IP address claiming the sender had left a pipe bomb in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s mailbox. A police officer with the bomb squad who was driving to meet his colleagues at headquarters hit another car, killing its driver, the Rome Police Department said in a press release. “I’m heartsick right now,” Greene wrote in a post on X.
- HuffPost
Trump’s Utterly Absurd Take On Birthright Citizenship Involves Walking Infants
The president-elect appeared very confused about how American citizenship is conferred.
- HuffPost UK
Minister Hits Back After Susanna Reid Asks Why Cutting Immigration Is Not Part Of New Labour Plan
"The history of attaching a precise number is not a happy one in the UK, is it?" McFadden said.
- The Telegraph
Labour ministers spent £130,000 of taxpayers’ money decorating offices
Labour ministers have spent £130,000 redecorating their offices despite Rachel Reeves vowing to wage a war on government waste.
- CityAM
All hail Rayner, destroyer of NIMBYs
Since Christmas is a time for hope, it’s worth appreciating the good news when we see it. The business community’s frustrations with Labour are well documented and easy to understand, but even its fiercest critics tend to concede that one area stands out as a bright spot in an economic landscape marred by tax increases:
- The Telegraph
Will the Senate approve Tulsi Gabbard? Our experts are united
Once is a mistake. Twice is a pattern. That’s the conundrum facing the Trump transition team right now, as rumours swirl that Tulsi Gabbard might be next on the senatorial chopping block.
- The Independent
Farage makes sixth US trip as MP to be headliner at MAGA gala which has snubbed ‘loser’ Tories
Exclusive: Nigel Farage has been unveiled as a headline speaker at a MAGA gala just a week after Kemi Badenoch met up with vice president elect J. D. Vance as Reform UK and the Tories vie for support from Team Trump
- HuffPost
Trump Mocks Trudeau After Canadian Leader Warns Tariffs Will Hurt Americans
The president-elect has pledged to levy a 25% tariff on all goods imported from Canada on his first day in office.
- CityAM
Labour’s business backers – where are they now?
Labour won the public backing of over 120 business chiefs in a letter before the election – but the enthusiasm of those executives appears to have dimmed since then. City AM tried to track them down. It was a letter that seemed to signal a tectonic shift in British politics when it landed in newspapers
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Trump promises to end birthright citizenship: What is it and could he do it?
President-elect Donald Trump is promising to end birthright citizenship as soon as he gets into office.
- The Independent
Netanyahu makes it clear: Biden is no longer in charge
ANALYSIS: US-Israel policy appears to now be fully running through Mar-a-Lago after shocking developments in the Golan Heights, writes John Bowden