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Mahmoud Abbas: What will it take to ‘protect’ Palestine?
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Democratic lawmakers accuse Trump administration of interference in Brazilian elections
Legislators sent letter to Marco Rubio saying US interference is weakening Brazil’s democratic institutions US politics live – latest updates A group of 31 Democratic members of the US Congress has sent a letter to the secretary of state, Marco Rubio , criticising the Trump administration over “an apparent effort to interfere with, and potentially undermine” Brazil ’s elections. Latin America’s largest country will hold the first round of its presidential election on 4 October, with polls showing a technical tie between the incumbent leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , and the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro . Continue reading...
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White House restores access to media outlets banned by Trump after judge's order
CNN, Politico and MS NOW were allowed back into the White House after some of their staff were earlier turned away.
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Iranian-American group sues Trump over war
Plaintiffs have families in Iran who have been harmed by the US war, they say.
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Ukrainians in UK fear homelessness over host scheme funding cuts
Monthly ‘thank you’ payments for people hosting refugees to be cut from £350 to £100 from next year Ukrainian refugees in the UK fear they could be left homeless after the government quietly axed 70% of funding for hosts of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, reducing monthly “thank you” payments to them from £350 to £100. The scheme was launched after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and has provided support for 181,000 of the 234,000 Ukrainians who have since sought sanctuary in the UK. Continue reading...
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France says EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ law should not include the UK
‘If you’re not in the internal market, you don’t get the same protection,’ says French minister of policy designed to curb Chinese competition France is leading a push to exclude the UK from the EU’s “Made in Europe” policy that could result in British companies losing out in the race to supply European countries with low-carbon technologies and electric cars. The plans were raised by Andy Burnham when he met the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, on the sidelines of the UN general assembly earlier this week. Continue reading...
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Ukrainian knifeman kills one, wounds four at abbey in Poland
Ukraine's President Zelenskyy denounces 'horrific crime' after 31-year-old attacks clergy, worshippers in border town.