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The ceasefire in Gaza has officially begun following an almost three-hour delay, after Hamas named the hostages it plans to release on Sunday. Israel had earlier said it was continuing to fight in Gaza until the names were handed over in accordance with the agreement, and at least eight people were killed in an air strike on the territory on Sunday morning, according to Palestinian officials. Hamas blamed a delay […]
Tariffs and relationships with China could be among the first issues up for discussion when Donald Trump re-enters the White House, according to the director of the Chatham House foreign affairs think tank. Bronwen Maddox said she believes the US administration has “become the big question for UK foreign policy”, and the UK will be faced with having to “make some decisions” about its positions on certain issues. She also […]
TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores in the US on Saturday just before a federal law that would have banned the popular social media platform was scheduled to go into effect. By 10.50pm Eastern Standard Time, the app was not found on Apple and Google’s app stores. The stores are prohibited from offering the platform under the law, which takes effect on Sunday, required TikTok’s China-based parent company […]
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he wants a “Breturn” rather than Brexit after discussing co-operation between the UK and EU in talks with Sir Keir Starmer on his visit to Warsaw. Mr Tusk, who was president of the European Council when Britain voted to leave the trading bloc, said he would “harbour these dreams in my heart” as “sometimes they come true in politics”. The UK Prime Minister, who […]
Blue has become one of the top three most popular colours for new cars for the first time since 2010. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 291,928 new cars registered last year were blue. That was 1.6% more than in the previous year, and represents a market share of 14.9%. White dropped from third place to fourth with 291,629 registrations, a year-on-year decline of 7.2%. Grey retained […]
President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of very cold weather. “The weather forecast for Washington DC, with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows,” Mr Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. “There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way.” The Rotunda is prepared […]
Local road conditions in England have been branded “a national embarrassment” by the head of a House of Commons committee. Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, who chairs the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), warned that road users are being put at risk from “highways riddled with potholes”. A damning report by the committee found the Department for Transport (DfT) “has not taken responsibility” for its role in how roads have deteriorated. […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a deal to return Hamas-held hostages in the Gaza Strip has been reached. The announcement early came a day after Mr Netanyahu’s office said there were last-minute snags in talks to free hostages in return for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners. Mr Netanyahu said he would convene his security Cabinet on Friday and then the government to approve the […]
Kemi Badenoch has said the Tories will consider means-testing the triple-lock, in what would be a major policy shift for the party. The Conservative leader said that while in government the party had supported the system, but that “we need to make sure we are growing.” Under the policy, the state pension rises each year by whichever is highest out of 2.5%, inflation, or earnings. During a phone-in on LBC, […]
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