4 h. ago Israeli surveillance targets US and allies at joint base planning Gaza aid and security, say sources

Concerns over recording of meetings at coordination centre excluding Palestinians that was set up to provide support for Trump’s Gaza planIsraeli operatives are conducting widespread surveillance of US forces and allies stationed at a new US base in the country’s south, according to sources briefed on disputes about open and covert recordings of meetings and discussions.The scale of intelligence gathering at the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) prompted the US commander of the base, Lt Gen Patrick Frank, to summon an Israeli counterpart for a meeting to tell him that “recording has to stop here”. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall

The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions People in Britain who think they are governed by fools should take a closer look at the Russian and US presidents. Vladimir Putin is systematically ruining his country. His war of choice in Ukraine is an economic, financial, geopolitical and human calamity for Russia that worsens by the day. For his own murky reasons, Donald Trump, another national menace, offered him a lifeline last week. Yet Putin spurned it. These two fools deserve each other.On the table in Moscow was a “peace” deal that, broadly speaking, rewarded Russia’s aggression by handing over large chunks of Ukrainian land, compromised Kyiv’s independence and weakened its defences against any future attack. The Trump deal, if forced through, would have split the US and Europe; ruptured Nato, perhaps fatally; reprieved Russia’s pariah economy; and probably toppled Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government.Simon Tis...

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4 d. ago Hegseth forced out US Navy admiral who had legal concerns over Trump’s drug boat strikes: report

The departure of Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of U.S. Southern Command, has stunned lawmakers and military experts

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5 d. ago Pope Leo urges Trump not to use military force to oust Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro

The first American pope suggested that dialogue or economic sanctions would be a more appropriate course of action

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5 d. ago Ellen DeGeneres left Trump's America. Will the British weather force her to return? | Arwa Mahdawi

She’s far from the only celebrity to have declared her intention to live outside the US. As with many others though, it looks like a reverse ferret could be in the worksI’m not some sort of secret Reform voter, OK? As a Brit (albeit a Brit abroad), I’ve got no problem with rich immigrants coming to the UK and taking all our mansions. I just think they really ought to integrate and not bring their funny foreign ideas with them.Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, I’m talking to you. The California couple arrived in the UK last year just before Donald Trump won the election. As soon as the votes were in, they declared they weren’t going back, and would stay on the saner side of the Atlantic. I’m not sure how the immigration logistics worked, but it seems “one in, one out” schemes don’t apply to people coming in on big jets, only small boats. The pair bought a fancy pad in the Cotswolds and DeGeneres buttered up the locals during a public appearance in July by declaring “Everything her...

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5 d. ago Epstein survivors call on Congress to force Trump administration to hand over financial records

Bank records at the Treasury Department could expose the sex trafficker’s ‘cross-border criminal organization,’ victims say

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1 week ago Hundreds of children separated from families while fleeing violence in Sudan's west Darfur

Hundreds of children have arrived in a Sudanese refugee camp without their families as thousands of people have fled violence in western Darfur

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1 week ago Lara Trump stuns Bill Maher by denying president called reporter ‘piggy’ on Air Force One: ‘I saw it on tape’

During a November 14 press gaggle, the president told Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey, ‘quiet, piggy,’ after she asked about the Epstein files

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1 week ago Lara Trump denies Trump called reporter ‘piggy’ during infamous Air Force One gaggle

During a November 14 press gaggle, the president told Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey, ‘quiet, piggy,’ after she asked about the Epstein files

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2 w. ago Trump says Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ as officials gather for Geneva summit

US president signals potential room for adjustments after Zelenskyy says proposals force Ukraine to choose between national dignity and losing the USDonald Trump said on Saturday that his Moscow-drafted “peace plan” was “not my final offer”, after a furious backlash from Ukrainians who described it as reminiscent of Neville Chamberlain’s 1938 Munich agreement with Adolf Hitler.The US president told reporters during brief remarks at the White House: “We’d like to get to peace. It should’ve happened a long time ago we’re trying to get it ended, one way or the other we have to get it ended.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress in January amid fallout with Trump

Decision by Georgia Republican and leading Maga figure to give up House seat comes after dramatic break with Trump, lately over the Epstein files billReaction: Trump calls resignation ‘great news for the country’From staunch Trump ally to ‘traitor’: key takeaways of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s careerMarjorie Taylor Greene announced on Friday evening she will be resigning from office effective 5 January 2026, in the wake of souring relations with President Donald Trump, mostly recently over a vote to force the release of files related to the late Jeffrey Epstein.In a four-page statement, the Georgia congresswoman said the legislative branch had been “sidelined” and accused Republican leaders of refusing to advance conservative priorities such as border security or “America First” policies. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mike Johnson plots revenge for Epstein files humiliation with ‘higher threshold’ rules change in Congress : report

Still licking his wounds after a handful of rogue Republicans forced his and Donald Trump’s hands on Epstein files vote, the House speaker has a plan for handling future petitions

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2 w. ago Trump's Ukraine deal stuns Europe as his unprecedented NATO pledge forces Kyiv into an impossible choice

Ukraine and Russia are about to enter their fourth year of ongoing conflict while Trump has pressed for a deal between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.

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2 w. ago ‘I will always be respectful to journalists’, says PM after Trump’s ‘piggy’ slur

Footage has emerged of the US president uttering the insult at journalist Catherine Lucey as he took questions on Air Force One last week.

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2 w. ago Digested week: Trump’s weird ‘piggy’ jibe expands his cutesy

Plus Vanity Fair’s plucky decision to feature only men in its Hollywood Issue and the reporter fired after RFK Jr ‘sexting scandal’We’ve all said things that didn’t come out right, and it’s my instinct – stand by for some counter-intuition! – that Donald Trump’s “quiet, piggy” admonishment of a female reporter on Air Force One this week, was a very weird attempt at affection, or possibly, flirtation. As with everything the man does, the effect was disastrous and totally inappropriate. But rewatching the video, I saw from the president less an example of his usual bigotry and more an attempt at what looked like “OK, kiddo” cuteness that, catastrophically, and before I could nip it in the bud, had triggered a tiny sprig of sympathy. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago MARK ALMOND: Why I fear a $100m corruption scandal involving a crony with a gold loo could force Zelensky to accept Trump's suicidal peace deal

On the home front, he is mired in an escalating corruption scandal involving some of his closest cronies.

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2 w. ago Congressman Ro Khanna warns officials who would impede Epstein files release: ‘They will be prosecuted’

California lawmaker says all names of people involved in Epstein’s crimes must come to light, Democrat or RepublicanUS politics live – latest updatesDemocratic congressman Ro Khanna was a major force behind the legislative campaign that led Donald Trump to back down from his opposition and sign into law a bill compelling the release of files related to the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.With the justice department now required to release the documents within 30 days, Khanna has a warning for those in the Trump administration who may find themselves pressed to withhold information: comply or face the consequences. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago White House defends Trump’s ‘HANG THEM’ repost in rant calling for death to members of Congress over military remarks

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the Democratic legislators of attempting to undermine Trump’s authority over America’s armed forces

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2 w. ago Epstein files to answer two key mysteries, expert shares in bombshell statement

EXCLUSIVE: The long-awaited Epstein files are finally set to be released to the public after President Trump signed a new law forcing disclosure, raising questions about what he might be hiding

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2 w. ago Zelenskyy to meet US army secretary after American and Russian officials draft plan to end war – Europe live

The draft plan, reportedly developed by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev, would force draconian measures on UkraineIn the last hour, Ukraine said it had received from Russia the remains of 1,000 people that Moscow said were killed Ukrainian soldiers, in the latest repatriation – a rare area of cooperation between the warring sides, AFP reported.“Today, repatriation measures took place. 1000 bodies, claimed by the Russian side to belong to Ukrainian servicemen, were returned to Ukraine,” Kyiv’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said on social media. Continue reading...

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