13 h. ago ‘Civilisational erasure’: US strategy document appears to echo far

Official text, signed by Donald Trump, outlines plan to ‘cultivate resistance’ in EU nations to their ‘current trajectory’Donald Trump’s administration has said that Europe faces “civilisational erasure” within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration. In a policy document, it argues that the US must “cultivate resistance” within the continent to “Europe’s current trajectory”.Billed as “a roadmap to ensure America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history and the home of freedom on earth”, the US National Security Strategy makes explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s far-right parties. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago ‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right

Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’ Donald Trump’s administration has said Europe faces “civilisational erasure” within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration, arguing in a policy document that the US must “cultivate resistance” within the continent to “Europe’s current trajectory”.Billed as “a roadmap to ensure America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history and the home of freedom on earth”, the US National Security Strategy makes explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s far-right parties. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago US national security strategy calls for ‘cultivating resistance’ in Europe

Policy document blasts traditional allies while failing to criticise Russia

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50 h. ago Why many experts say The Wizard Of Oz hid a revolutionary political message in support of the Trump of his day: TOM LEONARD

The writer of the 1890 book, The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, was a supporter of the Populist Party, whose leader William Jennings Bryan has been compared to President Donald Trump.

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4 d. ago Trump doubles down after mental health slur against Tim Walz: ‘There’s something wrong with him’

Trump’s use of the mental health slur cost him the support of at least one Republican senator, whom he had wanted to help redraw congressional district lines

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5 d. ago Your Party members vote to make name permanent at tense first conference

Liverpool gathering lays bare bitter divisions within new party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah SultanaThe new leftwing party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will be called Your Party after a vote by members, but its weekend conference laid bare bitter divisions.Just over 37% of members voted for the name Your Party, provisionally adopted when it was launched earlier this year, to become permanent. The votes for others on the shortlist were 25.23% to be called For The Many, 25.23% for Popular Alliance and 14.19% for Our Party. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago While politicians wrangle over Trump’s peace plan, soldiers are still dying, says Ukrainian filmmaker

Oscar-winning Mstyslav Chernov expressed scepticism that Putin would accept peace terms as Trump’s support wavered for Ukraine

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7 d. ago The Guardian view on Ukraine peace talks: Putin is taking Trump for another ride on the Kremlin carousel | Editorial

Russia’s president is only interested in a deal on Moscow’s terms. Equipping Kyiv with the resources to fight on is the quickest route to a just settlementAs Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving Day deadline for a Ukraine peace agreement came and went this week, the Russia expert Mark Galeotti pointed to a telling indicator of how the Kremlin is treating the latest flurry of White House diplomacy. In the government paper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, a foreign policy scholar close to Vladimir Putin’s regime bluntly observed: “As long as hostilities continue, leverage remains. As soon as they cease, Russia finds itself alone (we harbour no illusions) in the face of coordinated political and diplomatic pressure.”Mr Putin has no interest in a ceasefire followed by talks where Ukraine’s rights as a sovereign nation would be defended and reasserted. He seeks the capitulation and reabsorption of Russia’s neighbour into Moscow’s orbit. Whether that is achieved through battlefield attrition, or through a Trum...

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7 d. 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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9 d. ago Russia's frozen assets at center of negotiations over Ukraine peace deal

Europe is considering seizing billions in Russian assets to support Ukraine, as proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump

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1 week ago Britain is in a 'growth emergency', Business Secretary admits as economic outlook gets WORSE and dismal reality of Labour's handling of economy laid bare ahead of Budget

As the OBR prepared to lay bare the dismal reality of Labour's handling of the economy, Peter Kyle conceded that the nation was suffering from 'low, slow uneven growth'.

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1 week ago Britain is in a 'growth emergency', Business Secretary admits as dismal reality of Labour's handling of economy laid bare

As the OBR prepared to lay bare the dismal reality of Labour's handling of the economy, Peter Kyle conceded that the nation was suffering from 'low, slow uneven growth'.

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1 week ago How cult leader ‘Commander Butcher’ plotted to sow mayhem across US

Guilty plea by far-right activist lays bare plans for bombings, school shootings and Santas handing out poisoned candiesMichail Chkhikvishvili, a self-described cult leader who called himself “Commander Butcher”, did not look like a Hollywood vision of a contemporary terrorist, despite the bizarre, almost made-for-TV extremist actions he planned, such as having people dressed as Santa Claus hand out poison candies on the streets of New York.Chkhikvishvili appeared in a Brooklyn court last week as one might find an office IT tech: close-cropped hair and black-rimmed glasses, attentive, clear-spoken and cooperative as he was questioned about his understanding of a plea that could see him imprisoned for up to 18 years at his March sentencing. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'The LAST thing I want to do is kiss this woman.' Devastating new court documents lay bare 'nuclear' clash in $161m 'ego trip' between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively: ALISON BOSHOFF

The email, sent in December 2023, is described by Justin Baldoni as him 'waving the white flag' and giving co-star Blake Lively '98 per cent' of what she wants.

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1 week ago Zak Crawley’s awkward prod sends England down another terminal spiral | Simon Burnton

This team refuse on a point of principle to rein themselves in but latest batting collapse lays bare glaring weaknessesIt is the UK that is living through a cold snap, but in balmy Perth they were playing in a snow globe. The scenery was static, solid, but everything else was constantly getting shaken up, bits flying in unpredictable directions. The crowd roared, commentators gibbered, the glitter never settled.Unlike the first day England were not batting at the start, though they were not long delayed. At which point a pattern quickly emerged, one that almost perfectly repeated that established on the previous day, while also being completely different. The bowler who was useless was good, the marginal, unconvincing snickometer-based review that was not out was now given. Some things were both precisely the same (Australia’s tactics against England’s tail, how the tail reacted to Australia’s tactics) and also, at the same time, completely the opposite (the outcome). Continue readi...

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2 w. ago The extraordinary Covid WhatsApp messages that reveal the ‘chaos’ inside Boris Johnson’s government

Messages sent between Dominic Cummings, Lee Cain and Simon Case lay bare the chaos behind Downing Street’s response to Covid

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2 w. ago Saudi prince Mohammed is being lavished by Trump. It’s clear why | Mohamad Bazzi

Autocrats like Prince Mohammed are eager to benefit from Trump’s brazen effort to use the presidency to enrich himself and his familyDonald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, appeared together at a US-Saudi investment summit at the Kennedy Center.It’s all part of a rehabilitation tour for Prince Mohammed, years after US intelligence agencies concluded that he had ordered the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and Saudi dissident. In October 2018, Khashoggi was ambushed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by a 15-member hit team, who dismembered his body with a bone saw. For a time, the killing turned Prince Mohammed into an international pariah. But Trump never wavered in his support of the Saudi leader, and during his first term protected the prince from US sanctions and pressure from Congress.Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor, at New York University Continue reading...

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2 w. ago House votes to release ALL the Epstein files as speculation explodes over a 'cover up' and whether every name will be revealed: Live updates

Donald Trump encouraged Republicans to support the releasing the Epstein files while calling for an investigation into Democrats ' connections with the disgraced financier.

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2 w. ago Furious Trump threatens to revoke ABC's license after 'terrible' reporter asked about Epstein files: Live updates

Donald Trump encouraged Republicans to support the releasing the Epstein files while calling for an investigation into Democrats ' connections with the disgraced financier.

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2 w. ago MTG makes bombshell conspiracy claim against the DOJ over Epstein files in anti

Donald Trump encouraged Republicans to support the releasing the Epstein files while calling for an investigation into Democrats ' connections with the disgraced financier.

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