Trump envoy reportedly told Kremlin official that Ukraine must cede land for peace deal pred 11 urami in 35 minutami Steve Witkoff told Yuri Ushakov in October phone call that peace would require Russia gaining control of Donetsk Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff told a senior Kremlin official last month that achieving peace in Ukraine would require Russia gaining control of Donetsk and potentially a separate territorial exchange, according to a recording of their conversation obtained by Bloomberg.In the 14 October phone call with Yuri Ushakov, the top foreign policy aide to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, Witkoff said he believed the land concessions were necessary all while advising Ushakov to congratulate Trump and frame discussions more optimistically. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Louisiana official who called Covid-19 vaccines ‘dangerous’ given key CDC post pred 11 urami in 47 minutami Ralph Abraham appointed deputy director as RFK Jr continues to reshape US federal health leadershipRalph Abraham, a top Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination policies and once described Covid-19 vaccines as “dangerous”, has been appointed deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it was revealed on Tuesday.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has not formally announced Abraham’s appointment, but the center’s internal database now lists Abraham as the federal agency’s principal deputy director, effective this week. Abraham’s appointment was confirmed to the Washington Post by an HHS spokesperson. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims pred 12 urami in 24 minutami Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurtDon’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter EttedguiThree more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.One former pupil, Stefan Benarroch, claimed that people emerging from a Jewish assembly at Dulwich college had been in the sights of Farage and others for taunts while a second, Cyrus Oshidar, described as “rubbish” the claim that the Reform leader did not act with intent to hurt. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Democrats accuse Trump of ‘intimidation’ campaign as FBI seeks interviews pred 12 urami in 29 minutami Lawmakers who urged military personnel to refuse illegal orders say federal agents want to question themA group of Democrats accused by Donald Trump of “seditious behavior” have said that the US president is using the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) against them as a “tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress”.The four politicians, along with two others, had made a video encouraging US military service members to resist unlawful orders – a message that angered Trump, who posted on social media that the group were “traitors” and thus could be jailed or even face the death penalty. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK budget to target cost of living crisis as Reeves battles to keep Labour MPs on side pred 12 urami in 35 minutami Chancellor’s fiscal statement billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government as she tries to fill £20bn spending gapRachel Reeves will promise to tackle Britain’s cost of living crisis and deliver fiscal stability in Wednesday’s budget, which is billed as a decisive moment for the fate of Keir Starmer’s beleaguered government.The chancellor will say she will do what is needed to shore up the economy as she raises billions of pounds worth of taxes to help offset lower than expected growth forecasts. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Nigerian schoolgirls rescued after mass abduction in Kebbi pred 12 urami in 47 minutami The president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, said all 24 of the girls kidnapped last week had been rescuedAll 24 schoolgirls held by assailants after a mass abduction last week from a school in north-western Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced on Tuesday.A total of 25 girls were abducted on 17 November from the Government Girls Comprehensive secondary school in Kebbi state’s Maga town, but one of them was able to escape the same day, the school’s principal said. The remaining 24 were all saved, according to a statement from the Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, though no details were released about the rescue. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Woman behind Slender Man stabbing fled facility ‘because of me’, friend says pred 12 urami in 49 minutami Chad ‘Charley’ Mecca says Morgan Geyser ran away out of fear that the two would no longer be able to visit each otherA companion of Slender Man stabber Morgan Geyser who temporarily escaped from her Wisconsin group home says Geyser fled the facility out of fear that the two would no longer be able to visit each other.“She ran because of me,” Chad “Charley” Mecca – a transgender woman who was detained alongside Geyser at a truck stop just outside Chicago on Sunday night – said in a phone call to Wisconsin news outlet WKOW. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup pred 14 urami in 14 minutami Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapsesBrazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ordered to start serving his 27-year sentence in a 12 sq metre bedroom in a police base in the capital, Brasília, after his conviction for plotting a coup.The far-right populist, who governed Latin America’s largest democracy from 2019 until 2022, was handed the punishment in September after the supreme court found him guilty of leading a criminal conspiracy to stop his leftwing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, taking power. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Campbell’s Soup executive called its products food for ‘poor people’, lawsuit alleges pred 14 urami in 35 minutami Executive Martin Bally put on leave after alleged remarks were purportedly recorded and attributed to him in lawsuitA Campbell’s Soup Company executive has been put on temporary leave after he allegedly referred to the firm’s offerings as “shit for fucking poor people” – a remark purportedly caught on an audio recording and attributed to him in a former employee’s wrongful termination lawsuit.The lawsuit was filed last Thursday in Wayne county circuit court in Michigan by Robert Garza, who had joined Campbell’s New Jersey headquarters remotely in September 2024 as a security analyst. Garza alleges he was fired in January after he raised concerns about comments made by Martin Bally, Campbell’s vice-president of information technology – including referring to one of the company’s ingredients as “bioengineered meat” while going off on a racist tirade. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told pred 14 urami in 56 minutami Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 monthsFifty higher education providers in England are at risk of exiting the market within the next two to three years, MPs on the House of Commons education committee have been told as part of their inquiry into university funding and the threat of insolvency.The evidence follows last week’s gloomy forecast from England’s higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), which warned that three in four universities were likely to be in the red next year as financial turmoil continues in the sector. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
