Section: The United Kingdom
Brazil for first time votes against U.N. call for end to U.S. embargo on Cuba
Brazil voted for the first time with the United States on Thursday against an annual United Nations resolution condemning and calling for an end to Washington’s economic embargo on Communist-ruled Cuba, while Colombia and Ukraine abstained. …read more Source::...
Impeachment inquiry: Trump used Ukraine aid as leverage, says diplomat
Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry against the president release a transcript of testimony by a top US envoy. …read more Source::...
Trump impeachment probe to go public in first televised hearings
Three diplomats who expressed concern about Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine will serve as star witnesses when the first public hearings of the president’s impeachment inquiry are aired on TV next week. …read more Source:: Sky...
Ukraine crisis put on ice by Trump staff busy working out how to buy Greenland
State and defence departments wanted military aid restored, but the Greenland issue ‘took up a lot of energy’, new testimony revealsAfter the White House cut off military aid to Ukraine, Donald Trump’s top officials scrambled to get it restored but were unable to organise a meeting with the president, in part because his staff were...
Top US diplomat observed clear Trump-Ukraine quid pro quo, testimony reveals
US officials said Trump would not ‘sign a check’ for military aid without investigation into Joe Biden, Bill Taylor tells inquiryTrump impeachment inquiry – live updatesFor a second time in two days, newly released testimony in the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump has produced a firsthand account of US officials negotiating a quid...
Trump impeachment inquiry: public hearings to begin next week, Schiff announces – live
House intelligence chair announces Bill Taylor and George Kent to testify on Wednesday and Marie Yovanovitch to appear next Friday – follow liveSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 4.57pm GMTThe trial of Roger Stone, a longtime advisor to Donald Trump, began this morning in Washington DC – a trial resulting from charges in Robert...
No 3 official at state department to defend failure to protect Ukraine envoy
David Hale expected to testify placating Trump was realpolitikState department was trying to lift freeze on military aidDavid Hale, the third most senior official at the state department, has begun his testimony at congressional impeachment hearings, where he will reportedly seek to explain the agency’s failure to defend the ambassador to...
The Conservatives’ narcissism has finally caught up with them
For Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg, politics is not just a game for privileged people but a catwalk on which they can display their egos. The French novelist Édouard Louis once wrote that “for the ruling class, in general, politics is a question of aesthetics: a way of seeing themselves, of seeing the world, of constructing a personality. For...
Instant Opinion: Farage ‘risks leaving Brexit’ to Remainers
Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Wednesday 6 November Analysis Wednesday, November 6, 2019 – 3:36pm The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each. 1. Asa Bennett in The Telegraph on a backfiring Brexit bluff Nigel...
Kentucky governors’ race neck-and-neck as Democrats eye victory – live
Democrats flip state legislature in Virginia as hopefuls battle Republican incumbents in governors’ racesSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 3.05pm GMTLive political reporting continues on Wednesday’s blog: Related: Impeachment inquiry: diplomat to say politics were behind refusal to defend Yovanovitch – live 3.51am...
