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Two men who helped Rudy Giuliani pursue Ukraine claims arrested on campaign finance violations
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A thaw in EU-Russia relations is starting
MOSCOW MIGHT as well have drafted the script of Donald Trump’s leaked call to Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25th. In it, Ukraine’s president endorsed criticism of his European partners and seemed open to a deal by which his country would disclose information damaging to Joe Biden, a possible electoral rival to Mr Trump, in return for aid...
Ukraine president denies Trump ‘blackmailed’ him to investigate Biden
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Trump-Ukraine impeachment scandal: timeline of key events
A sequence of events that began with Russia annexing Ukraine picked up pace when Nancy Pelosi announced a formal inquiryNancy Pelosi, the House of Representatives speaker and the most powerful Democrat in Congress, announced an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump on 24 September, setting off a fast-moving chain of events. Here are the key...
Merkel, Zelenskiy spoke about gas transit from Russia via Ukraine: spokesman
Angela Merkel spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by telephone on Wednesday and both stressed the need for an agreement to be reached quickly on future gas transit from Russia through Ukraine, the German chancellor’s spokesman said. …read more Source::...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 9 Oct 2019
Johnson to meet Varadkar as deadline looms Commentators are predicting that Boris Johnson will not agree a Brexit deal by the 31 October deadline for the UK to leave the EU, despite a meeting with Irish leader Leo Varadkar today. Varadkar told Irish broadcaster RTE that it would be “very difficult” for a deal to be struck because there were “big...
Defiant Trump bars ambassador from testifying at impeachment inquiry
Credits Isaac Brekken/Getty Images US president slams congressional hearings as ‘kangaroo court’ One-Minute Read Wednesday, October 9, 2019 – 6:28am Donald Trump has been accused of obstruction after he prevented the US ambassador to the European Union from testifying to congressional …read more Source:: The...
Democrats alarmed about possible U.S. withdrawal from Open Skies treaty
Four senior Democratic lawmakers said on Tuesday they believe the Trump administration may withdraw from a treaty that allows unarmed surveillance flights over U.S., Russian and other territory, arguing this would be a gift to Russia and undermine confidence in the U.S. commitment to Ukraine. …read more Source::...
Trump move to block Sondland ‘strong evidence of obstruction’, says Schiff – live
House intelligence chair condemns Trump administration decision to prevent EU ambassador, a key witness, from testifying to CongressSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 3.16pm BSTAnd Trump is somehow still talking about Hillary Clinton’s emails, even as his own White House blocks a senior official from testifying for House...
Trump impeachment inquiry: EU ambassador blocked from testifying
Gordon Sondland was due before House DemocratsTrump administration’s move likely to stoke political furyThe US state department has blocked the EU ambassador Gordon Sondland from testifying in private to House Democrats conducting an impeachment inquiry, as was scheduled for Tuesday morning. Related: Trump’s phone call with...
