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Starmer urges world leaders to ‘double down’ on support for Ukraine
Keir Starmer has urged world leaders to “double down” in their efforts to support Ukraine during a visit to Poland, days before Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency risks jeopardising international solidarity on the issue.
Speaking alongside the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, after the pair discussed a proposed …
‘A mix of emotions’: Hamas deal seen as a betrayal but greeted with joy by Palestinians
ceasefire and hostage release deal
between Israel and Hamas has been greeted with joy by Palestinians, but a more wary approach in Israel, where demonstrators both in favour and against the deal have taken to the streets in protest.The deal, which is supposed …
Police fear ‘rightwing driven’ reaction to grooming gangs will harm victims
Senior police officers fear that government pressure to reinvestigate closed historic cases of gang grooming could make it harder to catch those targeting children today.
more reviews of past cases and also that victims, whose cases did not end in prosecutions, will …EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation
The European Commission has asked X to hand over internal documents about its algorithms, as it steps up its investigation into whether Elon Musk’s social media platform has breached EU rules on content moderation.
The EU’s executive branch told the company it wanted to see internal documentation about its “recommender …
Labour’s investment in AI isn’t as clever as it thinks it is | Letters
There are at least three major concerns to raise with the government’s apparent betting the future of the UK on so-called artificial intelligence (
‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI, 12 January
).First, as Prof Shannon Vallor at the University of Edinburgh has …
Strangers’ bar in parliament to close after alleged spiking incident
Parliament’s Strangers’ bar will be closed next week while security arrangements are reviewed after an alleged spiking incident.
A House of Commons spokesperson said the bar, which is located on the parliamentary estate and is frequented by MPs on weekday evenings, would be closed from Monday.
“The safety of everyone …
‘It should be up to us’: Greenlanders on Trump, Denmark – and their land
In one corner, friends discuss the aftermath of last week’s visit by Donald Trump Jr, while in another, coffee is being roasted, as the northern lights dance across the dark early evening sky. Suddenly, a group at the neighbouring table, who have broken off their game of backgammon to take …
Chrystia Freeland will run to replace Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister
A former journalist turned senior government minister – who was dubbed a “nasty woman” by
after bruising trade negotiations with the US – has announced that she will run for leadership ofCanada
’s ailing Liberal party.Chrystia Freeland declared her intention to become the …
FTSE 100 hits record as interest rate hopes push down UK borrowing costs
The UK’s blue-chip stock index hit a record high on Friday, as rising hopes of interest rate cuts this year drove down government borrowing costs.
Almost every share on the FTSE 100 rose on Friday, as a fall in the value of the pound boosted multinational companies listed in London …
IMF upgrades UK growth forecast and takes swipe at Trump plans
The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for UK growth this year in its biannual assessment of the global economy, while taking a swipe at plans by Donald Trump’s incoming US administration for the potentially destabilising effect of large-scale tax cuts, import tariffs and weaker regulations.
In a fillip …