AFCON 2025 organisers investigate clashes at Nigeria, Morocco games
Organisers warn of disciplinary action against players, team officials and journalists if found guilty of wrongdoing.
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Former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi says UK is ‘sick’ as he defects to Reform UK – politics live
Nigel Farage reveals convert to party as former chancellor says UK ‘has reached a dark and dangerous chapter’Zahawi says he accepts that the Conservatives are to blame for some of the problems facinng the country.Since leaving parliament, I have been reflecting on the successes and failures of my old party’s time in government, and I rue the timidity, even at times the weakness, with which we try to deal with the problems of the country.My analysis is that a huge culprit is the over-mighty bureaucratic inertia that now dominates and runs the country, that has taken control of swathes of the economy and, with barely a shrug of the shoulders, restricts the individual liberty of each and every one of us.So it is time for another glorious revolution to get us back to a fully sovereign parliament.Britain needs Reform.My own party, and by definition to some extent me personally, should share some blame for the continuation of the Blairite constitutional vandalism and our failure, to coin a phrase, to take back control from the rich powers of the unelected bureaucracy. Continue reading...
Iran’s foreign minister says it is open to talks with US amid protest crackdown
Abbas Araghchi says talks only possible on basis of respect after Donald Trump threatened ‘very strong’ military response Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has said Iran is willing to negotiate with the US about its nuclear programme on the basis of respect, but did not comment on claims by Donald Trump that Iran was arranging a meeting with the US.The US president, who has threatened to intervene in Iran, said on Sunday such a meeting was being planned, but added it might be derailed by the crackdown on protesters. Continue reading...
Europe and China Take Step to Resolve Dispute on Electric Vehicles
The European Commission allowed carmakers to volunteer limits on their imports from China instead of paying tariffs, an arrangement that could help Volkswagen.
‘Hundreds more’ federal agents being deployed in Minnesota after killing of Renee Good – US politics live
Kristi Noem says that more officers are being deployed amid protests in several citiesThe US president said late Sunday that “Iran called, they want to negotiate” and his administration was in talks to set up a meeting with Tehran.But he cautioned he may have to act first as reports mount of increasing deaths in protests against the Islamic Republic regime.“Obviously there are more concerns that Fed independence is going to be under the gun, with the latest news on the criminal investigation into Chair Powell really having reinforced those concerns.”“I have no doubt that he (Powell) in his remaining term as chair is going to make decisions based on the economic data and not be influenced one way or the other, cutting more or refusing to cut on the back of data that could push in that direction.” Continue reading...
Displaced citizens without a vote Myanmar’s election
Many of the millions of people displaced by fighting in Myanmar won’t vote in elections held by a military government.
How the rich are fuelling the climate crisis for everyone else
Billionaires own assets that emit more carbon in minutes than others do in lifetimes. The poor pay the cost.
US will have Greenland ‘one way or the other’, says Trump – Europe live
US president repeats his desire for the territory as he mocks its defences as ‘two dog sleds’ and shrugs off impact on NatoUS president Donald Trump also spoke further about Greenland in his New York Times interview published on Sunday ($).Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, he insisted that he wanted to resolve the issue “properly” with the US taking ownership of the territory as it was “psychologically needed for success,” saying that “ownership gives you things and elements that you can’t get from just signing a document, that you can have a base.”“Now, maybe another president would feel differently, but so far I’ve been right about everything.” Continue reading...
Which countries host the largest Venezuelan populations?
About 8 million Venezuelans, or a quarter of the population, have fled their country in recent years.
Which are Iran’s main opposition groups?
Iran's fragmented opposition includes figures living abroad, such as Reza Pahlavi, the heir of the former monarch.