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Macron says Europe’s unity worked against Trump’s threats as EU leaders hold emergency summit – latest updates
EU meeting in Brussels is aimed at discussing volatile situation with US in wake of Trump’s recent moves around GreenlandZelenskyy’s speech looks to be slightly late, as Indonesia’s president Prabowo Subianto is still speaking.Don’t worry: I’m keeping an eye on this for you.“Hardly any details are known yet about the proposed Greenland deal. But we need them in order to decide how to proceed with the implementation of the EU-US trade deal. @EP_Trade will revisit the issue on Monday and discuss the way forward.”“However there is no room for false security. The next threat is sure to come. That’s why it is even more important that we set clear boundaries use all available legal instruments&apply them as appropriate to the situation. We must continue to act with this level of confidence.” Continue reading...
News live: Sussan Ley says her leadership can survive Coalition split; Australian actors among Oscar nominees
Follow updates liveLiberal senator says party still ‘believes’ in the CoalitionAnne Ruston, a Liberal senator, said the party still believes in the Coalition and would like to see it continue, but said Sussan Ley was left with “no option but to accept” multiple resignations after members of the Nationals broke a “fundamental rule”.We believe in the coalition and we would like to see a coalition continue, but the circumstances around the actions of the National party this week left the leader with no option but to accept the resignations of three people who, by their own admission, broke the very fundamental rule of a coalition and that is shadow cabinet solidarity. So I think the leader is absolutely right.The most important thing that we can do as of today is to focus on the future of responding to the needs of the Australian public because that’s what they elected us to do.That’s obviously a matter for the National party and their deliberations as to why they chose yesterday as a day to make public comment, and I’m not going to make any further comment than that. Continue reading...
Jack Smith says ‘I will not be intimidated’ by Trump insults during tense House testimony – US politics live
Trump appears to have followed tense House hearing despite being in Davos, calling for former special counsel to face prosecutionJack Smith testifies evidence showed Trump crimes in 2020 election effortThe committee is taking a recess for members to vote on the House floor. A reminder that today we’re expecting a vote on Department of Homeland Security funding bill that dozens of Democrats have vowed to vote against.The top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, Jamie Raskin, praised Jack Smith’s handling of his investigations into the president. Raskin also noted the persistent denigration by Donald Trump as Smith conducted the probes. Continue reading...
Denmark Bristles at Idea of Giving Up Any Sovereignty in Greenland
American and NATO officials have discussed giving the United States sovereignty over U.S. military bases in Greenland. The Danes don’t seem to like that.
Three people dead and alleged gunman at large after shooting in NSW town
Two women and a man have died after an alleged shooting at Lake Cargelligo as police urge locals to stay insideFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour people have been shot – three fatally – and an alleged gunman is on the run in New South Wales’s central western region.NSW police were called to Bokhara Street in Lake Cargelligo, about 240km south-west of Dubbo, at 4.20pm on Thursday and found two people suffering gun wounds. Continue reading...
Barron Trump Called U.K. Police After Witnessing Woman ‘Getting Beat Up’ on Video Call
The details of an emergency call made by President Trump’s youngest son to the London police last year emerged during a trial this week.
Democrats condemn ICE after five-year-old detained with father in US raid
Liam Ramos, of Minnesota, was detained with his father and flown to Texas, prompting Democrats to accuse ICE of crueltyICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving homeDemocratic lawmakers are lashing out at Immigration and Customs Enforcement after agents detained a five-year-old Minnesota boy with his father and transported them to Texas, with one congressman calling for the agency to be disbanded.was taken into custody on Tuesday as he and his father arrived home from school in Columbia Heights, a Minneapolis suburb. According to school officials, an ICE agent used the child to knock on the family’s front door to determine if anyone else was inside before detaining both father and son. Continue reading...
An Emboldened Trump’s Whipsaw Approach to the World
He says there’s a method to the madness. But European allies wonder whether the United States is reliable anymore.
Zelensky Laces Into Europe, Saying It Must Step Up or Be Left Behind
The Ukrainian leader’s speech in Davos, Switzerland, was one of his most scathing critiques of his closest allies.