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Vance: 'Absurdly dishonest' to suggest he criticized British, French troops
Vice President Vance is pushing back on claims that he criticized British and French troops during a Monday interview. In the interview, he lauded President Trump’s proposed minerals deal with ...The Hill - 17h -
PM pays tribute to British troops after Vance comments
US vice-president has faced criticism for saying "20,000 troops from some random country" will not deter Putin.BBC News - 18h -
Starmer praises sacrifice of British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq in oblique rebuke to Vance
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has praised the “sacrifice” of British troops who were killed fighting in Afghanistan and IraqABC News - 18h -
JD Vance claims he was not referring to Britain or France in jibe about European troops – UK politics live
US vice president says he ‘didn’t even mention’ UK or France in jab about ‘20,000 troops from random country’ protecting Ukraine. Michelle O’Neill , Northern Ireland’s first minister, has ...The Guardian - 1d -
Trump to hold meetings on Ukraine with French and British leaders
One day after an angry exchange between Presidents Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy met in Kyiv with Keith Kellogg, Mr. Trump's special envoy. A planned joint news ...CBS News - Feb. 20 -
UK court refuses to say financier acted in 'good faith' in Vatican deal but says he wasn't dishonest
A British court has largely backed the Vatican and refused to declare that a London-based financier acted in “good faith” in his dealings involving the Holy See’s investment in a London propertyABC News - Feb. 21 -
Vance suggests other industries won't get tariff carve-outs
Vice President Vance on Wednesday said that industries other than U.S. automakers have asked for exemptions on tariffs, but suggested that the Trump administration would not extend further carve ...The Hill - 11h -
Vance criticised after comments on UK-French peacekeeping plan
US vice-president said deal unlikely to be secured by ‘some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years’Financial Times - 1d -
Vance criticizes Germany's free speech laws in remarks to conservatives
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany’s free speech laws during an appearance at a conservative gathering outside WashingtonABC News - Feb. 21 -
Vance on Pope’s immigration policy criticism: Catholics ‘too preoccupied’ with clergy's politics
Vice President Vance on Friday said that American Catholics focus too much on criticism coming from clergy members, in response to Pope Francis’ public disapproval of the Trump administration’s ...The Hill - 5d -
Vance mocks Senate Democrat's Russia criticism with 'Always Sunny' meme
Vice President Vance used a meme from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" to mock Senator Chris Murphy's criticism of President Trump's handling of Ukraine talks.The Hill - 2d -
Donald Trump suggests he will back UK in Chagos Islands deal
‘I think we’ll be inclined to go along with your country,’ president says of plan to hand sovereignty to Mauritius. Starmer visits Trump – latest updates Donald Trump has strongly hinted that ...The Guardian - 6d -
Zelensky's conciliatory letter to Trump suggests he's out of options
The Ukrainian leader's climb-down on security guarantees may be because the US is the only place he can turn to, writes BBC Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse.BBC News - 15h -
Trump administration briefing: trade turmoil, Zelenskyy peace offer and British fury at Vance
As the world awaits Donald Trump’s first key speech to Congress in second term, here are the key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glance. In Donald Trump’s first address to Congress since ...The Guardian - 1d -
'We paid': Macron corrects Trump when he suggests Europe is offering Ukraine a loan
During a meeting in the Oval Office, French President Emmanuel Macron corrected President Donald Trump when he suggested that Europe offered a loan to Ukraine. Macron responded by correcting Trump, ...NBC News - Feb. 24 -
Trump praises Starmer’s ‘hard’ lobbying as he again suggests UK will be exempt from US tariffs – live
Trump calls Starmer meeting ‘tremendously productive’ and says ‘we have a very good chance at arriving at a very good deal’. Trump-Starmer visit: the key takeaways European Commission ...The Guardian - 6d -
Pope reaches 2-week mark at hospital with pneumonia and doctors suggest he's overcome the worst
Pope Francis has reached the two-week mark in his recovery from pneumonia amid a guarded sense of optimismABC News - 6d -
French surgeon accused of abusing 299 patients, mostly children, says he did ‘hideous things’
Joël Le Scouarnec tells court on first day of trial he will take responsibility for his actions. A 74-year-old surgeon accused of abusing 299 people, most of them children, while they were ...The Guardian - Feb. 24 -
Ex-surgeon tells French court he used status to sexually abuse children
Joël Le Scouarnec is accused of attacking 299 patients at a dozen hospitals between 1989 and 2014. A former French surgeon on trial for the sexual abuse of hundreds of patients has told the court ...The Guardian - 1d -
Trump says he ‘had very good talks with Putin’ and again criticizes Ukraine – live
US president also accuses Kyiv of talking ‘tough’ but having few bargaining chips in latest remarks in feud with Ukrainian president Zelenskyy. French far-right leader cancels CPAC speech over ...The Guardian - Feb. 21 -
Pentagon orders transgender troops to be separated from the military
Transgender service members will be removed from the military within 60 days unless they are granted a waiver demonstrating their support of “warfighting capabilities,” according to a policy memo ...The Hill - 6d -
Transgender troops will be removed from the military, Pentagon says
Transgender service members will be removed from the military unless they are granted a waiver, according to a memo the Pentagon filed in court late Wednesday.NBC News - 6d -
Meet the Trans Troops the Trump Administration Is Barring
Officers and enlisted. Combat veterans and recent recruits. Transgender service members say their military experience has looked nothing like the portrayal of them in the political arena.The New York Times - 6d -
Pentagon plans to remove transgender troops from military
The Pentagon issued a memo on Wednesday ordering the removal of transgender troops from the U.S. military. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.CBS News - 6d -
Mexico’s Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Troops, Cartels and China
Aiming to appease President Trump, Mexico is hitting China with tariffs, handing cartel leaders over to the United States and using C.I.A. intelligence to hunt down others.The New York Times - 3d -
Pentagon orders thousands more troops to southern border
The Pentagon is sending up to 5,050 additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border even as unlawful border crossings have sharply fallen in recent weeks. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a ...The Hill - 2d -
British couple in their 70s arrested by Taliban
Peter and Barbie Reynolds were returning to their home in Bamiyan on 1 February when they were detained.BBC News - Feb. 23 -
French Doctor Is Accused of Child Rapes
Dr. Joël Le Scouarnec is accused of raping or sexually assaulting 299 people, mostly his patients, mostly children, over 25 years, in the country’s largest-ever pedophilia case.The New York Times - Feb. 23 -
Trump suggests Musk needs to be 'more aggressive'
President Trump suggested in a new post that tech billionaire Elon Musk, one of his closest allies, needs to be “more aggressive" — presumably referring to his efforts to slash spending, downsize ...The Hill - Feb. 22 -
Trump, Musk suggest dead people are on federal payroll
President Trump and Elon Musk made comments about their initiative to understand if any people on the federal payroll should not be included. The comments came after Mr. Trump's first Cabinet ...CBS News - Feb. 26 -
Sanders says it’s a 'horrible suggestion' for Zelensky to step down
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said it’s a “horrible suggestion” for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to step down after his disastrous meeting with President Trump. Sanders joined NBC News’s ...The Hill - 3d -
Trump and Vance Scolded Ukraine’s Leader
Also, measles cases are surging in West Texas. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.The New York Times - 5d -
Vance visits the U.S.-Mexico border
President Donald Trump gave his first first address to a joint session of Congress of his new term last night, outlining his agenda and actions so far in remarks that focused heavily on culture war ...NBC News - 19h -
Olympic stars compete for British titles in Birmingham
Olympic stars Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Georgia Hunter Bell will compete for British titles at the UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham.BBC News - Feb. 21 -
British couple in their 70s arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan
Peter and Barbie Reynolds were detained in Bamiyan provice for ‘teaching mothers parenting with children’. The Taliban have arrested a British couple in their 70s for “teaching mothers parenting ...The Guardian - Feb. 23 -
Missing British businessman’s body found in Kenyan forest
Campbell Scott, a senior director at Fico, was reported missing while in Nairobi for a three-day conference. Police searching for a British businessman missing in Kenya have recovered a body, found ...The Guardian - Feb. 24 -
British Couple Arrested by Taliban in Afghanistan, Family Says
Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested on Feb. 1, their children told U.K. news outlets. The couple had run an education company in Afghanistan for almost two decades.The New York Times - Feb. 25 -
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is upending British politics
Over the past decade and a half, much of the world has entered a new form of politics in which results must be delivered faster and better than before.The Hill - Feb. 26 -
British prime minister meets with Trump at White House
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is the latest European leader to make a personal appeal to President Trump to continue U.S. support for Ukraine in the war with Russia, and to stop his tariff ...CBS News - 6d