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Pete Hegseth will soon head the Pentagon. But doubts about the TV presenter’s suitability are growing louder. Now Donald Trump may have found an alternative – an old acquaintance. A high-profile personnel decision recently blew up in Donald Trump’s face. Even many loyal party soldiers could not imagine Matt Gaetz as Attorney General. The US President-elect quickly gave in . Now the next case of this kind is looming. Pete Hegseth is still officially slated to be Secretary of Defense in the new Trump cabinet. But doubts about the 44-year-old’s suitability are now so loud that there are initial reports…

Opposition lawmakers on Wednesday called for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down after Yoon succumbed to a vote against his shocking bid to implement martial law, calling the attempt an “insurrection”. South Korea's Suk Yeol pressured to resign after retracting martial law bid

President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday formally urged a New York state judge to drop the criminal case where he was convicted on 34 counts related to hush money paid to a former pornographic film actress in May this year. 

Actress Rose Ayling-Ellis, who made history on Strictly Come Dancing as the show’s first deaf contestant, is to receive a royal honour at Windsor Castle.The former EastEnders actress will be honoured by the Princess Royal on Wednesday alongside 60 others, including Hari Budha Magar – the first above-the-knee double-amputee to summit Mount Everest.Born deaf, Ayling-Ellis, 30, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours for voluntary services to the deaf community.Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice (Jacob King/PA) The first deaf contestant to ever take part in Strictly, she won the 2021…

  South Korea’s main opposition party on Wednesday urged president Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or face impeachment, hours after Mr Yoon ended short-lived martial law that prompted troops to encircle parliament before lawmakers voted to lift it. On Tuesday night, Mr Yoon abruptly imposed the emergency martial law, vowing to eliminate “anti-state” forces after he struggled to push forward his agenda in the opposition-dominated parliament. But his martial law was effective for only about six hours, as the National Assembly voted to overrule the president. The declaration was formally lifted about 4.30am during a cabinet meeting. The liberal…

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Tuesday, December 3, said it was possible his government could survive a no-confidence vote in parliament, evoking a possible “reflex of responsibility” from MPs. With no majority in the Assemblée Nationale, Barnier used Article 49.3 of the Constitution on Monday to pass his social security budget bill without a vote.

The quarrel over contemporary stained-glass windows at Notre-Dame de Paris could well one day be the subject of a play. Act I, scene 1. 2019. Location: Elysée Palace. Stéphane Bern, a high-profile heritage advocate, followed Brigitte Macron to the office of General Georgelin, a few meters away from the first lady’s residence. Gorgelin was leading the reconstruction of the cathedral with a firm and commanding presence. That day, in the former chapel that serves as his headquarters, they met architect Jean-Marie Duthilleul, who had been called in to rethink the liturgical layout. In the background was a priest with the…

Feijóo, about his desire to fire Sánchez: “Me, anxiety? None. “Anxiety belongs to the Spanish”The leader of the PP has rejected being eager to evict the President of the Government from La Moncloa. “Me, anxiety? None. Anxiety belongs to the Spanish.” Meanwhile, he has recognized that none of the democratic scenarios exist for a change of Government to be possible. Neither the motion of censure – for which he has denied contacts with Junts – nor the resignation of Sánchez, nor the early call for elections, “which is not in his interest [a Sánchez]because I would lose them.”Therefore, Feijóo is…

Abascal aligns his councilors to define his strategy against the arrival of “illegals” and redoubles the warning to the ‘popular’ in the midst of the negotiation of the regional and municipal budgets. Read Vox’s wake-up call to the PP on the eve of the meeting on immigration: "committee of wise men" and regional deployment in the midst of budget negotiations

Christian Lindner between crisis and hope: While the D-Day affair puts him under pressure, he appeals for more risk-taking and innovation in Germany at the start-up scene awards – and also gives an insight into his inner life. These are turbulent days for Christian Lindner. First the traffic light coalition fell apart, now he is under increasing pressure in the wake of the D-Day affair. He is now even confronted with calls from within his own ranks to resign as FDP chairman. A visit to the Axel Springer high-rise in Berlin on Tuesday evening was probably a welcome change for…