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The White House taking pointers from the NYPD with a Good cop, bad cop at the White House, which is designed to allow ‘the next’ to negotiate an opportunity to bring an end to the war.

Sir Keir Starmer in a power play at the G20. Staying with the Ukraine war the British prime minister, will urge G20 leaders to “double down” on their support for Ukraine, he needs this for his political future to be taken seriously on the world stage.

Viktor Orban is defiant to show the EU, he can lift Hungary out of a near recession and will not be a puppet. This is despite the financial sanctions imposed by the EU. Even against the backdrop of his rule of law dispute with Brussels, Orbán has exacerbated tensions with other EU capitals by maintaining strong diplomatic ties with both Beijing and Moscow.

Israel continues to pound Lebanon, killing eight more paramedics as the US envoy arrives to discuss its truce plan.
In Gaza the Red Cross is evacuating its hospital and it fears Israel will flatten the building this week. In a damning report for the Israelis according to a Human Rights Watch report emphatically reports Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza.

Over the past two weeks, it has become increasingly evident that politicians, backed by powerful lobby groups, often feel unaccountable to the public except during election periods. This is precisely when the electorate must pressure and hold their representatives—whether MPs, governors, or members of Congress—to account.

We are also seeing a notable rise in interest toward BRICS. Western nations’ firm control over the global financial system has spurred Middle Eastern and Eastern European states to reassess their reliance on this framework.

A further revelation over the past fortnight has highlighted duplicity within the EU, where evidence suggests that despite sanctions, the EU is continuing to purchase Russian oil and gas through intermediaries.

Today’s main headlines

America’s U-turn on Gaza,
The knock on effect from a TRUMP,
The inquest into the Democratic Party,
The Church of England is in trouble,
Israeli hooligans in Amsterdam have been arrested,
The Guardian boycotts X,
It’s not all rosey in Saudi.
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