Joe Biden issues 'full and unconditional' pardon for son Hunter

Biden's decision will finally enable Britain and France to grant Ukraine permission to use long range Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia. Something Kyiv had also been pressing for, arguing that to prevent Ukraine from hitting targets over the border is akin to tying one hand behind its back.

Poland's foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski applauded Biden's decision to remove restrictions on Ukraine's use of the missiles and noted it was a worthy response to recent attacks and the Kremlin enlisting the help of North Korea troops in the war.

Biden authorises Ukraine to use US long-range missiles to strike Russia!

US President Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to strike Russia

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pledged to work with incoming President Donald Trump in his final meeting with current US leader Joe Biden, but president Xi also took the opportunity to state China’s objectives in what appears to be a message to Donald Trump and the next administration in Washington.

Almost £1bn in funding will go to delivering London-style buses nationwide as part of a massive Budget boost, the British government has promised. The DfT says Leicester, the Isle of Wight, Torbay, Southend, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are set to receive "unprecedented" levels of funding.

Donald Trump has announced that he will appoint Karoline Leavitt, his campaign spokesperson, to serve as White House press secretary in his next administration.
At 27, Leavitt will be the youngest White House press secretary in US history.

The family of murdered black civil rights activist Malcolm X is suing the FBI, the CIA and the New York police department (NYPD) for $100m (£79m), accusing them of a having role in his death.
The lawsuit says the agencies were involved in the plot and failed to stop the killing.

Two top Senate Democrats have called for an investigation into Elon Musk's reported contacts with Vladimir Putin, They have urged the Pentagon and Justice Department to determine whether Musk's alleged relations with a US adversary while holding government contracts puts national security at risk.

Iran denies reports of Musk meeting with officials.
The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denies reports claiming it was 'fabricated' by US media due to “ulterior and unclear motives”

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have once Donald Trump becomes US president. Zelensky had a “constructive exchange” with Trump during their phone conversation after his victory in the US presidential election.

Hundreds of protesters opposing changes to inheritance tax rules for farms gathered outside the Welsh Labour conference as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer defended his government's recent Budget measures.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that Russia’s deployment of North Korean troops against Ukraine was a “grave escalation” of the conflict In the first phone call between the leaders in nearly two years

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The #UK must "rebuild relations" with the #EU "while respecting the decision of the #British people" who voted to leave in the 2016 #brexit referendum, the Bank of England's governor has said.

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The #UK 🇬🇧 economy barely grew between July and September, with uncertainty about the Budget being blamed for the weak growth.
The economy slowed over the three-month period, growing by just 0.1%, and shrank during September itself.

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting is facing pushback from senior #Labour figures over his repeated interventions against a move to legalise assisted dying in #England and #Wales. MPs will have their say on the issue later this month.

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