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India is no longer on the fool around and find out side of global power. According to Bremmer, it now sits in what he calls the TACO spectrum, short for Trump Always Chickens Out.

Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, became Japan's first woman prime minister in October, though she has shown little appetite for framing her leadership around gender.

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is a huge electoral machine that has governed the nation for all but four years since its founding 70 years ago.

The collision late on Sunday between two high-speed trains in southern Spain which has killed at least 39 people is the sixth worst rail accident in Europe since 2000.

IOPC asked to investigate former chief constable after Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were banned from Aston Villa matchThe disgraced former head of West Midlands police has been referred to the police watchdog after an official inquiry found that “greatly exaggerated” intelligence was used to justify a ban on fans of an Israeli football team attending a match.Craig Guildford retired with immediate effect as chief constable of the second largest police force in England on Friday, two days after a damning report led Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, to declare she had lost confidence in him. Continue reading...

President Donald Trump has a plan for an instant strike back if the Supreme Court rules against his tariffs, according to a report Monday. In an interview with The New York Times, the United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer — Trump's top trade negotiator — revealed that the president intends to impose tariffs no matter what. And even if the high court's ruling does not favor his current trade policies, he has readied actions to put levies in place to replace them "almost immediately." Even if the Supreme Court rules his tariffs unconstitutional in its ruling, which could come as soon as Tuesday, Trump has plans to add new tariffs to “start the next day” and “to respond to the problems the president has identified," Greer told The Times. Trump has leaned on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law, to justify his use of global tariffs issued on U.S. trade partners throughout his first year in office. The Supreme Court will determine if his authority could be revoked.“The reality is the president is going to have tariffs as part of his trade policy going forward,” Greer said.The Supreme Court justices could also side with Trump and allow him to continue his policies, including his move to initiate "numerous international emergencies to swiftly raise and lower tariffs on trading partners for a variety of reasons," according to The Times. Trump has claimed that his tariffs have focused on preventing the flow of illegal narcotics into the U.S., decreasing trade deficits and using the levies to address foreign policies. His actions have been criticized as a "brazen misuse of the emergency statute."

European carmakers among hardest hit with US president’s talk of Greenland-linked trade levies also pushing down the dollarMarkets stay calm amid Trump’s gambit, but long-term risks are hugeCould the EU hit back with its ‘big bazooka’?Europe live – latest updatesEuropean stock markets fell on Monday and gold and silver prices hit record highs after Donald Trump threatened to impose additional tariffs on eight European countries in an increasingly aggressive attempt to claim Greenland.France’s Cac fell 1.8%, while Germany’s Dax and Italy’s FTSE MIB were down 1.3%. In the UK, the FTSE 100 fell 0.4%. Continue reading...

Conservative leader says staffers are briefing against party, in lengthy letter after Robert Jenrick’s switch to ReformRobert Jenrick’s defection does not mean the Conservatives are moving towards the centre ground, Kemi Badenoch has told her MPs in a letter that warned about people seeking to “undermine the party from within”.In a lengthy message to the MPs, seen by the Guardian, Badenoch said the party must avoid “psychodrama”, “intrigue” and damaging splits, saying a small number of Tory staffers were briefing against the party while claiming to be Conservative sources. Continue reading...