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Trump’s live curse stuns MSNBC host: 'Words we don't usually hear!'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared at the White House on Friday as part of the ongoing conversations with President Donald Trump over ending Russia's years-long invasion. And at the end of the question-and-answer session with the press, Trump was asked about Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro offering all of the country's minerals to work with the United States."He has offered everything," the reporter said as part of his question.Trump agreed, "He has offered everything. He's offered everything. You're right. You know why? Because he doesn't want to f--- around with the United States. Thank you, everybody!" The press then ushered the press out of the Cabinet room."Donald Trump, um, using a word we don't usually hear on television there, to put it that way," MSNBC's Katy Tur said after hearing the obscenity, letting out a sigh.
Israel received coffin of missing hostage handed over to Red Cross, prime minister's office says
Israel received the remains of another hostage from Gaza on Friday, the prime minister's office said, a handover from Hamas as the militant group worked to shore up a ceasefire by using bulldozers in a search for bodies under the rubble in the war-scarred enclave.
Ivory Coast court sentences 26 opposition protesters to 36 months in prison
A court in Ivory Coast has sentenced 26 opposition protesters to 36 months in prison, according to a lawyer for the opposition party
Chinese Communist Party purges nine senior military leaders for corruption
The Chinese Communist Party announced it has ousted nine senior military leaders in a large-scale purge within the uppermost ranks of the People's Liberation Army, including key officers regarded as loyalists of President Xi Jinping.
Bank shares lead global market fall amid jitters over US private credit
Signs of credit stress send markets in Europe and Asia down, while investors turn to safe haven assetsEuropean stock markets fell on Friday and gold hit a record high after two US regional banks said they had been exposed to millions of dollars of bad loans and alleged fraud.Signs of credit stress rattled markets across Europe and Asia. In London the FTSE 100 fell 0.9%, Germany’s Dax fell 1.8%, Italy’s FTSE Mib fell 1.5%, the Ibex in Spain was off 0.3% and France’s Cac 40 dropped 0.2%. Continue reading...
Zelenskyy returns to White House, this time with a proposition
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday proposed the swap of Ukrainian drones for American Tomahawk missiles, yet President Trump signaled he's not ready to commit to providing Kyiv with the long-range weapons it says it needs.
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Portuguese parliament approves bill banning face coverings in public
Portugal's parliament has approved a bill banning face veils worn for gender or religious reasons in public
FBI says a Louisiana resident assisted Hamas and lied on his U.S. visa application
The FBI has accused a Louisiana resident of participating in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, then lying about his past and fraudulently obtaining a visa to live in the U.S.
Infectious diseases in Gaza ‘spiralling out of control’, says WHO – as it happened
UN official says: ‘Whether meningitis … diarrhoea, respiratory illnesses, we’re talking about a mammoth amount of work’. This live blog is closedGaza aid still critically scarce, say agenciesWe’ve got a bit more from the UN’s World Food Programme on the situation in Gaza.WFP spokeswoman Abeer Etefa told a media briefing in Geneva that, from Saturday until Wednesday, around 230 trucks with 2,800 tonnes of food supplies crossed into Gaza. Continue reading...
French police arrest 4 in alleged plot targeting exiled Russian activist and Putin critic
Police in France detained four people suspected in a plot targeting exiled Russian rights activist Vladimir Osechkin, who exposes abuses in Russian prisons, France's national anti-terror prosecution office said.
U.S. seizes survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP sources say
The U.S. has seized survivors after a strike Thursday on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region this summer, a defense official and another person familiar with the matter said Friday.
Trump says his high tariff threat on China 'not sustainable,' will meet Xi
President Trump says the 100%-plus tariffs he's threatened to impose on China would not be sustainable and that he still plans to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit in South Korea.
