Politics

Bloomberg The UK government said negotiations with the European Union over the Northern Ireland Protocol need solutions “urgently” ahead of new talks aimed at closing key disagreements between the parties. A team from the EU Commission will travel to London, after which Brexit Minister David Frost and the Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic are due to meet and take stock of ...

Bloomberg A caravan of migrants pushed past Mexican security forces near the city of Tapachula in Southern Chiapas state, as the group continued its route north toward the country’s capital. The group of several thousand people, including women and children, pushed past national guard clad in riot gear that had attempted to block the group’s passage, footage from local news ...

Bloomberg Former President Barack Obama waded into Virgina’s gubernatorial race, criticising Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin for supporting “phony, trumped-up culture wars” in his bid to flip the state. Speaking at a rally in Richmond for Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Obama said Youngkin was seeking to win by signalling support for baseless claims about fraud in the 2020 election that led to ...

Bloomberg US officials encountered more than 1.7 million migrants crossing the border with Mexico over the past year—a record number likely to escalate Republican attacks on the Biden administration’s handling of immigration. US Customs and Border Protection reported 1.73 million southwest border encounters overall, but many were making repeat attempts, the agency said. CBP’s Border Patrol conducted 1.66 million of ...

Bloomberg A US-led airstrike in northwest Syria killed senior al-Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar, according to the US Central Command. The strike was conducted in the vicinity of Suluk using an MQ-9 aircraft, US Army Major John Rigsbee said in a statement. There have been no indications of civilian casualties, he added. “The removal of this al-Qaeda senior leader will ...

Bloomberg The Biden administration said it will release more records related to the assassination of President John F Kennedy in December. Some of the information regarding Kennedy’s death on November 22, 1963, remained off limits to “protect against an identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or the conduct of foreign relations that is of such gravity ...

Bloomberg Liz Truss warned of the importance of not becoming overly reliant upon China, in an indication of her priorities as the UK’s new foreign secretary. The UK intends to “build a network of liberty” with nations with similar values of democracy and free markets, while also keeping strong economic links with the superpower, Truss told the Telegraph in an ...

Bloomberg South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is unlikely to win a majority in Johannesburg, the nation’s largest city, or the capital Pretoria in forthcoming municipal elections, a News24 poll showed. The ANC’s support in Johannesburg could fall to 41% if half of eligible voters turn out for the November 1 elections, News24 reported, citing the poll it commissioned. ...

Bloomberg UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak dismissed questions about whether he wants to become PM, saying that he is “tired enough anyway.” The chancellor made the comments in an interview with The Times newspaper on Saturday, in which he also discussed the risks of rising interest rates and the need to rein in public spending ahead of his ...

Bloomberg Russia called for major international aid to help the Taliban control the situation in Afghanistan on Wednesday as it hosted the radical movement for the first time since the chaotic US withdrawal in August brought it to power. It’s time to “mobilise the resources of the international community to provide Kabul with effective financial, economic and humanitarian help,” said ...