Politics

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s hardening line on immigration sets him on a collision course with House Democrats that is likely to shape the next presidential campaign. Trump’s first move following midterm elections in which he stoked fears of undocumented immigrants was to restrict asylum claims by people who illegally cross the US-Mexico border. He has also promised to try to ...

Bloomberg The convicted former prime minister of the Republic of Macedonia said he has fled to Hungary and applied for political asylum there, challenging Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s balancing act between mainstream European politics and its nationalist fringe. Orban faces a tough decision. He can grant asylum to Nikola Gruevski, the Macedonian leader who escaped to Hungary to avoid starting ...

Bloomberg For US President Donald Trump, attending a French-run ceremony to commemorate World War I, a bloodletting that highlighted the value of allies and dangers of nationalism, was never going to be easy. By the time he flew home on Sunday he appeared isolated and, by some, scorned. Trump arrived fresh off midterm elections where his party lost control of ...

Bloomberg Two months after Sweden’s inconclusive election the country still has no government and the center-right Alliance coalition risks splitting up amid deep disagreements over whether to accept support from nationalists. Sweden is facing what could be the most tumultuous week yet after the September 9 vote, which saw the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats emerge as king-makers with none of the ...

Bloomberg Pressure is building on UK PM Theresa May to ditch her Brexit plan or face a catastrophic defeat in Parliament. Britain and the European Union have been edging towards an agreement after 16 months of talks, with the aim of getting a deal wrapped up at a summit in November. But as domestic opposition builds, momentum seems to be ...

Bloomberg Sri Lanka’s ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is mounting a legal challenge against President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve the island nation’s parliament and call a snap general election. On Monday, the deposed prime minister’s United National Party and the opposition Tamil National Alliance filed formal petitions with the Supreme Court challenging the dissolution of parliament, according to party ...

Bloomberg So many world leaders came to the French capital on Sunday to commemorate the end of World War I that organisers had to use buses to move them around. But the focus was on whether two of the 69 — Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin — would find time to get together amid the ceremonies. French President Emmanuel Macron ...

Bloomberg Wildfires north of San Francisco and near Los Angeles have killed at least 23 people, caused record destruction and forced the evacuation of more than 250,000 people, including in Malibu, the coastal enclave of the rich and famous. The fires have spread to more than 170,000 acres and threaten to destroy tens of thousands of structures, according to the ...

Bloomberg Sri Lanka’s ousted PM Ranil Wickremesinghe is ready for polls after President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the island nation’s parliament and called for a snap general election. “We are prepared to go for an election, but this is illegal,” said Harsha De Silva, who was state minister of economic affairs under Wickremesinghe’s government. “There will be a massive backing of ...

Bloomberg Poland is set to mark the centennial anniversary of regaining its sovereignty amid concerns that events on Sunday may be hijacked by far-right groups. PM Mateusz Morawiecki said this week that he expects as many 200,000 to gather in Warsaw and celebrate independence in an outpouring of patriotism. The government and nationalist groups will march together, in a test ...