Politics

Bloomberg Theresa May has conceded that lawmakers should have a retrospective debate — and possibly a vote — on her decision to take part in the bombing of Syria with the US and France. After the British prime minister and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson both said that there was no need for such a vote, May’s office said that she ...

Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel’s attempts to engage President Donald Trump just got harder. Trump lavished praise on the UK and France at the weekend “for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military,” after they joined the US in hitting Syrian targets. All Merkel earned was US criticism for not taking part. “Germany should have joined this P3 group, ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump is “morally unfit” to be president, former FBI Director James Comey said in a highly anticipated prime-time interview, adding that he couldn’t rule out the possibility that the Russian government has incriminating information about the president. “I think it’s possible. I don’t know,” Comey said in an interview with ABC News’ Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos, when asked ...

Bloomberg The foreign ministers of China and Japan agreed to work closely to push North Korea to abandon its nuclear programme, in the latest sign of improved cooperation between Asia’s two largest economies. “To get North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons and missiles in a complete, irreversible and verifiable way, we agreed we must enforce the relevant Security Council ...

Bloomberg Consider what Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is up against. As Greece prepares to free itself from an eight-year European bailout, its 43 year-old premier is confronting challenges at home and abroad. On the domestic front: preparations for post-bailout economic life and the first general election since the end of the program, including feuds with both allies and rivals. ...

Bloomberg Tens of thousands of people joined a demonstration outside Japan’s parliament, in a sign of growing public anger over cronyism scandals engulfing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Organisers say about 50,000 people attended this weekend’s rally in Tokyo — the biggest in nearly three years. Protesters, many young, held up signs calling Abe a “liar” and seeking his resignation. The ...

Bloomberg The US Treasury Department will announce fresh sanctions on Monday on Russia related to its involvement in Syria’s use of chemical weapons, US United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said. “Russian sanctions will be coming down, Secretary Mnuchin will be announcing those on Monday if he hasn’t already and they will go directly to any sort of companies that were ...

Bloomberg Montenegrins are voting in an election that looks set to return Milo Djukanovic to the presidency, giving the veteran leader a chance to fulfill his pledge to lead the country into the European Union after parting ways with Russia by joining NATO last year. Djukanovic, the dominant leader in the country of 620,000 since he became prime minister in ...

Bloomberg The Pentagon said missile strikes on Syria have hampered Bashar al-Assad’s ability to use chemical weapons again, without encountering serious resistance from the Syrian military or its Russian allies. President Donald Trump summed up that achievement in two words: “Mission accomplished.” The tweet was an echo of predecessor George W. Bush, who, speaking on an aircraft carrier in front ...

Bloomberg Tens of thousands of Hungarians packed Budapest’s most iconic avenue to protest Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s re-election, saying it may further stifle democratic freedoms in the ex-Communist European Union member. Protesters marched on April 14 from the Opera on Andrassy Avenue to the square in front of Parliament in the biggest anti-government protest in years. Organisers demanded a new ...