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Tunisia: President-PM rift widens over cabinet

Bloomberg Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has rejected a cabinet reshuffle announced by the prime minister, escalating a political deadlock between the former allies as the government struggles to revive an economy saddled with high inflation and a financial crisis. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed announced the appointments in a speech on state television, in an effort to shore up support ...

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‘Britain almost certain to end up with hard Brexit’

Bloomberg Veteran Labour politician Peter Mandelson expects the UK to end up with only loose ties to the European Union after leaving the bloc. “It’s almost certain that we’re going to end up with some form of hard Brexit,” Mandelson, who served in the governments of former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, told Bloomberg Television at the New ...

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Trump seeks high court review of ending deportation shield

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s administration asked the US Supreme Court to let him end deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants, urging the justices to take the unusual step of bypassing federal appeals courts to get the case resolved by next summer. The three connected appeals challenge federal trial court decisions that are blocking Trump from abolishing the programme, started by ...

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