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MACRON WELCOMES COALITION LEADERS – Leaders in ‘Coalition of the Willing’ supporting Ukraine arrive for Paris summit  Key Ukrainian allies are to meet with top US envoys in Paris to discuss security guarantees, as they press ahead on US-brokered plans to end the war with Russia. The summit of the group of Ukraine supporters dubbed the “Coalition of the Willing” is the latest of several meetings planned for the new year as diplomatic efforts to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II have gained pace in recent weeks. Representatives of 35 countries will gather in Paris, with the French…

DANISH PM SLAMS TRUMP OVER GREENLAND ROW – Danish PM calls Trump’s Greenland remarks “unacceptable pressure” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen lambasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed comments that the United States “needs” Greenland, denouncing his remarks as “unacceptable pressure” on the self-governing territory. In an interview with Danish broadcaster DR, Frederiksen stated that she believes the American president should be taken seriously when he claims to be interested in Greenland, and emphasised that both Denmark and Greenland have consistently rejected any notion of Greenland becoming part of the United States. She said that she will defend the right of…

NEW LABOUR BREXIT BETRAYAL – UK to be brought into alignment with EU law  Sir Keir Starmer is preparing a bill which would hand ministers powers to bring the UK into alignment with EU law, as part of an attempt to reduce paperwork and boost growth in Britain. The bill, which will be brought forward this year as part of the government’s Brexit reset, would give ministers overarching powers to bring the UK in line with EU law in certain areas, such as food standards, animal welfare and pesticide use – a process known as dynamic alignment. It is understood…

THEY SHOULD LOSE THEIR PENSIONS – The Survivors Trust called on child sexual offenders to forfeit their pensions.  More than 150 teachers have been allowed to keep their gold-plated pensions despite being banned for child sexual abuse. Teachers receive an inflation-linked payment for life in retirement, but the Education Secretary can revoke it if they commit certain crimes. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show 60 teachers have been banned for sexual misconduct involving a child since 2015, and a further 96 have been barred for possessing indecent images. However, no one in the profession has been stripped…

U.S. STOCKS END DOWN – Tech shares drop ahead of New Year Wall Street’s main indexes ended lower, kicking off the final week of the year on a softer note, as heavyweight technology stocks retreated from last week’s gains that had pushed the S&P 500 to record highs. The information technology sector weighed on the S&P 500, as most tech and AI-linked stocks declined, such as Nvidia and Palantir Technologies. According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 lost 23.84 points, or 0.34%, to end at 6,906.10 points, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 118.75 points, or 0.50%, to 23,474.35. The Dow…

President Donald Trump is preparing for a more aggressive immigration crackdown in 2026 with billions in new funding, including by raiding more workplaces — even as backlash builds ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Trump has already surged immigration agents into major U.S. cities, where they swept through neighbourhoods and clashed with residents. While federal agents this year conducted some high-profile raids on businesses, they largely avoided raiding farms, factories and other businesses that are economically important but known to employ immigrants without legal status. ICE and Border Patrol will get $170 billion in additional funds through September 2029 – a huge…

Britain’s health minister Wes Streeting said he would do everything he could to prevent further strikes by hospital doctors who returned to work on Monday after a five-day walkout. The union for qualified medical practitioners in England staged another five-day strike last week in a dispute over pay and working conditions during one of the busiest periods for the health service. Streeting has been critical of the action, calling the doctors “self-indulgent, irresponsible and dangerous” in earlier comments as hospitals faced rising admissions due to a surge in flu cases. He said in a statement on Monday that his door remained open…

EU TROUBLE OVER FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS – Hungary’s Orban calls using Russian frozen assets for Ukraine a ‘crazy idea’  Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban called using Russian frozen assets to finance Ukraine a ‘crazy idea’ on Wednesday, December 17th, as he arrived at the EU far-right leaders’ meeting in Brussels. EU leaders will discuss how to finance Ukraine with frozen Russian assets at an EU summit on Thursday, December 18th, when they are expected to take some key decisions including on guarantees for Belgium, where most of the assets are held. There are some 210 billion euros of such assets…

LAW STOPS POLICE HALTING ANTISEMITIC PROTESTS – Legal limits cited as officers say powers are restricted when protests fall within law  A British Law is preventing police from stopping anti-Semitic protests, according to senior Police officers, who say that current legislation limits their ability to intervene unless criminal thresholds are met. Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police commissioner, said he was “concerned” that protesters could “stir up racial hatred” in the UK without facing sanctions as long as they avoided a direct terror threat and steered clear of supporting a proscribed group. Officers argue hateful language can fall short of…

WARNER BROS BOARD REJECTS BID FROM PARAMOUNT – Hostile offer rejected over battle for Warner Bros Discovery.  Warner Bros Discovery’s board rejected Paramount Skydance’s $108.4 billion hostile bid, saying it failed to provide adequate financing assurances. In a letter to shareholders, disclosed in a regulatory filing, the board wrote that Paramount had “consistently misled” Warner Bros shareholders that its $30-per-share cash offer was fully guaranteed, or “backstopped,” by the Ellison family, led by billionaire and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.  “It does not, and never has,” the board wrote of the guarantee of Paramount’s offer, noting that the offer posed “numerous,…