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Joe Biden made a short last-minute speech on Thursday after a report from the justice department questioned his ability to remember key events and facts while also clearing him of criminal charges over his handling of highly classified materials. In his fiery remarks, he sought to emphasize that he participated in a five hour interview for the investigation in the days after the 7 October attack on Israel, when he was occupied with pressing concerns. “I was in the middle of handling an international crisis,” he said. He also read a section from the report that detailed the distinction between…

KRAINE’S COAST GUARD PATROLS COAST AS BLACK SEA GRAIN CORRIDOR PROVES SUCCESSFUL – The Corridor currently serves 3 ports in the Odesa region Ukrainian border guards off the coast of Odesa monitored vessels transporting grain through an alternative Black Sea export corridor established by Ukraine after Russia pulled out of a UN-backed deal. The Coast Guard of Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service said they inspected 3,500 cargo ships in 2023 and more than 100 cargo ships in January 2024. Kyiv’s unexpected success in replacing a UN-backed Black Sea export deal with its own shipping scheme has brought relief for Ukrainian…

SUNAK DECLINES TO APOLOGISE OVER TRANSGENDER JIBE –  PM said Starmer changed course on “defining a woman” during parliamentary exchange Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declined to apologise for a gender identity jibe at opposition leader Keir Starmer, which drew criticism in the light of the widely reported recent murder of a transgender girl. On Wednesday, Sunak said Labour’s leader had changed course on “defining a woman”, during a parliamentary exchange that the mother of the murdered teen, Brianna Ghey, had been invited to watch. Sunak has criticised Starmer, saying he “still does not know what a woman is”. Wednesday’s jibe…

Nigeria reached an eighth Africa Cup of Nations final after winning a drama-fuelled last-four clash with South Africa on penalties. Goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali was the hero for Nigeria after he saved efforts by Teboho Mokoena and Evidence Makgopa in a 4-2 shootout win, which only told half the story of an extraordinary clash where VAR was at the forefront of the action. Nigeria thought they had booked their place in the final when Victor Osimhen tapped home in the 85th minute to add to William Troost-Ekong’s second-half penalty, but referee Amin Omar was told to intervene. A review of the goal showed…

Keir Starmer will announce on Thursday that he is scaling back Labour’s £28bn green investment programme, in his biggest policy U-turn since becoming party leader. Senior Labour sources have told the Guardian that Starmer will finally confirm the party is no longer planning to spend £28bn a year on environmental schemes, given the economic uncertainty caused by the Conservative government. It follows weeks of uncertainty about the policy as competing factions within Starmer’s senior team pushed him to keep the pledge or ditch it. Starmer has insisted for several weeks that he still intended to meet the pledge, which was first made…

LUFTHANSA STRIKE HITS AIR TRAVEL – German disruption mounts Ground staff at German airline Lufthansa walked out at major airports, raising the pressure in wage talks and piling misery on travellers in Europe’s biggest economy already hit by strikes on railways and public transport. Some 100,000 passengers will be affected by the industrial action, which started at 3am GMT and is due to run until 7:10 a.m. on Thursday, the national carrier has said. The Verdi union has targeted the Frankfurt and Munich airports, where Lufthansa says only 10%-20% of flights will operate, as well as Berlin, Hamburg and Duesseldorf.

ANGER SPREADS IN EUROPE’S COUNTRYSIDE AGAINST HIGH COSTS – Spanish farmers burn tyres as they block access to Castellon port Spanish farmers blocked highways and disrupted access to port terminals as anger spread in Europe’s countryside against high costs, bureaucracy and competition from non-EU countries. Citrus farmers set alight a barricade with tyres, fruits boxes and a Turkish flag as they blocked access to the Mediterranean port of Castellon, protesting against imports from third countries. Around a dozen major highways were blocked on Tuesday morning all over the country, traffic authorities said. Over the past few weeks, farmers in European…

ALIBABA LIKELY TO REPORT THIRD QUARTER REVENUE GROWTH  – The group was among the top performers with gains larger than 7.5% China’s Alibaba group is expected to report a growth in revenue in the third quarter on, a day after it posted massive gains and amid a recovery of the country’s retail sector. The online giant Alibaba was among the top performers with gains larger than 7.5% as battered Chinese stocks leapt to their largest one-day gain in two years. The yuan also rose on a slew of signals that authorities are strengthening their resolve to support slumping markets. The…

IVORY COAST & DR CONGO TRAIN ON EVE OF AFCON SEMI – The winner will face either Nigeria or South Africa Hosts Ivory Coast and Democratic Republic of Congo completed training preparations on Tuesday (February 6) on the eve of their Africa Cup of Nations semi-final. Ivory Coast, rebounding from a group stage 4-0 loss to Equatorial Guinea that saw coach Jean-Louis Gasset sacked, now enter their home stadium in Abidjan with renewed confidence after knockout wins over Senegal and Mali. Congo, who drew four successive matches before their 3-1 quarter-final win over Guinea, view the semi-final as an opportunity…

BOLIVIA’S FIRST ZINC PLANT – Bolivia’s government signs deal for $350 mln in financing from China  Bolivia’s government signed a deal for $350 million in financing from the Export–Import Bank of China to build the South American country’s first zinc processing plant. The 20-year loan from China’s export-import bank will have an interest rate of 2%, according to Bolivia’s mining ministry. Bolivia last year awarded construction and supervision contracts for the mine to China’s Enfi-Crig consortium and to Chong-qing CISDI Engineering Consulting Co. Bolivia is among the top 10 zinc producing countries, yielding 490,000 metric tons in 2023, according to…