Ukrainian PM says Kyiv ‘can maintain frontline’ but will continue to work with US – video

The Ukrainian prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, has said his country’s forces could hold the situation together on the battlefield as they fight Russian troops despite US military aid being frozen, and that he hoped to continue working with Washington pragmatically. His remarks were the first official comment from Kyiv after Donald Trump put vital US … Read more

Jeffrey Epstein used lobbyist to push for Jes Staley to be Barclays CEO, court told

‘Project Jes’ targeted high-level figures including George Osborne and Mervyn King, emails suggest Jeffrey Epstein deployed a consultant to push for Jes Staley to become Barclays’ chief executive in 2012, a court was told on Tuesday, with the ultimately failed campaign – called “Project Jes” – having targeted high-profile figures including the then chancellor, George … Read more

Trump threatens to pull federal funds for US schools allowing ‘illegal protests’

US president also claims he will imprison ‘agitators’ a day after administration called for review at Columbia University Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to halt all federal funding for any college or school that allows “illegal protests” and vowed to imprison “agitators”, in a social media statement that prompted alarm from free expression advocates. “All … Read more

US designates Yemen’s Houthi group as foreign terrorist organization once again

Designation comes after Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since the start of Israel-Hamas war US politics live – latest updates The US state department has reinstated the “foreign terrorist organization” designation for Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by Donald Trump shortly after he took office. … Read more