In today\u2019s newsletter: From the the AI arms race to support for Ukraine to UK diplomatic love bombing, a look at four of the most pressing developments from Washington<\/p>\n
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Few words can fully capture the first few weeks of Donald Trump\u2019s presidency. Dizzying? Unrelenting? Disorienting?<\/p>\n
Middle East<\/strong><\/em> | Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will resume fighting in Gaza if Hamas does not release more hostages<\/a> by noon on Saturday, endorsing a threat by Donald Trump that could shatter the three-week-old ceasefire between the two sides.<\/p>\n Economy <\/strong><\/em>| Nationwide, Britain\u2019s biggest building society, has waded into a row over whether the government should cut tax breaks on cash Isas, arguing such a move would reduce the availability of mortgages for first-time buyers<\/a>.<\/p>\n AI<\/strong><\/em> | The US and the UK have refused to sign<\/a> the Paris AI summit\u2019s declaration on \u201cinclusive and sustainable\u201d artificial intelligence, in a blow to hopes for a concerted approach to developing and regulating the technology.<\/p>\n Assisted dying<\/strong><\/em> | The Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has said her assisted dying bill for England and Wales will still have the strongest safeguards<\/a> in the world despite the removal of a requirement for scrutiny from a high court judge. Opponents derided the change as \u201crushed and badly thought out\u201d.<\/p>\n Housing <\/strong><\/em>| Rogue landlords in England will face curbs on how much housing benefit income <\/a>they can receive if their properties are substandard, Angela Rayner has said as she announced an extra \u00a3350m for affordable housing.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In today\u2019s newsletter: From the the AI arms race to support for Ukraine to UK diplomatic love bombing, a look at four of the most pressing developments from Washington Good morning. Few words can fully capture the first few weeks of Donald Trump\u2019s presidency. Dizzying? Unrelenting? Disorienting? Middle East | Benjamin Netanyahu has said that … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}