In today\u2019s newsletter: \u200bGlobal powers\u200b are focused on oil markets and elections\u200b but those living through conflict in the Middle East feel abandoned<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Good morning. It\u2019s been another week of brinkmanship via Truth Social and ceasefires broken before they\u2019ve been announced.<\/p>\n
While US president Donald Trump claims an agreement with Iran could happen soon, for those living in the Middle East it does not feel like peace is anywhere near. People have seen more bombs dropped in Lebanon this week; and <\/strong>the death toll continues to rise, national economies falter, and displacement abounds.<\/p>\n UK politics <\/strong><\/em>| Andy Burnham has signalled he would begin transforming the broken social care system this year if he became prime minister, he has said in an interview with the Guardian<\/a>, accusing Westminster of \u201cflinching away\u201d from tackling difficult policy problems.<\/p>\n Environment <\/strong><\/em>| Humanity can raise living standards, reduce inequality and keep global heating within a 2C rise, according to a sweeping vision for planetary survival<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ukraine <\/strong><\/em>| The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has called for face-to-face negotiations<\/a> in a public letter addressed directly to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n England news <\/strong><\/em>| The poorest and most nature-deprived communities in England will be further left behind<\/a> in their access to green spaces if proposed changes to planning laws go ahead, a report finds.<\/p>\n UK news <\/strong><\/em>| Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received private income<\/a> from subletting three cottages on his Windsor Royal Lodge estate while paying a \u201cpeppercorn rent\u201d to the crown estate, a report into royal property arrangements has revealed.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In today\u2019s newsletter: \u200bGlobal powers\u200b are focused on oil markets and elections\u200b but those living through conflict in the Middle East feel abandoned Good morning. It\u2019s been another week of brinkmanship via Truth Social and ceasefires broken before they\u2019ve been announced. While US president Donald Trump claims an agreement with Iran could happen soon, for … 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-74469","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\/74469","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=74469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}