In today\u2019s newsletter: As Russia resists a ceasefire and Trump\u2019s shifting priorities unsettle allies, an end to the conflict isn\u2019t getting any closer<\/p>\n
Good morning. In his usual This has been the tenor of much diplomacy during Trump\u2019s tenure: false starts, U-turns, incoherent positions (and some playful flirting<\/a> with Vlad). Meanwhile fighting continues, and America\u2019s allies attempt to manage the fallout. Andy Burnham hosted Zelenskyy<\/a> at Downing Street yesterday, stating the UK is doubling down on its support for Ukraine, and pointedly calling on others to \u201cfollow suit\u201d.<\/p>\n UK <\/strong><\/em>| Sally Rooney has said she is being forced to withdraw her books from sale<\/a> in the UK because of her support for the banned organisation Palestine Action.<\/p>\n Gaza <\/strong><\/em>| Israel is refusing to allow a key military outpost<\/a> project for Donald Trump\u2019s Board of Peace to proceed in Gaza, the Guardian has learned.<\/p>\n EU <\/strong><\/em>| Britain will benefit from much closer trading relations with the EU even if that means giving up its ability to negotiate free trade agreements, the Scotland secretary has said<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ukraine <\/strong><\/em>| Ukraine\u2019s military has suddenly had its access to Starlink satellite internet terminals restricted<\/a> as the Trump administration has increased pressure on Ukraine to immediately halt long-range strikes on Russia\u2019s oil industry.<\/p>\n Vaccine <\/strong><\/em>| Guinea-Bissau has not approved<\/a> the controversial hepatitis B study in newborns that would be funded by the US government and private partners, the African country\u2019s minister of health said.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In today\u2019s newsletter: As Russia resists a ceasefire and Trump\u2019s shifting priorities unsettle allies, an end to the conflict isn\u2019t getting any closer Good morning. In his usual asinine unconventional approach to international relations, Donald Trump announced on Sunday (via Truth Social, how else) an \u201cENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine\u201d, apparently … 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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80006","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=80006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}asinine<\/s> unconventional approach to international relations, Donald Trump announced on Sunday (via Truth Social, how else) an \u201cENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine\u201d, apparently without checking with either side. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said any such deal was \u201cnews to me,\u201d nonetheless declared he was \u201cready and we will accept it\u201d. Vladimir Putin responded by blowing up<\/a> some Ukrainian power plants.<\/p>\n