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Ex-FBI informant accused of lying about the Bidens is indicted on federal tax chargesUCF will attempt to shake off a dreadful offensive performance when it collides with LSU on Sunday afternoon in the third-place game of the Greenbrier Tip-Off in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. The Knights (4-1) couldn't get anything going against No. 19 Wisconsin on Friday, going 21-for-62 from the field (33.9 percent) and just 2-for-17 from 3-point range (11.8 percent) en route to an 86-70 loss. Jordan Ivy-Curry finished with 13 points while Keyshawn Hall and Dior Johnson added 11 apiece for UCF, which never led and fell behind by as many as 23. Knights coach Johnny Dawkins is hoping that his team's struggles don't carry over into the meeting with the Tigers (4-1). "We have to do better offensively," Dawkins said. "We have to space the floor better. We have to balance our offense between our perimeter and our bigs. Those are things that we didn't do consistently (on Friday)." LSU also needs to clean things up after committing 15 turnovers in a 74-63 setback against Pitt on Friday. Tigers forward Jalen Reed doesn't believe giving the ball away will be a lingering issue. "I feel like a lot of our turnovers were more on us than them," Reed said. "I feel like a lot of the turnovers were careless, but we're a better team than that and I feel like we'll take care of the ball better moving forward." Reed and Vyctorius Miller each posted 14 points in the loss to the Panthers, with Reed also hauling in seven rebounds. Cam Carter chipped in 11 points. Carter is putting up a team-leading 16.4 points per game. Jordan Sears (12.0 points per game), Reed (11.0) and Miller (10.2) also have scoring averages in double figures. Ivy-Curry (16.8 points per game), Hall (16.2) and Darius Johnson (13.0) have been leading the way for UCF. Sunday marks the first-ever meeting between the Knights and Tigers. --Field Level MediaIsrael and Lebanon's Hezbollah start a ceasefire after nearly 14 months of fighting
GRAND FORKS — Archives Coffee House will be closing Dec. 13, and the new lessee, Sandi Luck, owner of Bully Brew Coffee House and Board Room Coffee & Taphouse, will be converting the space into a Board Room at UND. "Kyle (Thorson) does such a good job over there, so there's not a whole lot I have to do (to prepare for reopening)," Luck told the Herald of the upcoming transition. ADVERTISEMENT In the eight and-a-half years since Thorson took ownership of Archives, he shaped a business that focused on more than just profit, he wrote in a Monday, Nov. 18, press release. "I built a space that was founded on uplifting the community, while creating an atmosphere of welcome and hospitality for all," Thorson said. "I am so proud of everything that Archives has been a part of over the past eight years, and I’m grateful to all the customers and employees who shared my values and made Archives a great addition to Grand Forks and UND." Discussions about closure began in the early fall, and the choice was made based on factors like finances and a necessary change in pace, he told the Herald. "It's been great to grow as a small business leader, and also learn a little bit about corporate America and where there are similarities and differences," Thorson said. "It's just a time for me to really sit down and reflect. 'What does Kyle need?' and 'Where else do I want to show up?' I still care a lot about Grand Forks — and I'm not planning on leaving." He lets go of Archives with a heavy heart, especially considering patron reactions on social media, where they've been sharing memories and recounting how important Archives has been for them, Thorson said. "It did matter," he said. "It was a space that was so incredibly important for people, and I struggle with leaving that behind, but ... I'm hopeful that that space will transform and continue to be a place that's welcoming." Over the years, Archives has hosted many different events, groups and causes, from open mic nights hosted by UND's English department to fairy bingo for Grand Forks Pride. ADVERTISEMENT As a founding member of the city's Pride committee, it was always nice to have that space for events, he said. And as an LGBTQ+ business owner, Thorson believes his presence has had an impact. "I'm one of the few LGBT (business) owners in town," he said. "That representation is important to folks." He said Luck does great work with the community, and trusts that the space will always have an element of hospitality. Luck confirmed that the Board Room at UND will operate in a very similar, community-based way, to the existing Board Room. "We do pop-ups, we do vendor events, we do lots of community activities," she said. "So we'll continue to do that at (the university) location." Before Archives' doors close Dec. 13, there are a few remaining events on the schedule, including jazz duo performances, a panel discussion and film showing for World AIDS Day and the fourth-annual holiday market. More information is available on the Archives Facebook page. ADVERTISEMENT Board Room at UND Luck will take over the space on Dec. 15, and in the following weeks, it will be transformed into a Board Room at UND, modeled after the existing Board Room located at 4571 S. Washington St. Bully Brew has eight locations throughout North Dakota and Minnesota. Luck had been wanting to expand the Board Room brand for a while, and is still looking at additional opportunities, including in Fargo, she said. Stepping into this space on campus was a natural progression for Luck and her brand, because she graduated from UND and worked as a professor in the marketing department until approximately two years ago, when she transitioned to focusing fully on her businesses. Bully Brew is the official coffee roaster for the university. The business carries a medium roast "Hawks Blend" and dark roast "UND Champions," which is specifically hockey themed. "I'm near and dear to UND," Luck said. The space will have similarities to a coffee house, but will stay open later than those establishments traditionally do. Hours of operation will be 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday — unless an event warrants extended hours. Among the menu offerings will be various shareable boards, such as charcuterie and breakfast boards as well as beer and wine boards. There will also be sandwiches, flatbreads and soups. ADVERTISEMENT "(It will be) very similar to what Kyle is doing already," Luck said. "So I don't think that will be much of a surprise for the customers and students." The space will be repainted to match the Board Room's signature colors, which include coffee tones, pink and black. The Board Room is a well-accepted brand, she said, because it's centered around comfort and community, but her favorite part is that there's no pressure. "You can go there and one person can have a coffee, and the other person can have a beer," Luck said. "Nobody's judging anybody, and you're comfortable. It feels good." She hopes to have some soft openings at the Board Room at UND the week before students come back in early January, so that employees can get comfortable with the recipes and process. "We're pretty excited about it," Luck said. "I have a great team that is excited to grow. Bully Brew has been open for 14 years, and I've been doing coffee for 17 years. So I'm not new to this. I love businesses, and I love being an entrepreneur and I'm really excited to just be back at UND."Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A lawsuit accusing the Louisiana Board of Ethics of violating open meetings laws was thrown out by a district court judge Monday. State Sens. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, and Stewart Cathey, R-Monroe, sued the Board of Ethics in early November, asking the court to block the hiring of a new ethics administrator until the governor makes several new appointments in January. The senators said the board wasn’t transparent in how it undertook formal discussions and meetings related to filling the upcoming ethics administrator vacancy. But 19th Judicial District Court Judge Kelly Balfour said the arguments put forward in legal filings by the plaintiffs weren’t based on law. “Even though I agree with them, I don’t have anything in here based on law even to rule in their favor,” said Balfour, who repeatedly voiced skepticism over the senators’ position during a 40-minute hearing. Balfour ruled that the lawsuit wasn’t timely filed and the senators didn’t have standing to file suit. He also ended a temporary restraining order that had been in place blocking the Board of Ethics from hiring an administrator. Attorneys for the plaintiffs after the hearing said they would discuss with their clients the possibility of filing an appeal before the next ethics board meeting on Friday. The court battle came after current Ethics Administrator Kathleen Allen in September told board members of her plans to resign from her position at the end of December. The ethics administrator is the chief legal adviser to the board and oversees its investigators. That month, the Louisiana Senate’s most powerful member, Senate President Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, asked the board to wait until January to hire a new administrator. The board disregarded that request and proceeded with posting the open position in October and interviewing applicants in November. Barrow and Cathey filed suit the same day four applicants were interviewed by the board. Under state law, the ethics board is responsible for hiring its administrator.BRYANT 97, TENNESSEE STATE 85
NoneBuy Smarter: The Consumer Guide to Smart TVsUCF will attempt to shake off a dreadful offensive performance when it collides with LSU on Sunday afternoon in the third-place game of the Greenbrier Tip-Off in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. The Knights (4-1) couldn't get anything going against No. 19 Wisconsin on Friday, going 21-for-62 from the field (33.9 percent) and just 2-for-17 from 3-point range (11.8 percent) en route to an 86-70 loss. Jordan Ivy-Curry finished with 13 points while Keyshawn Hall and Dior Johnson added 11 apiece for UCF, which never led and fell behind by as many as 23. Knights coach Johnny Dawkins is hoping that his team's struggles don't carry over into the meeting with the Tigers (4-1). "We have to do better offensively," Dawkins said. "We have to space the floor better. We have to balance our offense between our perimeter and our bigs. Those are things that we didn't do consistently (on Friday)." LSU also needs to clean things up after committing 15 turnovers in a 74-63 setback against Pitt on Friday. Tigers forward Jalen Reed doesn't believe giving the ball away will be a lingering issue. "I feel like a lot of our turnovers were more on us than them," Reed said. "I feel like a lot of the turnovers were careless, but we're a better team than that and I feel like we'll take care of the ball better moving forward." Reed and Vyctorius Miller each posted 14 points in the loss to the Panthers, with Reed also hauling in seven rebounds. Cam Carter chipped in 11 points. Carter is putting up a team-leading 16.4 points per game. Jordan Sears (12.0 points per game), Reed (11.0) and Miller (10.2) also have scoring averages in double figures. Ivy-Curry (16.8 points per game), Hall (16.2) and Darius Johnson (13.0) have been leading the way for UCF. Sunday marks the first-ever meeting between the Knights and Tigers. --Field Level Media
Das Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi eröffnet Open-Source-AI Summit mit kritischen Diskussionen über die Zukunft der KIBig Ten slate features Indiana-Ohio State showdown and Penn State-Minnesota matchup Things to watch this week in the Big Ten Conference: Game of the week This marks the 98th matchup between these two teams, but it's only the fourth time both teams have been ranked. Although Indiana is unbeaten, its soft schedule means the Hoosiers aren't assured of making the 12-team field if they lose this game. The only team with a winning record that Indiana has beaten is Washington (6-5). Ohio State needs a win to have a realistic shot at a rematch with top-ranked Oregon in the Big Ten championship game. Ohio State has beaten Indiana 28 straight times since the Hoosiers posted back-to-back victories in 1987-88. The undercard This is likely Penn State's biggest obstacle on its way to a potential playoff berth. The Nittany Lions' lone remaining regular-season game is a Nov. 30 home matchup with Maryland (4-6, 1-6). Minnesota has had an extra week to prepare this game since its 26-19 loss at Rutgers on Nov. 9, which snapped a four-game winning streak. Penn State and Minnesota have split their last four meetings, with the home team winning each time. Impact players Penn State DE Abdul Carter has multiple tackles for loss in each of his last three games. He ranks second among all Bowl Subdivision players in tackles for loss (17 1⁄2). Southern California RB Woody Marks rushed for a career-high 146 yards in a 28-20 win over Nebraska. Marks has six 100-yard rushing performances this season. Rutgers RB Kyle Monangai is the first Scarlet Knight to rush for 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons since Ray Rice did it three straight years from 2005-07. Monangai has run for 1,028 yards this season and rushed for 1,262 yards last year. Oregon OLB Matayo Uiagalelei recorded a sack and had a game-clinching interception as the top-ranked Ducks won 16-13 at Wisconsin last week. He has 8 1⁄2 sacks this season to rank second in the Big Ten. Inside the numbers Four of the top seven Bowl Subdivision quarterbacks in passer rating are from the Big Ten. Indiana's Kurtis Rourke is second, Ohio State's Will Howard is third, Penn State's Drew Allar is fifth and Oregon's Dillon Gabriel is seventh. ... Illinois QB Luke Altmyer has thrown 18 touchdown passes with only three interceptions. The only Power Four quarterback with a better touchdown/interception ratio while throwing at least 10 touchdown passes is Clemson's Cade Klubnik, who has 26 touchdowns and four interceptions. ... Rutgers' three Big Ten wins matches its largest total since joining the league in 2014. Rutgers also had three conference wins in 2014, 2017, 2020 and 2023. A victory Saturday over No. 24 Illinois would give Rutgers three straight Big Ten wins for the first time. ... Washington's 31-19 win over UCLA was its 20th straight home victory, representing its second-longest such streak in school history. The Huskies won 45 straight home games from 1908-17. ... Wisconsin heads to Nebraska this week having won its last 10 matchups with the Cornhuskers. Now don't get upset Penn State justifiably is favored on the road against Minnesota, but Bet MGM's 12 1⁄2-point spread seems way too big. Expect this game to have a single-digit margin.Armando Broja on ‘fast-track’ to make Everton debut after long-term injuryMan City crisis continues as Feyenoord come from three down to draw
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Ukraine must be in strong position for negotiations, Starmer to sayA Nov. 18 Facebook post ( , ) shows a purported magazine cover from The Economist featuring an illustration of President-elect Donald Trump staring down Russian President Vladimir Putin in front of several missiles. "APOCALYPSE" is emblazoned across the bottom of the image. The post's caption reads in part, "APOCALYPSE: Allowing missile strikes deep into Russia is the start of World War III,' warns the iconic prophetic magazine The Economist." It was shared more than 100 times in two weeks. A similar post was shared in . | | The image is a fabrication. The cover does not appear in The Economist's archive, nor was it shared by the publication's social media accounts. It includes altered elements from the publication's March 16 edition. The Facebook post references President Joe Biden's decision in November to to hit targets farther inside Russia's borders. Putin subsequently for Russia's use of nuclear weapons. Trump's pick to be the next U.S. national security adviser, Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, the president-elect was "very concerned" about an escalation in hostilities between Ukraine and Russia. However, The Economist did not publish the magazine cover seen in the post. The image is a fabrication that uses the magazine's branding to mislead and includes elements inconsistent with genuine front pages created by the publication. The supposed cover does not appear in The Economist's , nor was it ever shared on the . Trump was featured on two of the magazine's five November covers, neither of which showed him facing off with Putin. Trump and Putin were last depicted on the cover together . The Economist did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Most of the headlines in the altered image come from the of the magazine but include misspellings and missing punctuation not present in the genuine versions of the cover. For instance, the authentic headline, "America's pumped-up economy," is misspelled in the altered image as "America pumbed-up economy." The word "industry" is misspelled in the image as "industy," and the apostrophe in "Time's up for TikTok" is omitted in the manipulated cover. : The fabricated Economist cover in the post also doesn't include an issue date, typically placed on the right side of the cover. Instead, the altered image has an erroneous headline – "Biden left the White House" – in its place. Biden's term , the same day as Trump's . The Economist to let Ukraine use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles against Russia. But contrary to the claim in the post's caption, the article did not characterize the move as the start of World War III. USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response. and also debunked the claim. The Economist, accessed Dec. 2, The Economist, March 14, The Economist, Nov. 18, X, accessed Dec. 2, Facebook, accessed Dec. 2, Instagram, accessed Dec. 2, Threads, accessed Dec. 2, Constitution Annotated, accessed Dec. 2,
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JERUSALEM — The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants began early Wednesday as a region on edge wondered whether it will hold. The ceasefire announced Tuesday is a major step toward ending nearly 14 months of fighting sparked by the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. Israel said it will attack if Hezbollah breaks the ceasefire agreement. The ceasefire calls for an initial two-month halt to fighting and requires Hezbollah to end its armed presence in southern Lebanon, while Israeli troops are to return to their side of the border. An international panel led by the United States will monitor compliance. The ceasefire began at 4 a.m. Wednesday, a day after Israel carried out its most intense wave of airstrikes in Beirut since the start of the conflict that in recent weeks turned into all-out war. At least 42 people were killed in strikes across the country, according to local authorities. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. The ceasefire does not address the devastating war in Gaza , where Hamas is still holding dozens of hostages and the conflict is more intractable. There appeared to be lingering disagreement over whether Israel would have the right to strike Hezbollah if it believed the militants had violated the agreement, something Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted was part of the deal but which Lebanese and Hezbollah officials have rejected. Israel's security Cabinet approved the U.S.-France-brokered ceasefire agreement after Netanyahu presented it, his office said. U.S. President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, called the agreement “good news” and said his administration would make a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Biden administration spent much of this year trying to broker a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza but the talks repeatedly sputtered to a halt . President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to bring peace to the Middle East without saying how. Still, any halt to the fighting in Lebanon is expected to reduce the likelihood of war between Israel and Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and Hamas and exchanged direct fire with Israel on two occasions earlier this year. In this screen grab image from video provide by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a televised statement Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Jerusalem, Israel. Netanyahu presented the ceasefire proposal to Cabinet ministers after a televised address in which he listed accomplishments against Israel’s enemies across the region. He said a ceasefire with Hezbollah would further isolate Hamas in Gaza and allow Israel to focus on its main enemy, Iran. “If Hezbollah breaks the agreement and tries to rearm, we will attack,” he said. “For every violation, we will attack with might.” The ceasefire deal calls for a two-month initial halt in fighting and would require Hezbollah to end its armed presence in a broad swath of southern Lebanon, while Israeli troops would return to their side of the border. Thousands of additional Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers would deploy in the south, and an international panel headed by the United States would monitor compliance. Biden said Israel reserved the right to quickly resume operations in Lebanon if Hezbollah breaks the terms of the truce, but that the deal "was designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities.” A police bomb squad officer inspects the site where a rocket fired from Lebanon landed in a backyard in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, Tuesday Nov. 26, 2024. Netanyahu’s office said Israel appreciated the U.S. efforts in securing the deal but “reserves the right to act against every threat to its security.” Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati welcomed the ceasefire and described it as a crucial step toward stability and the return of displaced people. Hezbollah has said it accepts the proposal, but a senior official with the group said Tuesday it had not seen the agreement in its final form. “After reviewing the agreement signed by the enemy government, we will see if there is a match between what we stated and what was agreed upon by the Lebanese officials,” Mahmoud Qamati, deputy chair of Hezbollah’s political council, told the Al Jazeera news network. “We want an end to the aggression, of course, but not at the expense of the sovereignty of the state," he said, referring to Israel's demand for freedom of action. “Any violation of sovereignty is refused.” Rescuers and residents search for victims Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in Beirut, Lebanon. Even as ceasefire efforts gained momentum in recent days, Israel continued to strike what it called Hezbollah targets across Lebanon while the militants fired rockets, missiles and drones across the border. An Israeli strike on Tuesday leveled a residential building in central Beirut — the second time in recent days warplanes have hit the crowded area near downtown. At least seven people were killed and 37 wounded, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. Israel also struck a building in Beirut's bustling commercial district of Hamra for the first time, hitting a site around 400 meters (yards) from Lebanon’s Central Bank. There were no reports of casualties. The Israeli military said it struck targets linked to Hezbollah's financial arm. The evacuation warnings covered many areas, including parts of Beirut that previously were not targeted. Residents fled. Traffic was gridlocked, with mattresses tied to some cars. Dozens of people, some wearing pajamas, gathered in a central square, huddling under blankets or standing around fires as Israeli drones buzzed overhead. Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee issued evacuation warnings for 20 buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has a major presence, as well as a warning for the southern town of Naqoura where the U.N. peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL, is headquartered. UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said peacekeepers will not evacuate. Israeli soldiers inspect the site Tuesday Nov. 26, 2024, where a rocket fired from Lebanon landed in a backyard in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel. The Israeli military also said its ground troops clashed with Hezbollah forces and destroyed rocket launchers in the Slouqi area on the eastern end of the Litani River, a few kilometers (miles) from the Israeli border. Under the ceasefire deal, Hezbollah is required to move its forces north of the Litani, which in some places is about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the border. Hezbollah began firing into northern Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, saying it was showing support for the Palestinians, a day after Hamas carried out its attack on southern Israel, triggering the Gaza war. Israel returned fire on Hezbollah, and the two sides have exchanged barrages ever since. Israel escalated its bombardment in mid-September and later sent troops into Lebanon, vowing to put an end to Hezbollah fire so tens of thousands of evacuated Israelis could return to their homes. Israeli security officers and army soldiers inspect the site Tuesday Nov. 26, 2024, where a rocket fired from Lebanon landed in a backyard in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel. More than 3,760 people have been killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon the past 13 months, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The bombardment has driven 1.2 million people from their homes. Israel says it has killed more than 2,000 Hezbollah members. Hezbollah fire has forced some 50,000 Israelis to evacuate in the country’s north, and its rockets have reached as far south in Israel as Tel Aviv. At least 75 people have been killed, more than half of them civilians. More than 50 Israeli soldiers have died in the ground offensive in Lebanon. Chehayeb and Mroue reported from Beirut and Federman from Jerusalem. Associated Press reporters Lujain Jo and Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut and Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter.Israel, Lebanon agree to ceasefire
New Details Emerge on Mack Brown’s North Carolina ExitEARLY in her prime ministership, during a row over the EEC budget, Margaret Thatcher overheard a European official say: “Britain is back”. The remark pleased her as much as any she could remember. Sir Keir Starmer echoed those words in his speech at London’s Guildhall on Monday. But, coming from him, they sounded limp, even laughable. In the early 1980s, Britain was back, because Thatcher was undoing the legacy of a Starmer-style government. She was cutting taxes, spending and borrowing, and making Britain more competitive. read more on opinion The PM is doing the opposite. We are not seen today as “coming back”. In Europe , we are treated as a rebel province, to be brought to heel. Elsewhere, we are viewed as a police state, where violent criminals are released to make room for people who have said unpleasant things online. Most read in The Sun One of the reasons the world sees us this way is because of the social media platform X/Twitter. Starmer bizarrely picked a fight with X’s owner, Elon Musk , in the aftermath of the Southport riots. But the more we learn about what was repressed in the aftermath of the fatal stabbings of three young girls, the more Musk looks vindicated. Musk is now a key figure in the US administration, and the US is our strongest ally. “The best hope for the world and the surest way to serve our mutual national interest has come from our two nations working together,” said the PM. Quite. The US is also by far our biggest trading partner — larger than our second, third and fourth biggest partners combined. Relations with America, in short, are crucial to both our security and our prosperity. But Labour has a problem. As well as picking a fight with Musk, its leaders have called the thin-skinned Donald Trump every name under the sun over the years. He is “a racist, misogynistic self- confessed groper’ ( Ed Miliband ), “an odious, sad, little man” ( Wes Streeting ), “a neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath’ ( David Lammy ). 'SECURITY AND PROSPERITY' Trump often lets his foreign policy be steered by whether other leaders have (in one of his stock phrases) “said nice things about me”. When he looks at Starmer, he sees a human rights lawyer who restricts free speech, kneels for BLM and is behind in the opinion polls. Not a great place to start. But whatever his views about Starmer, Trump likes Britain. He boasts of being half-Scottish (his mother emigrated from the Hebrides in 1930) and loves to show visitors pictures of himself with the Royal Family. Indeed, he is arguably more pro-British than Starmer is. It is hard to imagine him handing away the Elgin Marbles, let alone the Chagos Islands. Trump is letting it be known that Britain can exempt itself from the ten to 20 per cent tariff that he plans to impose on everyone else, not least the EU, who he describes as a “foe” on trade. All we have to do is to enter into trade talks. We should be pursuing a trade deal with the Americans anyway. They buy a quarter of everything we export. Had it not been for the protectionism of the EU, which controlled our trade policy until Brexit, we would have signed a deal decades ago. Trump started negotiating one with us in his first term, but Joe Biden — under pressure from Brussels and Dublin — iced it. Will Labour be big enough to restart talks? We already have a comprehensive zero-tariff deal with the EU. What possible argument could there be against getting one with the US, too? The trouble is that when Trump offered his deal the first time around, Labour wanted to rejoin the EU, and so opposed it on several fake grounds. It pretended that Trump wanted to buy the NHS — even though he made clear that he would not want the NHS even if it were handed to him “on a silver platter”. 'FRIENDS AND SPONSORS' It claimed that Trump wanted to make us eat “chlorinated chicken”. Setting aside the obvious point that no one can be forced to buy anything, there is more chlorine in a bag of washed British salad than on the carcass of an American chicken. Starmer is under pressure to suffer in solidarity with the EU — despite the fact it shows us no love — rather than explain getting a deal with Trump past his MPs. In his speech, the PM correctly said that both Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee had seen Britain as an ally of both the US and Europe. But neither man ever saw Britain as a member of any kind of European bloc. Both thought we should look on from the outside as friends and sponsors. Starmer is no Attlee, and certainly no Churchill. But he does have the chance to secure the US trade deal that his predecessors have been after for half a century. Read More on The US Sun Let’s hope he puts country before party. Lord Hannan of Kingsclere is the Conservative Party International Secretary.
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