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Opponents on minor gender dysphoria care feel medicine is on their sideA deal which could see the Elgin Marbles returned to Greece is “still some distance” away, George Osborne has signalled. The former Tory chancellor, now chairman of the British Museum, suggested Sir Keir Starmer had contributed to a warmer spirit of the negotiations over the famous ancient artworks. Greece has long called for the return of the Marbles, also known as the Parthenon sculptures, and maintains they were illegally removed from Athens’ acropolis during a period of foreign occupation. The British Museum – where they are currently on display – is forbidden by law from giving away any of its artefacts, and the Government has no plans to change the law to permit a permanent move. But under Mr Osborne’s leadership, the museum is negotiating the possibility of a long-term loan of the sculptures, in exchange for rolling exhibitions of famous artworks. No 10 has indicated the Prime Minister is unlikely to stand in the way of such a deal. Speaking on Political Currency, the podcast he hosts alongside former Labour politician Ed Balls, Mr Osborne said the museum was “looking to see if we can come to some arrangement where at some point some of the sculptures are in Athens, where, of course, they were originally sited”. He added: “And in return, Greece lends us some of its treasures, and we made a lot of progress on that, but we’re still some distance from any kind of agreement.” The Greek government has suggested negotiations with the museum have taken a warmer tone since Labour came to power in the summer. Mr Osborne appeared to concur with this view and praised Sir Keir’s hands-off approach, adding: “It is not the same as Rishi Sunak, who refused to see the Greek prime minister, if you remember, he sort of stood him up. “So it seems to me a more sensible and diplomatic way to proceed.” Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek premier, discussed the Elgin Marbles with Sir Keir when they met on Tuesday morning at Downing Street, he said after returning to Athens. Mr Mitsotakis has signalled his government is awaiting developments on the negotiations. A diplomatic spat between the Greek leader and Mr Sunak emerged last year when the then-prime minister refused to meet his counterpart. Mr Mitsotakis had compared splitting the Elgin Marbles from those still in Athens to cutting the Mona Lisa in half. The marble statues came from friezes on the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple and have been displayed at the British Museum for more than 200 years. They were removed by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century when he was British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Some of the remaining temple statues are on display in the purpose-built Acropolis Museum in Athens, and Greece has called for the collections to be reunited.Clintons urge voters agitated by today's politics to remain involved in public service818jl casino real money 。

WITNESS TO HISTORY The United States Ambassador’s Residence at Camp John Hay in Baguio City, shown in this 2014 photo, witnessed the end of World War II in 1945 after Japanese Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita signed the surrender documents in this building. —EV Espiritu BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — The historic Ambassador’s Residence at Camp John Hay would be the major focus of next year’s 80th anniversary of the surrender of Japanese Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita that ended the Pacific conflict during World War II, US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson said here on Tuesday. During the holiday gathering that Carlson hosted for the media and other guests, Carlson said she had been discussing with Japanese Ambassador Endo Kazuya and his Deputy Chief of Mission Matsuda Kenichi about a jazz performance collaboration for next year’s commemoration at the Ambassador’s Residence, which she described as “steeped in history.” READ: World War II in PH started, ended in Baguio Carlson said these plans with the Philippines and Japan would advocate for “the power of reconciliation” among nations that fought each other for four years that left an estimated 25 million casualties, including Japanese civilians who died in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The Pacific War began in Baguio City on Dec. 8, 1941, when Japanese bombers attacked Camp John Hay a day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It also ended in the summer capital when Yamashita signed the surrender documents at the US Ambassador’s Residence on Sept. 3, 1945. Yamashita was taken to Camp John Hay after he surrendered in Ifugao province on Sept. 2, 1945. The Imperial Japanese Army had retreated to Baguio and further into the Cordillera mountains from advancing Allied Forces. In her speech at the gathering here on Tuesday, Carlson said: “It’s fitting to close the year with a celebration, as the last 12 months of US-Philippine relations have given us much to celebrate. I can confidently say that 2024 was [our] banner year ... as friends, partners and allies.” “I expect this incredible positive momentum—a relationship on hyperdrive, as some of our Department of Foreign Affairs friends have said—to continue in 2025,” she said. Carlson did not directly address the assumption on Jan. 6 next year of President-elect Donald Trump, following a contentious political campaign in her country. But she stressed: “During numerous visits to the Philippines in the last year, leaders from our executive and legislative branches, representing both sides of the political spectrum, have been unequivocal in expressing their support for the Philippines. I am confident that the strong bipartisan support the Philippines enjoys will continue through our presidential transition and well into the future.” At her media briefing earlier, Carlson pointed out that more visas have been issued to Filipinos visiting, studying, or migrating to the United States in the past years, while the number of Americans who have been working, living or who have retired in the Philippines has grown to 700,000. The ambassador also said American companies are studying how to invest in clean energy projects for the Philippines. The visits to the Philippines by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III reflected how “our relationship is in good shape,” she said. “During Secretary Austin’s second visit, just two weeks ago, we broke ground on a new command and control fusion center at Camp Aguinaldo, which will allow our forces to coordinate on exercises and operations in person and in real time, a significant step forward in our alliance,” Carlson said. “There is no better place to celebrate this year’s achievements and look with hope to the future than here in beautiful Baguio, a city that uniquely represents the depth and the strength of the US-Philippine bilateral relationship,” she said in her speech. Baguio was designed, built and opened in 1909 by the American colonial government. “Next year, we will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. .. right here in this Residence when, on Sept. 3, 1945, General Yamashita signed the instrument of surrender in front of Gen. Jonathan Wainwright—on the very table that still graces the dining room. I think Gen. Wainwright would be more than pleased by how far the US-Philippine relationship has come in the 80 years since that historic day,” she said. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . A rendering of Yamashita’s surrender by National Artist Fernando Amorsolo hangs above the Residence’s fireplace.

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