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Officials say minerals deal would serve as commitment to US security guarantee and Ukraine leader shouldn’t have pressed issueInside the Trump White House, officials blamed the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for the meltdown in the Oval Office on Friday, and expressed frustration that he pushed for security guarantees even though the US had made clear they wanted to negotiate that later, according to people familiar with the matter.The officials had told their Ukrainian counterparts in advance of the meeting that Trump wanted to sign an economic partnership this week at a ministerial level, as aides worked on the details about

Coalition energy efficiency package also on the cards as climate advocates urge better subsidies on solar and other alternativesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor is expected to flick the switch on a household battery incentive scheme in a dual cost-of-living and climate action pitch to voters.Guardian Australia understands the government is preparing a large residential energy efficiency package as part of Anthony Albanese’s re-election platform.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/02/labor-backs-household-batteries-in-bid-to-spark-voters-on-cost-of-living-and-climate-worries Author : Dan Jervis-Bardy Publish date : 2025-03-01 19:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Peer argues that national ‘trickledown’ approach will fail to benefit those in most needKeir Starmer’s government must strictly target the delivery of its core “missions” at areas of maximum deprivation or lose huge numbers of votes to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, an independent commission led by a former Labour cabinet minister will suggest this week.The Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods (ICON), chaired by Labour peer Hilary Armstrong, a former party chief whip and housing minister, will say the government risks “wasting billions of pounds in higher public spending while failing to transform the places that need it most” unless it adopts