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Vaccine sceptic likely to face early vote after wavering Republicans said they would support appointmentThe Senate will convene to resume consideration of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination as health secretary on Thursday morning.Writing for CBS News, Kaia Hubbard noted that “Kennedy’s path to confirmation was once considered among the most fragile of president Trump’s nominees,” but the Senate has cleared the final hurdle to a vote on his appointment 53 to 47 along party lsines.Today’s ruling is a setback in the fight for dignity and fairness for public servants. But it’s not the end of that fight. Importantly, this decision

Jewish creatives and activists also sign New York Times ad after US president’s proposal to ‘take over Gaza’More than 350 rabbis, alongside additional signatories including Jewish creatives and activists, have signed an ad in the New York Times in which they condemn Donald Trump’s proposal for the effective ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza.The ad, which was signed by rabbis including Sharon Brous, Roly Matalon and Alissa Wise, as well as Jewish creatives and activists including Tony Kushner, Ilana Glazer, Naomi Klein and Joaquin Phoenix, says: “Trump has called for the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza. Jewish people say

US defence minister to meet Nato counterparts in Brussels after Trump says he is ready to negotiate a Ukrainian ceasefire with RussiaTrump says he has spoken to Putin and agreed to negotiate Ukraine ceasefireFrench defence minister Sébastien Lecornu strikes a similar tone, cautioning against “peace through weakness,” which he warns could have dramatic consequences, opposite to the aim of bringing peace to Europe.He says that while it’s “historically true” that Nato has been the most important military alliance, the real question is whether it will still be in 10-15 years, given how the world is changing with new threats emerging