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Moscow and Washington held their first talks on ending the nearly three-year war in Ukraine on TuesdayThe Russians are looking for “visible shifts for the better in American policy”, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, according to the RIA state news agency reported on Saturday.“Today we are facing two parallel, but, of course, to some extent, politically interconnected tracks: one is Ukrainian affairs, the other is bilateral,” Ryabkov said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/22/russia-ukraine-war-putin-trump-zelenskyy-europe-live-news-updates-latest Author : Charlie Moloney Publish date : 2025-02-22 08:25:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Hamas says six captives expected to be freed from Gaza on Saturday in swap for about 600 Palestinian prisoners and detaineesIsraelis are gathering in Tel Aviv as they wait for the anticipated release of six hostages held by Palestinian militants in Gaza. These images have come in from Israel:The Israeli military expects Hamas to release the six Israeli hostages from two separate locations in Gaza starting from 9am local time, the Times of Israel is reporting a defence official as saying. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/22/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-hamas-new-gaza-hostage-prisoner-exchange Author : Adam Fulton Publish date : 2025-02-22 07:06:00 Copyright for syndicated content

In speech at Arc conference, podcaster argues ‘identity politics and multiculturalism … are two failed experiments’Konstantin Kisin has until this week been best known as a libertarian, pro-free speech independent podcaster, and for a viral appearance at the Oxford Union arguing that “woke culture has gone too far”.His profile has suddenly risen, however, after hosting the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, on his podcast, and arguing in an episode with Fraser Nelson, the former editor of the Spectator, that Rishi Sunak was not English owing to his “brown Hindu” background – triggering criticism on social media. Continue reading... Source link :

Adam Abeldon rules that president’s efforts to ban DEI programs likely violate first amendment of constitutionA federal judge in Maryland on Friday temporarily blocked Donald Trump from implementing bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and by businesses that contract with the federal government.US district judge Adam Abelson said the directives by Trump and an order urging the Department of Justice to investigate companies with DEI policies likely violate the first amendment of the US constitution. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/21/judge-temporarily-blocks-trumps-anti-dei-purge Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-02-22 00:55:00 Copyright for syndicated content