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Government says timing of visit to ‘sustainable community’ days before major housing announcement is a coincidenceDowning Street has insisted that King Charles was not at risk of being dragged into politics after the monarch took Keir Starmer and his deputy on a tour of a housing project in Cornwall.In a rare joint engagement between the monarch and political leaders, the trio visited Nansledan, a 540-acre extension to the seaside town of Newquay, as a result of their shared interest in modern housing developments. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/10/no-10-denies-dragging-king-charles-politics-cornwall-keir-starmer Author : Pippa Crerar and Daniel Boffey Publish date : 2025-02-10

Ex-treasury secretaries caution against administration’s subversion of checks and balances, specifically MuskUS politics live – latest updatesA group of five former US treasury secretaries are warning that the Trump administration has put the country’s key payment systems “under siege” and is undermining the checks and balances of the federal government.The secretaries warned that the administration has compromised roles historically given to nonpartisan career civil servants and have replaced them with “political actors”, according to a New York Times op-ed published on Monday. The secretaries specifically called into question Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency”, or Doge, and the appointees

PM Albin Kurti claims ‘victory’ and vows to form government but analysts warn of prolonged crisis and instabilityThe governing party of the prime minister, Albin Kurti, is on track to secure the most seats in Kosovo’s parliament but will lack the numbers for a majority, the election commission has said.Sunday’s vote pitted Kurti’s campaign to stamp out the influence of Serbia, more than 15 years after Kosovo declared independence, against the opposition’s vow to boost the economy in one of the poorest corners of Europe. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/10/kosovo-elections-ruling-vetevendosje-party-loses-majority-initial-results-show Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date :

No details given over status of talks following US president’s remarks over condition of Israeli hostages released at the weekendThe IDF’s raid on the West Bank city of Jenin, which has killed at least 25 Palestinian people, according to officials, is on its 21st consecutive day. The Israeli military says its aim is to rout out what it has described as militants.Jenin’s refugee camp, one of 19 across the West Bank built in the aftermath of Israel’s creation in 1948 to house displaced Palestinians, is a centre of armed Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation.The occupation soldiers opened fire on