Wednesday briefing: Can the latest ceasefire talks in London break the stalemate in Ukraine?
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Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:53:33 +0300
In todays newsletter As world leaders gather in the UK this week, any hope of breaking the deadlock when Russia and Ukraine refuse to compromise could mean the US walks awayGood morning.Representatives from the US, Britain and France are gathering in London today to resume discussions with Ukrainian officials on a possible ceasefire in the war.
Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, was scheduled to attend but announced at the last minute he would no longer be present the White Houses Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, will be there in his place.Tariffs The International Monetary Fund IMF has warned of a major negative shock from Donald Trumps tariffs and has cut growth forecasts for every major global economy.
The lender cut the UKs expected growth from 1.6 to 1.1, a downward trend mirrored across the world.British Steel Redundancy plans have been halted after the government took control of the Scunthorpe steelworks this month, potentially saving up to 2,700 jobs.US Republican lawmakers have followed Donald Trumps lead and rallied behind Pete Hegesth, the beleaguered US secretary of defence, who has defended his use of the Signal messaging app to share details of US military strikes on Yemen to a group including his wife and brother.UK Number 10 has said that Keir Starmer no longer argues that trans women are women.
Starmer said yesterday that he welcomed the real clarity of last weeks supreme court ruling on gender recognition.Health More than 150,000 additional people in England are living with chronic fatigue syndrome CFS or ME than previously thought, with the total number thought to be about 404,000.
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