NEW ORLEANS — The Trump administration is poised to end a program that has allowed five large nations, including China and India, to buy Iranian oil despite American sanctions, two senior American officials said on Sunday, a decision that is intended to squeeze Tehran’s government but could lead to higher oil and gasoline prices. The […]
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Labour MP Richard Burgon has said he “regrets” saying Zionism is the “enemy of peace”, after a video emerged of him making the comments. In a BBC interview recorded last year, Mr Burgon denied that he had made the comments, following newspaper reports in 2016 that he had made them. But video footage posted on
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Good Monday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • Pete Buttigieg. Bernie Sanders. Beto O’Rourke. And soon, Joe Biden. The most diverse field of candidates ever has been dominated lately by white men, leading Democratic voters to grapple with complicated questions about race, gender and politics.
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Hillingdon councillor David Simmonds told the Today programme that “there is huge public demand” for councils to respond to public nuisances and defended the rise in fines for breaches of “petty” council orders. However, lawyer Rosie Brighouse said powers to stop such behaviour are too broad and misused. Campaign group the Manifesto Club has called
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