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First Thing: EU foreign policy chief warns US-Russia talks may pressure Kyiv to make concessions

Steve Witkoff is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Plus, a new book highlights the forgotten builders of the Empire State BuildingGood morning.The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said she fears talks between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will pile pressure on Ukraine to make concessions.What did Kallas say? “I am afraid that all the pressure will be put on […]

todayDecember 2, 2025

International

OBR complained to Treasury before budget about leaks spreading ‘misconceptions’

Official tells MPs there was lots of information appearing in the press that ‘wasn’t particularly helpful’Politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesThe Office for Budget Responsibility complained to senior Treasury officials in the run-up to the budget about a flurry of leaks that it said spread “misconceptions” about its forecasts, it has emerged.Prof David Miles of the OBR’s budget responsibility committee told MPs on the Treasury select committee […]

todayDecember 2, 2025

International

David Lammy tells of ‘traumatic’ racial abuse in youth after Farage allegations

Deputy PM contrasts apologies from former classmates to Reform UK leader’s response to claims against himDavid Lammy has spoken of his own “traumatic” experience of being racially abused at school as he called on Nigel Farage to apologise for comments he allegedly made while a teenager.Lammy, deputy prime minister and justice secretary, said the testimony of more than 20 of the Reform leader’s school contemporaries of his racist and antisemitic […]

todayDecember 2, 2025

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Spanish swine fever outbreak may be linked to food eaten by boar, say officials

Hundreds of police, rangers and military personnel deployed to tackle virus threatening pork export industrySpanish authorities have deployed hundreds of police officers, wildlife rangers and military personnel in an effort to contain an outbreak of highly infectious African swine fever (ASF) outside Barcelona before it becomes a major threat to the country’s €8.8bn-a-year pork export industry.Officials believe the virus, detected in the municipality of Bellaterra, may have begun to circulate […]

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Ukraine war live: Zelenskyy in Ireland to shore up support with US’s Witkoff set to meet Putin

US-led peace push comes as Kyiv says fighting is continuing over important hubUS-Russia talks may pile pressure on Kyiv to make concessions, says EU foreign policy chiefSee all our Ukraine war coverageIn parallel to Witkoff’s meeting in Moscow, we will also follow Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s first visit to Ireland.He has arrived in Dublin last night, and has a busy schedule today, paying a brief visit to the country’s new president Catherine […]

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International

Australian children moving to new social app Lemon8 but owner expected to restrict users to over-16s

Australia’s under-16s social media ban might take weeks to work but all platforms are on notice, government saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe government’s plans to bar under-16s from social media might take “days or even weeks” to properly take effect, communications minister Anika Wells has conceded, saying the world-leading scheme won’t work perfectly from day one.Lemon8, a newer social media app that has experienced […]

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