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Labour insiders think Wes Streeting is doomed, but he has a masterplan
Labour is a party prone to forging instant orthodoxies. In the case of Wes Streeting, whose resignation as health secretary in May failed to launch a direct challenge to Sir Keir Starmer, the view in Labour world has been that Streeting had, as one internal competitor for power put it, “blown it on day one”. The version of events which held that Streeting did have the “numbers” of 81-plus MPs needed to force a contest for Starmer’s job – but wanted to ensure a fair fight with Andy Burnham by wa...
Family visitation resumes at New Jersey ICE detention center after days of protests
ImmigrationFamily visitation resumes at New Jersey ICE detention center after days of protestsGov. Mikie Sherrill said DHS agreed to restore visits after suspending them amid protests, arrests and clashes outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Police deploy riot shields against protesters outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, N.J., on Saturday.Spencer Platt / Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 31,...
Why NATO’s defense spending imbalance lasted for decades
This is part five of a series examining the challenges confronting the NATO alliance.For more than three decades, the U.S. carried the largest share of NATO's military burden while many European allies spent far less on defense than Washington wanted.The imbalance survived the Cold War, multiple U.S. administrations and repeated debates over burden sharing. Only in recent years — following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and renewed pressure from President Donald Trump — have many NATO members...
Keir Starmer accused of 'bending to his backbenchers' over plans to 'water down' benefits checks: 'He's weak!'
Jeff Banks has launched a scathing attack on Sir Keir Starmer over his plans to "make it easier" for Britons to claim benefits, branding him "weak".Speaking to GB News, the fashion designer and broadcaster accused the Prime Minister of "bending to the backbenchers" with the move.Sir Keir has come under fire over plans to "water down" checks on benefit claimants, as the welfare system continues to balloon under a record backlog of mental health cases. Officials are warning that the assessment sys...
Zelenskyy alleges Russia is abducting Ukrainian kids, training them to fight
Exclusive Face The Nation Zelenskyy alleges Russia is abducting Ukrainian kids and training them to fight .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-face-the-nation.jpg'); } By Margaret Brennan Margaret Brennan Moderator, "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan;" Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan is moderator of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on CBS. Based in Washington, D.C., Brennan is also the Network's chief foreign affairs cor...
Transcript: Former Vice President Mike Pence on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," May 31, 2026
Face The Nation Transcripts Transcript: Former Vice President Mike Pence on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," May 31, 2026 .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-face-the-nation.jpg'); } May 31, 2026 / 12:41 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google The following is the transcript of the interview with former Vice President Mike Pence that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 31, 2026.MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face the Na...
Ethiopia’s election: Parties, coalitions and candidates explained
Over 50 million Ethiopians are registered to vote, with youth and women forming a significant share of the electorate.
Trump expands Turkey ambassador's diplomatic role, adding Iraq, Syria amid Middle East tensions
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack is getting expanded duties from President Donald Trump to serve as special envoy to Syria and Iraq as the administration tries to forge lasting peace in the Middle East."I am pleased to announce that United States Ambassador to Türkiye, Tom Barrack, who has done an outstanding job, will be named Special Presidential Envoy to Syria and, likewise, Special Presidential Envoy to Iraq, as we advance our strategic cooperation with the Governments of Syria and Iraq...
Trump Requests Edits to Iran Deal
President Donald Trump said he’s making a “final determination” on a preliminary deal to extend a ceasefire with Iran although mixed messages from both sides over when an agreement might be struck continued to confuse the outlook for a breakthrough. Bloomberg News White House Correspondent Jeff Mason and Bloomberg Economics Lead Economic Statecraft, Lead Chris Kennedy joined David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Guardian view on the Aberdeen South byelection: the politics of energy take centre stage | Editorial
While Westminster’s attention is focused on Andy Burnham and Makerfield, another pivotal byelection is taking place in Scotland’s north-eastThe coming byelection in Makerfield, from where Andy Burnham aspires to make rapid progress towards Downing Street, is perhaps the most consequential in British political history. But the decision by the Scottish National party’s former Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn, to relocate to Holyrood means that another pivotal contest is taking place more than 350...
Trump's messy makeover reveals golden age of chaos
TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump is facing growing questions about the coherence of his middle-east policy after claiming he has deliberately "spared" Iran's military, despite repeatedly declaring that US forces had already "decimated," and "obliterated," Iran's military capabilities.
Bolton on Iran: We'll Be Right Back Where We Started
Former US ambassador to the United Nations and national security adviser to President Trump John Bolton joined David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend for a wide-ranging conversation the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Iran deal. (Source: Bloomberg)
Zelenskyy says "more pressure" is needed to get Putin to table to negotiate peace deal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "more pressure" is needed to get Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table to end the war. The interview was taped on May 29.
Sen. Chris Murphy says "ending the war in Iran" will be his top priority in questions to Rubio
Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "ending the war with Iran" will be his top priority when Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears before the Senate Appropriations Committee this week.
Trump’s interior secretary dismisses calls to identify donors for ‘nonpartisan’ concert series
Doug Burgum complains some musicians ‘segmented their audiences’ after artists back out of 250th anniversary eventThe Trump administration’s interior secretary, Doug Burgum, complained on Sunday that some musicians “seem to have segmented their audiences” after artists bailed on participating in a concert series planned for the 250th anniversary of the US’s independence.In the interview on CNN’s State of the Union, Burgum also dismissed calls to publicly identified who had made donations for the...
Pence says he has "certainly seen evidence" that White House is whitewashing Jan. 6 attack
Former Vice President Mike Pence told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he's "certainly seen evidence" that the current Trump administration is whitewashing the Jan. 6 attack. "I was offended on the anniversary of Jan. 6 when the White House put out a timeline that literally blamed Capitol Hill police for the riot that took place that day," he added.
'Tougher language': Why Trump sent back revised Iran deal text
US President Donald Trump reportedly sent back changes to a proposed agreement with Iran following a meeting with advisers on Friday, officials said, extending negotiations into another week amid the ongoing Iran conflict, which has remained under a fragile ceasefire since April.
Officer who led ED probes against Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya takes VRS
NEW DELHI: Satyabrata Kumar, former Enforcement Directorate (ED) special director and lead investigator in several high-profile money laundering cases, including those against Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya and the Mahadev online betting app, has taken voluntary retirement from service (VRS).
‘It’s bulls**t’: Military insiders on the political chaos stalling UK’s defence plan
Senior figures within Nato have called Britain’s handling of its defence plans “incompetent” as political infighting continues to delay the multi-billion pound blueprint for rebuilding the armed forces, The i Paper can reveal.The long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP) was expected to be published Tuesday 2 June, to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the Strategic Defence Review. Instead, Pat McFadden, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, said on Sunday it would be “more like...
Juan Manuel Santos on Colombia’s peace process, 10 years on
The former Colombian president reflects on peace, conflict and the return of violence.