Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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A changed attitude from Moscow spells future trouble for Syria’s Kurds
It’s unlikely Ankara would have embarked on its Syrian invasion without some kind of understanding that Russian forces would not be engaged. KENNY COYLE explains the shift in politics
A convoy of Turkish army armoured vehicles moves towards the Syrian border
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
WHEN British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his US counterpart Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met in London on Tuesday, both were at pains to insist that behind Turkey’s invasion of Syrian territory around Afrin at the weekend was “a legitimate interest in protecting its own borders and its own security.”
Tillerson told a press conference: “We recognise and fully appreciate Turkey’s legitimate right to protect its own citizens from terrorist elements that may be launching attacks against Turkish citizens and Turkish soil from Syria.
“We’re engaged with Turkey and we are engaged also with the leadership of our coalition and are asking that both sides show restraint, please minimise the impact on civilian casualties … work together to address Turkey’s legitimate security concerns in a way that’s satisfactory to Turkey.”
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