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Any Meeting Between Putin, Zelensky Must Be "Well-Prepared": Kremlin

"Any high-level or top-level contact must be well-prepared to be effective", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

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Critics of closer trading alignment with EU seem to be losing their voice

Labour’s support for ‘dynamic alignment’ with Europe and a youth mobility scheme has gone unchallenged by Gove – and FarageAsked in 2020 whether the UK would accept aligning with EU business regulations, Michael Gove, the then Cabinet Office minister, said bluntly: “We will not trade away our sovereignty.”Sitting next to his Labour successor, Nick Thomas-Symonds, on Wednesday, the now editor of the Spectator was more circumspect. Continue reading...

Return of UN nuclear inspectors to Iran met with protests by MPs

Some Iranian officials say readmission breaches law passed after Israel and the US attacked the country in JuneThe partial return of UN inspectors to Iran for the first time since Israel and the US attacked Iran’s nuclear sites has been met with protests by officials in Tehran, who claim the strict preconditions they set have been breached. Some even described the return as criminal.Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, tried to quell the backlash by saying the inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would not be visiting any of the bombed sites and that discussions about these were still to be had. Continue reading...

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Confidence drops across UK services in face of higher costs and weak demand

CBI survey shows firms cutting hiring and investment as profits squeezed, with outlook gloomy for rest of yearBusiness confidence plunged this month across the UK’s services sector as mounting cost pressures and weak demand hit profits and undermined the outlook for the rest of the year.The CBI’s latest service sector poll found that a majority of companies were gloomy about their prospects and discounted the acceleration in activity that usually follows the return to work after the summer break. Continue reading...

Chinese Doctor Accused Of Stealing Top-Secret US-Funded Cancer Research In Major Espionage Case

A Chinese doctor employed at MD Anderson Cancer Center was arrested at Houston airport for allegedly stealing U.S.-funded breast cancer research and transferring it to China. Authorities found the sensitive data on his laptop as he attempted to fly h