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The former president’s mood will not have been helped by the impressive appearance of Ron DeSandis, the governor of Florida and the big Republican winner in Tuesday’s election. DeSantis, 44, won a landslide re-election, putting him in a strong position to challenge Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Trump, 76, is widely expected to announce a third campaign for the White House on Tuesday. He hoped he would get a strong showing from those in the party aligned with Make America Great

The council, which meets today in Blackpool, brings together leaders not only from London and Dublin, but also Wales, Scotland and, when it has a government, Northern Ireland. The re-establishment of this government – the provincial executive – will be at the top of Sunak’s agenda. He is due to hold his first face-to-face talks with Michel Martin, the Irish prime minister, and the two are expected to focus on negotiations to resolve the impasse over Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal....

Lewis Goodall, the political editor of Newsnight, will co-star with former colleagues Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel in creating a daily podcast for the multimedia company Global, which owns radio stations including LBC. Goodall was a rising star on the BBC who appeared more and more in the nightly coverage of the company’s election. But instead of staying with the BBC, he decided to join the trade in commercial rivals who could offer more retirement freedom – and more money....

A threat and vulnerability assessment conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety determined that the only portable radios operating inside the western Robb Elementary School building were those belonging to Border Patrol agents, according to the department’s chief of staff. McCrow. Police radios of the unified independent UValde school would not operate within the school, MacCro said, speaking to the Senate Senate Committee to protect all Texans on Tuesday, “nor does the [police department’s] … neither the sheriff’s office if he responds to help, nor the DPS officers if they respond for help....

Rising inflation shows the need to reduce wages, says Raab Deputy Prime Minister Dominique Raab said rising inflation figures showed the need to cut wages in the public sector and on the railways. It comes as inflation in the UK rose to 9.1 per cent in May from 9 per cent in April, according to the ONS. He told Sky News that there was a risk of a “vicious cycle” of wage increases that would push inflation even higher if union demands were met, saying the government was following a “firm line”....

The plan sparked a bitter row between Ms Truss and Suella Braverman, the home secretary, who eventually resigned after leaking an email about immigration policy before being reappointed by Mr Sunak. The Telegraph reported at the time that the Truss government planned to confirm that the manifesto pledge to drop immigration across the board was to be abandoned. Mr Sunak said the commitment to the manifesto would remain, after he seconded the details in a briefing with reporters....

Dogfighting, where animals are bred and trained to engage in physical combat for human entertainment, is a felony in every US state and under federal law. Watching and following a dogfight is also illegal. In most states, including Georgia, owning a dog for dogfighting purposes is itself a felony. According to the sheriff’s office, police say they arrested Burrell on Nov. 8 after an investigation revealed he was involved in a “major dogfighting operation....

The man identified as Carrie Enzley, 73, has a history of harassing women, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. On Friday morning, Jefferson County lawmakers responded to a 911 call from a hiker who said he was actively witnessing two people being held at gunpoint on a path, according to a press release. When the deputies arrived a few minutes after the phone call, they located the two victims, a husband and wife, who had managed to escape safely from their abductor....

A local man was convicted Monday of two years of domestic violence offenses that took place in Alberta when he appeared at a Sault Ste. Maria Court. Nathaniel Lawrence pleaded guilty to three charges, which were brought here from Edmonton, Ontario Court. The 43-year-old admitted assaulting the victim on August 14, 2020, choking and suffocating him in his flat, breaking the glass in a fire extinguisher and failing to appear in court on December 14, 2020....

Dabei gehe es Wögingers Kollegen zufolge weniger um „den Text der EMRK von 1950“, als vielmehr um „die fortgesetzte Weiterinterpretation durch den Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte in Straßburg“, die „als eine sich verselbstständigende Rechtsprechung“ gesehen werde. . “Das wirft die Frage nach der demokratischen Legitimität auf.” Drexler kritisiert „Asylpraxis“ Drexler bezeichnete den EGMR als „großartige Antwort auf die grausamen Verbrechen des nationalsozialistischen Unrechtsregimes und des Zweiten Weltkriegs“. Gleichzeitig sagte er: „Niemand hätte sich träumen lassen, wie es heute interpretiert wird....

The head of state security in central Mexico’s Aguascalientes state was among five people killed in a helicopter crash, according to the state’s governor. “We deeply regret the death of these five men,” Aguascalientes Governor Teresa Jiménez said at a press conference on Thursday, offering her condolences to the bereaved. Among those killed in the crash of the Eagle 1 helicopter, which belonged to the Aguascalientes state public security secretariat, is Porfirio Sánchez Mendoza, the Aguascalientes security chief....

Castillo’s remains were found in a remote location in Antelope Valley, the Simi Valley Police Department announced Sunday. Police named Castillo’s ex-husband, 25-year-old Zarbab Ali of Hawthorne, as the prime suspect. He was arrested Sunday afternoon at that parent’s home in Victorville in connection with the homicide, Simi Valley police said. “This investigation has evolved rapidly over the past few days,” police said. “This case is still under investigation and some details cannot be released for legal and investigative reasons....

nouvelles du jour L’étau se resserre à Lyssytchansk et Severodonetsk. Selon un porte-parole des séparatistes pro-russes, ces villes du Donbass seront encerclées après des semaines de combats. Le lieutenant-colonel Andrei Marotchko a assuré à la chaîne de télévision russe Rossiïa 24 que les forces ukrainiennes avaient encerclé les villages de Hirske et Zolote, au lendemain du siège de la ville voisine de Tochkivka. Tous ces sites sont situés à quelques kilomètres de Severodonetsk et de Lyssytchansk, ont été touchés par des tirs d’artillerie russe et ont été détruits....

Mehrere ehemalige Trump-Anhänger sagten vor den Ermittlungen zum Einmarsch in das US-Kapitol im Januar 2021 aus. Nach der Wahlniederlage gerieten Sie unter enormen Druck des ehemaligen Präsidenten. Abgeordnete und Regierungsbeamte aus den US-Bundesstaaten sagten aus, dass sie nach der Niederlage bei den Wahlen 2020 vom Team des damaligen US-Präsidenten Donald Trump unter Druck gesetzt worden seien: Trump habe die Wahl verloren, aber abgestritten. Bei der Sitzung des Untersuchungsausschusses sagte der Unterstaatssekretär Brad Raffensperger aus, der für die Wahlorganisation im Bundesstaat Georgia zuständig ist....

Using a slower, so-called “softer” fueling process to minimize pressure spikes that contributed to previous leaks, the launch team began loading 730,000 gallons of supercooled liquid oxygen and hydrogen fuel for the SLS core stage at 3:55 a.m. p.m. EST. The Space Launch System rocket, ready for launch from pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA Engineers were optimistic that the new procedures would ensure a smooth transition from crude to “quick fill,” the point during previous refueling attempts when a sudden increase in pressure caused quick-disconnect umbilical seals at the base of the core to leak....