Derrick Wyatt KC, retired Oxford professor and lawyer Law and politics How to cope with Trump and Putin Blog at https://xitter.cf/t.co/vQo7N4kUzh
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The most important thing today is that Starlink and Starshield operations have been restored to the speeds we had before the restrictions. The speeds are now where they need to be. The restoration began overnight, and by this morning, speeds were already sufficient. This matters: for our frontline logistics, for defending Ukraine against jet-powered “shaheds.”
I thank all Americans and all our partners who took this seriously and truly helped – members of Congress, senators, all the media, the State Department, and the President. Protecting lives matters.
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The UK's ban on trade with Israeli settlements, announced in September 2026, is grounded in international law, and has the stated aim of upholding the international commitment to a two-state solution.
Chatham House's latest policy paper sets out targeted steps that the UK, with like-minded partners, can take to safeguard the viability of a sovereign Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel.
Read @DrJulieNorman2's (@CH_MENAP) latest analysis for Chatham House.
Policy paper | bit.ly/4sfYueW |
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The new crime survey is out - the "Lawless Britain" picture in full
- Violence at lowest since records began in 1981
- Corroborated by hospital figures for knife wounds
- Robbery: record low
- Overall crime 78% below 1995 peak.
- Shoplifting up
More:-
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@carlbildt spot-on here. Europe (EU + UK) has GDP roughly 10 times Russia's. Putin's aggression is an existential threat to democratic Europe . Leaders should say honestly to voters that helping Ukraine & boosting defence means sacrificing other desirable spending
Europe faces a major challenge financially supporting 🇺🇦 with the unrelenting 🇷🇺 attacks taking a heavier toll on the economy of the country. It’s big numbers, but in reality the 0.2% or so should be perfectly possible within the 5% of GDP already committed for defence. It’s a question of political will.
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President Zelensky tells Fox he’s willing to freeze the fighting along the current front lines to end the war with Russia
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The Starlink service will be restored within 48 hours.
We are not losing this war, but we are losing people – Zelenskyy.
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The White House has blocked the transfer of Patriot missiles to Ukraine, US officials have said.
The transfer of interceptor missiles from countries friendly to Ukraine requires the approval of Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary ⤵️
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It is time for Ukraine's allies to pitch an off-ramp to Putin’s potential successors, offering a reset in relations with a new regime making a clean break with the leaders who executed the Ukraine war, and ready to make a just peace with Ukraine.
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Some news. Honoured, delighted, excited and a little scared about this. Get in touch if you want to collaborate or have ideas about what we could and should be doing.....
📢 The @CER_EU appoints a new director: @anandMenon1 will succeed @CER_Grant as director, taking over at the start of 2027.
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BREAKING: Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells @piersmorgan he has been betrayed by Trump, that Elon Musk and the US deliberately cut off Starlink and people are being killed as a result
“This is not the right side of history,” he says. “It is a pity that we are losing a strong partner”
On Musk and Starlink he says: “This decision will bring a lot of human losses. Of course, people will die”
“I am sure they knew what they
did, absolutely. Because it was 1am at night, Starlink was blocked by SpaceX and the United States”
“It’s not just about attack. It’s also about defending life. So people were killed because, not enough destroying, not enough
interceptors, including interceptors with Starlink, which didn't work. Of
course.”
Asked if he’s angry with Musk, Zelenskyy says: “Yes, I think he is not right. It's a big mistake.”
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In the latest #RUSICommentary, Professor Derrick Wyatt KC argues that Europe should start “talking over Putin’s head” to his potential successors, offering a political and economic reset in return for a just peace for Ukraine.
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This isn't a licence to export diesel. It's a licence to keep killing Ukrainians.
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Greece and Spain refuse to give Patriot air defence missiles nearing their expiry dates that could be donated to Ukraine - The Telegraph
Missiles will just expire and Ukrainians will just die under russian ballistic missiles that we couldn't intercept. Why? Who knows. Politics.
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U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue revealed that Trump offered to sell China U.S. weapons systems during his meeting with Xi Jinping.
Insane
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Here are the 14 senators who signed the letter:
Roger Wicker
John Curtis
John Cornyn
Jerry Moran
Thom Tillis
John Hoeven
Mitch McConnell
Jeanne Shaheen
Michael Bennet
Richard Blumenthal
Chris Coons
Ruben Gallego
Tim Kaine
Sheldon Whitehouse
NEW: A bipartisan group of 14 senators urged Donald Trump to disinvite Russian President Vladimir Putin from the G20 summit in Miami this December.
“President Putin bears sole responsibility for launching Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. Allowing him to participate in a G20 Summit in the United States raises serious concerns about legitimizing and normalizing a government that continues to attack Ukrainian civilian targets every day.” The senators wrote
The senators also noted that Putin, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, and others in the Russian delegation are under U.S. sanctions for participating in conduct deemed to be a threat to national security.
Source: Washington Post
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Britain shouldn't rejoin the EU as it is. It should rejoin the one that must come next for today’s world: a superpower built through radical reform that can compete with the likes of the US and China.
Read TBI's new paper, Beyond Leave and Remain: A Path to Rejoining a Reformed Europe: institute.global/insights/ge…
In a world shaped by power, Britain can't thrive alone. It needs to rejoin Europe - but not this Europe, and not this Britain.
Get our house in order, drop red lines, reform the EU, rejoin.
That belongs at the heart of the government's ten-year plan. Great to discuss on @BBCr4today 👇
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A dedicated multinational NATO squadron of armed jet trainers could shoot down Russian drone incursions without burning through frontline fighters and scarce air-to-air missiles, writes @Justin_Br0nk in the latest #RUSICommentary.
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Palestinians now control just eight per cent of the land in the West Bank. “92 per cent of the land for 50 per cent of the people—how is that sustainable?” a policy fellow who has been mapping Israeli settlements said. newyorker.com/news/a-reporte…
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Why we shouldn’t fear a post-Putin Russia. My latest for the @AtlanticCouncil @ACEurasia @stephennix @Biz_Ukraine_Mag @RodDMartin @ajfutey @officejjsmart atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/uk…
