We have a process going through parliament in relation to the treaty. We will bring that back to parliament at the appropriate time. We are pausing for discussions with our American counterparts. With the government scrambling to contain the confusion created by Falconer's comments, sources in the Foreign Office said he had misspoke.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested that President Isaac Herzog pardon him of corruption charges in his five-year-long case, citing U.S. President Donald Trump's recent request for the favor and saying that it's necessary to advance the two leaders' joint interests as they ravage the Middle East. The prime minister made the request on Sunday, framing the trial as a "witch hunt" and a pardon as a way to unite Israel.
With President Donald Trump threatening to flood their communities with federal troops and immigration police, and the Democratic Party struggling in the national polls, voters in major U.S. cities head to the polls today to choose between establishment Democrats and progressives focused on affordability and upending the status quo. Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's campaign for mayor of New York City has garnered the most attention, both from national media and from Trump.
President Trump insists that the Washington Commanders should revert to their old name, asserting that many sports fans nationwide support this view, backed by spokesperson Karoline Leavitt's comments.
