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EU hits back after UK moves to change post-Brexit trade rules
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The EU has threatened to make use of “all of the measures at its disposal” after the UK signalled it could introduce laws to vary the post-Brexit standing of Northern Eire.
Britain says its transfer to vary the legally binding treaty — an obvious breach of worldwide regulation — is an insurance coverage coverage in case it will possibly’t attain an settlement with the bloc to finish a long-running dispute over post-Brexit commerce guidelines.
“Our choice is to achieve a negotiated end result with the EU,” mentioned International Secretary Liz Truss.
The announcement drew a pointy response from the EU, which has lengthy accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of making an attempt to wriggle out of a deal that his authorities negotiated and signed as a part of the U.Okay.’s exit from the bloc in 2020. The spat raises the possibilities of a commerce conflict between Britain and the 27-nation bloc that’s — even after Brexit — its main financial associate.
Britain’s Conservative authorities says post-Brexit commerce guidelines — which London signed as much as — are hurting the economic system and undermining peace in Northern Eire, the one a part of the UK that shares a border with an EU member state.
When Britain left the bloc and its borderless free-trade zone, a deal was agreed to maintain the Irish land border freed from customs posts and different checks, as a result of an open border is a key pillar of the peace course of that ended a long time of violence in Northern Eire.
As a substitute, to guard the EU’s single market, there are checks on some items, equivalent to meat and eggs, coming into Northern Eire from the remainder of the UK.
The association is opposed by British unionists in Northern Eire, who say the brand new checks have put a burden on companies and frayed the bonds between Northern Eire and the remainder of the UK.
The Democratic Unionist Social gathering, Northern Eire’s largest unionist celebration, is obstructing the formation of a brand new power-sharing regional authorities in Belfast till the checks are scrapped.
The British authorities agrees that the commerce rules, generally known as the Northern Eire Protocol, are destabilising a peace settlement that depends on help from each Protestant unionist and Catholic nationalist communities.
Whereas the DUP needs the Protocol scrapped, most different events in Northern Eire need to maintain it, with tweaks to ease the burden on companies.
Johnson says his authorities needs to repair, relatively than scrap, the preparations, utilizing know-how and trusted-trader packages to create a check-free “inexperienced lane” for items destined for Northern Eire which might be at little threat of coming into the EU.
The British authorities hopes its risk of laws — which might take months to cross by means of Parliament — will improve strain on the EU to compromise.
The bloc insists the treaty can’t be renegotiated, although it’s prepared to be versatile about how the foundations are applied. The EU may hit again with authorized motion, and probably commerce sanctions, if Britain doesn’t again down.
Critics of Johnson’s authorities say a UK-EU feud is the very last thing Europe wants because it seeks unity in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and dangers damaging the British economic system amid a worsening cost-of-living disaster.
“This isn’t a time for posturing or high-stakes brinksmanship,” mentioned Labour Social gathering lawmaker Stephen Doughty.
“The prime minister negotiated this deal, signed it, ran an election marketing campaign on it. He should take duty for it and make it work.”
Johnson denied the transfer breached worldwide regulation, saying Britain’s “increased responsibility” was to uphold the Good Friday Settlement, Northern Eire’s 1998 peace accord.
However some Conservatives expressed misgivings.
“Respect for the rule of regulation … runs deep in our Tory veins,” mentioned Conservative legislator Simon Hoare. “I discover it extraordinary {that a} Tory authorities must be reminded of that.”
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Poland marks 85th anniversary of Nazi German invasion
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In more than five years of brutal German occupation during WWII, the central European country lost 6 million citizens, or a sixth of its population, of which 3 million were Jewish.
Poland held solemn ceremonies early on Sunday, marking the 85th anniversary of German Nazi forces invading and bombing the central European country’s territory at the start of World War II.
Sirens wailed and a memorial bell tolled as Polish President Andrzej Duda and deputy ambassador of Germany, Robert Rohde, attended an observance in the town of Wielun, the first civilian target of German bombing in the small hours of 1 September 1939 in Europe.
Some 1,200 people were killed in the attack.
“We can say that we have forgiven even though we remember, even though the pain is persisting, and even though there are still tens of thousands of those who have been directly hurt by the Germans,” Duda said. He also called on Berlin to make amends.
Meanwhile, at a monument on the Baltic Sea’s Westerplatte peninsula, where a military outpost was shelled by a German warship just minutes after Wielun was attacked, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz laid wreaths and attended a memorial roll call for fallen soldiers.
At the time, the outpost’s outnumbered troops fought for seven days before surrendering to the Germans, becoming a symbol of heroism and patriotism.
Tusk said war was present again in the region as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began in 2022, grinds on.
He said, in a clear reference to Germany, it wasn’t enough to speak about “reconciliation” or to “bend your head in a sense of guilt,” adding that the best sign of lessons learned from the past is “the readiness to organise the entire western world, Europe, and NATO for the defence against aggression that we are witnessing today in the battlefields of Ukraine.”
“Today we will not say ‘never again’. Today we must say ‘never again alone’,” the prime minister said. Tusk also said Poland was building “the most modern army in Europe, one of the strongest in Europe” to actively contribute to the unity and strength of the NATO defence alliance and the European continent, “to defend our civilisation,” and “never again expose our homeland to any risks”.
In more than five years of WWII and brutal German occupation, Poland lost 6 million citizens, or a sixth of its population, of which 3 million were Jews.
Poland’s previous right-wing government demanded $1.3 trillion (€1.17tr) in damages from Germany. Tusk’s current cabinet has toned the demand down to some form of compensation that could serve to strengthen the ties between the two neighbours.
The country also suffered huge losses to its infrastructure, industry, and agriculture.
Germany insists the matter is closed because it paid damages to the Moscow-led East Bloc after the war. Warsaw says it did not receive any share of it.
However, addressing attendees at the Wielun observance on Sunday, Duda said: “Forgiveness and the admission of guilt are one thing, but compensation for the damage caused is another thing. And this issue has not been settled yet.”
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Federal investigators start probe of bus crash in Mississippi that killed 7, injured dozens more
BOVINA, Miss. (AP) — Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board on Sunday were at the scene of a bus crash in Mississippi that killed seven people and injured dozens of others.
They plan to look at how well the tires were maintained, NTSB member Todd Inman said at a news conference late Saturday. The NTSB previously said the crash was caused by tire failure.
The 2018 Volvo bus was traveling westbound on Interstate 20 near Bovina in Warren County early Saturday morning when it left the roadway and overturned, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. No other vehicle was involved.
Six people aboard were pronounced dead at the scene and another died at a hospital, according to a highway patrol news release. Thirty-six people were taken by ambulance to hospitals.
The highway patrol did not immediately have an update on their conditions Sunday.
The dead included a 6-year-old boy and his 16-year-old sister, according to Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey. They were identified by their mother. Authorities were working to identify the other victims, he said.
The bus was traveling from Atlanta to Dallas with 41 passengers and two drivers, the highway patrol said.
Inman said the NTSB will also look at the carrier’s safety record and protections for bus occupants.
The bus was operated by Autobuses Regiomontanos. A woman who answered the phone at its Laredo, Texas, office said it was aware of the crash, but she didn’t answer questions or provide her name.
The transit company says it has 20 years of experience providing cross-border trips between 100 destinations in Mexico and the U.S. Its website promotes “a modern fleet of buses that receive daily maintenance,” and offers “trips with a special price for workers.”
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American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 5 others 'brutally murdered' by Hamas right before rescue: IDF
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Hamas terrorists killed six hostages Saturday, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, as Israel Defense Forces closed in for a rescue attempt in the tunnels deep below Gaza’s Rafah.
Goldberg-Polin’s family confirmed his death early Sunday. His body was one of six recovered on Saturday. The IDF revealed that Hamas killed the hostages, who had been held for nearly 11 months, just as they were on the brink of freedom.
“According to our initial assessment, they were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists shortly before we reached them,” IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a statement.
Goldberg-Polin, 23, was abducted at a music festival in southern Israel during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack against the Jewish State. He lost part of his left arm to a grenade in the attack. His body was recovered Saturday in the tunnels under Rafah, along with Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi and Master Sergeant Ori Danino.
DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS ISRAEL MUST ‘WIDEN THE GOALS’ OF WAR TO RETURN RESIDENTS TO THE NORTH
Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin has been confirmed dead. (Israel’s Minister of Defense)
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said, “He who murders abductees – does not want a deal. We are in a difficult day. The heart of the entire nation was torn.”
“Along with all the citizens of Israel, I was shocked to the core by the terrible cold-blooded murder of six of our abductees.”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he “embrace[s] their families with all my heart, and apologize[s] for failing to bring them home safely.”
A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, Goldberg-Polin immigrated to Israel with his family in 2008 at the age of seven, according to a statement from his family. He leaves behind his parents, Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, and his two sisters.
Goldberg-Polin’s family and friends traveled the world demanding his release and met with world leaders, including officials in the Biden administration.
President Biden said he is “devastated and outraged” by the news of Goldberg-Polin’s death.
“It is as tragic as it is reprehensible,” he said. “Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.”
Vice President Harris, also the Democratic nominee for president, said her prayers are with Goldberg-Polin’s loved ones as they mourn his loss.
“Hamas is an evil terrorist organization,” Harris said. “With these murders, Hamas has even more American blood on its hands. I strongly condemn Hamas’ continued brutality, and so must the entire world. From its massacre of 1,200 people to sexual violence, taking of hostages, and these murders, Hamas’ depravity is evident and horrifying.”
ISRAEL KILLS PALESTINIAN COMMANDER MUHAMMAD JABER ‘ABU SHUJAA’ AS FIGHTING INTENSIFIES: IDF
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Goldberg-Polin, 23, was abducted at a music festival in southern Israel during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. (IDF)
“The threat Hamas poses to the people of Israel — and American citizens in Israel — must be eliminated and Hamas cannot control Gaza,” she added. “The Palestinian people too have suffered under Hamas’ rule for nearly two decades.”
“A few hours ago, we informed the families that the bodies of their loved ones had been located by IDF troops in an underground tunnel in Rafah,” IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a statement. “According to our initial assessment, they were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists shortly before we reached them.”
Fox News’ Yonat Friling contributed to this report.
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