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Unionism needs to ‘give itself a shake’ over Stormont return – Gerry Adams

The former Sinn Fein leader spoke to the media with Bertie Ahern and Jonathan Powell at a conference in Belfast.

The Independent UK

How Blair’s ‘dodgy dossier’ was changed after Independent reporter spotted flaw in case for war

Veteran political reporter Donald Macintyre reveals how his claim that Saddam was ‘bad but not mad enough’ to start conflict caused alarm in No 10

The Independent UK

Sue Gray quitting to work for Keir Starmer does cause problems for the civil service – it's also a sign she thinks he's heading for government

The last few years of drama at Westminster have set the bar pretty high for shock and surprise, but the sudden departure from government of Sue Gray, second permanent secretary to the Cabinet Office, and her proposed appointment as chief of staff to the leader of the Labour Party really…

The Conversation

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Keir Starmer defends Sue Gray appointment as next chief of staff

Labour leader says senior civil servant who led inquiry into No 10 lockdown parties is ‘really strong professional’

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson suggests Sue Gray was wrong person to lead Partygate inquiry amid new evidence he misled MPs – as it happened

Former PM queries his appointment of Sue Gray to investigate No 10 Covid parties following news she is set to take job with Labour

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s ‘seismic’ deal resolves N. Ireland border problem – but DUP support remains elusive

The Northern Irish question has caused endless headaches in Belfast, London and Brussels throughout the Brexit saga. Now analysts say the deal Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck with the EU Commission this week offers genuine resolution of the problem. However, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)’s backing will be needed to…

France 24

Putin is gambling on the west growing impatient with Ukraine. We have to prove him wrong

A year into his country’s fight for its very survival, Volodymyr Zelenskiy knows some in Europe are looking for a way out, says the Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

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New Labour's woolly jumper bans and ‘ghastly’ away days revealed in archives

THE latest release of files from the National Archives in Kew have revealed new insights into the important business of government.

The National (Scotland)

Blair’s rush to make friends with Bush revealed in newly released files

Aides to the then PM warned at the time that the new US president would not be as helpful as his predecessor Bill Clinton.

The Independent UK

Tony Blair’s cabinet awaydays ‘pretty ghastly’

Senior ministers gathered at Chequers each year to discuss policy and politics ahead of the party conferences.

The Independent UK

Good Friday Agreement ‘would not have happened without brave community workers’

Twenty-five years on, peace fund chief Paddy Harte said the many people who helped create the circumstances for the accord should be thanked.

The Independent UK

Canada levies new sanctions against Haiti’s economic elite

Canada unveiled a fresh round of sanctions against members of Haiti’s economic elite on Monday, accusing three high-profile individuals of aiding armed gangs that have thrown the country into turmoil.

Miami Herald

How much it costs to keep the lights on at a hospital, prison, and swimming pool as costs soar

Energy price hikes are rampaging through every sector of the economy and what support is made available to non-domestic customers after April is a major concern

Wales Online

Johnson premiership would ‘plunge relations with Ireland into freezer’, peace process architect warns

UK ‘laughing stock’ internationally after Johnson and Truss premierships, says Jonathan Powell

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Michigan State basketball offers 2024 Ohio guard

MSU has extended an offer to a 2024 Ohio combo guard

The Guardian - UK

Lord Trimble obituary

Unionist politician who was one of the architects of the Good Friday agreement and served as the first minister of Northern Ireland

The Independent UK

British government ‘destroying trust’ with Irish government over protocol

Former Downing Street chief of staff Jonathan Powell said the relationship between the two governments was ‘terrible’.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine must agree a peace deal with Russia. But at what price?

Letters: Peter Millen, Des Senior, Martin Wright and George Baugh respond to Jonathan Powell’s article on the need to find a settlement that both sides in the war will accept

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The Guardian - UK

Putin is not yet ready to end the Ukraine war. When he is, we must be prepared

It’s vital to avoid a false choice between peace and justice, says Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair’s chief negotiator on Northern Ireland

France 24

Johnson moves to renege on his own ‘terrible’ Brexit deal – but will the Tories kill it?

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss unveiled on Monday plans to override some post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland on the grounds that they create unacceptable barriers with the rest of the UK. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government was warned about such problems after striking his very own 2019 Brexit deal,…

Axios

Coups are making a comeback

There have been 8 coups in the past year, a rate last seen in the 1990s.

Axios

Soldiers seize power in Burkina Faso as global coup surge continues

The president's whereabouts are unknown.

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