US will want Chagos Islands deal reversed, Trump’s ex-national security adviser suggests – UK politics live

Westminster is preparing for Donald Trump’s second term ahead of the US president’s inauguration in Washington Most people in Washington have not woken up yet, but our US politics live blog covering the inauguration is already up and running, with Martin Belam at the helm. The Conservative party has become increasingly pro-Trump under Kemi Badenoch’s…

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‘I don’t want flowers, I want my Ukraine:’ women’s acts of resistance against Russian occupation

Zla Mavka movement – meaning ‘wicked forest spirit’ – drops fake rouble notes bearing pro-Ukrainian images and shares messages of solidarity On 8 March 2023, International Women’s Day, Russian soldiers were handing out tulips and boughs of mimosa to women and girls in the city of Melitopol, southern Ukraine – a move designed to promote…

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