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SOUTH KOREA CALLS FOR SECURITY COOPERATION WITH THE UK- Cho Tae-Yul says the security of Europe and the Indo-Pacific are intertwined South Korean foreign minister Cho Tae-yul called for deepened security cooperation at a meeting with visiting UK foreign minister David Lammy on Monday at a meeting in Seoul. Lammy’s visit to South Korea came days after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused North Korea of preparing to send 10,000 soldiers to help Moscow’s war effort, raising U.S. concerns. NATO chief Mark Rutte has said there was no evidence of Pyongyang’s presence at this stage. Tensions have also been running high…

IDF ELIMINATES MASTERMIND BEHIND OCT 7 ATTACK- “Yahya Sinwar is gone” says Netanyahu The Hamas chief and mastermind behind the Oct 7 attack Yahya Sinwar was eliminated on Wednesday in Rafah by an Israeli military operation Sinwar was found and eliminated by infantry soldiers from the Bislach Brigade. Israeli prime minister Netanyahu said in a video statement that ‘Sinwar is gone’, further stating that the reign of terror that the Iranian regime has imposed on its people and on the people of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, will also come to an end. Netanyahu also said that the war can…

THIS ELECTION WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF AMERICA – Elon Musk also says this  U.S election will decide the fate of Western civilization Elon Musk attended a campaign rally in Pennsylvania for Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump on Thursday.  Musk took the stage in the rally where he stated that the upcoming U.S election would decide the fate of America and the fate of Western civilization.  With reference to the war in the middle east, Elon musk stated that people are being taught to hate  in Gaza from a tender age, further saying that such practice needed to stop to…

IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR SAYS CHINA CAN NO LONGER RELY ON EXPORTS – Georgieva says China’s growth could fall below 4% if it stays on its current path International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that China is too large to continue relying on exports to drive its economy and faces dangerously slower growth unless it shifts toward a consumer-driven economic model. Georgieva told reporters in an interview that China’s growth could fall below 4% in the medium term if it stays on its current path, a level “that is going to be very difficult for China. It’s going to…

SENTENCING POWERS OF MAGISTRATES SET TO BE INCREASED- The changes will allow magistrates to hand-down prison sentences of up to a year Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood has announced plans to increase the sentencing powers of magistrates in the UK The changes will allow magistrates to hand-down prison sentences of up to a year. The government says this will help to tackle the record remand population in jails and address the Crown Court backlog, also at a historic high. The Lord Chancellor confirmed the plans to allow magistrates to issue custodial sentences for up to 12 months for a single offence…

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK CUTS  INTEREST RATE TO 3.25%- Inflation in the eurozone falls below its 2% target. The European Central Bank cut its interest rate to 3.25% after inflation in the eurozone fell below its 2% target. ECB policymakers were under pressure to reduce the deposit rate after figures out earlier on Thursday showed annual prices growth in the single-currency bloc had eased in September to 1.7%, down from 2.2% the previous month. The cut is the ECB’s third of the year, putting it two ahead of the Bank of England, which is widely forecast to cut the cost of…

LEGALISING ASSISTED DYING IS A ‘SLIPPERY SLOPE’- Says Canterbury Archbishop Justin Welby The archbishop of Canterbury has warned that legalising assisted dying is dangerous and risks turning the right to die into a duty. Archbishop Justin Welby said the approach is both dangerous and sets us in a direction which is even more dangerous, and in every other place where it’s been done, has led to a slippery slope. He wrote in a statement that the right to end your life could all too easily all too accidentally turn into a duty to do so. Archbishop Welby further stated that…

RUSSIA’S LAWMAKERS VOTE TO BAN ‘CHILD-FREE PROPAGANDA’ –  Violators under the law could be fined up to €3,789 Russia’s lawmakers have voted in favour of a law to ban “propaganda” discouraging Russians from having children. Laws that would outlaw “propaganda” discouraging Russians from having children have been approved today in the first of three readings in the lower house of parliament. The legislation would ban materials on the internet, in the media and in advertising that are deemed to portray a child-free lifestyle as attractive, and subject the authors to fines. President Vladimir Putin, who portrays Russia as a bastion…

MINISTERS GATHER EXPERTS TO TACKLE SPIRAL IN DRIVING COSTS – FCA says motor insurance premiums have increased by 21% The Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, and Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Tulip Siddiq, will bring together industry groups and consumer champions such as the Association of British Insurers, Citizens Advice, and insurance regulators to tackle spiralling costs of car insurance today  According to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), motor insurance premiums have grown by an average of 21% since June 2022, – far higher than Germany, France, Spain and Italy – with the government reaffirming its manifesto commitment to act on…

UKRAINE REQUESTS NATO MEMBERSHIP – NATO has said Kyiv cannot join while at war Ukraine requests for a NATO membership invitation before President Joe Biden leaves the White House.  “Kyiv’s ambassador to NATO, Nataliia Galibarenko, says giving Ukraine a membership invitation during this time is a political signal Galibarenko said in an interview at the Ukrainian mission to NATO, that it can be part of the legacy of the current American administration, further stating that an invitation would remove a major bone of contention between Kyiv and Moscow. Being in NATO would make Ukraine part of the U.S.-led military alliance’s…