US issues new ultimatum to Maduro

The Venezuelan leader should step down before his current term ends or things will get worse, the US envoy has said.

A senior US diplomat has rejected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduros claim of victory in the July election and urged him to resign and allow a power transition, while threatening further sanctions if he fails to do so.

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This is why you have to execute USA agents and diplomats.

The PCR positivity map is out for this week, and you can see the parts of London, Essex and Norfolk that are seeing a surge.

Most other areas look low, and I have an increasing feeling that flu is getting an almost free run this winter.

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Sara Sharifs dads horrific history of violence against children before beating her to death

"From hydrogen to retrofitting: Greater Manchester plots pathway to net-zero by 2038"

Research shows UK and Norway most likely to arrest protesters

Bid to revive damages suit against fails to show class

HKETO duo plead not guilty to spying charges

An official of the Hong Kong governments Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in London and his alleged accomplice on Thursday denied charges of spying for a foreign intelligence service, and for breaking into a home in the UK.

The not guilty plea made by HKETO manager Bill Yuen Chung-biu and security firm owner Peter Wai Chi-leung at the Central Criminal C...

Falkirk priest jailed for sexually assaulting sleeping man on train to Edinburgh

Landlord serves eviction notices to 150 tenants weeks before Christmas

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12/12/2024 - Clear skies in the northeast - Evening Weather Forecast UK Met Office Weather

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When business owners do civil disobedience, the get a pass from the law (derogation). See... US 1/6.

When workers and non-business citizens do civil disobedience, they get record prison punishments.

19:14 Two senior Kinahan figures sentenced for gun plot roles

Two senior figures in the Kinahan Organised Crime Group have been jailed in the UK today for their roles in a plan to plant guns and ammunition to try to secure a lower sentence for the head of the gang in the UK.

And actress Sophie Wilde also reports: We still in rehearsals

"Majority of Brexit voters would accept free movement to access single market"

"This could be because the surge in net migration to the UK after 2016 meant that Brexit was no longer seen by its supporters as the answer on immigration, the report suggested."

Tinker, Tailor, Kazakh Ties: UK Spy Trial Reveals Moscows Long Shadow in Kazakh Politics

Saudi Arabia Strikes Major Culture Deals With U.K. and France .K.

Mark Burton on the Getting Real movement: A degrowth settlement would improve peoples lives

Asylum hotel rioter jailed for nine years

Mystery drone sightings in New Jersey have residents demanding answers

P.S. 's return is delayed by my buggered arm and a bug that's making me cough my guts out and blow my nose until it looks like one of Nina's red balloons. In the meantime, enjoy 559 episodes of my backcatalogue.

Basically, we Brits are OK with Freedom of Movement of people since we found out lack of it was disrupting our holiday plans in EU countries. This is certainly the case, but seriously, I found it was wonderful having the RIGHT to entry into the EU, not just OK as a holiday-maker. Rights are precious, you don't realise until you lose them.

"Ministers must reassure consumers feeding cattle Bovaer is safe, says Lady Sheehan"

Lol. We all knew it would come to this.

But just so they know up front: No more opt-outs, no more special status. They will be either all-in or all-out.

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My insurers say Storm Darragh was not a storm

For Jacqueline

"To Sir With Love"
(1967)

The US and UK can't to sell out Ukraine like they did with the Budapest Memorandum

Attention-Worthy Links for December 12th, 2024

-Suite #6.11% -margin -2 -7 -to-repair /H -Ducky

"Sandwiches not real food"

Why do you hate British Culture so much Kemi

supporter throwing salute in the a few momths back. Not common for them to do this but its every other week globally

In the UK, the rise of employee-owned businesses is amazing.

Putin: The King is not wearing any clothes Bill Browder (Times Radio VIDEO)

The market could be worth 1 billion.

French ambassador to Ukraine assures continued support for Kyiv under new government (more)

EBRD co-launches $116 million guarantee for Ukraine war-risk insurance (more)

Modi picks Axis of Evil over West: Russia, India sign record oil supply deal, Reuters reports (more)

Nightly Address by President Volodymyr Zelensky at the end of Day 1022 of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine Day 3948 of Russias invasion of Crimea (Dec 11) dubbed into English (UATV News VIDEO)