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A farmer looks at a part of a Russian rocket in an agricultural field during the sowing campaign in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 18, 2023
DELEGATES at the Scottish TUC in Dundee rejected a motion today calling for urgent peace talks in Ukraine.
Prospects of a negotiated peace have been talked up internationally since French President Emmanuel Macron visited China last week, with reports on Tuesday in the Telegraph and Independent that Mr Macron is working on a “secret peace plan” with Beijing.
The STUC backed a general council statement that “agreed... that talks to resolve the conflict in Ukraine should be actively pursued, but [we] do not believe that effective peace negotiations can take place if support for Ukraine is withdrawn,” specifying that support should continue to include “military equipment.”
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers
