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THE path towards a UK-EU trade deal is “very narrow” and the row over fishing rights could be impossible to resolve, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday.
Negotiations staggered on this week, with the current transition arrangements set to expire on January 1.
Ms von der Leyen told MEPs that, as matters stood, “I cannot tell you whether there will be a deal or not.”
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
Gaza’s collective sumud has proven more powerful than one of the world’s best-equipped militaries, but the change in international attitudes isn’t happening fast enough to save a starving population from Western-backed genocide, argues RAMZY BAROUD