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Rights group calls on EU to support proposal for a wide ban of trade with and support for illegal settlements
RAMALLAH, Tuesday, December 29, 2020 (WAFA) – The Ramallah-based human rights organization, Al-Haq, yesterday sent letters to the High Representative of the European Commission, the Executive Vice President and European Union /EU/ Commissioner for Trade, and EU Member States with diplomatic representatives in the Occupied Palestinian Territory /OPT/, welcoming and calling on them to support the principled initiative of the 46 members of the European Parliament /MEPs/, representing most of the parliament’s political groups, to ban trade with, and support for, illegal settlements established in occupied territories.
British PM announces Canada-style arrangement with EU after Dec. 31 December 24, 2020
UK PM Boris Johnson, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
LONDON After months of negotiations and missed deadlines, the United Kingdom and European Union have at last agreed on a much anticipated post-Brexit deal to outline their future relationship after the UK officially leaves the bloc on Dec. 31.
The deal will protect European interests , European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, calling it historic . We can finally leave Brexit behind us. Europe will continue to move forward, she added.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that they had completed the biggest trade deal yet . a comprehensive Canada-style free trade deal between the UK and the EU with no quotas or tariffs.
Post-Brexit deal in serious situation , warns UK PM as talks go on
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Last Updated: Dec 18, 2020, 03:59 PM IST
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that a no-deal Brexit is now a very likely outcome as a trade agreement with the European Union (EU) remained in a serious situation just under two weeks before the December 31 deadline for the end of the transition period.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that a no-deal Brexit is now a very likely outcome as a trade agreement with the European Union (EU) remained in a serious situation just under two weeks before the December 31 deadline for the end of the transition period.
The disinformation network
The writer, a Chevening scholar, studied International Journalism at the University of Sussex.
The busting of India’s information warfare by EU DisinfoLab has caught much of the world unawares. The voluminous report on how the sophisticated ecosystem of disinformation has operated since 2005 is nothing short of a bombshell. However, there is little element of surprise in the clandestine operations for those who have keenly observed the conduct of New Delhi’s foreign policy in pursuit of its regional ambitions.
What is actually breathtaking in the whole episode is the sheer scale of the covert operations and the impunity with which they have been allowed during the last 15 years. The disinformation infrastructure is underpinned by fake local newspapers, fake think tanks, fake NGOs, as well as a leading Indian newswire service ANI to promote and project Indian interests and discredit Pakistan globally.