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The Russian leader insisted 'Trump is right' when asked about it during his annual and wide ranging end-of-year press conference. President Trump has followed through on his threat of legal action by filing claims at a federal court in Miami for $5 billion in damages for defamation plus the same amount for violating trade practices to equal $10 billion in total. Putin also praised Trump's 'sincere' and 'serious' efforts to end the Ukraine war and likened Europe's leaders to 'robbers' following a failed plan to use frozen Russian assets. The Russian president boasted the EU's plan fell through because they feared the 'grave consequences' of taking Russia's money. Putin also told the nation he is 'ready and willing' for peace talks with Ukraine but doesn't feel the Ukrainians are prepared and that Russian troops are close to making gains across the battlefield. #BBC #russia #europe #usa #news

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Rachel Reeves raked in an extra £5.5billion in taxes last month even before her latest Budget raid took effect. Official figures showed central government receipts from tax and national insurance were up 7.3 per cent compared to November 2024. However, the spike was partly offset by higher spending on benefits and running public services. Overall government borrowing was lower than the same month last year, thanks to the higher revenues and an easing of interest costs on the UK's debt mountain. However, that was worse than many analysts expected. Between April and November borrowing was £132.3billion, £10billion more than the equivalent period last year and a record apart from the 2020 Covid year.  The ONS said central government tax receipts increased by £2.5billion to £63.5billion. That included increases of £1.2billion in income tax, £800million in VAT and £400million in Corporation Tax receipts. #labour #kierstarmer #news #breakingnews #england

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A road rage driver who was filmed screaming abuse at a female motorist has been jailed after launching another foul-mouthed tirade at a woman. Peter Abbott, 62, went viral last year when he was filmed shrieking at a woman in a Tesco's car park after she beeped at him for pulling out in front of her. He received a suspended prison sentence for the shocking outburst, which took place in August 2023.  Now, Abbott has been jailed after he got into another angry confrontation with a woman who was walking with her newborn baby and her dog, while he was cycling along a beach promenade.   Abbott hit the woman's dog, which was off its lead, prompting her to shout out at him. He got off his bike and started hurling abuse at her, before turning his ire on a passersby who intervened to try to calm him down. He was caught on camera telling a member of the public: 'Shut the f*** up or I'll kick you up the a***.' He also challenged another man to a fight and called him a 'weed'. Abbott, who was clad in lycra at the time, exhibited 'pure rage' during the shocking incident at Alum Chine beach in Bournemouth, Dorset, on December 3 last year. At the time he was still serving the suspended prison sentence for his viral outburst against the woman in the Tesco car park.  #bournemouth #prison #jail #labour #police