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🚨🇺🇸 I'm moving to DC next month to join @thetimes team across the pond as Washington Correspondent
Will miss my incredible colleagues here after two years in Westminster but very excited for the new job!
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Exc: US AI companies deliberately overstating the risk posed by their technology for their own financial benefits, senior British officials believe
Government sources say the UK’s diplomatic actions on AI are “targeted interventions”, with a realistic assessment of UK power
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EXC: The Trump administration cancelled the announcement of a global declaration on free speech after failing to bring in enough countries to sign it
Event announcing the declaration was scheduled to take place on UNGA sidelines scrapped with days to go
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“A few eastern European countries signed up, and that was about it,” one US official said. Another added: “It’s been botched from the beginning.”
Full details including on nature of the UK’s involvement here
thetimes.com/article/0ff9950…
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Follows this scoop in July by @egreechee
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By @TheTimes' @MaxKendix "How Israeli voters could reshape the Democrats Binyamin Netanyahu is preparing for elections next month — the result could have profound consequences for party politics in America" thetimes.com/us/american-pol… @DNC @AIPAC
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In @thetimes today, inside the Detroit church where a white nationalist addressed a black congregation, welcomed with open arms by a pastor who spoke at Trump's inauguration
And how it helps explain why Michigan is not a shoe-in for the Democrats
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🚨Burnham Trump meeting
- Industry sources expect PM to tell Trump about approvals for drilling in North Sea
- Disaster averted over settlements; a damning State department statement was nixed at last minute
- Two parts of tech trade deal have restarted; priority to push for more
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Full story with @benclatworthy here
thetimes.com/us/news-today/a…
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NEW: Andy Burnham is set to meet President Trump for the first time next week in New York, The Times understands
The meeting is expected to take place at the United Nations general assembly, which both leaders will attend on Tuesday.
Washington visit proved too tricky. “Xi wiped out the calendar”, a diplomatic source said.
With @MaxKendix
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Excl w/ @MaxKendix: Ministers have been accused of ignoring official advice that the sanctioning of Israeli settlements was unworkable.
thetimes.com/article/1513f38…
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Republican criticism growing ahead of Ed Miliband’s announcement on Israeli sanctions
As per tomorrow’s Times, Trump officials concerned with the policy
As the British government considers forcing British companies to boycott portions of Israel, it should be aware that a Florida law that I passed as a member of the Legislature would ban any British company forced to comply from doing business with any state or local government in Florida.
It would also end any British business participating in that boycott from doing any business in Florida if it needed any official interaction with state or local government to operate (permits, tax collection).
Florida is one of Britain’s largest trading partners. They should understand that their vanity project in support of Muslim terror could cost them billions of dollars.
And for those who doubt the power of this policy, it was this same law that broke Airbnb’s misguided effort to boycott portions of Israel in 2019. They realized that this law would have bankrupted their company.
Florida has made it clear. Any company — or nation — that boycotts Israel is boycotted by Florida.
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EXC: US set to launch tariff investigations into EU and other countries over tech policies this month.
Trump's threats in July are coming through. But negotiators involved say UK likely *not* to be included amid warmer relationship with the administration
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Exc: Trump administration is “closely” tracking Andy Burnham’s plan to implement a trade ban on Israeli settlements
Officials from the State Department are understood to have been in touch with British embassy in Washington about the upcoming announcement
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State Department spokesman told The Times they are “tracking [the plans] closely”. They added: “We do not publicly comment on private diplomatic conversations.”
Full story here
thetimes.com/us/american-pol…
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Exc @thetimes @ShipleyWrites
Allies of President Trump have backed a law that would block British regulators from enforcing online safety rules on websites based in the US
Bill by Mike Rulli would bar US courts from recognising foreign fines related to online speech
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