Today’s headlines include:
He said it time and time again during his Presidential campaign, but many had predicted that Donald Trump would soften his stance on international trade…not so apparently, as the President elect says that one of his first moves in office will be to remove the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership — but what does that mean for the remaining signatories?
Trump has suggested that Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP, should be the UK’s ambassador to the United States. We get reaction from former British ambassador to Libya, Sir Oliver Miles.
The UN has announced that reunification talks in Cyprus have ended in a stalemate, with both sides of the divided island making irreconcilable territorial claims. We ask what the future holds for Cypriot Greeks and Turks.
Former US National Security Agency Contractor Edward Snowden has played down the seriousness of a Donald Trump presidency, saying that he is not fazed by president-elect Trump’s appointment of a vehemently anti-whistleblower congressman as CIA director.
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World in Focus: Sputnik’s Daily Current Affairs Program | 22/11/16
17:22 GMT 22.11.2016 (Updated: 15:29 GMT 28.05.2023)
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As Donald Trump announces that the US will back out of the Trans Pacific Partnership, we look at where that leaves its remaining signatories and is former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair planning a political comeback?
