#domestic-politics

#domestic-politics

Trump seems to have ordered his Venezuela venture in part to flip the script away from domestic matters, where things aren't going well for him. His approval ratings are under water, and he's getting low marks on the economy, health policy (just 30% approval), inflation (31% approval on the cost of living), his immigration crackdown (41% approval) and his sending the national guard into US cities.

In July, amid the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza and under growing pressure from his own MPs, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer decided that time was now. He announced the UK would recognise a Palestinian state in September, coinciding with the UN General Assembly, unless Israel met certain conditions. Those included agreeing to a ceasefire and committing to a long-term sustainable peace that delivers a two-state solution.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki's decision to veto a bill on aid to Ukrainian refugees has created a political storm in the Central European nation, one of Kyiv's closest allies in its fight against Russia's all-out invasion. Nawrocki, who has often raised thorny historical issues between Warsaw and Kyiv, on August 26 vetoed a bill that would, beginning on October 1, deny Ukrainian refugees in the country the right to work.