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Rishi Sunak has given a “direct” message to Vladimir Putin at the G7 summit: “We’re not leaving.” Speaking to Sky News in Hiroshima, the Prime Minister had answers ready for his policy and position Ukraine. Hours before, he had announced it ban on imports of Russian diamonds – and told me he thinks other G7 countries will follow suit this weekend. “Russia It should be known that we and other countries are firm in our determination to support Ukraine, not only here and now with the resources it needs to protect itself, but also in the long term,” the Prime…

CNN — The Biden administration has signaled to European allies in recent weeks that the US would allow them to export F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, sources familiar with the discussions said, as the White House comes under increasing pressure from members from Congress and allies to help. Ukraine buys planes amid intensified Russian airstrikes. Administration officials are not aware, however, of any formal requests from any allies to export F-16s, and State Department officials who would normally be tasked with the paperwork to approve such third-party transfers they have not been told to get to work, according to officials….

Legislation that would ban county constitutional officers from serving as political party heads in New Jersey is headed to the state’s full Senate. The bill, introduced last week by state Sen. Vin Gopal, D-Monmouth, passed the state Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday after a half-hour of intense opposition from GOP leaders in Gopal’s home district. An “obviation” The legislation would prevent county clerks, sheriffs and deputies from serving as chairs, co-chairs and vice chairs of county committees within political parties. Gopal called the bill “common sense” and an “override” because of the partisan implications political leadership could have on sensitive issues….

ATHENS, Greece — For the first time in more than a decade, Greeks will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a leader who will no longer simply run the country’s economy from the back seat. Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking a second term after a draconian regime of spending controls ordered by international bailout lenders ended last summer. The clean-cut Harvard graduate, as comfortable speaking English as his native Greek, delivered unexpectedly high growth, a sharp drop in unemployment and a country on the verge of returning to investment grade in the global bond market. Debts…

(Bloomberg) — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte abandoned the party under which she won as she denounced “political power play,” signaling potential rifts among President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s allies. almost a year after his term. Read more from Bloomberg Duterte, in a statement posted on Facebook, said he will resign as a member of the Lakas-CMD party, without giving an exact reason. He also said his commitment to serve the country with Marcos as leader is “unchanging.” “I am here today because of the Filipino people’s trust in me to lead and serve the country, and that cannot be poisoned…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – For the first time in more than a decade, Greeks will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a leader who will no longer simply steer the country’s economy from the back seat. Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking a second term after a draconian regime of spending controls ordered by international bailout lenders ended last summer. The clean-cut Harvard graduate, as comfortable speaking English as his native Greek, delivered unexpectedly high growth, a sharp drop in unemployment and a country on the verge of returning to investment grade in the global bond market….

GStinking politicians are courting an estimated 430,000 Gen Z voters, some as young as 16, as the country prepares for a general election, using TikTok and YouTube to appeal to what could be a key demographic. A smile crosses Stefanos Tsiandis’s face when the conversation turns to a survey as discreet as it is unpredictable. As a first-time voter, the 19-year-old knows exactly which party he’ll be rooting for when he casts his ballot on Sunday. But this, he adds, is rare. “Our vote counts, and mine will go to Pasok,” says the economics student, proudly posing with the flag…

BEIJING — Echoing the crackdown on freedoms in neighboring Hong Kong, the former Portuguese colony of Macau has overhauled its legal system to deal with “adverse new challenges in terms of national security”. The tiny enclave’s government, heavily dependent on its gaming industry, said changes to the National Security Safeguards Act were needed as an update to legislation first enacted in 2009, a decade after Macau’s handover in the Chinese domain. “As the country is currently facing new adverse challenges in terms of national security, revising Macao’s National Security Safeguard Law is a mandatory step to effectively respond to risks…