https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/02/13/rishi-sunak-is-britains-new-chancellor-after-sajid-javid-quits-in-dramatic-reshuffle/#26b4d16540c6
Britain’s finance minister has resigned amid a dramatic cabinet reshuffle that has seen Prime Minister Boris Johnson sack some of his most staunch supporters in government.
UK cleaning house as we speak? A little bit?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/02/13/hope-hicks-returns-to-the-white-house-will-report-to-jared-kushner/#702750e48ffa
Hope Hicks is returning to the White House after a two year absence and will report to Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, as “counselor to the president” according to the New York Times, with a reportedly superstitious Trump hoping to recreate the success of his first race.
2 years absence? Damn..
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/02/13/barclays-boss-jes-staley-probed-by-britains-financial-watchdogs-over-links-to-jeffrey-epstein/#3dc989495704
Britain’s financial regulators are investigating Barclays chief executive Jes Staley over his links to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and concerns that he was not fully transparent about the extent of their relationship.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/02/12/virgin-islands-officials-claim-jeffrey-epsteins-estate-is-burning-through-cash-meant-for-victims-fund/#485ea7136696
This article was from a day ago.
xecutors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate locked horns with U.S. Virgin Islands attorney general Denise George in court Tuesday, alleging that George is delaying Epstein’s victims from receiving compensation, while George alleged the estate is trying to protect its own assets.
Where is the money going??
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/13/prosecutors-dodge-michael-flynns-best-arguments-attempt-to-hide-evidence/
Two weeks ago, in addition to filing a supplemental motion to withdraw the guilty plea Michael Flynn had entered on December 1, 2017, Flynn attorney Sidney Powell filed a second motion seeking dismissal of the charge against President Trump’s short-tenured national security advisor, based on egregious government misconduct and in the interest of justice. Yesterday, the government responded to Flynn’s motion to dismiss based on prosecutorial misconduct, but failed to address two of the retired general’s strongest arguments.
In the Motion to Dismiss for Egregious Government Misconduct and in the Interest of Justice, Powell highlighted the evidence of misconduct revealed in the then just-released inspector general’s report on FISA abuse. While Powell hit many parts of the report, two aspects of it proved especially relevant to Flynn’s claims of government misconduct.
PANICING!!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51487712
USS Cole bombing: Sudan agrees to compensate families
Sudan has agreed to compensate the families of 17 US sailors who died when their ship, the USS Cole, was bombed by al-Qaeda at a port in Yemen in 2000.
This is a key condition set by the US for Sudan to be removed from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
The US ruled Sudan was responsible for the attack as the two suicide bombers involved were trained in the country.
Removal from the US blacklist would allow sanctions to be lifted, a major objective of Sudan's new government.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/mike-pompeo-sees-breakthrough-in-taleban-talks-wants-significant-reduction-in
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The United States has had "a pretty important breakthrough" in peace talks with the Taleban over the past couple of days, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday (Feb 13), but he cautioned that Washington wants to see a significant fall in violence in Afghanistan before starting wider discussions.
Defence Secretary Mark Esper said earlier that the United States and the Taleban have been negotiating a proposal for a seven-day reduction in violence, in what lawmakers said was a test for the hardline insurgents.