Some pundits claim prosecution of the former president 'could add rocket fuel' to his White House bid
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Florida governor Ron DeSantis has described Donald Trump's indictment on hush-money charges as "un-American" and a "weaponisation of the legal system to advance a political agenda".
But according to The Telegraph's US editor Nick Allen, far from harming the former president, the prosecution could add "rocket fuel" to his 2024 White House bid.
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| TODAY'S BIG QUESTION | | Donald Trump is to become the first former US president to face criminal charges after being indicted by a New York grand jury yesterday.
A Manhattan jury decided that the former president should face "what sources said were more than 30 counts related to business fraud" over hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, reported CNN's White House reporter Stephen Collinson.
Trump, who is alleged to have had an adulterous relationship with Daniels, has denied any wrongdoing and claims to be the victim of "political persecution and election interference" ahead of his 2024 bid.
The indictment is "the latest stunning barrier shattered by the nation's most unruly president", said Collinson. But some pundits claim that being prosecuted could ultimately boost Trump's bid for a second stint in the White House. |
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global lens | | Has Benjamin Netanyahu finally lost his touch, asked Anshel Pfeffer in Foreign Policy. For 12 weeks now, the great survivor of Israeli politics has fought an escalating battle with protesters.
Benjamin Netanyahu battling to 'split coalition' in fight for political survival
This week, the prime minister admitted defeat – temporarily, at least. When he returned to power at the head of a hard-right coalition government in December, Netanyahu had immediately launched an ambitious plan to weaken the powers of Israel's supreme court.
In response, hundreds of thousands of liberal Israelis took to the streets, protesting weekly against what they saw as a naked "power grab" – and an attempt by Netanyahu "to wriggle out of his ongoing trial for alleged bribery and fraud". |
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WHAT THE SCIENTISTS ARE SAYING… | | Roughly one in 50 British children have a peanut allergy, but researchers have calculated that this proportion could be slashed if all babies were introduced to peanut butter from about four months. Previously, the official advice was not to give peanut products to children until they were three years old; then in 2018, this was reduced to six months, in light of studies showing that delayed exposure to peanut products was causing most of the allergies. Now, however, a team from King's College London, have looked at the data from various randomised control trials, and found that the real "window of opportunity" for curbing allergies is between four and six months. Using computer modelling, they calculate that if all babies were exposed to peanut products at that age, it would cut allergy rates by 77%. Parents feeding peanuts to their babies are advised to give them a teaspoon full of smooth peanut butter, mixed with breast milk or formula, three times a week. Babies should not be given whole or chopped nuts, as these can be a choking hazard. At that young age, allergic reactions are rare and usually mild.
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Bad week for... | Matt Hancock, after he was caught up in a "sting" investigating MPs' willingness to take on paid consultancy work. The ex-health secretary told a fake South Korean company that his daily rate was "10,000, sterling". Kwasi Kwarteng, the former chancellor, also said that he could "work with" the firm, after he was offered up to £12,000 for each of six meetings he'd attend per year. There is no suggestion that either MP broke any rules. | |
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How does a prince "known for being spiky, opinionated and sporadically petulant", asks Anne McElvoy, "segue" into the role as King, "a job which foregrounds soft skills over polarising outbursts about pet subjects and lobbying politicians in spiky correspondence"? According to the i news columnist, the answer has been "emerging in plain sight" this week, during the British monarch's first state visit to Germany. The way to "let Charles be Charles" is "not to try to stop him being involved in global affairs". As King, he is already proving willing to wade in where previous monarchs "often trod more cautiously", such as by giving his "pre-blessing" to the Windsor Framework before it had been given parliamentary scrutiny. "The pragmatic message from the new monarch is that he is prepared to put 'skin in the game' if he believes that what he is embracing is beneficial", McElvoy concludes. |
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DOWN TO BUSINESS | Friday afternoon markets | Oil prices rose today ahead of key US inflation data which could give clues on future interest rate moves. Despite the rise, oil is still on course for its weakest performance since November.
FTSE 100: 7,640.59, up 0.26%
Dax: 15,648.89, up 0.81%
Dow: 33,044.30, up 0.56%
Dollar: £1 = $1.2364, down 0.15%
Euro: £1 = €1.1386, up 0.27%
Brent crude: $79.40, up 0.16%
Gold: $1,975.60, down 0.24% | |
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WIT & WISDOM | "Silencing dissent deprives dictators of the data they need to know when their judgements are wrong." | Rafael Behr in The Guardian | |
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