Politics

The UK government is considering inviting US President-elect Donald Trump for a state visit, Downing Street has said.

The Republican, who beat Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the election earlier this month, is due to take office on 20 January.

Earlier this year, MPs debated the idea of banning Mr Trump from the UK.

But the government has stressed the importance of maintaining the "special relationship" between the countries.

The Prime Minister hints at a possible interim Brexit deal to make sure there is no cliff-edge departure from the European Union.

Brexit means Brexit, and that means leaving the European Union - well eventually, it seems.

Appearing before business leaders, the Prime Minister today suggested that the UK may have a transitional period, an interim agreement before full-blown Brexit.

Acknowledging business fears about a sudden "cliff-edge" change after the UK leaves the European Union, Theresa May said avoiding it would be part of talks with Brussels.

A new survey conducted by the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) shows that a majority of Ghanaians believe the Electoral Commission of Ghana can administer free, peaceful and credible elections December 7.

Ghanaians will go to the polls that day to vote in presidential, parliamentary and local elections.

In an interview with VOA, Kojo Asante, senior research fellow at the CDD and part of the group that administered the survey, said more Ghanaians now have a positive perception of the electoral body and those who organize the elections than in the past.

ACCRA, GHANA —
Violent clashes between supporters of rival political parties have raised concern about security as Ghanaians prepares for presidential and parliamentary elections on December 7.

Ghana's Center for Democratic Governance released a survey this week that said 54 percent of Ghanaians thought political parties or candidates were "very likely" to use violence in the upcoming elections.

The Supreme Court has dismissed Martin Amidu’s claim that President John Dramani Mahama personally ordered the discontinuation of the application by the Attorney-General to examine businessman Alfred Woyome, over the repayment of the ¢51 million judgment debt paid to him.

The former Attorney General in his application praying the court to allow him to orally examine Woyome last week, alleged that the Attorney General’s decision to discontinue the oral examination of Mr Woyome in court, was upon an order by President Mahama.

Almost 15,000 people have signed a petition calling for the royal family to pay for the £369 million repairs to Buckingham Palace.

Yesterday it was announced that the royal residence is to undergo a major 10-year refurbishment.

The hefty bill will come from a 66% increase in the Sovereign Grant – the funding for the monarchy’s official duties – for the 10-year period, with the total works estimated to cost £369 million.

But thousands of people are livid at the thought of their tax money paying for Her Maj’s luxury pad.

The US secretary of state John Kerry says that the overwhelming majority of US citizens support the US taking action on climate change.

Speaking at a meeting in Marrakech, Mr Kerry said he believed that US commitments would not be reversed.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to pull the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement once in office.

Mr Kerry said that market forces, rather than policy, would ensure a transition to a low carbon world.

LONDON (AP) — Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is Britain's top diplomat, tasked with winning international friends as the country prepares its exit from the European Union.

So far, that's turning into mission impossible, as EU leaders accuse him of offering insubstantial and unrealistic visions of the U.K.'s future outside the 28-nation bloc.

The latest critic is Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who told the BBC on Tuesday that Johnson "is offering to the British people options that are really not available."

Being in or out of the EU customs union was “not a binary decision”, Theresa May said during a sometimes noisy prime minister’s questions dominated by the strategy for Brexit – or what her critics say is the lack of one.

May repeatedly insisted she and her ministers were devising a coherent plan for exiting the EU but would not share details before negotiations began.

During a 90-minute private meeting, President Obama said the two discussed foreign and domestic policy and how to ensure a smooth handover of power

Donald Trump was accorded a chilly but deferential welcome at the White House on Thursday as the president-elect met with Barack Obama for a 90-minute private meeting in the Oval Office.