The Federal Reserve building in Washington as construction work continues. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
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- President Donald Trump is expected to name a successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell today after a White House meeting with former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh, who has said the US central bank needs "regime change" to regain lost credibility.
- Trump endorsed a spending deal negotiated by US Senate Republicans and Democrats to avoid a government shutdown, although he acknowledged one could still occur, while lawmakers continued negotiating guardrails to rein in immigration agents.
- Student organizers have called for walkouts and protests across the United States to demand that federal immigration agents withdraw from Minnesota, after two fatal shootings of US citizens generated public outrage.
- Trump said it was dangerous for Britain to be getting into business with Beijing, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer lauded the economic benefits of resetting relations with China during a visit there. We look at how Starmer's trip shows the drawbacks of a 'China pivot'.
- The Syrian government and the Kurdish-led group the Syrian Democratic Forces said they had agreed to a comprehensive ceasefire and a phased integration of military and administrative bodies into the Syrian state under a broad deal.
- Trump said he planned to speak with Iran, even as the US dispatched another warship to the Middle East. Jeanne Shaheen, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sat down with the Reuters World News podcast to talk about US foreign policy.
- The Kremlin said that President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a personal request from Trump to halt strikes on Kyiv until February 1 to create "favourable conditions" for peace talks.
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