New Today -- 2 February 2017

Perspective

Trump's nationalist threats and the response of the European ruling class

In response to Trump's protectionist threats against Europe and criticisms of the euro, Germany and its closest allies are preparing a major military and police buildup.

News & Analysis

White House issues war threat against Iran

National Security Adviser Michael Flynn put Iran "on notice" over its ballistic missile test, accusing it of "destabilising behaviour."

Fighting flares in eastern Ukraine amid continued NATO buildup against Russia

Senate confirms former ExxonMobil CEO as secretary of state

Draft White House orders would accelerate deportation of low-income immigrants

The right-wing record of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch

Speech by far-right Milo Yiannopoulos canceled at UC Berkeley amid protests

Screen Actors Guild award winners, artists, athletes and others protest US travel ban

Amid trade war rhetoric from White House, Fed holds interest rates steady

British government secures vote to proceed with Brexit

Left Party leader campaigns for SPD-Left-Green coalition in Germany

Italian court ruling sparks demands for early elections

"Blue Lives Matter" law extends safeguards to police in Louisiana

Pauline Hanson's One Nation seeks power in Australian states

Commentary

Raid kills 30 civilians in Yemen, including eight-year-old daughter of US citizen assassinated by Obama

Arts

American painter Kerry James Marshall's retrospective, Mastry