Rubio boycotted a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in South Africa this week, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he will not attend next week's gathering of G20 finance ministers.
Foggy starts: Thursday started with a big band of fog creeping around Gloucestershire. Weather watcher 'Wildwoman' captured the scene well as the fog took over the hills at Painswick.Cup defeat: Cheltenham Town Women's lost their match against the Wolverhampton Wanderers Women at the weekend in the Adobe Women's FA Cup Fourth Round match. The final score at Kayte Lane was 2-0 to the visitors.
Night skies: This week we saw the first full moon of the year. January's full Moon is also called the Wolf Moon, because it's thought wolves howled more at this time of year as there was less food in the middle of winter.Councillors have survived a no confidence vote by opponents objecting to the possible closure of two swimming pools and the future provision of other leisure amenities.However, three Labour West Lancashire councillors have become independents amid "anger" over the Park Pool in Ormskirk and Nye Bevan Swimming Pool in Skelmersdale facing being shut.
One told a full council debate that any closures without replacements being built would be a "betrayal of both towns".Protesters, including from Ormskirk Otters swimming club, gathered outside as the meeting took place earlier this week.
Council leader Yvonne Gagen and Carl Coughlan, who has a leisure services remit, were singled-out in a "no confidence" motion by the Our West Lancashire (OWL) group, the
The OWL motion was narrowly defeated by 23 votes to 21.Listen to the episode on
A forensic pathologist has told an inquiry how he was watched by defence and Army officials as he examined Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess.Giving evidence at the hearing in central London, Prof Guy Rutty confirmed he had "no other reason" than the nerve agent to explain Ms Sturgess' death.
He told the inquiry panel that he had carried out the examination in full protective gear due to the risk of being exposed to the substance himself.Describing the situation as "very unusual", Prof Rutty added that he had written two separate reports as the coroner did not have the security clearance to read the full details.