Danes pay the highest tax rates in Europe across all household types. They expect top notch public services in return. Frederiksen argued that migration levels threatened social cohesion and social welfare, with the poorest Danes losing out the most.
Chinese state media reported that Xi warned Washington that it should handle Taiwan "with caution" to avoid conflict, just days after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said China posed an "imminent" threat to the self-governed island.Hegseth told the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singaport that Beijing was "credibly preparing to potentially use military force to alter the balance of power".
China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be reunified, and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve this. The US supports Taiwan militarily butAccording to the readout of Thursday's call given to Chinese media, Xi stressed that the US should handle the "Taiwan issue prudently to prevent a small number of Taiwan Independence separatists from dragging China and the US into a dangerous situation of conflict and confrontation".The call between Trump and Xi is long awaited and comes after months of silence between the two leaders.
The White House has touted the possibility they might talk from week one of Trump's presidency - and earlier this week he finally vented his frustration on social media.Trump wrote: "I like President Xi of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!"
Trump has made it clear that he likes to be involved in negotiations. But this is not the way China does business.
Beijing prefers to appoint a negotiating team led by a trusted official. Any calls or meeting between heads of state are usually thoroughly planned and highly choreographed.Yusuf is a self-made multi-millionaire after setting up and then selling Velocity Black, a luxury concierge service.
Not long after his donation to Reform, he was offered and accepted the job of party chairman. And he wouldn't just be someone behind the scenes, he would be a public figure too.So how can we measure how important this moment is?
I reckon there are three things worth examining as we assess Zia Yusuf's contribution to Reform UK.Firstly, money. Yusuf is a rich man, and giving away £200,000 is generous by any one's book. But Reform UK received £2.8m in donations last year, so the party isn't reliant on his money.