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Appeals court again rules out House subpoena for McGahn

WASHINGTON (AP) — whether McGahn must tes- to appear and the Democrat-
A federal appeals court panel tify before the House Judi- ic-controlled House filed suit
on Monday again threw out ciary Committee as part of its to enforce the subpoena that
a lawsuit by House Demo- investigation of potential ob- was first issued in April 2019.
crats to compel former White struction of justice by Presi- With time running out on the
House counsel Don Mc- dent Donald Trump during current House session, which
Gahn to appear before a con- special counsel Robert Muel- ends on Jan. 3, the prospect
gressional committee. ler's Russia investigation. that McGahn would have to
In a 2-1 ruling, U.S. Court testify already was remote.
of Appeals for the District of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Columbia Circuit held that said the House would ask the House lawmakers had sought
the House of Representatives full appeals court to step in McGahn's testimony because
lacks the authority under the and again revive the lawsuit. he was a vital witness for
Constitution or federal law to Court cases over the testi- Mueller, whose report de-
ask courts to enforce a sub- mony of presidential advisers tailed the president's outrage
poena against an executive are rare because the White over the investigation into
branch official. House and Congress typi- Russian interference in the
weeks after the full appeals tial ruling that would have cally reach an agreement. But 2016 election and Trump's
The latest decision comes court rejected the panel's ini- ended the court fight over Trump directed McGahn not efforts to curtail it.

France accuses UK of stalling in post-Brexit trade talks

ing, because of the intransi- the trade deal. Britain accuses the bloc of
gent and unrealistic attitude And Le Drian insisted that making demands that it has
of the United Kingdom," the 27 EU nations won't not imposed on other coun-
French Foreign Minister buckle under pressure from tries it has free trade deals
Jean-Yves Le Drian told his London. with, such as Canada.
nation's ambassadors Mon- "On Brexit, we always "The EU is still insisting not
day in Paris. showed unity and proved only that we must accept con-
His comments underscored wrong those who saw signs tinuity with EU state aid and
the recent pessimistic tone of an overall implosion of fisheries policy, but also that
of the EU's chief negotiator, Europe," he said. "It is in stay- this must be agreed before
Michel Barnier, who has said ing united that we can stick any further substantive work
the talks seem to be moving to our line of a global accord." can be done in any other area
backward. The main differences appear of the negotiation, including
Britain left the EU on Jan. to center on rules for state aid on legal texts, making it un-
31 but both sides hoped that for businesses and on fisher- necessarily difficult to make
a chaotic Brexit departure ies. progress," the U.K. govern-
PARIS (AP) — On the cusp The 27-nation EU and the could be avoided by striking The EU is insisting on a ment said.
of a crucial month of negotia- U.K. remain deadlocked in a comprehensive trade deal "level-playing field" for com- Both sides say they want to
tions on a post-Brexit trade their talks on future trade ties during the 11-month transi- panies from both sides, so avoid a "no-deal" scenario
deal between the European after a transitional divorce tion period. British firms can't undercut and want their divorce not
Union and the U.K., France period ends on Dec. 31. That Both sides say September EU firms by disregarding to impede cooperation in the
has lambasted British Prime has raised concerns that no will be a crucial month in the stringent EU rules on envi- fields of defense, security and
Minister Boris Johnson's agreement will be in place in discussions. The EU, for its ronment or workplace and fighting crime.
government for what it sees time and that tariffs and other part, insists that the talks con- social standards. The U.K. is The next round of talks be-
as deliberate stalling and for impediments to trade will be clude before November to also vexed by EU demands tween Barnier and his British
harboring unreasonable ex- imposed on Jan. 1. allow time for parliamentary for long-term access to Brit- counterpart, David Frost, be-
pectations. "Negotiations are not advanc- approval and legal vetting of ish fishing waters. gins in London on Sept. 7.

China’s top diplomat dismisses European rights concerns

PARIS (AP) — China's tions of Uighur Muslims and and language and physically
foreign minister defended the loss of contact with loved abused. China has long sus-
detention camps in Xinjiang ones. "The rights of all train- pected the Uighurs, who are
and Hong Kong's new secu- ees in the education and train- mostly Muslim, of harboring
rity law on Sunday, brushing ing program, though their separatist tendencies because
off human rights concerns by minds have been encroached of their distinct culture, lan-
European countries and cau- by terrorism and extremism, guage and religion.
tioning against interference have been fully guaranteed," Asked about Hong Kong's
in Chinese affairs. he told a conference at the security law, Wang said, "We
Foreign Minister Wang Yi is French Institute of Interna- certainly couldn't sit idly by
on his first European tour tional Relations. "Now all of and let the chaos go on, so
since the virus pandemic them have graduated, there is we enacted a law maintain-
erupted, seeking to revive no one in the education and ing national security that spe- said foreign powers shouldn't Foreign Minister Jean-Yves
trade and relations strained training center now. They all cifically suited Hong Kong's interfere. Le Drian raised similar con-
by the resulting global health have found jobs." situation." At a meeting Friday with cerns, as did officials on
and economic crisis. The Chinese government The law is seen by many as Wang, French President Em- other legs of Wang's Europe
Speaking in Paris on Sunday, has detained an estimated 1 Beijing's boldest move yet to manuel Macron expressed trip, which includes Italy, the
Wang repeated the claim that million or more members of break down legal barriers be- "his strong concern about Netherlands, Norway and
all those sent to what China ethnic Turkic minorities in tween the semi-autonomous the situation in Hong Kong, Germany. His visit also in-
calls training centers in Xinji- Xinjiang, holding them in in- territory of Hong Kong and and around human rights, cluded discussion of trade,
ang have left and been placed ternment camps and prisons the mainland's authoritarian notably the Uighurs, and the fighting climate change and
in employment — even as where they are subjected to Communist Party system. need for China to respect its other issues where Europe
rights groups and families ideological discipline, forced Wang called both issues in- international commitments," depends on China because of
report on continuing deten- to denounce their religion ternal Chinese affairs and according to Macron's office. its huge global influence.