1 hour ago Keir Starmer orders hundreds of schools to improve amid Ofsted plan backlash

Keir Starmer said there are 600 schools in England that are 'stuck' and not improving as he backed controversial new Ofsted plans which have sparked a backlash among unions

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10 hours ago Brexit is ‘settled’ Sir Keir Starmer says amid calls for customs deal with EU

The Prime Minister will meet European Council leaders on Monday as he continues efforts to “reset” Britain’s relationship with the trade bloc.

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5 hours ago Fans at Raptors game continue trend of booing US national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada

Fans at a Toronto Raptors game have continued an emerging trend of booing the American national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada

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2 hours ago EU must shoulder military burden: Keir Starmer tells European allies to step up the fight against Russian aggression

Sir Keir Starmer will tell his European allies to shoulder more of the burden in the fight against Russian aggression when he travels to Brussels today.

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3 hours ago Starmer questioned on whether voice coach visit breached lockdown rules

A voice coach is reported to have visited the Prime Minister to help him prepare a response to the Brexit deal while lockdown rules were in place.

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11 hours ago Brexit is ‘settled’, Sir Keir Starmer says amid calls for customs deal with EU

The Prime Minister will meet European Council leaders on Monday as he continues efforts to ‘reset’ Britain’s relationship with the trade bloc.

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3 hours ago Labour's new betrayal: Struggling businesses will 'pay the price' of Keir Starmer's Brexit reset, experts warn

Struggling businesses are facing higher costs as Keir Starmer seeks to link Britain to the EU's green scheme.

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3 hours ago Starmer calls on European leaders to put more economic pressure on Russia

PM wants to ‘see all allies stepping up’, saying Donald Trump’s threat of sanctions has rattled Vladimir PutinKeir Starmer has called on European leaders to put more economic pressure on Russia, saying Donald Trump’s threat of sanctions has left Vladimir Putin “rattled”.Before a meeting in Brussels on Monday, the prime minister said it was necessary to “see all allies stepping up – particularly in Europe” when it comes to inflicting economic harm on Russia, and argued it would help bring about peace by ending the Ukraine war sooner. Continue reading...

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24 hours ago Keir Starmer is privately urged to boost defence spending to more than 3% of GDP

Sir Keir Starmer has been privately urged to boost defence spending to more than 3 per cent of GDP - far outstripping his 2.5 per cent target.

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3 hours ago Home Secretary warns Trump's 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico could have 'a really damaging impact' on the global economy

Donald Trump last night admitted Americans may feel 'pain' due to his global trade war, after Canada, Mexico and China retaliated.

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9 hours ago Donald Trump insists his global trade war will be 'worth the pain' to create a 'golden age of America' as backlash grows from countries targeted by his tariffs

The trade penalties that President Donald Trump signed have caused a mix of panic, anger and uncertainty, and threatened to rupture a decades-old partnership on trade in North America.

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4 hours ago Toronto Raptors fans boo US national anthem after Donald Trump tariffs

Canadian NHL fans also booed Star-Spangled BannerApplause breaks out during Canadian national anthemFans at a Toronto Raptors game on Sunday continued an emerging trend of booing the American national anthem at sporting events in Canada.Fans of the NBA’s lone Canadian franchise booed the US anthem before the Raptors’ game against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Scotiabank Arena in downtown Toronto. Similar reactions broke out on Saturday night at NHL games in Ottawa and Calgary, where the Senators and Flames faced the Minnesota Wild and Detroit Red Wings respectively. Those games came hours after Donald Trump made his threat of import tariffs on Canada a reality. Continue reading...

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13 hours ago Russell Brand 'moves to US' claiming British authorities are 'attacking' him amid BBC misconduct review

The comedian is now a staunch Donald Trump supporter and has settled in Florida

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5 hours ago Ivanka Trump is a vision in white on date night with husband Jared at Carbone Miami

Ivanka Trump, 43, and her husband Jared Kushner, 44, enjoyed a romantic date night together on Saturday evening at an Italian restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida.

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14 hours ago Trump risks ‘really damaging impact’ on global economy with tariffs, Cooper warns

If Donald Trump targets the UK, it could retaliate in the form of tariffs targeted at symbolically important US products such as whiskey, blue jeans and motorbikes – hitting brands like Jack Daniel’s, Levi’s and Harley-Davidson

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5 hours ago Rubio tells Panama to reduce Chinese influence in canal area or face US action

Secretary of state’s visit to Central American state greeted with protests at Trump’s demand to take back the waterwayThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has held talks in Panama with its president, José Raúl Mulino, as protesters marched in opposition to Donald Trump’s demand for ownership of the Panama canal to be returned to the US.The US’s top diplomat told Mulino in the talks that the US president has determined China’s influence threatens the Panama canal and that immediate changes were needed or the US would act. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago Justin Trudeau hits back at Donald Trump in trade war as Canada joins Mexico and China in vowing retaliation for the president's tariffs bombshell

Trudeau slammed Trump for betraying Canada as he announced that his country would put matching 25 per cent tariffs on up to $155billion in US imports, including alcohol and fruit.

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7 hours ago What do Trump's executive orders say on tariffs and how would they work?

President Donald Trump is using a trio of executive orders to throw the world economy and his own goal of cutting inflation into turmoil

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16 hours ago Tories warn Keir Starmer cosying up to the EU in his Brexit 'reset' risks dragging Britain into Donald Trump's trade war

The US President has announced sweeping new tariffs on all goods imported into America from China, Mexico and Canada.

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9 hours ago Netanyahu heads for Trump talks in US amid uncertainty over Gaza truce

Negotiations on second phase of ceasefire likely to be put back until after two leaders meet on TuesdayBenjamin Netanyahu has flown to Washington for Donald Trump’s first meeting with a foreign leader since his return to office, due on Tuesday, amid widespread uncertainty about the parameters of the encounter.The Israeli prime minister will arrive at a potentially pivotal moment, with negotiations on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire supposedly due to begin on Monday. Should those talks fail, Israel could resume its offensive in early March. Continue reading...

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18 hours ago Canada and Mexico hit back with tariffs on US as Trump’s trade war escalates

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a 25 per cent tax on £85.9bn worth of US goods

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9 hours ago Keir Starmer meets 'lame duck' German leader Olaf Scholz as he chases a 'reset' of Britain's relationship with the EU

The PM hosted Mr Scholz - who lost a vote of confidence in December - at his country residence in Buckinghamshire ahead of a trip to Brussels tomorrow.

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19 hours ago Canada strikes back with retaliatory tariffs as fears grow that Trump's trade war will causes prices to rocket

Canada will retaliate against President Donald Trump's new tariffs with 25% levies on a raft of U.S. imports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday.

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9 hours ago Forget the pundits – here’s how philosophers see America’s moral divide over Trump

How can neighbors have such a fundamental disagreement about seemingly basic concepts of rightness and justice?In 2016, it was easy for the left to process Donald Trump’s election as a fluke – thanks to the electoral college, he’d essentially won on a technicality. But as he took office once again this month after winning the US popular vote, there is a sense that his every action comes with the tacit endorsement of the voting public.Trump is, of course, far from the first American leader to be accused of cruelty. What’s striking about him is that he doesn’t pretend otherwise. Presidents in recent memory at least paid lip service to compassion; the new one has made exclusion, spite and bullying his brand. He seems to celebrate violating the basic rules we’re taught from infancy: be kind to others, share resources, welcome those who may seem different. Continue reading...

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21 hours ago Euan McColm: Keir Starmer's refusal to address damage of Brexit is down to fear of Nigel Farage

While the public is now convinced leaving EU was a mistake, the Prime Minister won’t acknowledge it in case it opens the door to Reform in some Labour constituencies

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10 hours ago UK seeking ‘strong trade relationship’ with US amid tariffs, Starmer says

President Donald Trump’s tariffs have sparked fears of a new era of trade wars across the globe.

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23 hours ago PM's legal chief 'helped write handbook' on how 'Palestinian victims' could sue arms dealers in UK courts to fight 'Israeli apartheid'

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's legal chief, Lord Richard Hermer KC is said to have helped write a handbook on how Palestinian victims could sue arms dealers in the UK. 

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10 hours ago Here are some goods in the crosshairs of Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China

President Donald Trump signed an order to put tariffs on U.S. neighbors Canada and Mexico, as well as China, starting Tuesday

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23 hours ago Keir Starmer relaxes border laws meant to stop illegal immigrants getting British citizenship in 'total capitulation to people smugglers'

Keir Starmer has been accused of making Britain 'the soft touch of Europe' after rolling back border laws designed to make it near impossible for illegal migrants to become UK citizens.

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10 hours ago UK's Starmer welcomes German leader to his country estate as he touts 'reset' with the EU

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has welcomed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to his country estate as he repeated his aim to improve relations with the European Union

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11 hours ago Donald Trump suggests Canada should become '51st state' amid escalating trade war

The provocative comments came after both Canada and Mexico announced retaliatory tariffs on US goods

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11 hours ago Starmer praises ‘real progress’ in UK’s ties with Germany as he hosts Scholz

The Prime Minister hosted the German Chancellor at his country residence ahead of a visit to Belgium on Monday

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12 hours ago Trump wants to undo diversity programs. Some agencies react by scrubbing US history and culture

Donald Trump’s efforts to undo diversity, equity and inclusion efforts throughout the federal government have had a trickle-down effect far beyond formal DEI programs

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12 hours ago Top Labour minister scrambles to defend Keir Starmer amid claims by his OWN allies that he's 'an HR manager, not a leader' who's 'not driving the train' and 'can't even run a bath'

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper insisted Sir Keir has a 'real determination to change the country' as she was quizzed about claims made in a new book.

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12 hours ago Mexico and Canada announce retaliation over Trump trade tariffs as China says it will file WTO lawsuit – US politics live

Goods from China are to face an extra 10% levy from Tuesday alongside additional 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports into USAfter Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Volkswagen, Germany’s largest carmaker, said that tariffs would have a “harmful economic impact” on American consumers, as well as the international automotive industry.German automakers say the tariffs will cause inflation for consumers. Continue reading...

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12 hours ago ‘Very retaliatory’: the federal workers caught up in Trump’s DEI purge

Employees condemn ‘unprecedented and scary’ effort to push out those who had worked on diversity programsJeremy Wood thought he was safe from the shuttering of federal government diversity initiatives that he expected to start as soon as Donald Trump was sworn in.A Raleigh, North Carolina-based career civil servant in the US agriculture department, Wood had been among those tasked with implementing policies ordered by Joe Biden to curtail discrimination on the basis of race, sexual orientation and gender identity in the federal government. Continue reading...

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