52 minutes ago Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's fresh fears as Trump may keep chilling promise

It appears there is no love lost between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and the US President Donald Trump - and one expert believes that him returning to the White House is proving 'rather awkward' for the couple

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19 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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46 minutes ago Canadian fans continue to boo US national anthem at sporting events amid 'tariff war'

Anger builds as Donald Trump orders 25 per cent tariff on all imports from his North American neighbour in ‘unjust’ trade war

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55 minutes ago US tariffs only benefit China, EU foreign policy chief says, as Trump threat overshadows defence talks – Europe live

European leaders meeting to discuss defence procurement but fragile relationship with US dominates agendaEU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has just been addressing the media on her arrival in Brussels.She spoke about the need for Europe to “do more, together” in defence and look at how new initiatives can be funded.We were listening carefully to those words and of course we are preparing also on our side. What is clear, there are no winners in trade wars. If US starts a trade war, the one laughing on the side is China. We are very interlinked. We need America, and America needs us as well. I think that tariffs are always bad. Tariffs are bad for trade, they are bad for the US, bad for those who seek tariffs imposed. The answer to tariffs is to reply with same actions. Continue reading...

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66 minutes ago Europeans on democracy’s frontlines offer advice to Americans: never give up

With the new Trump era likely to pose unprecedented challenges the message from Europe’s fragile democracies is: stay united and safeguard your institutionsEuropeans who witnessed democracy crumble before their eyes have some words of advice for Americans now entering the second Trump era and worrying about the durability of their rights and freedoms: stay united, safeguard your civic institutions and never, never give up.Citizens of central and eastern Europe are long accustomed to receiving counsel from a multitude of well-meaning US organisations on how to protect their fragile democracies following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now, after just 10 days of Donald Trump’s executive orders and civil service purges, the advice is beginning to flow the other way. Continue reading...

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21 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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14 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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1 hour ago Global trade war panic as Trump targets 'atrocious' EU: Markets tumble after president widens attack from Mexico, Canada and China

US president Donald Trump fuelled fears of a global trade war as he confirmed he will be imposing levies on the EU.

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70 minutes ago Trump says he will cut off funding to South Africa over land ‘confiscations’

Government of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is ‘treating certain classes of people very badly’, Trump claims as he demands ‘full investigation’ of situationDonald Trump has claimed South Africa is “confiscating” land and “treating certain classes of people very badly”, announcing he is cutting off all future funding to the country pending an investigation.The US president’s intervention into one of South Africa’s most divisive issues was rebutted by the country’s government and criticised by groups across its political spectrum. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Netanyahu in Washington for ceasefire talks; Iran condemns Trump plan to relocate Palestinians – Middle East crisis live

Israeli PM expected to begin discussions on second phase of ceasefire; Iran warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Palestinian peopleIran has condemned Donald Trump’s widely criticised proposal to relocate Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip to neighbouring countries, warning it would amount to “ethnic cleansing”.Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has been quoted by the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency saying that the international community should help Palestinians “secure their right to self-determination... rather than pushing for other ideas that would be tantamount to ethnic cleansing”. Continue reading...

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99 minutes ago UK politics – live: Starmer's Brexit reset summit overshadowed by Trump trade war as EU markets tumble

US president warns of EU tariffs ‘soon’ and accuses UK of being ‘out of line’ as prime minister to meet with European leaders

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2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu in Washington for Gaza ceasefire talks

Israeli PM expected to begin discussions on second phase of ceasefire with Hamas ahead of Trump meetingBenjamin Netanyahu, who was one of the first to congratulate Donald Trump when he beat Kamala Harris in the November US presidential election, has called the Republican president the “best friend Israel has ever had in the White House”.During Trump’s first term, he delivered significant diplomatic wins for the Israeli prime minister, including recognising Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights in 2019 and supporting the Abraham accords with Gulf states.On Trump’s side is the apparent desire to have quiet in the Middle East to pursue his policy of widening the 2020 Abraham accords – in which Israel established relations with Bahrain, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates during his first term – to include Saudi Arabia.Saudi Arabia has made clear that any progress depends on an end to the conflict in Gaza or the establishment of a path towards Palestinian statehood. Continue readi...

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1 hour ago Donald Trump could spare UK from tariffs after he launches global trade war

The Republican gave a contradictory answer when speaking about the UK and his tariff regime.

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4 hours ago Donald Trump threatens yet another country after Canada and Mexico hit with massive tariffs

Donald Trump has threatened to cut off all aid to South Africa after what he called a 'massive human rights violation', with the country's leader threatening to expropriate farmers' land

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1 hour ago EU leaders meet for defence talks in Brussels as Spain warns bloc should not be ‘naive’ about Trump tariffs – Europe live

European leaders to discuss defence procurement with fragile US relations key to talksAdviser to Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls Keith Kellogg’s plan a failure after US envoy says he thinks both sides ‘will give a little bit’; British PM says Putin ‘rattled’ by Trump threats. What we know on day 1,076.Our today’s host in Brussels, European Council president António Costa, has just arrived, but he is not in a mood to take any questions on Trump. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago DOGE sets its sights on $50 BILLION government department Elon Musk claims is a 'criminal organization' and warns it's 'time for it to die'

Elon Musk and Donald Trump launched a full-scale attack on a government department calling it a 'criminal organization' with a budget of $50 billion.

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2 hours ago Donald Trump says UK 'out of line but can be worked out' after EU tariffs pledge

The comments are likely to overshadow Sir Keir Starmer's visit to Brussels on Monday

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6 hours ago People left to navigate immigration court complexities alone after federally funded aid pulled

The U.S. Justice Department has ordered a halt to programs that provide information and guidance to people in immigration proceedings

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2 hours ago FTSE 100 Live 03 February: Trump tariffs rattle markets, index posts big fall

The FTSE 100 index today fell sharply on a “Manic Monday” first day of trading since Donald Trump announced tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China.

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6 hours ago Singer Joy Villa defends Trump's controversial immigration policies on the red carpet at Grammy Awards 2025

Villa, 38, said she was in support of the deportations ordered by Trump and enacted by authorities over the past week, amid widespread protests.

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2 hours ago Watch live: WHO tackles budget challenges after Trump announces US withdrawal

Watch live as the World Health Organization’s 34-member Executive Board meets in Geneva to fix its next budget and discuss the UN agency's financial challenges after President Donald Trump announced the United States’ withdrawal.

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9 hours ago MAGA's cover girl breaks silence to set the record straight after being harassed by fake accounts

Anna Claire Howland, 21, appeared on the front cover of a New York Magazine article chronocling Donald Trump's inauguration weekend.

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12 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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2 hours ago Trump hints UK might escape US trade tariffs because issues can be 'worked out' in sign of hope for Starmer

US president Donald Trump fuelled fears of a global trade war as he confirmed he will be imposing levies on the EU.

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18 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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3 hours ago Keir Starmer to hold press conference today as Donald Trump calls UK 'out of line'

Keir Starmer will hold a press conference in Brussels this afternoon. We'll be bringing you the latest updates on this Breaking Politics News story.

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22 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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4 hours ago Elon Musk says USAid is ‘beyond repair’ and he is working to shut it down

Billionaire says in social media discussion that Donald Trump agrees the world’s largest single donor should be shut downElon Musk, who is heading Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal government, has said they are working to shut down the foreign aid agency USAid, in a social media discussion on X early on Monday.The conversation, which included former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Republican senator Joni Ernst and Mike Lee, began with Musk saying they were working to shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAid). Continue reading...

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23 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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4 hours ago Donald Trump says he 'might' impose tariffs on UK as trade war fears spiral

US President says: ‘UK is out of line but...I think that one can be worked out. But the European Union, it’s an atrocity what they’ve done’

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25 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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4 hours ago Lady Gaga takes swipe at Donald Trump as she shares moving message on stage at the Grammys

Lady Gaga sent a message to President Donald Trump at the Grammy Awards as she stood in solidarity to the transgender community in America amid recent government decisions

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26 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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5 hours ago Trump 2.0 is exposing American exceptionalism for what it is – and has always been | Nesrine Malik

Guantánamo Bay? Imperialism? Alliances with billionaires? Those shocked at the president’s early moves have forgotten what came beforeThe dust briefly settled, only for it to be kicked up once again. Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders – causing chaos on everything from foreign aid to world trade – is rapidly rocking and reshaping domestic and foreign policy. And the temptation is, yet again, to think of Donald Trump as an exogenous shock to US democracy. But look closer, and you will see not a rogue president taking a hammer to a hitherto stable political order, but a history of the erosion of norms that paved the way for him.Political norms are the scaffolding of democracy, enforced not by the law, but by a sort of social consensus. They are not codified, strict mechanisms for regulating political facts – such as the separation of powers – but the agreement that such things should be respected and observed. A clear case in point is the president’s ability to issue pardons. A...

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27 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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5 hours ago WHO chief asks countries to push Washington to reconsider its withdrawal

The World Health Organization chief is asking global leaders to lean on Washington to reverse President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the U.N. health agency

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28 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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5 hours ago Canadian billionaire and founder of its second biggest company torches Trudeau as he issues shock take on Trump's tariffs

Tobi Lutke - the co-founder of Shopify -hit out at outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after he announced retaliations for US President Donald Trump's tariffs.

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6 hours ago Ash Regan MSP says she has 'common ground' with Donald Trump after US election win

The Alba leadership contender backed the Republican President's stance on trans issues and sex-based rights.

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7 hours ago Trump says EU tariffs will ‘definitely happen’ as Mexico, Canada and China retaliate

Trump takes softer line on UK, saying ‘I think that one can be worked out’, while Mexico and Canada vow levies and to strengthen ties with each other Donald Trump has threatened to widen the scope of his trade tariffs, repeating his warning that the European Union – and potentially the UK – will face levies, even as he conceded that Americans could bear some of the economic brunt of a nascent global trade war.It comes as Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, announced on Saturday, sparked retaliation from all three countries. Mexico and Canada have vowed levies of their own while China and Canada are seeking legal challenges. Continue reading...

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