24 minutes ago Trump’s incoming ‘border czar’ promises secure southern US border as nations hit back at Trump’s tariff plan – live

Tom Homan visits Texas to talk about need for strong borders; US motorists could face higher gas prices if Trump imposes the tariffs he’s threatened Trump’s talk of tariffs raises fears of hit to economies worldwideDonald Trump has used the fentanyl crisis gripping the US to support his ambition to impose trade tariffs on China. It gives the incoming US president an opportunity to both appear to be addressing the narcotics emergency, while also reinforcing one of his key aims in terms of US trade.China is the dominant source of chemical precursors used by Mexican cartels to produce fentanyl, while Chinese money launderers have also become key players in the international drug trade, US authorities say.Trump has said that, as soon as he gets into office, he will impose a 25% tariff on “A...

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51 minutes ago Netflix reality show star dodges jail after smuggling £150k worth of drugs out of Thailand

Olga Bednarska, 27, who had previously appeared on Netflix's Too Hot to Handle was stopped by security officials at Manchester Airport after returning to the UK from Thailand

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85 minutes ago How a battle over what it means to be woman ended up in the UK’s highest court

Judges will rule on whether trans women should be considered female under the 2010 Equality Act

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99 minutes ago Donald Trump Jr. gets a fact check dressing down from Pete Buttigieg – and Musk appears to approve

Variety of voices have questioned slow rollout of Biden administration priority of electric vehicle charging stations

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1 hour ago Tractor driver, 57, arrested after speeding through flooded high street was allegedly rushing to save a child and 'is deeply sorry for the damage caused', friends say

EXCLUSIVE: The swell crashed through windows and doors of businesses in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire after the River Teme burst its banks during Storm Bert on Sunday.

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1 hour ago Bolsonaro allies nearly launched military coup in 2022, police report says

Senior Brazil military figures backed plot to seize power after Bolsonaro’s election defeat, federal documents allegeBrazil came within a whisker of a far-right military coup and the assassination of a supreme court judge just days before President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took power in January 2023, a federal police report has claimed.The report about the alleged plot to help the rightwing populist Jair Bolsonaro cling to power was made public on Tuesday, and paints a chilling portrait of how close one of the world’s largest democracies came to being plunged back into authoritarian rule. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Rudy Giuliani tells judge he can’t pay his bills in courtroom outburst

Former New York mayor voices frustrations in hearing over order to pay $150m to Georgia election workers he defamedThe former New York mayor and lawyer to Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, erupted in court on Tuesday, telling a judge: “I can’t pay my bills!”Sketches by court room artists, who create pictures for the media to use when cameras are not allowed in court, such as federal courts, showed a furious Giuliani, 80, pointing at the judge in his case, Lewis Liman. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Great British Bake Off favourite Dylan crumbles under pressure in tense final as Alison Hammond intervenes

Great British Bake Off favourite Dylan Bachelet appeared to crumble under pressure in the show’s tense final on Tuesday (26 November).

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2 hours ago Angry drivers slam NCP after hundreds left trapped inside Manchester city centre car park

There have been at least FIVE incidents that the MEN is now aware of where hundreds of motorists have been left trapped inside the NCP car park in the city centre when the shutters wouldn't open

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3 hours ago Firefighter 'had sex with girl, 13, in his car after meeting her at school open day'

The court were told that the firefighter first met the girl at age 13 during a school open day, before having sex with her in his car.

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