30 h. ago Starmer: Kyiv attacks are sign that Russia’s Putin is aggressor in the war

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer insisted progress was being made towards a ceasefire despite apparent splits between European and US positions.

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30 h. ago ‘Like a slap in the face’: Trump officials cut hundreds of millions to combat gun violence and opioid addiction

DoJ told over 350 groups that promised funding would be cut because it ‘no longer effectuates’ department prioritiesHundreds of millions of federal grant dollars meant to prevent and respond to gun violence, opioid addiction and support victims of violent crimes were cut this week by the Trump administration. The US department of justice emailed more than 350 organizations on Tuesday to tell them that the promised funding was being terminated. According to a termination notice shared with the Guardian, the Department of Justice said the money was rescinded because it “no longer effectuates Department priorities”.Instead, the department intends to focus on “more directly supporting certain law enforcement operations, combatting violent crime, protecting American children, and supporting American victims of trafficking and sexual assault, and better coordinating law enforcement efforts at all levels of government”, the notice read. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago UK: Putin must agree full and immediate ceasefire following brutal Kyiv strike

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty also insisted the UK does not recognise Russian sovereignty over any territory illegally seized from Ukraine.

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51 h. ago Ministers move to axe early public consultation phase for infrastructure schemes

Ministers insist that forthcoming amendments to flagship planning reforms will protect community input and boost the economy.

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6 d. ago Rachel Reeves calls for Britain to forge closer ties with Beijing in show of force against Donald Trump after he slapped 245 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports

It would be 'very foolish' for Britain to disengage with China, Rachel Reeves has said as she attempts to draw a line in the sand with the US over their treatment of Beijing.

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6 d. ago Donald Trump to stay in UK castle for state visit despite tariffs slapped on Brits

The US president apparently wants the historic castle to put him up for his planned state visit as it holds special memories for him after last visited it with the late Queen

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9 d. ago Feeling saucy! Trump slapping 21 percent tariff on tomatoes coming from Mexico

Mexico’s president hopes the countries can renew a bilateral agreement

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1 week ago Beijing should be banished from vital British businesses as the UK must not let crucial industries 'fall into the arms of false friends', campaigners insist

The fiasco at British Steel prompted MPs, peers and experts to insist last night that it is time for ministers to get tough to stop another crisis.

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1 week ago Government 'confident' British Steel furnaces will stay on amid China row

The Deputy Prime Minister insisted that the North Lincolnshire site was ‘crucial’ to the industry in the UK

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2 w. ago Prince Harry slapped with Donald Trump warning after secret Ukraine visit

Prince Harry made a secret visit to Ukraine following his trip to the UK, where he met victims of the war with Russia - but experts predict the move might not go down well with some

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2 w. ago EU foreign affairs chief savages France for using fishing row to block UK from having a 'logical role' in new European defence agreement amid Russia threat

Kaja Kallas, the former prime minister of Estonia, appeared to criticse the Macron government, which is insisting that a British pact with Brussels is linked to fishing rights.

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2 w. ago Trump news at a glance: Trump pulls back on global tariffs but slaps China with 125%

Move comes after stock market turmoil; Ice chief says deportations should run ‘like Amazon Prime’ – key US politics stories from 10 April at a glanceDonald Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs for most countries except China, whose tariffs he raised to 125% on Wednesday.After insisting for days that he would hold firm on his aggressive trade strategy, Trump announced that all countries that had not retaliated against US tariffs would receive a reprieve – and only face a blanket US tariff of 10% – until July. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago What do Trump’s 104% tariffs on China mean and who will be affected?

As Trump slaps 104% tariffs on China, Alicja Hagopian and Millie Cooke look at what industries will be hardest hit.

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2 w. ago What does Trump’s 104% tariff on China mean and who will be affected?

As Trump slaps 104% tariffs on China, Alicja Hagopian and Millie Cooke look at what industries will be hardest hit.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump to feel the burn of his own tariffs as fake tan set to soar in price

Donald Trump has slapped huge tariffs on major fake tan brands - meaning he faces a steep price rise on the very products which give him his distinctive 'orange' hue

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2 w. ago Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr

Ministers are insisting that Trump’s regime can still be a friend. It’s a delusion and a lie Whatever Britain’s relationship with the US under Donald Trump might be, it should not be called an alliance. That word implies common goals, shared burdens and trust – a cooperative model that is not available from the White House.Trump’s warped concept of reciprocity is encapsulated in his belief that foreigners are guilty of “pillage” when they sell more goods to the US than they buy in return. The punitive levy, applied in proportion to the offending nation’s excess exports, is a “reciprocal” tariff in the president’s lexicon.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago SARAH VINE: From wooden forks to Ed Miliband... these are the ten pet hates I'd slap tariffs on if I (and not Donald Trump) were Queen of Everything for a day

Trump's tariffs got me thinking, if someone gave me carte blanche to impose a bunch of random tariffs on things, places or people just for the fun of it, what would they be?

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2 w. ago Donald Trump state visit 'ridiculous and misguided' after president slaps tariffs on UK

The US President is expected to spend time in Scotland this summer as part of a wider state visit to the UK.

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2 w. ago By slapping tariffs on Britain, Trump has gifted Starmer with the perfect excuse to ditch Net Zero fiasco, writes MATT RIDLEY

Sir Keir Starmer has woken up to the fact that his policies are killing one of Britain's last successful manufacturing industries, the £90-billion-a-year car industry, on which 800,000 jobs depend.

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2 w. ago Starmer calls for calm as global markets tumble following Trump’s tariffs

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK had to meet ‘the great challenge of the age’ after US President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on goods sent to the US.

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