41 m. ago BREAKING: UK and EU countries hit back at Donald Trump's tariff threat in joint statement

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52 m. ago UK weather maps show Britain buried in snow as Met Office gives verdict

Weather maps shows snow falling up and down the country with more than 70cm in some areas during an Arctic blast which could see temperatures drop to -14C by the end of the month

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61 m. ago ‘Sprint toward autocracy’: Trump’s first year in office has been a norm

From gutting federal agencies to funding freezes for Democratic cities and states to sending the National Guard and ICE agents around the nation, Trump has shown himself to be the strongman many didn’t know they were electing president.

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68 m. ago AFCON final stadium cost £200m and sparked outrage after four tournament games

A stadium selected to host the Africa Cup of Nations final proved to be controversial during the tournament as Senegal and Morocco prepare to battle for the trophy this weekend

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74 m. ago Firefighter and five civilians killed as huge fire sweeps through shopping mall in Karachi

Emergency services rushed to the Gul Plaza in Karachi shortly after 10pm local time on Saturday following reports of the blaze, police and rescue officials said.

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87 m. ago Response to 2024 summer riots failed to address root causes and links to racism, report says

Institute of Race Relations says violence in Southport and elsewhere often reduced to ‘mindless’ thuggeryThe response to the 2024 riots in England and Northern Ireland failed to address its root causes and delinked the violence from racism, a thinktank has claimed.A paper by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) reported that an obfuscation of the causes and consequences of the riots risks legitimising further far-right mobilisation and vigilante violence. Continue reading...

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93 m. ago Robert Jenrick conducted himself in 'disgusting way' over defection, says Bowie

Mr Jenrick jumped ship to Reform on Thursday

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2 h. ago Revealed: The perfect temperature to set the office thermostat to keep everyone happy

Scientists have now revealed the ideal temperature to keep everyone happy - and it might be a little warmer than some people expect.

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2 h. ago MICHAEL GOVE: I'll always be accused of treachery for what I did inside the Tory party. I know exactly what everyone's thinking about Robert Jenrick

For David Cameron, there were two types of politician. Team Players. Or Tossers. Although he preferred a slightly saltier description for the latter type.

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2 h. ago Why America needs a new antiwar movement – and how it can win | Jeremy Varon

Demonstrations against the Iraq war proved protest works. Now we must halt destruction before it more powerfully startsIn spring 2004, Gen Anthony Zinni uttered about Iraq the dreaded words in US politics: “I spent two years in Vietnam, and I’ve seen this movie before.” A year after George W Bush’s declaration of “mission accomplished” – when the war had hit its peak popularity at 74% – the invasion had descended into quagmire, marked by a raging insurgency, the Abu Ghraib torture scandal and US casualties nearing 1,000. For the first time, a majority of Americans judged the war a “mistake”. In this, they echoed what millions of Americans, predicting fiasco, had been saying since before its start.By the summer of 2005, with Iraq exploding in civil war, public support further eroded. Vietnam comparisons abounded. Running against the war, Democrats had blowout wins in the 2006 midterms. The new Congress empaneled the bipartisan Iraq study group, which concluded that the war had to end...

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2 h. ago Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize

Mid-level and senior officials uncomfortable with awardFifa says it still ‘strongly’ supports the peace prizeThere is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of its peace prize to Donald Trump. The US president was handed the award at the World Cup draw in Washington DC in December with the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, telling Trump: “We want to see hope, we want to see unity, we want to see a future. This is what we want to see from a leader and you definitely deserve the first Fifa Peace Prize.”Since then, the US has launched airstrikes across Venezuela and captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flown them to the US, where he was put in jail. Maduro appeared in court on 5 January, pleading not guilty to drugs, weapons and “narco-terrorism” charges. Trump has also threatened to invade Greenland because he said the US needs the territory “very badly”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago UK could become Trump’s ‘poodle’ if it fails to invest in defence, Badenoch warns

Her comments come after Trump threatened to slap fresh tariffs on the UK and Europe over their opposition to his threats to annex Greenland

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2 h. ago More likely we win next general election with Jenrick at Reform – Zia Yusuf

Zia Yusuf said Robert Jenrick is ‘thoughtful’ and ‘clear eyed about all of the different ways the Tories betrayed this country’.

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2 h. ago Security services will not be ‘exempt’ from Hillsborough Law, says Nandy

Amendments proposed by the Government brought spies within the scope of the legislation, subject to the approval of the head of their service.

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2 h. ago Michael Carrick has given £73m Man United star what he needed

Michael Carrick oversaw a brilliant victory against Man City on Saturday and he had to make some tough selection decisions.

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2 h. ago Lisa Nandy admits Hillsborough Law 'challenge' amid Manchester Arena families' 'watering down' concerns

The Culture Secretary insists MI5 will not be 'exempt'

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3 h. ago Arrest of priest for child molestation reignites scandal in Louisiana diocese

Korey LaVergne, 37, jailed Friday evening on three counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile, according to officialsAuthorities in south-west Louisiana recently arrested a Roman Catholic priest on accusations of behaving indecently with a child, igniting a new scandal in the diocese where the US church’s reckoning with clergy abuse began – an institution that just disclosed it could lose up to $162m over pending litigation.Korey LaVergne was jailed Friday evening on three counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile, according to Acadia parish sheriff KP Gibson, whose agency arrested the priest. LaVergne had presided over mass at St Edward church in Richard – where the Lafayette diocese had assigned him as pastor – hours before he was booked into the Acadia lockup. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Poll: Support for Nigel Farage's Reform UK stalls in Scotland

A Norstat survey shows backing for Nigel Farage’s party dropping slightly

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3 h. ago Irish Foreign Affairs Minister brands US tariffs plan ‘completely unacceptable’

Helen McEntee said they are ‘coordinating closely with our EU and wider European partners in response to this announcement’.

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3 h. ago Mum speaks out about 'deeply painful' court hearing as group of parents sue TikTok over children's deaths

'For the court, this is about motions and procedures. For us, it is about our children. Our dead children'

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