7 h. ago MPs warn that UK agreements with Donald Trump are ‘built on sand’

Exclusive: UK government’s ‘naive belief’ that Trump is a good faith actor ‘could cost UK taxpayer billions’, says health select committee chair Ministers and senior MPs have warned that the UK’s agreements with Donald Trump are “built on sand” after the Guardian established that the deal to avoid drug tariffs has no underlying text beyond limited headline terms.The “milestone” US-UK deal announced this month on pharmaceuticals, which will mean the NHS pays more for medicines in exchange for a promise of zero tariffs on the industry, still lacks a legal footing beyond top lines contained in two government press releases. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Revealed: Key details about latest Ukraine peace deal – and the main hurdles Russia keeps putting in the way

Ukraine emerged from two days of talks with Trump’s envoy positive about progress

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27 h. ago UK insists US tech deal not dead as Trump threatens penalties against European firms

Keir Starmer’s office claims UK still in ‘active conversations’ about deal for tech industries in both countries to cooperateDowning Street insists the $40bn Tech Prosperity Deal between the US and UK that is on hold is not permanently stalled. The BBC reported on Tuesday evening that the prime minister’s office claimed that the UK remains in “active conversations with US counterparts at all levels of government” about the wide-ranging deal for the technology industries in both countries to cooperate.The agreement, previously billed as historic, was paused after the US accused the UK of failing to lower trade barriers, including a digital services tax on US tech companies and food safety rules that limit the export of some agricultural products. The New York Times first reported British confirmation that negotiations had stalled. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Starmer blow as Trump 'puts vaunted £31bn tech prosperity deal with UK on ice' amid trade wrangling

Donald Trumpis said to have frozen talks on the pact, which was unveiled with great fanfare during his state visit earlier this year.

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53 h. ago Trump says Ukraine deal ‘closer than ever’ after talks in Berlin

Germany says US to provide security guarantees as Kyiv and Washington admit differences on territorial issues

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57 h. ago Nobel prize winner Maria Machado fractured spine fleeing Venezuela on fishing boat to reach ceremony

Machado endured a gruelling three day journey from Venezuela to Oslo over perilous waters last week

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59 h. ago Machado suffered vertebra fracture on secret trip from Venezuela to Norway

Opposition leader and Nobel peace prize laureate’s injury was reportedly sustained during high-risk sea crossingVenezuelan opposition leader and Nobel peace prize laureate María Corina Machado suffered a vertebra fracture during her secret journey from Venezuela to Norway last week, her spokesperson has confirmed.Machado previously said she feared for her life during the perilous voyage to receive her award in Oslo. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Nobel Peace Prize winner is treated in Norway after suffering fractured vertebra during her escape from Venezuela in small fishing boat

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was said to have sustained the injury during a high-risk sea crossing to Norway.

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3 d. ago Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski tells AP of Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski has been released from a Belarusian prison after more than four years

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4 d. ago Belarus releases 123 political prisoners including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski after deal with Trump

Belarus has released 123 political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the country.  

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4 d. ago Nobel Peace Prize laureate and others who took on Belarus' president are among the freed prisoners

Belarusian authorities have freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Viktar Babaryka, as part of a deal with Washington that lifted U.S. sanctions on the Eastern European country’s vital fertilizer exports

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4 d. ago Donald Trump's unhinged latest: Cowboy hats, condoms and more from the Epstein files

Donald Trump probably thought he had another week before he had to deal with Epstein again - now he'll have to deal with a drip-drip release of photos for weeks

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4 d. ago Belarus releases 123 prisoners including opposition leaders after US lifts sanctions

Nobel prize winner Ales Bialiatski and opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava among those freed after US talks with Alexander LukashenkoThe Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, freed 123 prisoners on Saturday, including Nobel peace prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava, after the US lifted sanctions on Belarusian potash, a key export.The announcement came after two days of talks with an envoy of the US president, Donald Trump, the latest diplomatic push since the Trump administration started talks with the autocratic leader. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago More 'incredibly disturbing' Epstein pictures to come say Democrats as part of release of 95,000 images

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are working their way through more than 95,000 unseen images handed over from the late paedophile's estate.

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4 d. ago Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi ‘violently detained’ at memorial for dead human rights lawyer

A foundation in her name said she was detained at a memorial for a human rights lawyer recently found dead under disputed circumstances

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5 d. ago Trump says new Epstein photos are ‘no big deal’ but claims he hasn’t seen them: Live updates

The U.S. House Oversight Committee Democrats have received 95,000 photos from the Epstein estate, with two tranches posted online Friday

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5 d. ago ‘Transition is irreversible’: María Corina Machado says not too late for Maduro’s peaceful handover

Nobel peace laureate says Maduro’s political downfall is inevitable after her fraught journey to freedom by boat‘Dangerous and scary’: how a US special forces vet helped María Corina Machado flee VenezuelaNicolás Maduro’s political downfall is inevitable, the Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has claimed, rejecting claims that the dictator’s demise would plunge Venezuela into a Syria-style civil war.Speaking to journalists in Oslo two days after being awarded the Nobel peace prize, Machado voiced confidence that her country was on the cusp of a new political era amid an intensifying US campaign to unseat Maduro. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Nobel Peace Prize winner backs Trump amid claims he wants to 'invade' Venezuela, saying it is 'the criminal hub of the Americas' and Maduro's regime must be brought down

Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has backed Donald Trump's tough stance on her country claiming it has been turned into 'the criminal hub of the Americas.'

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6 d. ago Venezuelan Nobel laureate reunited with family after perilous journey to receive prize

María Corina Machado thanks those who risked their lives to help her make trip to Oslo and says she is hopeful ‘Venezuela will be free’Europe live – latest updatesVenezuela’s best-known opposition leader, the Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado, said her arrival in Oslo marked a “historic turning point” that showed Venezuelans “the world is with them”.Machado, who was forced into hiding in Venezuela by the country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro, slipped out of her authoritarian homeland by boat in order to travel to Norway to collect her prize. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Venezuela's Machado says Maduro government didn't know where she was hiding

Opposition leader María Corina Machado says she doesn’t believe the Venezuelan government knew where she was hiding for most of this year

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