11 h. ago Trump warned ‘upsetting allies who shed blood for the US’ threatens critical defence deals

Exclusive: Obama’s former assistant secretary of state Frank Rose was the last U.S. official to negotiate a defence deal with Denmark and the Greenland Home Rule administration. He spoke to The Independent about the international dispute that could break NATO

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25 h. ago Britain will never help the US invade Greenland, says defence secretary after Trump claims ‘we need to own it’

US president says ‘we will do something on Greenland whether they like it or not’

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53 h. ago Keir Starmer speaks to Donald Trump as Nato and Denmark seek calm over Greenland

The UK Prime Minister appeared to be acting as a go-between in discussions between Danish PM Mette Frederiksen, Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte and Donald Trump over his ambitions for Greenland

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3 d. ago Marco Rubio says he will meet Danish officials to discuss Greenland next week

Remarks by US secretary of state come after Greenland and Denmark request urgent meeting over Trump threatsEurope live – latest updatesThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, says he plans to meet Danish officials next week to discuss Greenland, amid an escalating crisis within Nato over Donald Trump’s threats to take over the Arctic territory.An urgent meeting had been requested by the foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark, which has said that any invasion or seizure of the territory by its Nato ally would mark the end of the western military alliance and “post-second world war security”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Weakness from Starmer and Europe will only encourage Trump to seize Greenland, ex

Ben Wallace said the response to mounting threats from the US had to be 'much more robust'.

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5 d. ago Foreign Secretary issues warning to Donald Trump over Greenland

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper made the comment in the Commons on Monday evening amid growing alarm that US President Donald Trump could annex Greenland

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5 d. ago Don't invade Greenland, Britain urges Trump after raid on Venezuela to seize dictator Maduro

The US president has repeated his desire to grab control of the vast frozen territory

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5 d. ago Trump push to politicize US military ‘reminiscent of Stalin’, top general warns

Maj Gen Paul Eaton says US president’s effort to bend military to his will could have dire long-term consequencesDonald Trump and his defense secretary Pete Hegseth are mounting an aggressive push to politicise the top ranks of the US military – a push that smacks of Stalinism and could take years to repair, the former infantry chief who trained troops to invade Iraq has warned.Maj Gen Paul Eaton has sounded the alarm, saying in an interview with the Guardian that the effort to bend the higher echelons of the military to the US president’s will was unparalleled in recent history and could have long-term dire consequences. He warned that both the reputation and efficiency of the world’s most powerful fighting force was in the balance. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Foreign Secretary expected to address MPs on US operation in Venezuela

Yvette Cooper is expected to update the Commons on the US removal of Nicolas Maduro as president of Venezuela.

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8 d. ago Bitter Kennedy family feud explodes as RFK Jr is 'banned' from late cousin Tatiana Schlossberg's funeral to 'protect her young kids'

Schlossberg, who died at the age of 35 on Tuesday, had referred to Kennedy Jr, who is Donald Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services, as the family 'embarrassment'.

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2 w. ago Trump’s defense secretary warns ‘more strikes to come’ on Nigeria after ISIS targets hit

The US has accused IS of targeting Christians in the country

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2 w. ago Trump’s war secretary Pete Hegseth warns ‘more strikes to come’ on Nigeria after IS targets hit

The US has accused IS of targeting Christians in the country

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2 w. ago British campaigner launches legal challenge against Trump administration after deportation threat

Imran Ahmed, an anti-disinformation advocate, claims he is being targeted over his work scrutinising social media companiesA British anti-disinformation campaigner close to Keir Starmer’s chief of staff has launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration after being told he could face deportation from the US in a row over freedom of speech.Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), has filed a complaint against senior Trump allies including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, in an attempt to prevent what he says would be an unconstitutional arrest and removal. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump launches massive air strike on 70 terror targets in Syria: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth brands it 'a declaration of vengeance' as US vows to keep bombing

Among the sites hit were IS fighter compounds, weapon dumps and other infrastructure, with Jordanian fighter jets supporting what was dubbed Operation Hawkeye Strike on Friday.

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3 w. ago Donald Trump launches massive air strike on 70 terror targets in Syria: Defence secretary brands it 'a declaration of vengence' as US vows to keep bombing

Among the sites hit were IS fighter compounds, weapon dumps and other infrastructure, with Jordanian fighter jets supporting what was dubbed Operation Hawkeye Strike on Friday.

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3 w. ago Trump suspends green card lottery program that allowed Brown University and MIT shootings suspect into the US

In a post to X, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said President Trump has directed to suspended a green card lottery program

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3 w. ago US strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four, as Trump accuses Venezuela of taking ‘our oil’

The announcement from Pete Hegseth comes a day after Trump issued a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaThe US military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel it said was engaged in drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific, according to defense secretary Pete Hegseth, as Trump further ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela, accusing the country of taking US oil.On Wednesday Hegseth said the “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel engaged in “narco-trafficking operations” had killed four people. The latest strike in the Pacific brings the death toll to 99 since the US began its campaign of striking alleged drug-trafficking boats in September. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago RFK Jr is a danger to public health – but local Maha laws could be a bigger threat | Katrina vanden Heuvel

An array of under-the-radar initiatives are taking hold across the US, often tied to immunization, fluoridation and raw milkEven within the freak show that is Donald Trump’s cabinet, the health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has a singular knack for dominating the headlines with the most disturbing sort of carnivalesque spectacle.In recent months, he’s amplified harmful misinformation linking Tylenol and autism and dismissed the entire CDC vaccine advisory committee, replacing them with skeptics and conspiracy theorists. And even as that agency debated and ultimately scrapped its hepatitis B vaccination recommendation for many newborns, Kennedy courted further controversy for his alleged involvement in a tabloid-fodder love triangle.Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of the Nation, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a contributor to the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times Continue reading...

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last month White House on the defensive when asked how billionaire Trump can tell average Americans to limit kids’ Christmas gifts

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also ignored a question on why President Donald Trump has falsely claimed a farm bailout program is funded by tariffs

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