21 h. ago Keir Starmer in diplomatic push to head off Middle East crisis before G7 summit in Canada

PM to discuss Israel and Iran clashes with Mark Carney and expected to talk to leaders of US, France and GermanyMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer is beginning an urgent diplomatic push to try to head off the crisis in the Middle East, as the Foreign Office warned Britons not to travel to Israel after further retaliatory attacks by Iran.Downing Street did not rule out the possibility of having to evacuate UK nationals from Israel if matters deteriorated, saying officials were keeping all contingency plans “under constant review”. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Keir Starmer swipes at Trump as he hails 'independent, sovereign' Canada and enjoys a beer with PM Mark Carney in Ottawa

Keir Starmer gave his strongest response yet to the president's push to turn Canada into a US state as he met counterpart Mark Carney in Ottawa.

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39 h. ago Canada is independent and sovereign, says Starmer ahead of visit

The Prime Minister is on his way to Canada for talks with his counterpart, Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of England.

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39 h. ago Starmer’s rebuke to Trump as he prepares for Canada trade talks ahead of crucial summit

Keir Starmer flies to Canada for trade talks with Mark Carney and the G7 summit

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64 h. ago Canada and India to share terrorism intelligence despite 2023 murder plot, says report

Accord comes as Mark Carney seeks shift in Ottawa’s relationship with New Delhi after long diplomatic spatCanada and India plan to share intelligence in an effort to combat the rising threat of international crime and extremism, according to a new report from Bloomberg, days before a meeting between the two countries’ leaders.Canadian officials declined to comment on the report, which, if confirmed, would represent a dramatic shift in relations between the two countries which for nearly two years have been locked in a bitter diplomatic spat after Canada’s federal police agency concluded that India planned and ordered the murder a prominent Sikh activist on Canadian soil. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Canadians said no to Trump – so why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga

If it goes ahead we will see the construction of a surveillance state that is in some ways worse than the USCanada got duped. We avoided electing an outright Trump sympathiser, but we still elected a prime minister who will align our policies with the United States. Despite all the anti-Trump rhetoric and celebration of the idea that Canada was independent and had no desire to be like the US, we are now passing Maga-inspired legislation.The newly elected Mark Carney government tabled a border bill that will give law enforcement sweeping powers in obtaining citizen’s data, and will align Canada with the US’s refugee policies. Bill C-2, or the Strong Borders Act, is presented as a border security bill. However, its reach extends beyond border applications to nearly all legislation.Erica Ifill is an economist and award-winning political columnist Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Canada plans to hit NATO spending target early and reduce reliance on US defense, Carney says

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will meet NATO’s military spending guideline by early next year

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8 d. ago Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?

Donald Trump’s extraordinary threats have angered Canadians and Europeans, and the idea of a new kind of transatlantic alliance is gaining traction Joachim Streit has never stepped foot in Canada. But that hasn’t stopped the German politician from launching a tenacious, one-man campaign that he readily describes as “aspirational”: to have the North American country join the EU.“We have to strengthen the European Union,” said Streit, who last year was elected as a member of the European parliament. “And I think Canada – as its prime minister says – is the most European country outside of Europe.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Carney invites Modi to G7 summit despite strained ties between Canada and India

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta later this month

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Trump and children: protect the innocent from this dark vision of the US soul | Editorial

Republicans say they want more babies, but seek to strip away healthcare and food support, undermine migrant families and remove labour protections for the young“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children,” Nelson Mandela observed 30 years ago. Though the ugly heart of the Trump administration has hardly been hidden, there is an especially grotesque contrast between its vaunted family values and its treatment of the young.On the campaign trail, Donald Trump declared: “I want a baby boom.” JD Vance, his vice-president, says he wants “more happy children in our country”. Maga pro-natalists are pushing incentives for families to have more children. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump claims Canada is considering becoming 51st state in exchange for free Golden Dome protection

Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney has repeatedly rejected Trump’s overtures despite the president’s latest remarks

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2 w. ago Canadians are happy to cling to King Charles – as long as he keeps us safe from Trump | Jen Gerson

If a monarch who is the master of pomp can soothe the ego of our noisy neighbour, that’s good news even for republicansRest assured that the residents of Canada are vulnerable to the same strand of lazy republicanism that tends to afflict most other constitutional monarchies when complacency permits. Monarchy, after all, is irrational and expensive. And of course in a modern society, why should anyone be elevated to positions of power or prestige solely by accident of birth? Add to this absurdity the notion of a “King of Canada” – a fully independent G7 nation – who lives an ocean away, and the silliness of our system of government compounds.In ordinary circumstances, a British monarch has little interest in a former far-flung colony, and our passport offices would run with or without his official portrait overseeing the grey walls of officialdom. Humans, however, are not rational. And our circumstances are not ordinary.Jen Gerson is a Canadian commentator and co-founder of The Line...

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2 w. ago King Charles appears to send a message to Donald Trump as he opens Canadian parliament after the US President's '51st state' threats

Amid pomp and pageantry not seen for more than half a century, King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at Canada 's Parliament today.

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2 w. ago King Charles and Mark Carney arrive at the state opening of Canadian parliament as monarch gets set to make history with address

Amid pomp and pageantry not seen for more than half a century, King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at Canada 's Parliament today.

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2 w. ago King Charles to outline Canada's priorities in Parliament amid Trump annexation threat

King Charles III will outline new Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government priorities in a speech in Parliament in what’s viewed as a show of support in the face of annexation threats by U.S. President Donald Trump

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2 w. ago King and Queen greeted by Mounties as they touch down for whistlestop Canada tour

King Charles and Queen Camilla have arrived in Canada for a 24 hour visit to North America and were welcomed by the Governor General, prime minister Mark Carney and other dignitaries

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2 w. ago Mark Carney praises ‘historic ties’ as he welcomes Charles and Camilla to Canada

The King and Queen watched a game of street hockey in Ottawa.

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2 w. ago King Charles III's visit to Canada underscores its sovereignty to Trump

King Charles III is to arrive in Ottawa on a visit that underscores Canada’s sovereignty to U.S. President Donald Trump

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3 w. ago Crown questions to fore as king visits Canada amid tensions with Trump

Charles to open parliament in show of support at a crucial time – but that has not quieted a chorus of critical voices The decision by King Charles to formally open Canada’s parliament on Tuesday reflects his role as a “steadfast defender” of the country amid threats to its sovereignty, says prime minister Mark Carney.But Indigenous leaders say the rare visit is also a reminder that Canada’s founding relationship between the monarchy and the country’s first peoples cannot ever be “forgotten or displaced or broken”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How Trump has turbocharged a Canadian province’s quest for independence | Lisa Young

The president has upended Canadian politics - and offered Alberta’s seccesionists a new political route forward For Canadians, there’s nothing new about a province contemplating secession. Two referendums on Quebec’s potential independence – in 1980 and 1995 – brought the country uncomfortably close to the precipice. Today, it’s not Quebec but the oil-rich western province of Alberta that is chafing under the constraints of Canadian confederation. US president Donald Trump’s tariffs and comments about turning Canada into the 51st state have set in motion a chain of political events that will probably result in a referendum on Albertan independence sometime in 2026.Conservative political leaders in Alberta have traditionally stoked resentment of the federal government in Ottawa without crossing the line to advocate separation. The grievances are largely economic and in recent years have focused on environmental policies. The Conservative-led Alberta provincial government has portraye...

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