4 h. ago King Charles jokes about nearly being 'married off' to Richard Nixon's daughter

During his speech at the state banquet last night, King Charles referred to an occasion in 1970 when, then 21, he spent time with then-president Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia at social occasions

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4 h. ago Donald Trump soaks up the glory of his second UK state visit

But after spending time with the King, the US president may face a tricky final day as he holds talks with Sir Keir Starmer

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7 h. ago Channel 4 savagely mocks Donald Trump as they vow to expose 'untruths' during UK visit

Channel 4 has vowed to expose the 'untruths' made by Donald Trump during his time in office, as the US President embarks on his State Visit to the UK

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11 h. ago Donald Trump UK visit LIVE: Watch as Red Arrows fly over King and President

The second day of Donald Trump's state visit is well underway, with the US President and First Lady Melania spending time with King Charles, Princess Kate and Prince William at Windsor Castle

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12 h. ago Cheered by thousands, the only time a US president has ever set foot in Manchester

"I felt before I came here at home in Manchester, because Manchester has so many of the characteristics of our great American cities"

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12 h. ago Irish MP will not be expelled for wearing blackface, say Social Democrats

Eoin Hayes TD apologised for ‘huge mistake’ of dressing up as Barack Obama at 2009 Halloween partyA member of Ireland’s parliament who was pictured in blackface at a 2009 Halloween party will stay on as a member of the Social Democrats, the party leader has said, citing his “unreserved” apology and the fact that the incident took place 16 years ago.Eoin Hayes, a deputy (TD) for Dublin Bay South, came under fire this week after media published pictures of him dressed up as the then US president, Barack Obama, at a party. At the time, Hayes was the president of the students’ union at University College Cork. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago What happened in Trump's first UK state visit? Dinner with Prince Harry to staggering cost

The US president touched down in the UK for the second time on a state visit this evening in world that is vastly different to when he last visited our humble shores

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5 d. ago Trump news at a glance: president urges death penalty in Charlie Kirk killing, as widow says: ‘we’ll never surrender’

President sought to cast people on the left as sole problem of US politics, while widow of Charlie Kirk said her ‘cries will echo around the world like a battle cry’ – key stories from 12 September at a glanceDonald Trump on Friday advocated for the death penalty in the killing of his close associate Charlie Kirk, as the widow of the rightwing activist spoke publicly for the first time since the shooting.The president told Fox & Friends in an interview – during which he also announced that a suspect was in custody – that he hopes the shooter “gets the death penalty”. He added: “Charlie Kirk was the finest person. He didn’t deserve this”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Emotional Utah Gov. Spencer Cox takes over presser on arrest of Charlie Kirk shooting suspect: ‘Log off, touch grass’

The mild-mannered Utah executive was once a Trump foe who now champions the president and has long preached civility in a time when politics has gone combative. His message is drawing notice

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5 d. ago Trump ally Laura Loomer ridiculed for swinging from Charlie Kirk attacks to leading backlash against detractors

Loomer accused TPUSA founder of betraying president in July but now bashes those she perceives to ‘celebrate’ his assassinationCharlie Kirk shooting – follow the latest updatesAs she pushed Donald Trump to “shut down” leftist organizations in the US over Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the far-right influencer Laura Loomer was confronted with a social media post that less than two months earlier lambasted the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) executive director as a “charlatan” who had betrayed the president.“It’s time for the Trump administration to shut down, defund & prosecute every single leftist organization,” Loomer wrote on X after Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. “We must shut these lunatic leftists down. Once and for all. The left is a national security threat.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Sean Penn says he was ‘conned’ by Putin in first meeting: ‘We talked about fatherhood’

Oscar winner met Russian president for the first time in 2001 at the Moscow Film Festival premiere of his film ‘The Pledge’

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8 d. ago John Swinney to meet Donald Trump in White House Oval Office to press for Scotch whisky tariff reform

The First Minister will hold talks with the US President at 7pm UK time.

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8 d. ago 'Magical' forest with twisted trees and mossy rocks is like 'being on another planet'

From the moment you set foot in this "enchanted" UK forest, you will be transported to a fairytale and it looks stunning

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9 d. ago New series of BBC One’s Question Time to feature Trump special

As Donald Trump returns to the UK for a state visit, a special edition of Question Time will ask what his presidency means for Britain.

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1 week ago US Open chaos as Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner final delayed due to Donald Trump

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner were due to begin their US Open final around 2pm local time in New York but the arrival of President Donald Trump meant the schedule changed

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2 w. ago ‘Europe is the core – America joined as an offshoot’: the historian challenging what ‘the west’ means

Was the ‘western alliance’ dreamt up to further American and British interests? Georgios Varouxakis argues that the idea is older, quintessentially European, and even anti-imperialistFor your book The West: The History of an Idea, you spent 12 years researching what people mean when they talk about “the west”. At a time when America’s president shows more admiration for autocratic Russia than for Nato-allied countries in Europe, are we witnessing the end of the west as an idea?I certainly wouldn’t write off the west. What we are seeing is a challenge to a version of the west that had America as its leader. But it doesn’t have to signal the end. The west is crucial to Europeans, and they have been the core of it. America joined at some point as an offshoot; it has been isolationist before, and it may become isolationist again. So we may see a different version of the west for a while, with its core in Europe, as it historically has mostly been. But America will surely return sooner o...

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2 w. ago Liz Hurley brutally mocked for claiming she hasn't set foot in a pub for nearly 40 years

Model and actress Elizabeth Hurley has exposed herself to mockery for claiming she hasn't set her celebrity feet in a bar since 1987.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump is PICTURED for first time since false 'death' rumours went viral

President Donald Trump has been pictured for the first time after 'Trump is dead' started trending on social media

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Russia’s strike on Kyiv: Putin is testing Trump’s will and Europe’s resolve | Editorial

The Kremlin sent a clear message with its lethal overnight raid on the Ukrainian capital. Will the US heed it?Wednesday night brought a grim return to Russia’s form: one of the heaviest air raids on Kyiv since the full-scale invasion began. Moscow eased off its strikes on major cities in the run-up to the Alaska summit, and it held off its attack on the Ukrainian capital until Keith Kellogg, the US special envoy, had finished his visit there. But within hours of his departure, at least 18 people, including several children, were dead in an attack on a residential block, and the European Union mission had been severely damaged.Donald Trump periodically suggests that he is drawing a line for Vladimir Putin. Yet each time he appears to set a limit, the Russian president breezes through it. The Kyiv attack shows that it is Mr Putin who is testing the US president. Mr Trump threatened “severe consequences” if Moscow did not immediately agree to a ceasefire – but in Anchora...

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3 w. ago Trump's fearful moment when 'everyone went crazy' and 'rifles were pointing at him'

During a meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, Trump recounted a story from his time in office when he crossed the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea

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