18 m. ago Starmer has spoken to Donald Trump on the phone about his 'gangster' threats of a trade war over Greenland and told him it's 'wrong' after Europe warned of a 'dangerous downward spiral' in Nato

Sir Keir Starmer told US President Donald Trump that 'applying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of Nato allies is wrong' in a telephone call this afternoon, No10 has said.

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25 m. ago Christian bishop warns clergy to be sure ‘their wills written’ in wake of Renee Good’s death

Hirschfeld did not call for violence, but instead said people of Christian faith should not fear death

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29 m. ago Mike Pence joins growing number of Republicans opposing Trump over Greenland

Former VP and other GOP officials warn against president’s threats that risk ‘fracturing’ NATO alliances

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62 m. ago Football coach, 20, dies after taking MDMA pill on New Year's Eve because it was 'cheaper than drinking': Father issues warning to other parents

EXCLUSIVE: Kieran Bassett tragically passed away on New Year's Day after he was thought to have consumed a laced ecstasy tablet during a pre-drinks at his friend's house the night before.

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1 hour ago Chris Packham warns of massive change we must make to save UK's garden birds

The BBC star says people won't want to do it, but they might have to, and he hopes to show what's needed using scientific proof

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1 hour ago Heinous ordeal of young mum stabbed 11 times before ex sexually abused her corpse

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT A devoted mum has been brutally murdered by her estranged husband, who made a calculated plot to attack knowing she'd be alone. What happened next was unthinkable

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2 h. ago Scientist whose work laid foundations for Covid vaccines dies aged 91

Gregory Gregoriadis’s work paved the way for modern medical breakthroughs including the use of lipids in mRNA Covid vaccines.

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2 h. ago Iran warns world that any attack on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would be declaration of war

Iran’s president makes comment in response to speculation Donald Trump is planning to assassinate or remove Iran’s supreme leaderIran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, warned on Sunday that any attack on the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would mean a declaration of war.In an apparent response to speculation that Donald Trump is considering an attempt to assassinate or remove Khamenei, Pezeshkian said in a post on X that “an attack on the great leader of our country is tantamount to a full-scale war with the Iranian nation.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump’s tariff shock suggests EU’s strategy of flattery and appeasement has failed

Next few weeks will show if Trump has finally pushed too far with Greenland levies, as calls grow for bloc to take tougher actionEurope live – latest updatesAs the sun set over the port of Limassol in Cyprus, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, last Thursday used a tried and tested formula to describe the United States – calling it one of “our allies, our partners”. Only 24 hours earlier, Denmark, an EU and Nato member state, had warned that Donald Trump was intent on “conquering” Greenland, but the reflex at the top of the EU executive to describe the US as a friend runs deep.Trump’s weekend announcement that eight countries that have supported Greenland would face tariffs unless there was a deal to sell the territory to the US was another hammer to the transatlantic alliance, mocking the notion that the US is Europe’s ally. The eight countries include six EU member states, as well as Norway and the UK, the latter unprotected by the much vaunted “special rela...

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

Comments come after US president threatened to slap fresh tariffs on UK and Europe over their opposition to his threats to annex Greenland

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3 h. ago New Hampshire bishop warns clergy to prepare for 'new era of martyrdom'

A New Hampshire Episcopal bishop is drawing national attention for urging clergy to prepare for a “new era of martyrdom.”

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3 h. ago Putin ‘may target’ another European nation as NATO unity is tested

An expert has warned the Russian despot Vladimir Putin is not done with his war

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4 h. ago Morrissey cancels his third gig of 2026 at the last minute amid ongoing health concerns after suffering an 'adverse reaction to prescription medication'

Music legend Morrissey has cancelled another gig on Saturday night amid ongoing health conerns. 

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4 h. ago UK politics ‘constantly suffering’ from online disinformation, says Labour MP

Emily Thornberry says risk posed to British democracy by bot farms and biased algorithms requires actionOnline disinformation campaigns, including Iranian bot farms promoting Scottish nationalism and biased algorithms depicting London as “an overwhelmingly dangerous” city, are seeking to undermine British democracy, a senior Labour MP has warned.Emily Thornberry, the Labour chair of the foreign affairs select committee, said online disinformation about the UK was being promoted by Donald Trump and other US and UK politicians, and Britain was “constantly suffering from disinformation campaigns from both state and non-state actors”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago White House press secretary tells CBS ‘we’ll sue your ass off’ if it edits Trump interview

Karoline Leavitt was recorded warning network to put out new interview with president in full and without editsDonald Trump’s White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was recently recorded warning CBS News to broadcast a new interview with the president in full and without edits – or “we’ll sue your ass off”.Trump “said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full,’” Leavitt told CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil after he had interviewed the president, according to an audio exchange first reported on by the New York Times. The 13-minute exclusive segment aired on Tuesday, months after CBS’ parent company Paramount agreed to pay Trump $16m over its editing of an unrelated interview ahead of the 2024 election that vaulted him to a second presidency. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Karoline Leavitt warned CBS that Trump will ‘sue your a** off’ if interview was cut

In the moments after Trump finished taping a 13-minute interview with CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil in Michigan on Tuesday, Leavitt issued a warning

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5 h. ago Asylum seekers 'are SEVEN times more likely to be arrested than everyone else on Britain's railways' as MP warns our open borders have made country 'dangerous'

Asylum seekers are up to seven times more likely to be arrested than the rest of the population, official figures suggest.

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5 h. ago King Charles' US trip in jeopardy over Trump's Greenland threats

As the US president imposes tariffs on the UK in a bid to ‘buy’ Greenland, several MPs have warned King Charles about his outward state visit to America in April

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5 h. ago Strictly's Shirley Ballas warns fans to be 'careful' in update after fall

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has shared a health update after a fall injury required a hospital visit

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6 h. ago Trump’s tariff threat over Greenland risks ‘dangerous downward spiral’, warn Nato members – Europe live

The leaders of Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK issue joint statement ahead of EU ambassadors meetingThe United States will also suffer if president Donald Trump implements threats to impose tariffs on European countries opposing his plans to acquire Greenland, a French minister said on Sunday.“In this escalation of tariffs, he has a lot to lose as well, as do his own farmers and industrialists,” French agriculture minister Annie Genevard told broadcasters Europe 1 and CNews. Continue reading...

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