14 h. ago Prince Harry issued stark warning after mocking Donald Trump in TV sketch

A royal expert believes the Duke of Sussex should be stripped of his royal titles to send a message to the US public, after he made a joke about President Trump

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4 d. ago Donald Trump's MRI results revealed as White House issues major health update

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has revealed Donald Trump's MRI scan results following months of speculation surrounding the president's health

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9 d. ago Donald Trump issues statement after two National Guardsmen shot in Washington DC

Two members of the National Guard were shot and the White House is reportedly in lockdown

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1 week ago Claims of systemic problems with BBC news coverage disputed by former adviser

Caroline Daniel tells MPs leaked memo by Michael Prescott that sparked resignations at BBC did not provide full pictureClaims of “serious and systemic problems” in the corporation’s coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans issues, which led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, have been disputed by a former adviser to the corporation.Deborah Turness, the head of BBC News, also resigned after the allegations by Michael Prescott, a PR executive and former independent external adviser to the BBC’s editorial guidelines and standards committee (EGSC). Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump warns Zelenskyy 'he'll have to like' peace deal or 'just keep fighting'

US President Donald Trump has issued a warning to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over his peace plan during his first meeting with New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House.

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2 w. ago Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump's birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts

The Supreme Court is meeting in private with a key issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens

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2 w. ago BBC boss issues update after Donald Trump says he will still sue corporation

The US president is determined to pursue legal action against the public service broadcaster

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2 w. ago Donald Trump lashes out at reporter live on Fox News as he issues health update

Donald Trump clashed with a reporter live on air while issuing a major health update.

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3 w. ago Catholic bishops condemn Trump administration’s immigration enforcement – US politics live

US Conference of Catholic Bishops issues rare condemnation of president immigration crackdown and calls for ‘meaningful immigration reform’Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.We start with news that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a rare condemnation of president Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and advocated for “meaningful immigration reform.”Donald Trump is facing the prospect of a politically damaging congressional vote on releasing the Jeffery Epstein files after attempts to press two female members of Congress to withdraw their backing for it appeared to have failed. The reported refusal of Lauren Boebert, a Republican representative from Colorado, and Nancy Mace, from South Carolina, to remove their names from a discharge petition to force a vote leaves Trump exposed on an issue that carries the possibility of turning segments of his Maga ba...

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3 w. ago BBC issues grovelling apology to Donald Trump over 'misleading' Panorama documentary after president threatens to sue for $1bn

President Donald Trump suggested the BBC's Panorama 'defrauded the public' by doctoring footage so it looked as though he encouraged violence before the January 6 Capitol riot.

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3 w. ago BBC apologises to Donald Trump and makes fresh vow after doctoring speech

The BBC has issued an apology to Donald Trump after it was revealed that the broadcaster had edited out a key phrase from the former US president's speech on January 6, 2021

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3 w. ago BBC Chairman's humiliating apology as civil war erupts inside Corporation... as it emerges senior bosses discussed doctored footage way back in January

BBC chairman Samir Shah finally issued an apology over the doctored footage of Donald Trump yesterday as a blame game within the corporation broke out into the public domain.

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3 w. ago If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee

Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weaponsGotcha! The BBC’s enemies have taken two scalps and inflicted maximum damage. The shock resignation of the director general, Tim Davie, and the head of news, Deborah Turness, make it look as if the BBC accepts that it does indeed suffer from “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights. But in this political coup, only the BBC’s sworn ideological foes think a cherrypicked sample of journalistic errors amounts to “systemic” bias.It was indeed a bad mistake to splice together two bits of Trump’s speech; but it needed a quick apology, not a decapitation. The BBC’s chair, Samir Shah, I’m told, tried to persuade Davie to stay to avoid this apparent capitulation to critics: Davie should indeed have stood his ground, not weakened the BBC by walking away.Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Donald Trump threatens legal action against BBC following documentary editing row

Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC after the broadcaster issued a grovelling apology for editing one of his speeches in a Panorama documentary

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3 w. ago Trump threatens to sue 'BBC for $1bn' if it does not respond in four days

Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC after the broadcaster issued a grovelling apology for editing one of his speeches in a Panorama documentary as the US president sets a deadline

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3 w. ago Donald Trump issues pardons to 77 allies involved in 2020 election plot

Donald Trump has pardoned a roll call of his allies who were involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election

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3 w. ago Donald Trump issues scathing reaction after Tim Davie announces BBC resignation

The BBC director-general announced he is to step down after five years in the role

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3 w. ago BBC boss Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness resign over Donald Trump documentary editing

Director-general Tim Davie has resigned from the BBC, the corporation has announced.

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3 w. ago Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage

Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speechTim Davie, the BBC’s director general, and the head of BBC News have resigned after a former adviser to the corporation accused it of “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights.In a shock move, Davie said his depature was his own, but comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way the broadcaster edited a Donald Trump speech. Continue reading...

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