6 d. ago Donald Trump's chilling 'nuclear heat' warning ahead of bomb talks with Iran

Donald Trump gave a rambling statement at the White House on Tuesday - and signed executive orders meant to unleash coal power and wipe away regulations which limit it

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1 week ago Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that's the price of protest in Britain today | George Monbiot

It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissentThe faces are different, but it’s the same authoritarianism. Keir Starmer’s team might not look or sound like Donald Trump’s, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: coordinated global lobbying by the rich and powerful, fronted by rightwing junktanks.Last week, six young women were having tea and biscuits in the Quaker meeting house in Westminster. Twenty police officers forced open the door and arrested them on conspiracy charges. Had the police discovered a plot to blow up parliament or to poison the water supply? No. It was an openly advertised, routine meeting of a protest group called Youth Demand, discussing climate breakdown and the assault on Gaza.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnistThe Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison, was published in paperb...

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1 week ago Trump goes full gameshow host to push his tariff plan – and nobody’s a winner

There were charts and scores, as if The Price Is Right had come to Washington. The big prize? A global trade warIt was Jeopardy!, or The Price Is Right, come to Washington.On an unseasonably chilly day in the White House Rose Garden, Donald Trump stood with a giant chart listing which reciprocal tariffs he would impose on China, the European Union, the United Kingdom and other hapless contestants. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Russia issues chilling threat as Vladimir Putin 'condemns' Donald Trump's latest outburst

Dealmaker Donald Trump has issued a chilling threat to Iran, saying that if it refused to negotiate on its nuclear program, he would bomb the country "the likes of which they have never seen before"

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1 week ago Donald Trump 'bombing' threat sparks chilling response from Vladimir Putin

Dealmaker Donald Trump has issued a chilling warning to Iran, saying that if it refused to negotiate on its nuclear program, he would bomb the country "the likes of which they have never seen before"

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2 w. ago Donald Trump makes chilling 'convince them' threat on Greenland over US invasion fears

US President Donald Trump was speaking on The Vince Show when he repeated the controversial claim that he wants to US to 'control' Greenland, angering its residents

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3 w. ago Donald Trump's behaviour has chilling echoes of North Korea as critics slam him for using kids as 'props'

President Donald Trump's decision to sign an executive order gutting the Department of Education has sparked outrage and drawn eerie comparisons to North Korean tactics

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3 w. ago Donald Trump issues chilling 'annihilation' threat to Houthi rebels as airstrikes pound Yemen

The Houthi rebels have long been armed by Tehran - though Iran has repeatedly denied arming them despite physical evidence and experts tying the weapons to the country

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3 w. ago Donald Trump issues chilling WW3 warning after failing to secure Ukraine ceasefire

Donald Trump claimed he had a 'great call' with Vladimir Putin despite him rejecting the 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine - and repeated his warnings of World War III

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4 w. ago Vladimir Putin given chilling warning of UK's next move ahead of Donald Trump talks

Foreign Secretary David Lammy told MPs G7 leaders will continue to turn the screws on Russia's war machine and said they are not waiting on the Kremlin to reach a peace deal

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4 w. ago Donald Trump issues chilling war threat to Iran and vows retaliation for Houthi attacks

Donald Trump has issued a chilling war threat to Iran as he vowed to retaliate over Houthi rebel attacks in Yemen.

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4 w. ago Donald Trump chilling claim Russia peace talks to involve 'dividing up Ukraine's land'

Donald Trump said he will speak to Russian president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as military chiefs prepare to discuss peacekeeping plans in London

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