50 h. ago EU leaders mull US tariff response as deadline looms over Trump’s 50% threat

European Commission expects to hear on Thursday whether leaders want quick trade deal or tough reactionEuropean leaders will tell the European Commission later on Thursday whether they want a quick trade deal with the US, or favour a tough response to Donald Trump’s tariff threats.The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, is expected to update EU leaders over dinner on Thursday on trade talks with the US ahead of a looming 9 July deadline. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Without dignity, leaders fell at Trump’s feet in The Hague – and for what? All Nato’s key problems remain | Martin Kettle

The relationship with him is still volatile, the Ukraine strategy still unclear and Europe needs to ensure its collective defenceNato’s Hague summit was an orchestrated grovel at the feet of Donald Trump. The originally planned two-day meeting was truncated into a single morning’s official business to flatter the president’s ego and accommodate his short attention span. The agenda was cynically narrowed to focus on the defence spending hikes he demands from US allies. Issues that may provoke or embarrass Trump – the Ukraine conflict, or whether the Iranian nuclear threat has actually been eliminated by US bombing – were relegated to the sidelines.Instead, the flattery throttle was opened up to maximum, with Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte leading the assembled fawning. On Tuesday, Rutte hymned Trump’s brilliance over Iran; yesterday, he garlanded him as the vindicated visionary of Nato’s drive towards the 5% of GDP spending goal. No one spoiled the party. As the president’s own ...

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3 d. ago Number of Brits who see US as a global threat doubles since Donald Trump came to power

President’s first few months in office have left fears about the US’ global role at an ‘all time high’ and rivalling China, Israel and North Korea

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3 d. ago Most Britons view US as security threat after Trump’s election

Only Russia was perceived to be a greater threat, putting the US ahead of both Israel and Iran

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4 d. ago Now Starmer hails Trump's Iran bombing for 'alleviating threat' of regime getting nuclear weapon... after ministers spent days refusing to say it was the right thing to do

After days of ministers desperately dodging on whether they supported the action, Keir Starmer sounded a much more positive tone as he arrived at the Nato summit in The Hague.

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4 d. ago Iran Israel live: Chilling threat as Trump's ceasefire 'violated' within hours

Israel accused Iran of violating the ceasefire agreement within hours of it coming into force today, with Donald Trump's diplomatic work left in tatters

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4 d. ago Donald Trump reacts to WW3 threat like a 'neighbour wheelie bin row' after Iran attacks US air base

US President Donald Trump waited a few hours before reacting directly to Iran's attempted missile strikes in Qatar, but then launched a characteristic monologue on his Truth Social website

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4 d. ago Israel agrees to Trump ceasefire after Iran threat 'eliminated' but adds chilling warning

Israel has agreed to US President Donald Trump's ceasefire proposal after the Iran threat was 'eliminated' and Israel 'inflicted severe damage on the military leadership'

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4 d. ago Nato members willingly increasing defence spending amid rising threat from Russia, says Rutte

Exclusive: As alliance members arrive at The Hague summit, secretary general says Moscow capable of launching attack within three to five yearsMark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, said it was “not a difficult thing” to get members to agree to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP because of the rising threat from Russia – and stressed that Trump remained “absolutely” committed to supporting the alliance.In an interview on the eve of the western alliance’s summit, Rutte told the Guardian that all 32 members had agreed to increase defence spending because “there is so much at stake” after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago American airbase under 'imminent threat' as Iran weighs retaliation for Trump bombing and Qatar closes airspace: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East as a US air force base in Qatar has been placed under an 'imminent threat' amid fears Iran is set to strike.

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5 d. ago Americans are ‘right’ to be worried about Iranian sleeper cells, senator says as US rises to ‘heightened’ terror alert

Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Tom Cotton blames Joe Biden for allowing Iranian nationals into the U.S. and insists Donald Trump is not to responsible for increased threat levels

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5 d. ago Oil prices surge as Iran maintains threat to close global shipping route after Trump bombed its nuclear facilities

Brent crude futures were up $1.52 or 1.97 per cent to $78.53 a barrel as of 6am UK time. US West Texas Intermediate crude advanced $1.51 or 2.04 per cent to $75.35.

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5 d. ago Trump taunts Iran after US took 'the bomb right out of their hands' as more details of the attack emerge

The US terror threat has been heightened after President Trump's strikes on three key Iranian nuclear sites overnight as Tehran weighs its response.

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6 d. ago Terror alert raised after Trump obliterates Iran's nuclear sites as Tehran prepares to SHUT the Strait of Hormuz

The US terror threat has been heightened after President Trump's strikes on three key Iranian nuclear sites overnight as Tehran weighs its response.

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6 d. ago Trump launches airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites as threat of all

The US president authorised the overnight bombings of key nuclear sites, including the heavily fortified Fordow plant

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6 d. ago US bombs Iran latest: Trump launches airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites as threat of all

The US president authorised the overnight bombings of key nuclear sites, including the heavily fortified Fordow plant

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7 d. ago Thousands of Afghans face expulsion from US as Trump removes protections

‘Profound concern’ as administration says Afghanistan safe to return to despite dangers posed by Taliban regimeThousands of Afghans who fled to the US as the Taliban grabbed power again in Afghanistan are in mortal dread of being deported back to danger in the coming weeks amid the Trump administration’s anti-immigration crackdown.Many, including some who assisted US forces in Afghanistan before the botched withdrawal by the military in 2021, are contending with threats to their legal status in the US on several fronts. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump says Iran's Supreme Leader is an 'easy target' and reveals if he'll involve U.S. troops to take him out

President Donald Trump brandished an online threat to Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying the U.S. knows his precise location and even calling him an 'easy target.'

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1 week ago Trump demands ‘UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER’ from Iran as he issues chilling threat to Supreme Leader Khamenei

Trump says the U.S. knows where ‘easy target’ Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is located and he is “safe” where he is ‘for now’ but ‘patience is wearing thin’

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1 week ago At least 15 die in Russian strikes on Kyiv in ‘one of most horrific attacks’ of Ukraine war – Europe live

Zelenskyy hits out at Putin and says world leaders ‘turn a blind eye’ after attack in which more than 100 people were woundedRussian strikes on Kyiv kill at least 14US president Donald Trump has repeated his threat to impose pharmaceutical tariffs saying they were “coming very soon” and criticised the EU for not offering a fair deal on trade.His comments, reported by Reuters, come from his brief chat with reporters on board Air Force One, on the way back from the G7 summit in Canada. Continue reading...

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