11 m. ago Zelenskyy says he wants to see an agreement on security guarantees before meeting Vladimir Putin – Ukraine war live

Amid US offering minimal security a group of allies led by Britain and France are putting together a military coalitionWe have just heard from the European Commission, confirming that the EU and the US have now agreed on the much-awaited “joint statement” advancing the political commitments on trade agreed by Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump in Scotland last month.The commission’s press release says the statement “lays out in detail the new US tariff regime towards the EU, with a clear maximum, all-inclusive, tariff rate of 15% for the vast majority of EU exports, including strategic sectors such as cars, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and lumber.” Continue reading...

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24 m. ago US and EU frame the ongoing deal between the trading partners and solidify some commitments

The United States and the European Union have issued a joint statement solidifying trade commitments

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36 m. ago ‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth crisis in Ukraine

Women have been left fearful of childbirth after more than 80 attacks on maternity units since the invasion, leading to the world’s lowest birth rate and the highest mortality rateIt was one of the most horrifying targets of Russia’s war on Ukraine so far. Reports showed a pregnant woman on a stretcher, her face ashen with shock, legs smeared with blood and a hand holding her bump. Behind her, the bombed-out ruins of Mariupol’s maternity hospital. More than a dozen people, including women in labour, were injured in the attack in March 2022. The woman photographed, Iryna Kalinina, later died along with her unborn baby.In the three years since then, maternity care in Ukraine has remained under constant attack, with more than 2,000 strikes on medical facilities, including 81 affecting maternal care and delivery rooms. Just last month, Diana Koshyk, seven months pregnant, was killed when a missile struck a maternity hospital in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region. Continue reading...

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54 m. ago How 'digital pickpockets' steal your card without it leaving your wallet

Hackers are now using their victim's bank details to create their own digital wallets.

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60 m. ago Inside the Scarlets' meeting with fans as one defiant statement sparks raucous response

The Scarlets management fielded questions from concerned fans on Tuesday night

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74 m. ago Liverpool transfer news: Alexander Isak option emerges as Arne Slot gives the green light

Liverpool are in the market for a new striker and could be handed a huge boost in their pursuit of Alexander Isak after Newcastle's statement

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84 m. ago Glasgow land and property business makes senior hire in push for further utilities sector growth

A leading land, consent management and stakeholder engagement practice which has an office in Glasgow has made a senior appointment to further expand its work in the utilities sector after a strong period of growth.

Politics

96 m. ago Trump needs to understand what the war in Ukraine is really about | Kenneth Roth

It’s not about Nato or the Soviet Union. It’s about democracyIt may be difficult for a real-estate mogul like Donald Trump to recognize, but Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is not about slices of war-torn land in eastern Ukraine. It is about Ukraine’s democracy. Putin fears that the Russian people will see that democracy as an enticing alternative to his stultifying autocratic rule. Trump is unlikely to secure a peace deal unless he acts on that reality and changes the cost-benefit analysis behind Putin’s continuing war.Much of the public analysis of the Alaska summit between Trump and Putin, and the Washington collection of European leaders protecting the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, from the temperamental Trump, has been replete with red-herring issues. For example, Putin did not invade Ukraine because of feared Nato expansion. The unanimous consent of all Nato members required to admit Ukraine is nowhere on the horizon, especially since article 5 of the Nato tre...

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96 m. ago Hunter Foundation offers schools prize pot worth £40,000 via new 'If I Ruled Scotland' competition

The Hunter Foundation (THF) is calling on school pupils to drive new ideas for Scotland’s future by asking them what they’d do if they ruled the country.

Economics

99 m. ago Number of asylum seekers in hotels up under Labour despite hundreds closing

The figures come just days after a court ruled that asylum seekers currently staying at a hotel in Essex should be removed

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1 hour ago Xi Jinping becomes first Chinese president to attend controversial anniversary celebrations in Tibet

His visit marks 60 years of China’s rule as Tibetans abroad call it an attempt to whitewash repression

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1 hour ago Jack White says Trump is ‘masquerading as human being’ in response to White House calling him ‘has

Musician was met with a scathing statement from the White House communications director after he criticised the US president’s Oval Office decoration

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2 h. ago Parents urged to check school bag as there is a rule many don't know

An expert has warned you could cause trouble unless you carry out a simple check at the start of the year

Politics

2 h. ago Menendez brothers’ parole hearings to begin as duo who killed parents 35 years ago push for prison release: Live

In 1996, Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 1989 murders but became eligible for release earlier this year

Events

2 h. ago Uganda reaches agreement with US to take in some of its failed asylum seekers

African country’s foreign ministry says the two countries are working on the details of a deal over deporteesUganda has reached an agreement with the US to take in deportees from third countries who may not get asylum, but are “reluctant” to go back to their own countries, according to Uganda’s foreign ministry.Uganda won’t accept people with criminal records or unaccompanied minors under the temporary arrangement, the foreign ministry’s permanent secretary said in a statement. He did not say whether Uganda was receiving any payment or other benefits and how many deportees it would accept. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago American students face new phone bans in school – not everyone is happy about it

For students, the rules add new school-day rituals, like putting phones in magnetic pouches or special lockers

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2 h. ago There’s an app for that: finding a sunny cafe in Paris, the city of light

Jveuxdusoleil (I want sun) taps into a key part of Parisian culture: drinks on the terrasse, as many fear the extinction of the bistrotIn August, Paris is uncharacteristically quiet as hordes of residents scatter to the country’s beaches and coasts for a yearly month of vacation. Businesses close and the city nearly grinds to a halt. Among those who remain, there is an eternal, quintessentially Parisian quest: hunting for a balmy terrasse bathed in sunlight for an evening apéritif.Finding the perfect seat on the pavement outside a cafe may be a matter of a chance stroll or a timely text from a friend. This summer, though, a digital solution has gained popularity in an extremely French instance of the old Apple slogan “there’s an app for that”: Jveuxdusoleil, an app that tracks the sun’s movement through the city’s maze of buildings to pinpoint exactly where you can claim a sunny spot on a terrace for your coffee. It arrives at a precarious moment for this particularly Parisian pursu...

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3 h. ago Scottish football in mourning as manager reveals tragic death of baby daughter

Greenock Morton manager Dougie Imrie has released a heartbreaking statement after his baby daughter Remi tragically passed away, having been born 14 weeks premature

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3 h. ago China is expanding into digital currencies, hoping to promote use of its 'people's money'

China has been expanding use of digital currencies as it promotes wider use of its yuan, or renminbi, to reflect its status as the world's second-largest economy

Politics

3 h. ago Alexander Isak will be 'welcomed back to Newcastle with open arms' despite bombshell statement

Alexander Isak took to social media on Tuesday evening to accuse Newcastle United of breaking promises made to him, but Glenn Murray believes that the striker's team-mates and the fans will still welcome him back

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