4 h. ago How Trump’s trade war threw his and America’s toys out the pram

Parents have reacted with anger at his latest remarks

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20 h. ago 'Judas' Pope Leo's brazen snub of America revealed by Peruvian President as he taunts Trump

'He chose to be one of us,' Peru's president said in a public address lauding the selection, after Pope Leo XIV spoke to the world in Latin, Italian and Spanish - but not his native English.

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24 h. ago Rights groups sue to free Venezuelans deported from the US and held in El Salvador

International human rights organizations have filed a lawsuit with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking that the commission order El Salvador’s government to release Venezuelans deported from the United States and held in a maximum-security prison

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24 h. ago First white South Africans to arrive in America despite Trump’s refugee freeze

The assertion that minority white South Africans face discrimination from the Black majority has been echoed by Trump's white South African-born ally Elon Musk

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24 h. ago US grants asylum to 54 white Afrikaner South Africans, reports say

Donald Trump has directed officials to grant refugee status to Afrikaners who he claims suffer discriminationThe US has granted refugee status to 54 white Afrikaner South Africans, who could arrive as soon as Monday in Washington DC, where they will be welcomed by government officials, according to media reports.Donald Trump suspended the US refugee settlement programme in January on his first day in office, leaving more than 100,000 people approved for resettlement stranded, having fled war and persecution in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago New Pope likely to challenge Trump but will not be confrontational – UK expert

Pope Leo XIV is the first ever from North America and the US president has said he looks forward to meeting him.

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45 h. ago Tories accuse Starmer of 'shafting' Britain with US trade deal: Trump lowers tariffs on car and steel exports to America while US farmers get access to Britain

Donald Trump said the agreement would be 'really good' for both sides - as British businesses hope for relief from his brutal tariffs.

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45 h. ago Republicans approve bill to make Trump’s Gulf of America official

The bill was introduced by Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in January

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49 h. ago Republicans set to vote to make Trump’s Gulf of America official

The bill was introduced by Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in January

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69 h. ago Donald Trump warned he'll lose a scrap with James Bond and Bridget Jones in tariffs row

Donald Trump has threatened 100% tariffs on films made outside America, sparking a furious row with the UK's film industry but Sir Keir Starmer has been told to stand up for Brit moviemakers

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3 d. ago ‘Maduro did not close our bureau – Trump did’: Voice of America journalists speak out

Workers at the esteemed news service say they’re being silenced by the president – but they’re vowing to fight backCarolina Valladares Pérez, a Washington-based correspondent for the government-funded international news service Voice of America, has reported from places where press freedom is severely restricted – war zones and autocratic states – in the Middle East and across Latin America. Intimidation and threats from state officials were not unusual – but she always managed to get the story out.Now for the first time in her career, Valladares Pérez says she has been silenced – not by a faraway regime, but by the government of the United States. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Canadian Star Trek legend William Shatner has epic meltdown at Trump's push to make neighbor America's 51st state

William Shatner has apparently had it with President Donald Trump's calls to make Canada the 51st state.

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3 d. ago A tax on college endowments began in Trump's first administration. It could soon rise

A tax on the endowments of America’s wealthiest colleges began during President Donald Trump’s first administration, collecting 1.4% of their investment earnings

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3 d. ago ‘A very real possibility of being detained’: LGBTQ+ Australians cancel travel to US for World Pride

Mik Bartels is among those fearful of Trump’s America, partly because their research includes 20 words on US government’s list of banned termsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueer Australians are axing travel plans to Washington DC’s World Pride festival, as Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting LGBTQ+ rights leads to fears of discrimination at the US border and potential attacks.People skipping the international event join other Australians and travellers from around the world who are avoiding the US after Trump’s inauguration and a string of controversial policies enacted in the early months of his second term as president.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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4 d. ago US shoppers told to brace for ‘shared sacrifice’ amid the wait for Trump trade deals while Europeans shun ‘Made in America’

Markets closed down again Monday as president’s trade war continues

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5 d. ago Trump live: President says foreign films are ‘national security threat’ and threatens high tariffs

‘The movie industry in America is DYING a very fast death,’ Donald Trump warns

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5 d. ago Trump’s movie tariffs are designed to destroy the international film industry

Vague and grandstanding as the US president’s messaging may be, it has serious ramifications which could wipe out large sections of the film businessDonald Trump’s bombshell announcement that “Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands” will be subject to an 100% tariff has certainly caught the attention of Hollywood, as well as the international film industries it seems to be aimed at – principally Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, as well as European countries such as Hungary and Italy that have often acted as bases for US film production.Vague and grandstanding at it is – Trump concluded his post with an all-caps “WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!” – the chaotic roll out of previous Trump tariffs has triggered feverish speculation, as well as defiance, in the film industry in exactly how this might play out. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison for ‘most ruthless offenders’

Plan to reopen notorious but long-shuttered penitentiary off San Francisco described as ‘not serious’ by Nancy PelosiDonald Trump has said he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on an island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.In a post on his Truth Social site on Sunday evening, Trump wrote: “For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering. When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. That’s the way it’s supposed to be.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Met Gala will pose question: can Vogue keep diversity in fashion in Trump’s America?

Event where fashion and politics meet puts editor Anna Wintour, a vocal Democrat supporter, in the spotlightOn Monday night, the party of the year will ask the question: can Vogue keep diversity in fashion in Trump’s America?The Met Gala, the knotty point where fashion meets politics, will be in the spotlight. The annual event has become a pop cultural phenomenon by reinventing party dressing as a world of internet-breaking daredevil stunts. Kim Kardashian wearing the dress in which Marilyn Monroe serenaded John F Kennedy, Lady Gaga changing outfits four times in front of the cameras and Katy Perry dressed as a cheeseburger serve the thrills for the social media generation that a James Bond car chase did for their parents. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘Feed the gorilla’: How corporate America fought Trump’s tariffs threat

Threat of a damaging trade war sparked a lobbying campaign by the world’s most powerful business leaders

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