80 m. ago Here's what would happen if China invaded Taiwan after Chinese president Xi Jinping vowed to 'reunify' Taiwan with the mainland

Chinese president Xi Jinping has vowed to 'reunify' Taiwan with the mainland - by force if necessary - and has told his military to be ready to do it by 2027.

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1 hour ago Prison officer jailed after she's caught putting items in her bra for prisoners

Barbara Peters was jailed for 10 months

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2 h. ago Donald Trump flogs mini golden statue perfume with 'rich, masculine notes' for wild price

Former President Donald Trump is hawking a fragrance for men and women in a gold-colored Trump statuette, and critics say they hope it doesn't smell like him

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2 h. ago Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with justice secretary

Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood told companies she wanted ‘deeper collaboration’ to tackle prisons crisisAnalysis: Whitehall’s ambition to cut costs using AI is fraught with riskTracking devices inserted under offenders’ skin, robots assigned to contain prisoners and driverless vehicles used to transport them were among the measures proposed by technology companies to ministers who are gathering ideas to tackle the crisis in the UK justice system.The proposals were made at a meeting of more than two dozen tech companies in London last month, chaired by the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, minutes seen by the Guardian show. Amid an acute shortage of prison places and probation officers under severe strain, ministers told the companies they wanted ideas for using wearable technologies, behaviour monitoring and geolocation to create a “prison outside of prison”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof | Polly Toynbee

Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good works reelingThe axe fell with shocking suddenness. On Thursday Aberdeen Group plc terminated its Financial Fairness Trust without notice and sacked the CEO, Mubin Haq, the chair and all the trustees, leaving eight staff dangling. The company tells me it plans to move in a different direction. That dreaded phrase marks the end of 16 remarkable years, during which the trust sponsored some of the most influential research into inequality and its financial causes.Aberdeen is a wealth management and investment company. I admired its willingness to fund research not in its own immediate interest, but for the sake of social improvement, as a sign that decent capitalism was possible. Now that’s over. The mood has changed. Wildfires started by President Trump are engulfing global companies as his administration attempts to bar asset and retirement plan managers from conside...

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3 h. ago US narrows trade focus to secure deals before Trump tariff deadline

President’s 90-day pause on reciprocal levies expires on July 9

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3 h. ago The attar of the deal: Now you can smell like Trump as president hawks perfume

The scent of ‘confidence, beauty, and unstoppable determination’ is just one star in a galaxy of products Donald Trump has advertised using the megaphone of the US presidency

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7 h. ago Flight attendant uncovers one 'disgusting' thing passengers skip before boarding

A veteran flight attendant has taken to TikTok to voice her biggest pet peeves, including one thing she thinks travellers should "go to prison" for

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7 h. ago Tony Hudgell's mother is released from prison: Britain's worst parent who abused baby so badly he had to have his legs amputated is FREED from jail after serving just seven years

Jody Simpson, 31, was jailed in 2018 for 10 years alongside Tony's birth father Anthony Smith after they were both convicted of child cruelty offences.

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9 h. ago Trump and his ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ just put the Senate in play for Democrats

The president may get his major domestic policy agenda over the finish line, but it will come at a major cost, Eric Garcia writes from the US Senate

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9 h. ago Prison officer jailed over items hidden in her bra after inmates made 'threats'

Barbara Peters, 57, was paid thousands of pounds by 'serious criminals' in order to sneak illicit items into HMP Altcourse on more than a dozen occasions before she was caught

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10 h. ago Trump’s deal that got migrants shipped to notorious El Salvador prison is only making MS

Deporting gang leaders allows them to be ‘silenced’ by Bukele, critics fear

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10 h. ago Watch: Trump plans to sign executive order to end sanctions on Syria

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order lifting Syria sanctions, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has revealed.

Politics

10 h. ago John Fetterman moans about missing family beach trip to vote on Trump bill: ‘I just want to go home’

‘Oh my God, I just want to go home,’ Fetterman said during a marathon voting session in the Senate over the president’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

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10 h. ago Trump vents online about service provider after conference call marred by glitch

President Donald Trump is complaining about technical difficulties he experienced while trying to hold a conference call with faith leaders across the country

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11 h. ago Trump drops lawsuit against Iowa pollster and newspaper over pre

Attorneys for J. Ann Selzer said that no settlement was reached with the president.

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11 h. ago Trump drops federal lawsuit against Iowa pollster and newspaper over pre

Attorneys for the president, meanwhile, quickly refiled the case in an Iowa district court in Polk County.

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11 h. ago White House says Canadian PM ‘caved’ to Trump demand to scrap tech tax

Trump officials hail U-turn as Mark Carney says decision to rescind digital services tax means revival of trade talksThe United States has said that Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney “caved” to demands from the White House after his government abruptly scrapped their digital services tax on US technology companies, which was set to go into effect on Monday.“It’s very simple. Prime minister Carney and Canada caved to president [Donald] Trump and the United States of America,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a daily briefing. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Trump rants about AT&T service after tech issues delay his call with faith leaders

President of the United States summoned the ‘boss’ of AT&T to get involved in the technical issue and get it resolved

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12 h. ago Former Ecuadorian vice president detained in embassy raid gets 13 years in prison

The former vice president of Ecuador who was detained last year during a highly criticized police raid on Mexico’s embassy has been sentenced

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