7 d. ago US struck another boat illegally carrying drugs off Venezuela coast, Trump says

President said US would turn attention to drug trafficking happening on land during speech at navy ceremonyUS forces on Saturday evening struck another vessel illegally carrying drugs off the coast of Venezuela, Donald Trump said on Sunday to thousands of sailors at a ceremony celebrating the US navy’s 250th anniversary. He added that the US would also start looking at drug trafficking happening on land.Trump made the comment during a speech at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, next to the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier. It was not immediately clear if he was referencing a strike announced on Friday by defense secretary Pete Hegseth. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics

Pontiff laments that some ‘ridicule those who speak of global warming’, days after Trump’s claims of ‘con job’Pope Leo XIV has taken aim at people who “ridicule those who speak of global warming” as he embraced Pope Francis’s environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments on the subject to date.Leo presided over the 10th-anniversary celebration of Francis’s landmark ecological encyclical, Laudato Si (Praised Be), at a global gathering south of Rome. The encyclical cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral concern and launched a global grassroots movement to advocate for caring for God’s creation and the peoples most harmed by its exploitation. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Ukraine is only the first’, Zelenskyy warns UN as he highlights global threats – Europe live

Kremlin dismisses US president’s claim that Ukraine could regain all the land lost since Russia’s invasionA Spanish defence ministry spokesperson said in a statement shared with Reuters that “there has been an attempt to disrupt the GPS signal,” but the plane was not affected as it had its own encrypted system.They also noted that it’s a common occurence on this route with commercial flights. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago DeSantis eyes land in downtown Miami for Trump presidential library

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to establish President Donald Trump’s presidential library in an iconic stretch of downtown Miami

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy heads to the UN as US envoy vows to defend Nato territory

Ukrainian president is expected to meet Trump on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York; Washington’s new UN envoy convenes emergency meeting. What we know on day 1,308See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has landed in New York where he will attend the United Nations general assembly and try to drum up support for a US-led peace effort to end the war in Ukraine. “We are doing everything to stop the war,” he wrote on X on Tuesday, adding that he had two dozen meetings scheduled. The Ukrainian leader is expected to meet US president Donald Trump and other world leaders on the sidelines of the UN meeting, and deliver an address on Wednesday.Zelenskyy said he would also attend the first leaders’ summit of the Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, which would for the first time be held on a global stage. The meeting, he said, underlined “the global nature of the changes brought about by this war, the war that Russia began ...

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3 w. ago Prince Andrew was wisely kept away from Trump's visit. But what they did at Duchess of Kent's funeral means the time has come to cork the execrable Yorks for ever: JAN MOIR

The American President skipped around Windsor like Charlie in the chocolate factory, round-eyed with excitement as lollipops and bon bons lay strewn in his path.

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3 w. ago Four men bailed after Trump and Epstein images were projected onto Windsor Castle

The four men were released on conditional bail on until December 12 while inquiries continue

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3 w. ago Donald Trump's helicopter is forced to make an emergency landing with US President and Melania on board

Donald Trump's helicopter has been forced to make an emergency landing with the US President and Melania on board.

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3 w. ago Donald Trump's helicopter makes emergency landing on way to Stansted Airport with President on board

Both the US President and his wife Melania were on board the helicopter when it made the emergency landing at end of state visit

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3 w. ago Trump's Marine One helicopter makes emergency landing in the UK

A hydraulic issue caused Donald Trump's presidential helicopter to make an emergency landing in the UK. He and the first lady Melania Trump were onboard at the time of the incident

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3 w. ago Donald Trump's helicopter forced to make emergency landing in the UK

Donald Trump's Marine One helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing due to a 'hydraulic issue' as it transported the US president and first lady from Chequers to London Stansted airport

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3 w. ago Four men bailed over projection of Trump and Epstein images on to Windsor Castle

A nine-minute film created by political campaign group Led By Donkeys went over the history of the US president’s links to Jeffrey Epstein.

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3 w. ago Trump UK visit live: King and president enjoy military ceremony at Windsor Castle ahead of lavish state banquet

Trump’s visit is under tight security, with four arrests made after pictures of the US president and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle

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3 w. ago Trump UK visit live: Trump and King watch historic Red Arrows flypast over Windsor as thousands protest in London

Trump’s visit is under tight security, with four arrests made after pictures of the US president and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle

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3 w. ago Voices: Isn’t projecting Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle a freedom of speech issue, Mr President?

The arrest of four Led By Donkeys activists for beaming images onto Windsor Castle goes against everything the US – and Donald Trump – purports to stand for, writes Joy Lo Dico

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3 w. ago Kate Middleton seen sharing update with Melania Trump over George, Charlotte and Louis

Kate Middleton and Melania Trump found themselves in conversation this afternoon after the US President and the First Lady landed in Windsor as part of the state visit

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3 w. ago Trump UK visit live: Thousands protest in London while King and Queen host president in Windsor

Trump’s visit is under tight security, with four arrests made after pictures of the US president and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle

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3 w. ago Kate Middleton leaves Donald Trump in awe as lip reader spots three

Donald Trump and his wife Melania were greeted by the Prince and Princess of Wales as they landed at Windsor this afternoon for the US President's state visit and a lip reader analysed footage

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3 w. ago Trump UK visit live: King and Queen meet President at Windsor while thousands plan protest

Trump’s visit is under tight security, with four arrests made after pictures of the US president and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle

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3 w. ago Trump’s state visit begins as royals turn on the charm with Windsor welcome

The US president and First Lady landed in the Walled Garden to be greeted by William and Kate, who walked with them to see the King and Queen.

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