10 h. ago Donald Trump's one word verdict on ICE despite major move on controversial force

The US President has spoken about the brutal killing of Alex Pretti in a recent statement in which he appeared to turn down the temperature on his administration's rhetoric

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11 h. ago Trump to send ICE agents to Milan Winter Olympics amid Minneapolis shooting backlash

Milan mayor, Giuseppe Sala, has said ICE agents are ‘not welcome in Milan’ ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics

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11 h. ago Why Starmer’s China trip has come at the worst possible time

Keir Starmer is the first PM since Theresa May to visit China, but political editor David Maddox explains why a trip to Beijing now – amid faltering relations with the US and speculation about a leadership challenge at home – leaves the prime minister exposed

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11 h. ago The US drew up a plan to invade Canada in 1930. Now Trump is reviving old fears

Now the US is vying regional dominance, experts point to War Plan Red as proof its Canadian allyship has always been flimsyFirst, American forces would strike with poison gas munitions, seizing a strategically valuable port city. Soldiers would sever undersea cables, destroy bridges and rail lines to paralyze infrastructure. Major cities on the shores of lakes and rivers would be captured in order to blunt any civilian resistance.The multipronged invasion would rely on ground forces, amphibious landing and then mass internments. According to the architects of the plan, the attack would be short-lived and the besieged country would fall within days. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Trump withdraws US Border Patrol chief from Minneapolis in first sign of White House retreat

Gregory Bovino’s departure comes after an immigration raid in which federal agents gunned down 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti

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11 h. ago Trump admits he's working with Tim Walz on Minneapolis as Fox News fans rage

Donald Trump said he had a 'very good call' with Governor Tim Walz about working together on Minnesota, but Fox News supporters have slammed the president for appearing to back away from his aggressive stance

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12 h. ago Neil Young gifts Greenland free access to his music and withdraws it from Amazon over Trump

The singer-songwriter has donated access to his music archive to ‘ease the unwarranted stress and threats’ Greenlanders have experienced from the US governmentNeil Young has donated a year’s worth of access to his music and documentary archive to the people of Greenland after the territory’s future became the subject of a fraught dispute with the US.“I hope my music and music films will ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government,” Young wrote in a statement on his website, Neil Young Archives, which offers comprehensive access to the 80-year-old songwriter’s recorded and live catalogues and other output. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago ‘Enemy of Europe’? How Trump’s push for Greenland spooked far

Leaders and voters who formerly applauded US president’s aims have been growing increasingly uneasy Donald Trump’s attempted Greenland grab has driven a wedge between the US president and some of his ideological allies in Europe, as previously unstinting enthusiasm and admiration collides with one of the far right’s key tenets: national sovereignty.Trump’s subsequent disparaging remark that Nato allies’ troops “stayed a little off the frontlines” while fighting with US forces in Afghanistan has only deepened the divide, piquing far-right patriotic sentiments and prompting an avalanche of criticism. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Trump says Iran ‘is ready to make a deal’ just as US armada arrives in the Middle East

The US president said Tehran ‘wants to talk’ after the US moved military assets to the region ahead of possible strikes

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12 h. ago ‘Little Napoleon in an SS coat’: Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino’s rise and fall

Customs and Border Protection commander stood down from Trump administration’s Minneapolis operation after second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in a month

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12 h. ago Met Office issues new weather warning across huge parts of UK after Storm Chandra hits

Storm Chandra is battering swathes of the UK

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13 h. ago How the Melania Trump documentary became the most mysterious film of the year

Amazon spent $40m to acquire the new movie about the US First Lady, directed by Hollywood outcast Brett Ratner. Its release seems to only raise further questions

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13 h. ago Russia issues chilling WW3 warning to UK – 'We can strike and Trump won't help'

Speaking to a panel on Russian state TV show 'The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov', the Putin puppet host claimed recent wrangling over Greenland meant that the US won't protect Europe

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13 h. ago Tickets Alert: Free entry to the London Wetland Centre’s nature reserve

Tickets Alert: Free entry to the London Wetland Centre’s nature reserve  ianvisits.co.uk

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13 h. ago A week of ICE and outrage in Minneapolis: the turmoil of the days leading up to Alex Pretti’s death

Since the Trump administration sent ICE agents into the city in December, there have been 3,000 arrests and two fatal shootings. In the freezing cold, as the crisis deepens, the Minnesotan people continue to resistIn many ways, Alex Pretti and Renee Good could have been any of the dozens of Minneapolis residents I met last week. Among them were teachers, store clerks, Uber drivers, charity workers and clergymen – a patchwork of humanity withstanding what many have called the Trump administration’s siege on their city, which began in December last year and has led to 3,000 arrests, two fatal shootings, and routine rights violations in an operation defined by government brutality.What the administration has attempted to laud as the largest immigration operation in US history has instead become a fully fledged crisis, and the sharpest test of American democracy under Trump’s second term. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Greg Bovino, the viral star behind CBP’s tactics on the ground, now seemingly ditched by Trump

Customs and Border Protection commander stood down from Trump administration’s Minneapolis operation after second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in a month

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13 h. ago Minnesota ICE live updates: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino ‘sent home’ over Alex Pretti shooting backlash

Bovino and other federal agents will depart Minneapolis as early as Tuesday, according to reports

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14 h. ago Tourists ditching US trips after fury over Trump and ICE, poll suggests

Exclusive: Four out of five of 12,000 respondents on X say they would not go to America

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14 h. ago Border Patrol commander to leave Minneapolis after shooting of Alex Pretti

Gregory Bovino, aggressive promoter of Trump’s deportation agenda, also said to have been stripped of ‘commander at large’ titleGregory Bovino, the Border Patrol commander who has become the public face of the Trump administration’s on-the-ground immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, is expected to leave the city on Tuesday, as the Trump administration reshuffles leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scales back the federal presence after a second fatal shooting by officers.A senior Trump administration official told Reuters that the 55-year-old, who has been a lightning rod for criticism from Democrats and civil liberties activists, would be leaving Minnesota along with some of the agents deployed with him. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Parakeets will stop bullying robins from garden if you add 3 simple foods to bird feeder

If parakeets are hovering around, robins might feel too nervous to visit your garden, but there is an easy and humane way to gently deter the bigger birds.

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