30 m. ago Rachel Reeves warned she can't just blame Donald Trump's tariffs for faltering economy as IMF slashes its growth forecast for Britain

In a brutal verdict on Labour's economic record, it said domestic factors had played the 'biggest role' in its decision to downgrade its UK growth forecast.

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32 m. ago Ukraine’s allies gather in London for latest round of peace talks

Wednesday’s gathering comes as Donald Trump’s administration continues to drive efforts to find peace between Russia and Ukraine.

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40 m. ago Pope Francis’s body goes on public display as mourners gather ahead of funeral

The late pontiff will be buried on Saturday after dying at the age of 88.

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41 m. ago 'Glaring gap in law closed': Met Police hail new rules as officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked

Police chiefs will be able to sack officers deemed unfit to serve from next month under rules announced by Home Office

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41 m. ago New law to sack police who fail background checks after 'absurd' loophole fury

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it is 'not acceptable' that officers who fail vetting checks cannot automatically be sacked after legal challenges showed the difficulty in sacking them

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44 m. ago Trump says China tariffs will drop ‘substantially – but it won’t be zero’

US president says tariffs on imported goods will come down from 145% rate but insists ‘we’re doing fine with China’Donald Trump said during a White House news conference that high tariffs on goods from China will “come down substantially, but it won’t be zero”.Trump’s remarks were in response to earlier comments on Tuesday by treasury secretary Scott Bessent, who said that the high tariffs were unsustainable and that he expects a “de-escalation” in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Continue reading...

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45 m. ago Ministry of Justice says probation officers must consider the 'trauma' of ethnic minority criminals before they are sentenced

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said it is 'vital' pre-sentence assessments produced for judges by probation officers consider if non-white offenders have suffered 'trauma' from racism or discrimination.

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60 m. ago Boston nonprofit rejects federal funding so it doesn’t have to comply with Trump’s anti

The nonprofit won a grant through Americorps, the volunteer agency recently gutted by Elon Musk’s DOGE

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70 m. ago Elon Musk says his time working for Donald Trump will 'drop significantly' as he focuses on Tesla

Elon Musk currently spends a large portion of his professional time working for Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) - but first-quarter profits at Tesla sank this year

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72 m. ago Kemi Badenoch tells Keir Starmer to apologise to women after PM finally broke his silence on Supreme Court ruling and admitted trans women aren't women

The Leader of the Opposition told the Mail that the Prime Minister should say sorry to those who lost jobs or were harassed in the row over equality law.

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75 m. ago Trump says he is ‘entitled’ to deport people without trials – live

President says it’s not possible to have trials for everyone he wants to deport and that US would otherwise be a ‘very dangerous country’Hegseth blames ousted officials for leaksSpeaking in India, JD Vance has warned that the 21st century could be “a very dark time for all of humanity” depending on the decisions made over global trade and global partnerships at this juncture.The US vice-president said “We are now officially one quarter into the 21st century, 25 years in, 75 years to go. And I really believe that the future of the 21st century is going to be determined by the strength of the US-India partnership. Continue reading...

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77 m. ago Pope Francis dies latest: Prince William and Trump to attend funeral while details of pope’s final hours emerge

Tens of thousands of pilgrims are expected to flock to the Vatican for Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday

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77 m. ago Trump admits China’s tariffs will drop ‘but it won’t be zero’

Trump’s massive import taxes have roiled stock markets since he announced them on April 1

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78 m. ago Musk says he will step back from Trump’s DOGE as Tesla reports dismal earnings

The company just reported its lowest revenue since Q3 2021

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89 m. ago Elon Musk says time with Donald Trump's DOGE will 'drop significantly' as Tesla profits plunge

Tesla’s first-quarter profits plunged by more than two-thirds amid a backlash against the electric car company which has damaged sales and sent its stock plunging

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1 hour ago Judd Trump on top while Ronnie O’Sullivan grinds out lead at Crucible

China’s successful World Championship continued as Ding Junhui and Si Jiahui both reached the last 16.

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1 hour ago Nottingham attack inqury: Mothers of victims say ‘truth must be told’ as judge named

The mothers of two victims of the 2023 Nottingham attack have said the truth must be told, after retired judge Her Honour Deborah Taylor was appointed the chair of the inquiry investigating their children's deaths on Tuesday.

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2 h. ago Colombian president says US has revoked his visa and appears to mock Trump as ‘Donald Duck’

‘I’ve already seen Donald Duck several times’, jokes Petro at Cabinet meeting

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2 h. ago Barron Trump barred from sharing his phone number with student friends

It comes as no surprise that the family of any sitting president of the US take extra precautions to ensure their safety. And for Barron Trump this means avoiding giving anyone his phone number.

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2 h. ago Russia thrilled as Donald Trump plans to 'hand Putin Crimea' in bid to force Ukraine peace deal

Donald Trump's plans to recognise Crimea as part of Russia are expected to be put to Ukraine at crunch talks in London tomorrow - despite Volodymyr Zelensky insisting it will 'not happen'

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