5 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Londoners have the Tube, Sadiq Khan has a gravy train

London may be riddled with crime, soaring prices and poor-quality transport - but at least Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan and his officials can enjoy the finer things in life.

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10 h. ago Labour needs to ‘pick things up’ after ‘tough’ first year in power, Khan says

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan said his party had had a ‘tough first year’ in charge at Westminster after winning the 2024 general election.

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10 h. ago London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump is ‘not a force for good’

Trump previously called the London mayor ‘a nasty person’

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10 h. ago Sadiq Khan claims Donald Trump could be 'inadvertently radicalising people'

Sir Sadiq dismissed jibes that President Trump made against him on a recent visit to Scotland, where he claimed the London Mayor was "a nasty person".

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27 h. ago Three states to deploy hundreds of national guard troops to Washington DC

South Carolina and Ohio join West Virginia in pledging troops, fueling protests that national guard should not be used for ‘a political policing mission’Three states have moved to deploy hundreds of members of their national guard to the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown. West Virginia said it was deploying 300 to 400 guard troops, while South Carolina pledged 200 and Ohio said it would send 150 in the coming days.The moves announced on Saturday came as protesters pushed back on federal law enforcement and national guard troops fanning out in the heavily Democratic city following Donald Trump’s executive order federalizing local police forces and activating about 800 District of Columbia national guard members. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Putin demands full control of Donetsk and Luhansk as condition for ending Ukraine war – live

Putin told Trump he would halt further advances and freeze Ukrainian frontline where Russian forces occupy significant areas, sources sayZelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after Putin summit briefingUkraine’s president has said he will fly to Washington on Monday to meet Donald Trump following the Alaska summit amid speculation that the US president will ask him to cede territory to end the war.Next week’s meeting will mark the first return to the White House for Volodymyr Zelenskyy since his infamous row with Trump and the vice-president, JD Vance, in the Oval Office in February. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago New Air Force policy denies transgender troops hearings before they're discharged

The Air Force says in a new memo that transgender airmen ousted under a recent Trump administration directive will no longer have the chance to argue before a board of their peers for the right to continue serving their country

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65 h. ago Donald Trump departs for Alaska to meet Vladimir Putin to discuss war in Ukraine – Europe live

US and Russian presidents to meet in Anchorage, Alaska, starting at 11am local time, in what US hopes will be pivotal moment in efforts to end warUS president Donald Trump is now chatting with reporters on board of Air Force One.He says Trump is “a smart guy” and they “get along,” with “a good respect level on both sides,” saying he thought “something is going to come up.”“I noticed he’s bringing a lot of business people from Russia, and that’s good. I like that because they want to do business, but they’re not doing business until we get the war stopped.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago DC to impose ‘juvenile curfew’ this weekend as Trump’s crackdown comes into full force

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has slammed federal takeover as ‘unsettling and unprecedented’

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3 d. ago Tourists greeted by National Guard patrolling DC landmarks on Thursday morning

Donald Trump’s show of force intended to eradicate street crime, which official statistics say is down to a 30-year low

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3 d. ago Tourists will be greeted by ‘significant military presence’ along Mall on Thursday morning

Donald Trump’s show of force likely to encounter only visitors and school children on summer vacations touring the capital’s historic landmarks

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4 d. ago Zelensky tells Trump 'Putin is bluffing' and says he WON'T surrender territory... as US and Russia 'plan West Bank

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday warned Donald Trump that Putin was 'bluffing' about his desire to end the war.

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4 d. ago Zelensky tells Trump 'Putin is bluffing' and says he WON'T surrender territory as Western leaders meet... while Ukraine orders women and children to FLEE region where Russia is advancing

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday warned Donald Trump that Putin was 'bluffing' about his desire to end the war.

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer warns 'borders must not be changed by force' as PM and EU leaders put pressure on Donald Trump not to hand parts of Ukraine to Russia

The Prime Minister and some of his European counterparts joined a call this afternoon with the US President and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

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4 d. ago Women and children are told to FLEE Ukrainian region where Russian forces have made rapid gains as Putin pushes for territory ahead of Trump meeting

Critics say the offensive is a last-minute push by Vladimir Putin to grab territory before his high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump this week, where it is feared he will demand Ukrainian territory.

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5 d. ago National Guard descends on Washington DC as Trump mulls plan for 'reaction force' to invade U.S. cities at any time

Troops with the National Guard arrived into the capital late on Tuesday night in a bid by the White House to curb violent crime.

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5 d. ago White House says 23 arrested after hundreds of federal officers deploy to DC

Trump deployed national guard troops after taking control of DC police, sparking fears of similar moves elsewhereUS politics live – latest updatesAbout 850 officers and agents took part in a “massive law enforcement surge” across Washington DC on Monday night and made nearly two dozen arrests, the White House has said.The show of force came after Donald Trump announced that he was sending the national guard into the capital and putting city police under federal control, even though the violent crime rate is at a 30-year low. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump’s federal forces are ‘hitting the streets’ of DC while critics claim takeover is attempted distraction from the ‘Epstein files’

‘He needs to get his base talking and thinking about something besides his refusal to open up the Epstein files because he's mixed up in them,’ former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.

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7 d. ago Vance says US is ‘done with funding Ukraine war’ ahead of Trump

American vice president also vows Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky will be ‘forced’ to meet by Donald Trump

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7 d. ago Mapped: What parts of Ukraine does Russia control as Trump suggests land swap for peace?

Donald Trump’s administration says it believes Ukraine’s hopes of forcing Russia out of occupied territory are ‘unrealistic’

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