19 h. ago Donald Trump's four word response to Minneapolis shooting of nurse Alex Pretti

Donald Trump briefly addresses the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by ICE agents, offering a disapproving but vague response.

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56 h. ago Minneapolis mayor challenges Donald Trump as he addresses president directly after man is shot

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey responded to the death of 37-year-old US citizen Alex Jeffrey Pretti just hours after he was fatally shot by federal agents.

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65 h. ago Gulf War hero lambasts 'pub bore' Donald Trump's 'ludicrous' claim that British troops dodged the frontline in Afghanistan

Former RAF navigator John Nichol, who was held as a prisoner of war during the First Gulf War after his Tornado jet was shot down, branded the US President a 'braggart' and a 'pub bore'.

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67 h. ago BBC Breakfast guest emotional after son given 'zero chance of survival' after accident

Diane Dernie, the mother of former paratrooper Ben Parkinson, appeared on BBC Breakfast to address Donald Trump's recent comments on the actions of Nato troops

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3 d. ago 'Insulting and frankly appalling': Keir Starmer demands apology from Donald Trump in major transatlantic row over jibe at Britain's Afghan war dead

The US president was accused of taking a cheap shot at his country's allies when he told Fox News on Thursday that he was 'not sure' NATO would be there for America 'if we ever needed them'.

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer condemns Donald Trump for 'diminishing' Britain's war dead as transatlantic rift deepens after Kemi Badenoch joins veteran fury at Afghanistan comments

The US president was accused of taking a cheap shot at his country's allies when he told Fox Newson Thursday that he was 'not sure' NATO would be there for America 'if we ever needed them'.

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3 d. ago Fury over Trump's slur against British troops: Kemi Badenoch leads attack on president for 'flat

The US president was accused of taking a cheap shot at his country's allies when he told Fox Newson Thursday that he was 'not sure' NATO would be there for America 'if we ever needed them'.

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3 d. ago Fury over Trump NATO slur: Ministers and veterans attack president for 'disgraceful' claim that UK troops 'stayed off the front line' in Afghanistan

The US president was accused of taking a cheap shot at his country's allies when he told Fox Newson Thursday that he was 'not sure' NATO would be there for America 'if we ever needed them'.

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4 d. ago Ukraine's President Zelensky says Trump 'will not change' during Davos speech

Volodymyr Zelensky has taken a thinly veiled swipe at Donald Trump during his address in Switzerland

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5 d. ago Trump tells Europe to 'do better' as 'you're not even recognisable anymore'

US President Donald Trump has used his special address at the World Economic Forum (WEF) to hit our at Europe as he claims parts are 'not even recognisable anymore'

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5 d. ago Donald Trump Davos LIVE: President lands in Switzerland for showdown talks

Donald Trump is scheduled to give a special address in Davos, Switzerland, this afternoon - after threatening to impose tariffs on European countries who oppose his plans to acquire Greenland

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5 d. ago Everything we know about Greenland crisis as Trump flies in to Davos

Donald Trump is set to address world leader's in his speech later today amid the deepening Greenland crisis

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5 d. ago Trump Davos LIVE: President to arrive late after Air Force One forced to return to US

Donald Trump is scheduled to give a special address in Davos, Switzerland, this afternoon - after he threatened to impose tariffs on European countries who oppose him acquiring Greenland

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6 d. ago Mark Carney tells Davos the old world order is ‘not coming back’ as Trump heads to Switzerland

Carney warns US-led global system of governance is enduring ‘a rupture’ as US president flies in for showdown with European leaders over GreenlandCanadian prime minister Mark Carney has said that the US-led global system of governance is enduring “a rupture,” defined by great power competition and a “fading” rules-based order.His speech to political and financial elites at the World Economic Forum comes a day before US President Donald Trump was set to address the gathering in Davos, Switzerland. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Watch live: US Speaker Mike Johnson addresses MPs after Donald Trump launches tirade against UK

Watch live as Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, addresses Parliament on Tuesday, 20 January.

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1 week ago Ugandan opposition MP says security forces stormed home killing 10 people

Muwanga Kivumbi says campaign staff shot dead after elections expected to extend President Yoweri Museveni’s ruleA senior member of the Ugandan opposition has said security forces stormed his house early on Friday morning and shot dead 10 members of his campaign team after a general election that was expected to result in President Yoweri Museveni extending his nearly four-decade grip on power.Muwanga Kivumbi, of the National Unity Platform (NUP), told Reuters the incident happened at about 3am local time when security forces “broke the front door and began shooting” inside a garage where the people were waiting for the results of the election for his parliamentary seat to be announced. “It was a massacre,” he said. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Donald Trump says he may put a tariff on ‘countries that don’t go along with Greenland’ – Europe live

US president further steps up threats after US special envoy to Greenland says Trump is ‘serious’ about his plans to control islandMeanwhile, Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto does not seem to be convinced about the merits of European military deployments to Greenland.Speaking to journalists, he wondered “what a hundred, two hundred, or three hundred soldiers of any nationality could do” in Greenland. “It sounds like the beginning of a joke.”“It’s not a competition to see who sends the military around the world.”“A part of me is not sure how much of this is a distraction, to try and take the attention of the American people away from some very real issues that we have in the United States right now.The cost of living is a real concern for Americans [and] Donald Trump got elected saying he was going to address the cost of living. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump’s Greenland threats do ‘real damage’ to alliances and benefit Putin, warns senior US senator

Jeanne Shaheen, the most senior Democrat on the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations said ‘millions of Americans are deeply concerned about the recent rhetoric of the United States taking over Greenland’US Democratic senator Shaheen also has this theory on why Trump turned his attention to Greenland:“A part of me is not sure how much of this is a distraction, to try and take the attention of the American people away from some very real issues that we have in the United States right now.The cost of living is a real concern for Americans [and] Donald Trump got elected saying he was going to address the cost of living. “I believe saner heads will prevail. I believe that because we have institutions that are acting in the United States, on both sides of the aisle in Congress, there is overwhelming support for our relationship for Nato and among the American people.“It’s not safe for Americans. It’s not safe for Danes and the only people who benefit from that sort of world are the au...

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2 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel calls Trump a 'maniac' after President defended ICE officer who shot woman dead in Minneapolis

Jimmy Kimmel has lashed out at Donald Trump over his defence of an ICE agent who shot a mother-of-three dead in Minneapolis. 

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2 w. ago Trump blames 'disorderly agitator' for 'horrible' ICE shooting in Minneapolis

President Donald Trump has issued a statement addressing the deadly shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis.

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