4 h. ago Sir Keir warned not to cosy up to EU as President Trump now threatens Brussels with 50 per cent tariffs

The US President made the threat amid trade talks between Washington and Brussels, warning he could impose the tariffs next month.

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11 h. ago Brazilian tribe sues New York Times for allegedly portraying members as porn addicts

Defamation suit claims Marubo people were depicted as tech-addled and porn-obsessed after introduction of internetAn Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued the New York Times, saying the newspaper’s reporting on the tribe’s first exposure to the internet led to its members being widely portrayed as technology-addled and addicted to pornography.The Marubo tribe of the remote Javari valley, a community of about 2,000 people, filed the defamation lawsuit seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages this week in a court in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Manchester United face urgent dilemma: ditch Amorim or revamp the squad | Jonathan Wilson

Not many at Old Trafford are suited to the manager’s trusty 3-4-2-1 but replacing them will cost hundreds of millionsEverything always seems clearer in the morning, and in the cold grey light of Thursday, the prognosis for Manchester United is bleak. While Tottenham face an awkward calculation – weighing up whether the delirium of a first European trophy in 41 years offsets their worst league season in terms of proportion of games lost – for Manchester United the equation is far starker.Ruben Amorim will only play in one way. He is committed absolutely, uncompromisingly, irrevocably to the 3-4-2-1. Liverpool considered him, looked at their squad, realised the two things did not go together, appointed Arne Slot and won the league. Manchester United looked at their squad, flinched at the horror, and seem to have reasoned it was such a mess that it was impossible to find a manager whose philosophy would fit. There was a dissenting voice, Dan Ashworth, but at the court of Sir Jim Ratcli...

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57 h. ago Rachel ‘Lettuce 2.0’ Reeves blew £65,000 of taxpayers’ cash on three

As UK borrowing hit a record 16-year high and the value of the pound plummeted, the Chancellor jetted east as part of an 11-strong delegation - all in business class

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3 d. ago Secrecy over the final cost of PM's EU surrender: Starmer ducks questions amid fears bill will hit hundreds of millions of pounds a year

The Prime Minister repeatedly ducked questions in Parliament about how much Britain will pay the EU for his deal amid speculation it will run to hundreds of millions of pounds a year.

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3 d. ago Online criminals attacking HSBC ‘all the time’, says head of UK arm

Ian Stuart tells MPs that cybersecurity is biggest expense as bank systems face scrutiny after M&S and Co-op attacksThe boss of HSBC’s UK arm has said the bank is “being attacked all the time” by online criminals, with cybersecurity now its biggest expense, costing the lender hundreds of millions of pounds.Ian Stuart sought to reassure MPs that cybersecurity was “very much at the top of our agenda”, amid growing concerns that other large businesses could fall victim to the kind of attacks that have caused chaos at retailers such as Marks & Spencer and the Co-op. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Reeves eyes Gulf trade pact as ‘next deal,’ Bank of England’s Pill says pace of interest rate cuts ‘too rapid’ – business live

China and Australia cut interest rates; Shell faces protests calling for clean-up in Niger DeltaHere’s our full story on Greggs.Sales at Greggs have picked up after the UK’s biggest bakery chain branched out into iced drinks, pizza boxes and a macaroni cheese that has gone viral on social media.These are important issues and we respect the right of people to express their view. But for many years the vast majority of spills in the Niger Delta have been caused by third parties acting unlawfully, such as oil thieves who drill holes in pipelines, or saboteurs.These challenges are managed by a joint venture which Shell’s former Nigerian subsidiary, SPDC, operated, cleaning up every spill from the joint venture’s facilities. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago UK politics live: Reeves eyes fresh trade deal after striking EU Brexit reset pact

The chancellor is hoping an agreement can be secured with countries such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia

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3 d. ago UK politics live: Reeves eyes trade deal with Gulf countries after striking EU Brexit reset pact

The chancellor is hoping an agreement can be secured with countries such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia

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3 d. ago Reeves eyes Gulf trade pact as UK government’s ‘next deal’ after EU summit – business live

China’s and Australia’s central banks cut interest ratesRachel Reeves said the UK government is closing in on a trade pact with six Gulf nations, including Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as its next major deal.The chancellor told the BBC the agreement would be the government’s “next deal” as it looks to boost trade ties following Brexit.Britain is in a better place than any other country in the world in terms of deals with those countries.The first deal and the best deal so far with the US, we’ve got the best deal with the EU for any country outside the EU, and we’ve got the best trade agreement with India.We are not going to litigate old arguments, we are going to go forward in the spirit of what we do together, we do better.This deal will mean Britain becoming a rule-taker, accepting dynamic alignment, giving up fishing rights and paying new money to the EU. Nobody has lost more than the fishermen. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago UK politics live: Starmer says Britain is ‘back on world stage’ as details of UK

UK holidaymakers will be able to use e-gates at European airports, pet passports will be introduced for cats and dogs and businesses can sell burgers and sausages into the EU

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4 d. ago Brexit is dead. Now a senior minister reveals truth to me about Starmer's Surrender Summit

To his credit, Keir Starmer managed to refrain from the saying what he privately wanted to say. 'Brexit is dead.'

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4 d. ago Voices: Starmer’s EU strategy isn’t a Brexit betrayal – it’s a necessity

No one voted to be worse off in the 2016 EU referendum, writes Femi Oluwole. That’s why seeking a closer relationship with Europe is not disloyalty – it’s a correction

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4 d. ago PM accused of 'surrender' to EU as French fleets 'get access to UK waters until 2038'

A late breakthrough in negotiations has paved the way for an agreement to be unveiled at a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen in London.

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4 d. ago The Brexit 'surrender summit': PM accused of 'capitulation' to EU as French fishing fleets 'get access to UK waters until 2038'

A late breakthrough in negotiations has paved the way for an agreement to be unveiled at a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen in London.

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4 d. ago The Brexit 'surrender summit'? Late breakthrough means PM WILL sign 'comprehensive' EU deal TODAY

A late breakthrough in negotiations has paved the way for an agreement to be unveiled at a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen in London.

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5 d. ago Sir Keir Starmer warned he risks Brexit vote betrayal if he agrees new deal to put the UK back under EU control in new 'Surrender Summit'

The Prime Minister is today set to sign an agreement that will mean Britain must once more follow EU laws and abide by its judges' rulings.

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer faces three demands to tackle small boats at EU leaders summit

EU leaders will descend on London today, and the Refugee Council has called on governments to agree a string of steps to tackle small boats in the Channel

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5 d. ago UK politics live: EU demands for fishing rights ‘hold up’ Starmer’s post

UK’s lead negotiator says overnight talks going ‘down to the wire’ hours before Starmer set to unveil deal at London summit

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5 d. ago Starmer 'about to sign a bad deal' at EU Brexit 'Surrender Summit'

Critics warned that the proposed reset to be signed in London tomorrow will open the country up to thousands of migrant workers and sell off fishing rights in our waters.

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