17 m. ago Greta Thunberg dismisses viral image of her receiving a sandwich from an IDF soldier as 'a PR stunt' by Israel as she lands in France

The Israeli foreign ministry has portrayed the voyage as nothing more than a publicity stunt by 'celebrity activists', referring to the Madleen as 'the selfie yacht'.

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17 m. ago LA riots take ominous new turn as mystery donor drops off wartime face shields for protesters: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Another 2,000 National Guard troops along with 700 Marines are headed to LA today on orders from President Donald Trump after a fourth day of anti-ICE protests.

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44 m. ago Trump's two most popular Cabinet secretaries are the ones who clashed with Elon Musk

Two of President Donald Trump 's most popular cabinet secretaries clashed with Elon Musk during his 130-day period at the White House as a special advisor to the president.

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90 m. ago Ukrainian boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk challenges Donald Trump to live in his house for a week

Ukrainian boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has challenged Donald Trump to see the true reality of Russia’s invasion by inviting him to live in his house for a week.

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2 h. ago The 'con' that Trump never saw coming as Elon 'crosses the Rubicon'

When Elon Musk spectacularly torched his relationship with Donald Trump, it seemed the Big Beautiful Bill was to blame. But privately issues ran deeper.

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2 h. ago US to put four prisoners to death this week as Trump pushes for executions

Killings scheduled in Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma and South Carolina despite concern over states’ methodsFour executions are scheduled across the US this week, marking a sharp increase in killings as Donald Trump has pushed to revive the death penalty despite growing concerns about states’ methods.Executions are set to take place in Alabama, Florida and South Carolina. A fourth, scheduled in Oklahoma, has been temporarily blocked by a judge, but the state’s attorney general is challenging the ruling. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Los Angeles protests: California governor says marines ‘not political pawns’ as Donald Trump deploys more National Guard troops – live

Gavin Newsom says Trump’s threat to deploy marines to LA is ‘blatant abuse of power’ as state lodges a suit against administrationUS officials said the marines were being deployed to protect federal property and personnel, including immigration agents. A convoy of 10 to 15 buses with blacked-out windows and escorted by sheriff’s vehicles, left the base at Twentynine Palms in the desert east of Los Angeles late Monday and headed toward the city, stopping around 1am (9am BST) at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, about 20 miles (35 km) south of downtown Los Angeles.Despite their presence, there has been limited engagement so far between the Guard and protesters while local law enforcement implements crowd control. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago LA protests: Trump sends thousands more troops in ‘authoritarian’ move

California leaders decry mobilization of 700 marines and 4,000 national guard members as tensions escalateLA protests – live updatesAbout 700 US marines were en route to Los Angeles on Tuesday after Donald Trump mobilized them the day before in response to protests over immigration raids. The president also doubled the number of national guard members to 4,000, in an extraordinary mobilization of troops against US residents that California leaders have called “authoritarian”.The Pentagon mobilized the 700 active-duty marines after tensions between the federal government and the nation’s second-largest city dramatically escalated over the weekend, with residents taking to the streets to demonstrate against a series of brutal crackdowns on immigrant communities. The raids have affected garment district workers, day laborers and restaurants, and agents also arrested the president of a major California union who was serving as a community observer during the raids. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trump is deliberately ratcheting up violence in Los Angeles | Moustafa Bayoumi

The president is escalating the situation to justify greater force and repression. Now he’s talking about sending ‘troops everywhere’Donald Trump was on his way to Camp David for a meeting with military leaders on Sunday when he was asked by reporters about possibly invoking the Insurrection Act, allowing direct military involvement in civilian law enforcement. Demonstrations against Trump’s draconian immigration arrests had been growing in Los Angeles, and some of them had turned violent. Trump’s answer? “We’re going to have troops everywhere,” he said.I know Trump is “a delusional narcissist and an orange-faced windbag”, to borrow the words of the Republican senator Rand Paul, and that this president governs using misdirection, evasion, and (especially) exaggeration, but we should still be worried by this prospect he raises of sending “troops everywhere”.Moustafa Bayoumi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Crypto's hottest new trend: publicly traded companies buying bunches of bitcoin

It’s one of crypto’s hottest trends: publicly traded companies buying bitcoin and then buying even more

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4 h. ago ‘Trump happily lights the fuse’: Jon Stewart blasts president’s role in Los Angeles riots

The Daily Show host said the situation in LA was “explosive”, asking: “Is your city ever not on fire?”

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4 h. ago Oleksandr Usyk extends invite to Donald Trump ahead of Daniel Dubois fight

The Ukrainian is very passionate when it comes to the topic of his beloved country and has now offered Trump the chance to experience what day-to-day life is like in his homeland

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5 h. ago Zelenskyy calls for ‘concrete actions’ as Russian strikes hit seven of Kyiv’s 10 districts

Ukraine president criticises lack of response from allies as Moscow launches one of its largest attacks of war on KyivEurope live – latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has voiced his frustration with Donald Trump by calling for “concrete actions” rather than “silence” after Russia launched one of its largest attacks on Kyiv of the war, with seven of the Ukrainian capital’s 10 districts hit overnight.A total of 316 drones and seven missiles were launched at Ukrainian targets across the country in the early hours of Tuesday, including at Odesa in the south-east, where two people were killed. But it was the capital that was the focus of Russia’s ferocious barrage. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Donald Trump ignores Britain as he claims US won Second World War

Donald Trump appeared to ignore Britain as he claimed the United States ‘won World War II.’

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7 h. ago LA ICE riots day 4 RECAP: 'ICE Barbie' Kristi Noem delivers savage insult to LA mayor Karen Bass for shifting blame for riots

LIVE UPDATES: Hundreds of Marines have been mobilized to Los Angeles after Donald Trump sent National Guard troops to quell the immigration protests.

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7 h. ago Trump sends US Marines to Los Angeles and says it would be 'great' to arrest California Governor Gavin Newsom

Trump backs call to arrest California Governor Gavin Newsom who brands decision to send Marines into Los Angeles as a ‘deranged fantasy’

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8 h. ago Trump praises response to LA protests after deploying 4,000 National Guard troops

Donald Trump has lauded his administration’s response to growing anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.

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9 h. ago Los Angeles' image is scuffed since ICE raids and protests, with World Cup and Olympics on horizon

Los Angeles is still reeling from January’s deadly wildfires — and with the World Cup soccer championships and the 2028 Olympics on the horizon — Mayor Karen Bass has been urging residents to come together to revitalize LA’s image

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9 h. ago Trump's 'deranged fantasy' slammed by California Gov. Newsom as 700 Marines sent to LA

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is continuing his feud with President Donald Trump as the administration has deployed 700 active duty Marines to anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles

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9 h. ago Hegseth faces Congress for first time since Signal leaks and Marine deployment to Los Angeles

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to field sharp questions from members of Congress about his tumultuous start as Pentagon chief in a series of hearings beginning Tuesday

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