56 m. ago Girl, 13, killed in Prescot house fire: Five other children, a woman and man make lucky escape unharmed

Firefighters were scrambled to a mid-terraced home in Kingsway, Prescot, yesterday at 11.42pm after receiving a 999 call.

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73 m. ago Trump finally goes all in on tariffs. Free traders on the right and left are furious

ANALYSIS: The immediate anger and fallout from Trump’s tariff plan illustrates how a poor U.S. economy could politically isolate the president, writes John Bowden

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83 m. ago Tarkowski tackle rated WORSE than infamous Rangers horror challenge as former ref blasts 'scandalous' VAR call

Former whistler Des Roache reckons the Everton man's eclipses Neil Simpson on Ian Durrant at Pittodrie back in 1988

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83 m. ago Pentagon watchdog to investigate Pete Hegseth over Signal war

Defense chief and others discussed US military operations on messaging app that included journalistThe inspector general of the Department of Defense (DOD) is launching an investigation into Pentagon secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the encrypted messaging app Signal to discuss sensitive information about military operations in Yemen.The probe, announced on Thursday, follows a bipartisan request from the Senate armed services committee after allegations emerged that highly precise – and most likely classified – intelligence about impending US airstrikes in Yemen, including strike timing and aircraft models, had been shared in a Signal group chat that included a journalist. Continue reading...

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88 m. ago EastEnders Joel's reason for befriending Tommy 'revealed' in AI twist

EastEnders fans are fearing newcomer Joel Marshall has a sinister plan for teen Tommy Moon on the BBC soap, weeks on from Kat Slater's son sharing he had an AI chatbot friend

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1 hour ago Severe storms and tornadoes rip across US south and midwest, killing at least seven

White House approves Tennessee’s state of emergency request as further fatalities expected to be confirmedViolent storms and tornadoes have torn across the US south and midwest, killing at least seven people and downing power lines and trees, smashing homes, and upturning cars across multiple states.The outbreak of storms and tornadoes has resulted in at least seven deaths in Tennessee and Missouri, with further fatalities expected to be confirmed. One of the victims has been named: a 68-year-old man called Garry Moore who was a fire chief in Cape Girardeau county, Missouri. At least a dozen injuries have also been reported from the storms. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Bonobos may combine words in ways previously thought unique to humans

Phrases used to smooth over tense social situations have meanings beyond the sum of their parts, study suggestsBonobos use a combination of calls to encourage peace with their partner during mating rituals, research suggests.The discovery is part of a study that suggests our close evolutionary cousins can string together vocalisations to produce phrases with meanings that go beyond the sum of their parts – something often considered unique to human language. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Exposure to common chemical while pregnant could damage baby's brain, study suggests

Common chemicals called phthalates are used in everything from food packaging to kids toys and shampoos. But these can leach out of products and pass into food and water.

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3 h. ago Call of Duty players have lost entire console's worth of storage after the Season 3 update

Call of Duty's storage problems have reached breaking point, as some players are reporting that they simply can't fit all of Call of Duty HQ on their consoles.

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3 h. ago Pervert contacted me on SpareRoom and offered to be my sugar daddy in 'sex for rent' deal

Jasmine Emery, 20, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, is calling for more stringent laws to be put in place to protect people from being taken advantage of by rogue landlords

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3 h. ago Labour tries to seem in control while The Donald unleashes chaos on the world | John Crace

Underneath the measured words you could almost smell the panic as the government scrambled to come up with a plan to respond to Trump’s tariffsWith characteristic humility and good grace Hardly.Shortly after 9pm UK time on Wednesday, the Sun-Bed King made his way to the White House Rose Garden, looking every bit the dishonest bookie as he held up a board with every country’s separate tariff. He might as well have been signposting the odds on a global recession. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Macron suggests pause on US investment as EU leaders condemn Trump tariffs

Von der Leyen calls tariffs ‘a major blow to world economy’ while calling for last-ditch negotiationsEuropean leaders have condemned Donald Trump’s tariffs as “fundamentally wrong” and creating an “immense difficulty for Europe”, while appealing for last-ditch negotiations to avert an all-out trade war.The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said Trump’s decision to impose tariffs was “brutal and unfounded” and appeared to call for a suspension of French investment in the US until the tariffs were clarified. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Ronnie O’Sullivan says he will make a late call on playing in World Championship

The seven-time world champion has not played on the tour since January

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4 h. ago Who is Julie Goodyear's husband she calls the 'best of a bad bunch' as he shares photo

The former Coronation Street legend, who has racked up a whopping four marriages, previously revealed that Scott proposed to her every day for 11 years before winning her over.

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4 h. ago Will Trump’s tariffs ignite a global trade war? Today in Focus Extra – podcast

Donald Trump has introduced eye-watering tariffs on countries around the world. Will they ‘make America wealthy again’? Richard Partington reportsDonald Trump is on a mission to ‘make America wealthy again’. Speaking outside the White House, he said for too long the country had been ‘looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike’. Now that would come to an end, he said, as he slapped eye-watering tariffs on countries around the world.The Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, Richard Partington, explains why Trump has taken such action and how it could affect the global economy. ‘It could come at huge costs to consumers,’ he says, as markets around the world react with confusion. With prices in the US also likely to rise, will voters soon rue what the president has called ‘liberation day’? Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Musk to remain ‘friend and adviser’ to Trump after leaving Doge, says Vance

Vice-president makes remark after reports that president told cabinet members billionaire will be stepping backJD Vance said on Thursday that Elon Musk would remain a “friend and an adviser” to the vice-president and Donald Trump after he leaves his current role with the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge).In recent days, several news outlets, including Politico, reported that Trump had told members of his cabinet that the tech billionaire, who holds the position of “special government employee”, would soon be stepping back from his role in the administration, and would take on a supporting role and return to the private sector. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump ordered to pay more than £625,000 costs over sex dossier legal claim

The US president unsuccessfully sued Orbis Business Intelligence over allegations included in the so-called Steele dossier.

Economics

4 h. ago Tonight's Swansea City news as club set for talks over striker's future and Sheehan faces late call

The latest news from the Swansea.com Stadium

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5 h. ago Trump calls America a 'patient who is healing' now his 'operation is over'

The Orange Manbaby has decimated globalisation and the world order with his 'Liberation Day' tariff announcement that will see taxes loaded on imports from all corners of the world

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5 h. ago Clowns face extinction as they plot plan to save profession at crisis meeting

Clowns are facing their job going extinct as they face 'turbulent times' and are now banding together at a crisis summit this weekend in a bid to save the industry

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