88 m. ago How the Mercury and Venus transits will influence your relationships, according to an astrologer

Astrologer Polina Arutiunian explains what effect the Mercury and Venus transits taking place before the end of 2025 will have on relationships - and which signs will be most impacted.

Science

94 m. ago EU leaders split over tactics as deadline looms for Trump trade talks

With two days of talks left, some want a quick UK-style deal to avert 50% tariffs while others want to play hardballThe EU is entering a crunch week with only two days of talks left to secure a trade deal with Washinton to avert Donald Trump’s threatened 50% tariff on its imports into the US.According to the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, on Friday, the negotiations – which continued over the weekend – are focussed on 15 to 18 agreements with important partners, while Trump warned of import tax rates of up to 70% on others. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Butler by Salena Zito review – how Trump won America’s heartland

From the site of the failed assassination comes a sharp-eyed account of Trump’s political gains – and Democrats’ failings The Democrats’ famed blue wall is more the stuff of nostalgia than reality. On election day 2024, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin voted for Donald Trump for the second time in three elections. Barack Obama’s upstairs-downstairs coalition lies in ruins, as Democrats struggle to connect with working-class voters across racial and ethnic lines.Last November, Trump came within just three points of winning a majority of Latino voters. Such Americans walked away from their presumed political home – in droves. A Trump endorsement by Roberto Clemente Jr, son of the late Pittsburgh Pirates baseball star, was a harbinger. Likewise, Trump posted double-digit gains among Catholics and Jews, once core constituencies in the Democratic party of FDR.Butler is published in the US by Hachette Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Many say Elon Musk 'wants to be the US President' as he launches party – but there's reason he can't

Elon Musk has announced that his new America Party has been "formed" in what appears to be a dig at former ally-turned-foe Donald Trump, sparking speculation that he could be looking to run for presidency himself

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3 h. ago Maga influencer and de facto national security adviser Laura Loomer holds outsized sway on Trump

The 32-year-old was instrumental in high-profile national security firings, and has cheerled the attacks on IranAfter years of claiming to be the vanguard of a new “America First” isolationist movement rebelling against the neoconservative policies of the George W Bush administration that led to the bloody wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Maga’s online influencers are cheering for another war in the Middle East.And not just any war: they are applauding Donald Trump’s high-risk decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, a move that was considered a war too far even by the Bush administration. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Greg Taylor's final Celtic contract pitch from Parkhead teammate as 'empty space' left behind by PAOK transfer

The midfielder has opened up on the exit of his boyhood buddy and his ambitions for the new season

Sport

3 h. ago Massive place gets new name as Google bows down to Donald Trump

In efforts to remain 'consistent' with 'longstanding practices' Google has adopted a geographical name change that Donald Trump believes will restore pride in America

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3 h. ago Voices: The man who wants to lead Cambridge, and the day he feared for his life

Free speech isn’t about comfort but about courage, writes Chris Smith, former Labour cabinet minister and master of Pembroke College, Cambridge. That principle applies in politics, journalism, and perhaps most vitally in universities

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3 h. ago Texas floods latest: Search for missing continues after dozens killed including children

Donald Trump described the flooding as ‘terrible’ as emergency services search for dozens of missing children

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4 h. ago US tariffs on European goods threaten to shake up the world's largest 2

America’s largest trade partner is awaiting word on whether U.S. President Donald Trump will impose punishing tariffs on its goods

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4 h. ago So big, so beautiful: Fox News ignores the critics and champions Trump’s bill

Rightwing network downplays criticism from economists and says bill is ‘packed with massive, huge, important wins’Donald Trump’s mega-bill has been widely criticized in the press. News outlets and Democrats have warned that millions of people could be stripped of their health coverage through cuts to Medicaid, that cuts to food programs would see children go hungry, and that the legislation would cause the deficit to balloon.Fox News sees it differently. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Jack Catterall secures strange win over Harlem Eubank after suffering gruesome cut

The fight was stopped in round seven, much to the chagrin of Eubank – the nephew of Chris Eubank

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5 h. ago Netanyahu at crossroads as Trump’s Hamas ceasefire deal offers clear route to peace

Benjamin Netanyahu will fly into the White House tonight (6 Jul) ahead of pivotal talks with Donald Trump and pressure from all sides to bring about an end to the 21-month war on Gaza.

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5 h. ago Doctor warns of upsetting risk of weight loss jabs EVERY user should know about

Internet forums such as Reddit are buzzing with questions from concerned people who have noticed a visible side effect from using weight loss jabs- and it's not a smaller waistline.

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7 h. ago Chelsea's FIFA Club World Cup prize money to date after reaching semi

Chelsea are into the semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup where they will face Brazilian side Fluminense and Enzo Maresca's side have effectively paid off the £60m fee for Joao Pedro after their run to the last four

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7 h. ago Elon Musk faces glaring hurdle as he forms new America Party after Trump feud

The former 'First Buddy' announced the foundation of the new party on his X social media platform on Saturday.

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7 h. ago Elon Musk to create new political party after explosive fallout with Trump

The billionaire businessman, 54, revealed on Saturday that he had established the America Party

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9 h. ago The UN is our best defence against a third world war. As Trump wields the axe, who will fight to save it? | Simon Tisdall

If the US cuts off the cash it will have world-changing effects, but it’s not the only country falling short in its obligations to the United Nations The United Nations and its agencies have long struggled with funding shortfalls. Now an entrenched problem is becoming an acute crisis in the shadow of Donald Trump’s executioner’s axe. The US is the biggest contributor, at 22%, to the UN’s core budget. In February, the White House announced a six-month review of US membership of all international organisations, conventions and treaties, including the UN, with a view to reducing or ending funding – and possible withdrawal. The deadline for decapitation falls next month.Trump’s abolition of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and scrapping of most aid programmes, has already badly damaged UN-led and UN-backed humanitarian operations, which rely on discretionary funding. Yet Trump’s axe symbolises a more fundamental threat – to multilateralism and the much-battered inter...

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9 h. ago Texas flooding latest: Two sisters among 51 dead as desperate search for campers swept away enters third day

Donald Trump described the flooding as ‘terrible’ as emergency services search for dozens of missing children

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10 h. ago The drink that's better than coffee... after study finds your morning cup could cause blindness

If you can't get through the day before a dose of caffeine, but are afraid of the harmful health effects of coffee, a trendy new beverage may be your answer.

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