5 h. ago US shoppers told to brace for ‘shared sacrifice’ amid the wait for Trump trade deals while Europeans shun ‘Made in America’

Markets closed down again Monday as president’s trade war continues

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9 h. ago Royals watch historic flypast as huge crowds turns out for VE Day 80th anniversary 

Second World War airplanes and Red Arrows soared over Buckingham Palace to mark 80 years since end of WWII

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9 h. ago VE Day latest: Buckingham Palace welcomes veterans after royal flypast as UK celebrates with tea parties

Four-day commemorations marking 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day got underway today

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10 h. ago Royals lead VE Day tea parties as flypast marks 80 years since end of war

After family balcony appearance, Prince George, 11, joins senior royals at event with veterans

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12 h. ago VE Day 2025 commemorations LIVE: Buckingham Palace and Downing Street host tea parties after royals watch flypast

Britain has today begun its commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day

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14 h. ago VE Day 80: Stunning footage captures Lancaster Bomber, Spitfire and Red Arrows flypast as Royal Family look on

Thousands of people watched in awe as aircraft including the Red Arrows and a Lancaster Bomber staged a special fly-past as part of four days of commemorations to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe.

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15 h. ago Prince Louis' touching gesture to William at VE Day 80th anniversary military parade

The King and Queen were joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales, and their children, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe

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16 h. ago Thousands of people gather near Buckingham Palace to mark the 80th anniversary of V

Thousands of people have lined the roads around the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace as British and allied troops paraded past at the start of four days of pageantry to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe

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16 h. ago Prince Louis fixes dad Prince William's uniform in sweet moment at VE Day commemorations

The Prince and Princess of Wales’s children have joined their parents, the King, Queen and veterans to watch a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe

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16 h. ago VE Day: Royals lead the nation as 80th anniversary celebrations kick off in the capital with recital of Winston Churchill's victory speech, military parade and flypast: Latest updates 

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live updates as the UK celebrates the 80th anniversary of VE Day with a military procession and flypast in London.

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17 h. ago King Charles and Queen Camilla Lead Royal Family in London as VE Day Anniversary Celebrations Begin

King Charles and Queen Camilla Lead Royal Family in London as VE Day Anniversary Celebrations Begin  People.com

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20 h. ago Bank Holiday sunshine for Brits but this weekend could be even better with 25C blast

Bright and dry conditions are due for bashes across the country today as well as the flypast and military parade in London to mark 80 years since the end of the war in Europe

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20 h. ago VE Day Bank Holiday will spark sunshine for Brits' street parties and 25C blast

Bright and dry conditions are due for bashes across the country today as well as the flypast and military parade in London to mark 80 years since the end of the war in Europe

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20 h. ago Veterans light flame as the Netherlands marks 80th anniversary of liberation from WWII occupation

Dozens of World War II veterans are gathering in a central Dutch town to mark the 80th anniversary of the Netherlands’ liberation by Allied troops from Nazi German occupation

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22 h. ago VE Day 2025 LIVE: King Charles and royal family set to lead nation in 80th anniversary celebration

The public is being invited to line The Mall today as a huge procession of 1,300 Armed Forces personnel, young people and uniformed services march from Parliament Square to Buckingham Palace, where the Red Arrows will fly overhead and the King will meet with WWII veterans

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39 h. ago How the stock market made back all its losses after Trump escalated the trade war

It felt much longer, but the U_S_ stock market needed just a few weeks to roar all the way back to where it was on President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day.”

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40 h. ago Inside the rare Cold War bunker that’s on the market for £20K offering ‘special opportunity’ for history fans

It was part of a network of bunkers built as an early warning system to detect impending nuclear attacks

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66 h. ago Trump’s Truth Social posts make no sense – what do they say about his mentality?

The president’s little used social media platform offers him a forum for his nonstop haranguing and score-settlingNo political leader has used social media quite like Donald Trump. But his recent posts on Truth Social, the social media platform he founded in 2021, have become increasingly bizarre: the president using the lack of scrutiny afforded by the platform’s small user base to truly let loose.In the hundreds of “Truths” since he took office, Trump has variously used Truth Social to reimagine himself as a king and to urge Americans to “BE COOL!” as the stock market tanked in the wake of his trade war, the president’s seemingly random use of capital letters, punctuation and inaccurate spelling consistent across the messages. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago America says it’s Trump’s economy (despite his constant blaming of Biden)

Donald Trump has consistently blamed Joe Biden for the turbulent stock market after the president triggered a global trade war with his tariffs

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5 d. ago The US left Vietnam 50 years ago today. The media hasn’t learned its lesson | Norman Solomon

The myth that news coverage turned Americans against the war persists. In fact, it was largely complicit in perpetuating the conflictThe last helicopter liftoff from the roof of the American embassy in Saigon on 30 April 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam war. Fifty years later, mythology about US media coverage of the war is locked into the faulty premise that news outlets were pivotal in causing Americans to turn against it. Some say that mainstream media undermined a noble war effort, while others say that coverage alerted the public to realities of an unjust war. Both assertions are wrong.Scapegoating the media fits neatly into “stab in the back” theories of Americans who can’t stand the fact that their country lost a war to impoverished Vietnamese fighters. And praising the media as catalysts for the nation’s roused conscience gives undue credit while fostering illusions about mainstream news coverage of America’s wars. Continue reading...

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