9 h. ago Donald Trump hits back in Elon Musk feud saying Space X boss 'out of his mind' and considers selling Tesla

War-of-words between US president and world’s richest man escalates further after explosive public falling-out

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10 h. ago Donald Trump hits back in Elon Musk feud saying Space X boss 'out of his mind' as he considers selling Tesla

War-of-words between US president and world’s richest man escalates further after explosive public falling-out

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25 h. ago War of words between president and former adviser escalates – as it happened

This blog is closed. Musk calls for Trump to be impeached as extraordinary feud escalatesTesla share plunge amid Trump feud wipes $152bn off companyMusk says SpaceX will retire Dragon spacecraftPresident Vladimir Putin told US president Donald Trump that he was ready to use Russia’s close partnership with Iran to help with negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme, the Kremlin said on Thursday.Trump said after a phone call with Putin on Wednesday that time was running out for Iran to make a decision on its nuclear programme and that he believed Putin agreed that the Islamic Republic should not have nuclear weapons. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Russia blames UK for drone attack as Putin signals retaliation and rising WW3 risk

Many of Vladimir Putin's notorious nuclear doomsday planes destroyed in the meticulous Ukrainian attack, but now Russia's ambassador to the UK is placing the blame on London

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30 h. ago Elon Musk escalates war of words with Trump after president threatens to terminate government contracts – live

In flurry of X posts, former adviser hits out at Trump - including threat to decommission Dragon spacecraft - as allies-turned-enemies spar on social mediaMusk calls for Trump to be impeached as extraordinary feud escalatesTrump and Musk trade barbs as rift over tax and spend bill erupts into openPresident Vladimir Putin told US president Donald Trump that he was ready to use Russia’s close partnership with Iran to help with negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme, the Kremlin said on Thursday.Trump said after a phone call with Putin on Wednesday that time was running out for Iran to make a decision on its nuclear programme and that he believed Putin agreed that the Islamic Republic should not have nuclear weapons. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Russia's ambassador to the UK blames BRITAIN for Ukraine's attack on its airfields that saw 40 planes destroyed

As many as 40 Russian aircraft at five separate bases were destroyed by Ukraine as part of the covert Operation Spiderweb launched on Sunday.

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32 h. ago Karoline Leavitt escalates war against 'fake news' BBC after dramatic back

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has railed against the BBC for its recent coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.

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34 h. ago Ukraine's drone attack on Russia's nuclear bombers risks escalation to 'World War 3'

Russia's ambassador to the UK has warned that Ukraine's drone attacks on airbases for nuclear bombers risk bringing the conflict to 'World War 3' - but expressed doubt about one thing

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34 h. ago Russia blames UK for Ukraine drone attack that 'risks escalation to World War 3'

Russia's UK ambassador said that Ukraine's recent drone attacks on airbases for nuclear bombers could escalate the conflict to "World War III" as he suggested that the UK was involved

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35 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he brings back his most hated policy

He's been chatting with dictators on the phone, escalating his Good Will Hunting-esque war with Harvard - and he announced the return of a policy that caused huge upset in America during his first Presidency

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62 h. ago Elon Musk accuses Trump of driving America into 'debt slavery' as he escalates war with president

Elon Musk is going all-in on his war with President Donald Trump over his massive spending proposal.

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3 d. ago Trump orders 50% steel and aluminium tariffs to begin on June 4

US president escalates trade war by doubling levies on all exporters except the UK

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5 d. ago Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russian bombers, security official says

Reported strikes on four airbases in Siberia mark escalation in cross-border incursions before planned peace talksUkraine has launched a “large-scale” drone attack against Russian military bombers in Siberia, striking more than 40 warplanes thousands of kilometres from its own territory, a security official said.The claims could not be independently verified. But if confirmed, the attacks would mark Ukraine’s most damaging drone strike of the war to date, amid an escalation in cross-border incursions before planned peace talks in Istanbul on Monday. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump says he will double steel and aluminium tariffs to 50%

US president escalates global trade war two days after a court ruled against the legality of his levies

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7 d. ago Trump says he will double tariffs on US steel imports to 50%

US president escalates global trade war days after a court ruled some of his levies illegal

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9 d. ago Trump halts US student visa applications in White House's escalating war on top universities

The move is the latest in the Trump administration's crackdown on universities

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1 week ago Putin threatens to 'throttle' Microsoft and Zoom as he escalates war of words with furious Trump over Ukraine

Vladimir Putin on Monday threatened to 'throttle' U.S. tech firms, including Microsoft and Zoom, on the heels of President Donald Trump's furious tirade against the Russian leader.

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2 w. ago Voices: Criticising Netanyahu is not antisemitic – this Jewish rebellion shows why

Last month’s declaration by 36 members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews against an escalation of the war in Gaza – in which ‘Israel's soul is being ripped out’ – is not only still reverberating through their own community, but has a much wider significance, writes Donald Macintyre

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2 w. ago Trump launches crippling tariffs on 'very difficult' Europe in new trade war escalation

Donald Trump is threatening new crippling tariffs on the European Union after trade negotiations have gone south.

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2 w. ago Trump blocks Harvard’s ability to enroll international students in major escalation of his war on college

Homeland Security forces hundreds of currently enrolled students to leave the university or lose their legal status

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