69 m. ago Starmer and Macron to host coalition of the willing meeting next week

The Prime Minister and France’s leader will dial into a meeting with allies on Thursday, as Mr Macron makes his first state visit to the UK.

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4 h. ago Russia launches hundreds of drones at Ukraine just hours after Putin

All-night attack on Kyiv injured at least 23 people, damaging railway infrastructure and setting buildings and cars on fire throughout the cityPolish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski told US president Donald Trump in a social media post that Russia’s Vladimir Putin was “mocking your peace efforts” as he urged him to “restore supplies of anti-aircraft ammunition to Ukraine and impose tough new sanctions on the aggressor.”Sikorski added that the massive Russian attack last night has caused “fires and much damage, including to the Polish consulate in Kyiv.” Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Keir Starmer reveals Donald Trump comforted him after his brother's death saying they both 'really care about family'

In an interview with the BBC to mark a year in office the Prime Minister said he had a 'good personal relationship' with Mr Trump, and told how they spoke days after Nick died on Boxing Day.

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4 h. ago Trump reached out to console me after my brother’s death, Starmer reveals

The prime minister revealed that the US president reached out to offer his condolences after the death of his younger brother on Boxing Day last year

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5 h. ago ‘A dark day for our country’: Democrats furious over Trump bill’s passage

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib condemns major policy bill as ‘disgusting’ as party vows to ‘mobilize and fight back’Democrats have erupted in a storm of outrage over the passage of the Donald Trump’s budget bill, delivering scathing critiques that offered signs of the attack lines the party could wield against Republicans in next year’s midterm elections.Party leaders released a wave of statements after the sweeping tax and spending bill’s passage on Thursday, revealing a fury that could peel paint off a brick outhouse. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago No one wanted Trump’s devastating budget bill. Of course it passed | Moira Donegan

The bill steals from the sick, elderly and hungry, and gives to billionaires and jackboots. But Republicans will follow their leader anywhereThe budget reconciliation bill that passed the US House of Representatives on Thursday and was promptly to be signed into law by Donald Trump represents the particular perversity of national politics in America: seemingly no one wants it, everyone hates it, and it is widely agreed to be devastating for staggering numbers of Americans. And yet, the bill felt inevitable: it was a foregone conclusion that this massive, malignant measure was something that everyone dreaded and no one had the capacity to stop.They didn’t really even try. In the Senate, a few conservative Republicans made noise about the bill’s dramatic costs: the congressional budget office estimates that the bill will add $3.3 tn to the deficit over the coming decade, and the senator Rand Paul, a budget hawk from Kentucky, declined to vote for it for this reason. But other Republic...

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6 h. ago ‘I understand what Trump cares about,’ says Sir Keir Starmer

The prime minister revealed that the US president reached out to offer his condolences after the death of his younger brother on Boxing Day last year

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6 h. ago Keir Starmer opens up on Donald Trump's moving act after death of his brother

Keir Starmer said he understands what 'anchors' the US President, and said Donald Trump had called him following the death of his brother Nick on Boxing Day

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6 h. ago Keir Starmer says he understands what ‘anchors’ Donald Trump

The Prime Minister said it was ‘in the national interest’ for him to have a connection with the US president.

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6 h. ago Revealed: King Charles' VERY personal link to Canada as President Trump suggests the country becomes the US's 51st state

The US president has repeatedly floated the idea of making Canada the 51st US state and has made several statements about the country's sovereignty and trade tariffs.

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8 h. ago Japan walks line between recession and submission as it seeks to overcome Trump tariffs

Japanese negotiators have just days before the end of Trump’s 90-day pause on punishing tariffs to pull off a breakthroughIt all seemed to be going so well. In April, Japan’s chief trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, sat opposite Donald Trump in the Oval Office after “positive and constructive” talks, sporting a Maga baseball cap and giving a thumbs up for the cameras.Japan’s economic revitalisation minister drew criticism back home for the gesture, forcing him to insist there was “no political significance” behind it. But the backdrop to the offending photo was far more significant than the uncomfortable optics. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago UNAids chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by US cuts that will mean millions more deaths

Winnie Byanyima tells the Guardian she considered resigning when Donald Trump cancelled Pepfar fundingThe head of the global agency tackling Aids says she expects HIV rates to soar and deaths to multiply in the next four years as a direct impact of the “seismic” US cuts to aid spending.Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of UNAids, said that if the funding permanently disappeared, the world faced an additional 6 million HIV infections and 4 million Aids-related deaths by 2029. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Asian shares are mixed as Trump’s tariff deadline looms, while US stocks set records

Asian shares were mixed on Friday after U.S. stocks climbed further into record heights as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s July 9 tariff deadline

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9 h. ago A year before declaring independence, colonists offered 'Olive Branch' petition to King George III

Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner “No Kings.”

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9 h. ago Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at US hospitals, but are running into visa issues

Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international medical residents set to start their training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions

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9 h. ago US expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy

Annexed militarized zones will soon cover nearly one-third of the U.S. border with Mexico, empowering soldiers to arrest people who cross the border illegally

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9 h. ago Donald Trump blamed for sluggish Scottish economy after tariffs slapped on exports

Experts warned economic recovery from repeated covid lockdowns was weaker in Scotland than the rest of the UK.

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10 h. ago Trump takes Big, Beautiful Bill victory lap in Iowa and teases UFC fight on the White House lawn

President Donald Trump took a victory lap Thursday night in Iowa after Congress passed his 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' where he pledged to give the United States a big, beautiful birthday.

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10 h. ago Trump's '2 billion farms' gaffe at Iowa event raises mental clarity concerns amid tax bill claims

Donald Trump was speaking at the 'Salute to America' celebration in Iowa on Saturday, when he made the false claim that 2 billion farms will be saved in the tax bill

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12 h. ago El Salvador President Bukele denies beating and torture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in prison

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has cast aside allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and subject to psychological torture in a Salvadoran prison

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