2 h. ago Senate Democrats condemn Russia over Ukraine war and dare Republicans to object – live

Democrats introduce resolutions on Senate floor, as Trump veterans affairs chief defends plans to cut 80,000 staffDonald Trump and Justin Trudeau will speak today, Reuters reports, citing a source with knowledge of the matter.The Canadian prime minister condemned Trump’s imposition of levies on his country yesterday, saying he was looking to make its economy collapse as part of a plan to incorporate it into the United States. Trump responded with insults, and a warning that he may tighten levies further next month. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago US 'prepared' to go to war with China as Donald Trump Defense Sec Hegseth makes chilling threat

Donald Trump has started trade wars with some of his closest allies as well as with Beijing arguing Canada, Mexico and China are not doing enough to stem the flow of fentanyl into the country

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6 h. ago Macron: Military support from the US for Europe is no longer guaranteed

French President says he is willing to discuss offering European allies the protection of France's nuclear capabilities

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6 h. ago Trump’s veterans affairs chief defends ‘extraordinarily difficult’ plans to cut 80,000 staff – US politics live

Doug Collins says cuts are personally difficult for him as move could undo expansion in agency’s healthcare services implemented by Joe BidenDonald Trump and Justin Trudeau will speak today, Reuters reports, citing a source with knowledge of the matter.The Canadian prime minister condemned Trump’s imposition of levies on his country yesterday, saying he was looking to make its economy collapse as part of a plan to incorporate it into the United States. Trump responded with insults, and a warning that he may tighten levies further next month. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago US suspends intelligence sharing with Ukraine in major blow to Kyiv’s war against Russia

Washington says Volodymyr Zelensky must show he is serious about peace talks

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8 h. ago Pete Hegseth says the US is 'prepared' to go to war with China after tariff retaliation threat

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. is 'prepared' for war with China in response to fighting words from the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. as the trade war heats up.

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9 h. ago US suspends intelligence sharing with Ukraine in major new blow to Kyiv’s war against Russia

Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz says Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky must show he is ‘serious’ about participating in peace talks

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10 h. ago Starmer highlights UK’s war record in implicit rebuke to Vance as Lib Dems mock Badenoch for defending him – UK politics live

Interventions follow US vice president’s comments about ‘20,000 troops from some random country that has not fought a war in 40 years’In response to a question about intelligence cooperation with the US, Sir David Manning, a former ambassador to Washington, said he thought this would become “more difficult” because there was a problem of trust. He explained:If you have some of Trump’s appointees in these key jobs who have very strange track records, and have said very strange things about Nato allies, the Nato alliance and so on, and you have people in the administration who seem to be, let’s say, looking for ways of appeasing Russia, then you have a problem on the intelligence front, because these are not the values that we have. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago US cuts off intelligence sharing for Ukraine in major blow to Kyiv war effort

Move comes after argument between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office

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12 h. ago Lib Dems leader calls on Starmer to request urgent extradition of Tate brothers

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are now under criminal investigation in Romania, the US and the UK.

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13 h. ago Starmer praises sacrifice of British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq in oblique rebuke to Vance

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has praised the “sacrifice” of British troops who were killed fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq

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13 h. ago Starmer highlights UK’s war record in implicit rebuke to Vance as Badenoch says she does not approve of ‘Twitter pile

Interventions follow US vice president’s comments about ‘20,000 troops from some random country that has not fought a war in 40 years’In response to a question about intelligence cooperation with the US, Sir David Manning, a former ambassador to Washington, said he thought this would become “more difficult” because there was a problem of trust. He explained:If you have some of Trump’s appointees in these key jobs who have very strange track records, and have said very strange things about Nato allies, the Nato alliance and so on, and you have people in the administration who seem to be, let’s say, looking for ways of appeasing Russia, then you have a problem on the intelligence front, because these are not the values that we have. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Keir Starmer told to press Donald Trump to extradite Andrew Tate and brother to UK

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey called for Keir Starmer to put pressure on Donald Trump to extradite Andrew and Tristan Tate to the UK, where a warrant has been issued over rape and human trafficking allegations

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13 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer opens PMQs with poignant rebuke of Vance's 'random country' comments

He told MPs that hundreds had died "fighting for Britain alongside our allies" as he paid tribute to fallen soldiers

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14 h. ago Keir Starmer's powerful swipe at JD Vance for attacking British troops

The PM gave paid tribute to British troops who died fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq after JD Vance suggested the UK was a 'random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 years'

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14 h. ago PM seeks to downplay fears of peacekeeping plan risking conflict with Russia

Sir Keir Starmer also paid tribute to British soldiers who have died in conflict in recent years, in an apparent rebuke of US vice-president JD Vance.

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14 h. ago Starmer delivers powerful rebuke to JD Vance with tribute to Britons killed in Iraq and Afghanistan wars

JD Vance appeared to described Britain as ‘some random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years’

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14 h. ago Starmer, Macron and Zelensky could visit Trump, says French government

Intensive international diplomatic efforts over a peace plan to end the Ukraine war are continuing.

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15 h. ago China warns it’s prepared for ‘any type of war’ with US in response to Trump tariffs

Livid China warns US against intimidation and bullying

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16 h. ago Trump’s tariffs will harm UK and lead to higher inflation, admits Rachel Reeves

US president facing retaliation from Canada and China after imposing long threatened tax on goods amid fears of a global trade war

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