11 m. ago Trump ‘to ask countries in Gaza Board of Peace to pay $1 billion to keep membership’

Netanyahu has rejected the terms of the Board after its first members were announced

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34 m. ago Councillor who called Rotherham grooming gang victims 'white trash' could keep seat for extra year after Labour election delay

Labour councillor Dennis Jones stepped down from his role at Peterborough City Council and was suspended from the party after his messages to a fellow councillor were made public.

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38 m. ago Democrat targeted by Trump attacks ‘authoritarian’ effort to intimidate critics

Elissa Slotkin, under investigation over Pentagon video, says president using ‘well-worn playbook’ to silence debateDonald Trump is borrowing a strategy from authoritarian regimes to intimidate potential critics and discourage them from speaking out, according to a senator under investigation by his administration.Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, faces questioning after she organised and appeared in a video with other Democrats imploring military service members to refuse “illegal orders”. Fellow senator Mark Kelly and three Democrats from the House of Representatives are also being investigated. Continue reading...

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39 m. ago Starmer faces calls to cancel King's US visit over Trump's Greenland 'gangster' threats

President warns UK and allies face tariffs if they oppose American takeover of Danish territory

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39 m. ago Images of carnage in Iran as Trump blasts leader as 'sick man'

Thousands of protesters have been killed amid uprisings in Iran with the country's supreme leader admitting among "some" of the deaths had been in "an inhuman, savage manner"

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59 m. ago Irish Foreign Affairs Minister brands US tariffs plan ‘completely unacceptable’

Helen McEntee said they are ‘coordinating closely with our EU and wider European partners in response to this announcement’.

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98 m. ago JD Vance: ‘despicable toady for Trump’ – and 2028 candidate in all but name

Vice-president has emerged as key defender of Maga flame – and is backed by big tech billions. Is this the heir apparent?“We did not have a lot of money,” said JD Vance, placing hand on heart as he recalled his childhood in Middletown, Ohio in the 1990s. “I was raised by a woman who struggled often to put food on the table and clothes on her back.”There was an earnest cry from the audience. “Mamaw!” shouted a man. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago EU ambassadors summoned for emergency talks after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland

European leaders say tariff threat ‘unacceptable’ as Trump escalates plan for the US to acquire Greenland Some more from the UK’s culture secretary Lisa Nandy on Greenland this morning.Speaking to Sky News, she said:As the prime minister has very clearly said we disagree with this decision.We’re going to go and have that conversation with our American counterparts, and while we’re having that conversation with them, we’re also going to be talking about the security of the United Kingdom and the United States and how our interests are better served by working together. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Five reasons why Trump claims the US ‘needs’ Greenland after tariff threat

The island’s strategic location above the Arctic Circle makes it a focal point in global security and trade debates

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3 h. ago Trump slams Supreme Leader as 'sick man' and Iran 'worst place to live'

US President Donald Trump has hit back at Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who blamed him for causing the anti-government protests where more than 3,000 people may have died

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3 h. ago Iran cannot be bombed into democracy. But it can be helped to find its way there | Simon Tisdall

Independent media, civil society, the rule of law – these are the things that Iranians truly need. And there are ways for the west to help secure themSoon after becoming president in 2017, Donald Trump ordered an attack on an Islamic State (IS) underground complex in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. The strike involved the first-ever use in combat of a GBU-43 massive ordnance air blast (Moab) “bunker buster” bomb – the US’s most powerful conventional weapon. The bombing killed about 90 insurgents but failed to crush IS. It also made zero long-term difference to the US’s losing battle with the Taliban.Yet that was not the point. Inexperienced Trump, who had famously avoided military service, was keen to show he was in charge, a commander-in-chief unafraid to make tough calls and send troops into harm’s way. He craved a big bang – a spectacular demonstration of unmatched US power. Like a teenager who unexpectedly obtains the keys to the family gun cabinet, he could not resist the tem...

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3 h. ago Starmer faces demands to cancel King's state visit to the US over Trump's 'gangster' threat to impose tariffs on the EU and Europe unless he gets Greenland

Donald Trump has shocked NATO allies by warning that opponents of an American takeover of the Danish territory will be hit with punitive tariffs from February 1.

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4 h. ago Donald Trump uses 3 'unethical' power moves to get his own way

A body language expert has identified three specific tactics Donald Trump uses to assert dominance in public appearances - including his signature wide-legged stance, aggressive handshake technique, and distinctive 'power pout'

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4 h. ago Trump puts $1 BILLION price tag on membership for his new 'UN replacement'... and the president 'will control ALL the money'

The president announced the Board of Peace on Friday, a new national organization that has critics reportedly concerned is an attempt at replacing the United Nations.

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6 h. ago SNL’s Trump brings out ‘Cabinet of curiosities’ after Venezuela attack and ICE raids

SNL’s James Austin Johnson brings out ‘freaks, various monsters and nightmares from the twisted mind of Guillermo del Trump’

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6 h. ago Somali businesses struggle during the Minneapolis ICE crackdown

Business owners in a Minneapolis Somali mall are feeling the impact of an immigration crackdown

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9 h. ago Donald Trump backlash as EU leaders angry at president's Greenland tariff plans

Sir Keir Starmer and European leaders united in condemnation of Donald Trump's plan to apply tariffs on several NATO allies until a deal is reached for the US to acquire Greenland from Denmark

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9 h. ago 'Special relationship' in crisis as Trump declares economic war on NATO with punishing tariffs unless he gets Greenland deal

Mr Trump announced that, from February 1, Nato countries that oppose an American takeover of Greenland will have a 10 per cent tariff imposed on all goods imported by the US.

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9 h. ago Legal experts blast Trump’s DOJ probe of Tim Walz and Jacob Frey as ‘total garbage’ while allies rally around Minnesota leaders

Former prosecutors say DOJ has ‘lost its mind’ after alleging Minnesota leaders obstructed law enforcement in recent surge

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10 h. ago Iran dubs Donald Trump a 'criminal' for supporting protests that killed 'thousands'

In a speech broadcast by state television on Saturday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei admitted the death toll in the first indication from an Iranian leader of the extent of the casualties in the wake of the December protests that led to a bloody crackdown.

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