51 m. ago Zelenskyy to meet with UK's Starmer as Europe braces for Trump

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London

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64 m. ago Trump’s foreign aid cuts have ‘strengthened tyranny’ in Myanmar, rights groups say

USAID funding cuts have given Myanmar’s military rulers ‘carte blanche’ to escalate human rights abuses

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65 m. ago Melania Trump threatens Hunter Biden with $1bn lawsuit over Epstein claim

A letter from the first lady's lawyers demanded he retract the claim and apologise

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66 m. ago Hillbilly Elegy director Ron Howard says he’s ‘surprised’ by JD Vance controversy

‘The strategy he’s chosen to follow are not what I would’ve expected,’ filmmaker who unleashed Trump’s vice president upon the world said

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2 h. ago DC braces for massive turning point in Trump's takeover as protesters take the streets shouting 'Go home, fascists'

Trump vowed earlier this week to clean up the streets of the capital and has already sent hundreds of troops with the National Guard in to clean up crime.

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2 h. ago Starmer to welcome Zelensky at Downing Street ahead of Trump meeting with Putin

The Prime Minister’s meeting with the Ukrainian president comes after he said Britain stands ready to ‘increase pressure’ on Russia if necessary.

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2 h. ago Indian Super League in turmoil with domestic game on brink of collapse

Dispute between governing body and commercial partner has forced top-flight clubs to suspend player salariesCrystal Palace may be disappointed the court of arbitration for sport ruled against them on Monday but at least they now know their fate. Imagine if all Premier League clubs were waiting for a court decision that would, in effect, determine whether the season would go ahead at all. That is the situation the 14 Indian Super League (ISL) teams find themselves in. The whole of football there has been waiting for a ruling from the supreme court. It was expected in mid-July but has still not arrived. The season is due to start in September. Or at least, it was.The ISL, formed in 2013, has grown from eight teams to 14, becoming the top tier along the way. Football Sports Development Ltd (FSDL) runs the competition but put the 2025-26 season on hold on 11 July. At the time, despite the shock, most stakeholders felt it would go ahead but confidence, trust and bank balances have taken ...

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2 h. ago Putin prepares for nuclear war on eve of Trump summit: Russia readys new cruise missile nuke for tests in satellite images after Donald warned of 'severe consequences' if Ukraine conflict continues

Experts say recent satellite images show intense preparations at the Pankovo test site on Novaya Zemlya, a remote archipelago in the Barents Sea.

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2 h. ago UK economy posts surprise 0.3% growth in three months to June

GDP figure slower than previous quarter but beats expectations thanks to 0.4% expansion last monthThe UK economy grew at a faster rate than expected in the second quarter, official figures show, despite pressure on households and businesses from tax increased and Donald Trump’s global trade war.Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed growth in gross domestic product (GDP) slowed to 0.3% in the three months to the end of June, down from a rate of 0.7% in the first quarter. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago UK economic growth slows amid pressure on business and Trump trade war

UK economic growth slowed to 0.3% between April and June, according to the Office for National Statistics.

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3 h. ago ‘Censorship’: over 115 scholars condemn cancellation of Harvard journal issue on Palestine

In an open letter, writers denounced abrupt scrapping of a Harvard Educational Review issue dedicated to PalestineMore than 115 education scholars have condemned the cancellation of an entire issue of an academic journal dedicated to Palestine by a Harvard University publisher as “censorship”.In an open letter published on Thursday, the scholars denounced the abrupt scrapping of a special issue of the Harvard Educational Review – which was first revealed by the Guardian in July – as an “attempt to silence the academic examination of the genocide, starvation and dehumanisation of Palestinian people by the state of Israel and its allies.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky to join Keir Starmer at Downing Street in surprise meeting this morning ahead of Trump

The Prime Minister's meeting with the wartime leader comes a day before Donald Trump is set to hold face-to-face discussions with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this week.

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4 h. ago Starmer to welcome Zelensky to No 10 ahead of Trump meeting with Putin

The Prime Minister’s meeting with the Ukrainian president comes after he said Britain stands ready to ‘increase pressure’ on Russia if necessary.

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4 h. ago Trump's fate in Epstein scandal decided, says Prince Andrew biographer

Donald Trump's fate over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal is already decided, according to a biographer of Prince Andrew, who says the disgraced Duke of York's association with the paedophile billionaire was his undoing

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5 h. ago As Ukraine battles to hold lines, Trump may find Putin difficult to persuade

Despite huge numbers of casualties, Russian leader believes he is slowly winning war – so he can afford to string talks outFor Ukraine, the break in the frontline is unfortunately timed. Lightly armed Russian saboteur groups – three on one count – cut though Ukrainian positions in the Donbas countryside east of the key junction at Dobropillia. Though one group has been eliminated, as of Tuesday two were thought to remain at large – and although their numbers are small for now, perhaps 20 to 30, the breach is significant.At the beginning of the year it was safe to visit Dobropillia, which had become a bustling market centre busy with soldiers and locals, nearly 15 miles north of the frontline in Pokrovsk. But since then the town, where once busy supply roads from Pokrovsk to Kramatorsk split, has come under sustained attack with glide bombs, while FPV (first person view) drones strike targets on the move. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Photos of the National Guard and federal agents in Washington

After President Donald Trump's announcement that his administration would take over Washington’s police department for at least a month, hundreds of members of the National Guard began to arrive in the capital.

Culture

5 h. ago MSP demands Donald Trump pay up to cover costs of policing for Scottish visit

EXCLUSIVE: The ex-Nat MSP said there is "no justifiable reason for the public to subsidise the commercial activity of the President".

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5 h. ago DC troop numbers expected to increase as Trump pushes to extend federal takeover despite dropping crime figures

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has called Trump’s takeover ‘authoritarian’

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6 h. ago Trump says use of National Guard in DC will serve as ‘beacon’ for NYC and LA in meandering Kennedy Center speech: Updates

President Donald Trump is set to host the Kennedy Center Honors in December

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6 h. ago DC news: Trump says use of National Guard will serve as ‘beacon’ for NYC and LA in meandering Kennedy Center speech

President Donald Trump is set to host the Kennedy Center Honors in December

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