5 h. ago Vance’s posturing in Greenland was not just morally wrong. It was strategically disastrous | Timothy Snyder

Thanks to Trump’s administration, the US could soon have to fight wars to get things that, just a few weeks ago, were there for the askingNo one would allow that he could not see these much-admired clothes; because, in doing so, he would have declared himself either a simpleton or unfit of his office.” – Hans Christian Andersen, The Emperor’s New ClothesElon Musk and Donald Trump inherited a state with unprecedented power and functionality, and are taking it apart. They also inherited a set of alliances and relationships that underpinned the largest economy in world history. This too they are breaking. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago ‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian hostages coming home to catastrophe

Alaa Abu Zeid only discovered his wife and children had been killed after his release from an Israeli prison. His is a story repeated across Gaza• ‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killedMore than a year after his abduction by Israeli soldiers, the first thing Alaa Abu Zeid wanted to do on his return to Gaza was hold his wife and children. He didn’t know that Ali, his brother, would be the only person waiting when he arrived in Khan Younis earlier this month: Alaa’s wife, Hala, and all five of the couple’s children had been killed in an Israeli airstrike last summer.Abu Zeid, 48, the headteacher of a primary school funded by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Bureij in central Gaza, was arrested along with dozens of other men when Israeli troops raided the school turned shelter in December 2023. He would never see his family again. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago The Observer view on JD Vance: spurned in Greenland and humiliated at home, the vice

His foolish foreign trip and the response to the Signal chat leak reflect the irresponsibility of White House teamNot for the first time, JD Vance, America’s outspoken vice-president, has made a public fool of himself. He insisted on visiting Greenland despite unequivocal statements by the territory’s leaders and Denmark’s government that he was not invited and not welcome. Vance’s trip was confined to a remote Arctic base, where he briefly spoke to a few Americans. Plans to make a wider tour and speak to Greenlanders were cancelled – because Greenlanders did not want to speak to him.Such hostility is entirely understandable, given the repeated, provocative and disrespectful declarations by Vance’s boss, Donald Trump, that the US plans to annex Greenland and may do so illegally and by force. Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark. Election results this month showed the vast majority of local people back expanded self-rule or outright independence. The...

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39 h. ago Danish prime minister to visit Greenland after JD Vance’s criticism

Copenhagen points out that America has significantly pared back its military presence in the Arctic

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39 h. ago JD Vance admits that he wasn’t entirely sure why Trump wanted Greenland in the first place

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance visited the territory for just a few hours

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41 h. ago Fox News host Jesse Watters suggests US ‘may have to burn a bridge’ with Denmark over Greenland

Fox News host Jesse Watters has suggested the US 'may have to burn a bridge' with Denmark in order to claim Greenland, after vice president JD Vance visited the Danish territory on Friday.

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41 h. ago Donald Trump reveals two word reason why he wants to take over Greenland

Donald Trump condensed his reasoning to why he wants a bigger US influence in Greenland to just two words - his and vice president JD Vance's comments have annoyed Danish officials

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42 h. ago Fox News host Jessie Watters suggests US ‘may have to burn a bridge’ with Denmark over Greenland

Fox News host Jesse Watters has suggested the US 'may have to burn a bridge' with Denmark in order to claim Greenland, after vice president JD Vance visited the Danish territory on Friday.

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45 h. ago JD Vance's 'major mishap' as he 'waves to crowd that isn't there' in Greenland

The vice-president was ridiculed online after he was seen waving to a near-empty runway upon arriving in Greenland with his wife, Usha, for a brief stop on their way to Europe

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46 h. ago 7 unhinged things Donald Trump's team did in 24 hours as JD Vance doesn't rule out an invasion

Donald Trump sent JD Vance to Greenland to insult them - and he wouldn't rule out using the military to take the island by force - and he didn't even wear a tie

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47 h. ago Danish foreign minister responds after Vance stakes US claim for Greenland: ‘We don’t appreciate your tone’

US vice president JD Vance has been issued a warning by a Danish government minister, as Donald Trump's administration continues to express an interest in owning Greenland, despite it being a territory of Denmark.

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55 h. ago 'The US should take over Greenland': JD Vance says population would choose independence from Denmark and there will be no need to send in the troops

In a defiant speech during a fleeting visit to a US base on Greenland yesterday, JD Vance warned of threatening Russian and Chinese activity in the Arctic in recent years.

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55 h. ago Trump news at a glance: Vance stakes US claim for Greenland as new coalition insists it ‘belongs to us’

Vice-president and US delegation visit amid growing tension and Trump targets Smithsonian Institution – key US politics stories from 28 March 2025 JD Vance told troops in Greenland that the US has to gain control of the Arctic island to stop the threat of China and Russia as he doubled down on his criticism of Denmark, which he said has “not done a good job”.As the US vice-president toured Pituffik space base, Donald Trump reiterated his previous claims that the US needs Greenland for “world peace”. “I think Greenland understands that the United States should own it,” the US president said at a press conference at the White House on Friday. “And if Denmark and the EU don’t understand it, we have to explain it to them.” Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Trump news at a glance: Vance stakes US claim for Greenland as island’s new coalition insists it ‘belongs to us’

Vice-president and US delegation visit amid growing tension and Trump targets Smithsonian Institution – key US politics stories from 28 March 2025 JD Vance told troops in Greenland that the US has to gain control of the Arctic island to stop the threat of China and Russia as he doubled down on his criticism of Denmark, which he said has “not done a good job”.As the US vice-president toured Pituffik space base, Donald Trump reiterated his previous claims that the US needs Greenland for “world peace”. “I think Greenland understands that the United States should own it,” the US president said at a press conference at the White House on Friday. “And if Denmark and the EU don’t understand it, we have to explain it to them.” Continue reading...

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62 h. ago JD Vance says military force won't be needed in US plan to take over Greenland during controversial visit

US delegation’s visit has caused fury for its ‘underlying agenda’ after Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over the Danish semi-autonomous territory

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62 h. ago JD Vance repeatedly attacks media during Signalgate questioning during Greenland trip

Vice President JD Vance attacked the media’s ‘obsession’ with Signalgate after being asked about an internal investigation into the security leak.

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62 h. ago JD Vance goes ballistic on Denmark as he demands independence for Greenland

Vance and his wife Usha were seen today jetting off for the visit and recently landed at the Pituffik Space Base in north-west Greenland.

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62 h. ago Vance says no military action needed in Greenland as Trump vows to get control of island: Live

Vice president says U.S. hopes to strike ‘Donald Trump-style’ deal with Greenlanders

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62 h. ago JD Vance repeatedly slams Denmark, accusing leaders of not doing ‘a good job by the people of Greenland’

Vance said one ‘can’t just ignore’ President Donald Trump’s ‘desire’ to take control of the island

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63 h. ago ‘It’s cold as s*** here!’ JD Vance appears shocked by Greenland’s weather during controversial visit

JD Vance appeared surprised that Greenland was “cold as s***” during a controversial visit to the Danish semiautonomous territory.

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