37 m. ago Trump and Putin to have one on one meeting before wider meeting with delegations, says Kremlin – Europe live

US and Russian presidents to meet at 11.30am local time in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday 15 Augustin BerlinGerman chancellor Friedrich Merz’s stab at heading up Ukraine diplomacy has received measured praise at home, with a perception that Donald Trump’s declarations after Wednesday’s video conference sounded slightly less alarming to European ears than before. Continue reading...

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41 m. ago Tourists will be greeted by ‘significant military presence’ along Mall on Thursday morning

Donald Trump’s show of force likely to encounter only visitors and school children on summer vacations touring the capital’s historic landmarks

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2 h. ago Watch live: Starmer welcomes Zelensky to Downing Street ahead of Trump

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer welcomes Volodymyr Zelensky to 10 Downing Street on Thursday, 14 August, a day before Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are due to meet.

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2 h. ago Strictly star Tom Skinner's life – criminal past, The Apprentice and Donald Trump link

From market trader with a criminal past to TV star dining with Donald Trump’s VP, Tom Skinner’s journey takes a glittering turn as he joins Strictly Come Dancing

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4 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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4 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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5 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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6 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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7 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.

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7 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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7 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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7 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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10 h. ago Trump orders relaxed rules for rocket launches, appearing to benefit Musk and Bezos

Companies like SpaceX and Blue Horizon may be able to forgo reviews required under National Environmental Policy Act Donald Trump is looking to relax environmental rules for commercial spaceship companies. In an executive order titled “enabling competition in the commercial space industry” that he signed on Wednesday, he said it’s imperative to national security that the private rocket-ship industry increase launches “substantially” by 2030.That would mean, according to the executive order, that those companies may be able to forgo the environmental reviews that are required under the National Environmental Policy Act (Nepa). Private space companies are required to get launch permits from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). And, as part of that process, companies are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Melania Trump makes bombshell $1 billion threat against Hunter Biden after 'inflammatory' Epstein comments

First lady Melania Trump is threatening to sue Hunter Biden for $1 billion over false and defamatory claims that she was introduced to President Donald Trump by serial pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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12 h. ago Failed New Mexico candidate gets 80 years for convictions in shootings at officials’ homes

A failed political candidate has been sentenced to 80 years in federal prison for convictions in a series of drive-by shootings

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12 h. ago Judge weighs whether Trump violated federal law by deploying National Guard to Los Angeles

A federal judge in San Francisco is weighing whether the Trump administration violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids in Southern California

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12 h. ago Trump’s National Guard takeover of DC gets trolled: ‘Did they bust somebody for pairing Chardonnay with a steak?’

One resident replied, ‘My favorite part is that ‘Donald Trump doesn't like to see it’

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12 h. ago NY attorney general sues Zelle's parent company after Trump administration drops similar case

New York’s attorney general has sued the parent company of the Zelle payment platform, months after the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau abandoned a similar case under the Trump administration

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13 h. ago Trump reignites dementia fears after blunder with iconic rock band name

President Donald Trump made a gaffe as he stumbled over the name of the rock band Kiss during a speech at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, sparking a flurry of social media jokes

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14 h. ago Donald Trump issues Putin 'VERY severe consequences' warning if Ukraine war doesn't end

Donald Trump has issued a grave warning to Vladimir Putin after previously stating he would sting Russia with new sanctions if he failed to make a Ukraine deal

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