27 h. ago Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay rejects John Swinney's Reform rise summit

Russell Findlay and John Swinney have engaged in a war of words over the ‘far right’ summit planned for Wednesday

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49 h. ago David Beckham at war with neighbours over plans for 'silly' addition to £6m rural retreat

Football legend David Beckham has sparked a new row with neighbours at his rural retreat after the star submitted plans for a new addition to his £6million Cotswolds home

Economics

64 h. ago Female Olympic rower in privacy war with Henley neighbour over their plan to build a gym studio in the garden

Ms Miriam Luke nee Batten MBE, 60, who resides in Henley-on-Thames, finds herself stuck in a viscous neighbour row over plans to construct garden extension.

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3 d. ago Trump turns on Elon Musk over secret China move that drew an angry X

President Donald Trump was furious when he learned Elon Musk was getting a secret briefing at the Pentagon over war plans with China and personally cancelled it.

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4 d. ago UK consumers plan to ‘buy British’ as Trump’s trade war bites

More than 70% of people said they intend to support UK businesses

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5 d. ago US military aid for Ukraine is about to cease. Is Europe ready? | David Shimer

Putin is planning for this war to continue. That leaves two key questions for Ukraine’s European alliesDavid Shimer was the director for eastern Europe and Ukraine on Joe Biden’s National Security CouncilThe war between Russia and Ukraine is approaching a historic turning point: unless the Trump administration adjusts course, US military aid for Ukraine is about to cease.In the months before leaving office, Joe Biden made a series of decisions to augment Ukraine’s stockpiles of vital munitions. Toward the end of 2024, the Department of Defense surged hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds, thousands of rockets and hundreds of armored vehicles to Ukraine, and that December, he approved an additional $1.25bn security assistance package for Ukraine, which has enabled the continued flow of US arms ever since (with the exception of the damaging pause ordered by Donald Trump in March).David Shimer served on the White House National Security Council from 2021-25, including as the direct...

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9 d. ago China confirms plans to curb Hollywood film imports amid Trump’s escalating trade war

China had recently considered a complete ban on all American movies in retaliation to Donald Trump’s raising tariffs on Chinese imports

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1 week ago Trump tariffs live: US stocks plunge on opening as EU ‘finalising’ plan to hit back in trade war

US president describes sweeping tariffs as ‘medicine’ as bank hikes probability of global recession to 60 per cent

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2 w. ago Trump ‘Liberation Day’ live news: Trump to announce reciprocal tariffs plan amid fears of escalating trade war

All eyes on President Trump as he prepares to reveal next phase of sweeping tariff agenda, as global markets fear escalating trade war

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2 w. ago National security adviser Michael Waltz reportedly conducted business via Gmail

Latest security flap again focuses scrutiny on Waltz after he earlier added journalist to Yemen war-planning chatUS politics live – latest updatesMichael Waltz, the embattled national security adviser to Donald Trump, and other members of the national security council have reportedly used personal Gmail accounts to conduct government business.The apparent use of Gmail, a relatively insecure method of communication for high-level government officials, places further scrutiny upon Waltz, who is already under pressure after adding a journalist to a group chat on the commercial Signal app, where top US officials then planned and celebrated a US airstrike in Yemen last month. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump is about to bomb Iran: Top Israeli sources reveal planned attack on nuclear sites and deliver chilling 'war is coming' warning

This morning the world's focus is on Trump's decision to launch a global trade war. But in a few weeks' time, he will embark on a real war.

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2 w. ago Trump tariffs latest: EU vows ‘strong plan’ to hit back at Trump’s global trade war as UK ‘prepares for worst’

Donald Trump to unveil sweeping tariffs on any country that ‘treats the US unfairly’ on Wednesday

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2 w. ago SAS hero says UK 'can't trust' the US with secrets after Trump war plan leak

Ex-22 SAS Staff Sergeant Chris Ryan believes the major security blunder could put Brits and American spies at risk after war plans were leaked on a messaging app

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2 w. ago David Dimbleby’s hugely compelling history of capitalism: best podcasts of the week

The seasoned pro brings us a slick new listen. Plus, Paris Hilton produces a rare story of social media being used for goodDavid Dimbleby takes on the history of capitalism. It’s a slick listen that opens in a barrage of air raid sirens and rumbling aircraft engines as Anthony Fisher watches his brother die while they both fly planes during the second world war – before going on to found the free-market thinktank the Institute of Economic Affairs. The half-hour episodes don’t allow for deep dives but are as hugely listenable as anything featuring its host’s voice is. Alexi DugginsBBC Sounds, episodes weekly Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Goldberg dismisses Waltz’s Signal leak defense: ‘Numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones’

Atlantic editor says Trump adviser’s defense for accidentally adding him to war plans chat was implausibleAtlantic magazine editor Jeffrey Goldberg has dismissed the explanation offered by national security adviser Mike Waltz for how he was included in a Trump administration group text chat about – and in advance of – the recent bombing of Houthi rebels in Yemen.Goldberg said Waltz’s theory that his contact was “sucked in” to his phone via “somebody else’s contact” was implausible. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Former SAS hero says Britain 'can't trust' the United States with top secret intelligence after 'moronic' war plan leak

Chris Ryan feared the lives of British and American spies could be at risk following the extraordinary security blunder by senior US officials - and warned similar failures would likely happen under Trump

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2 w. ago Hollywood star sparks huge neighbour war with plans to demolish 200

The star is planning to bulldoze the 200-year-old home after his proposal to revamp and expand it were refused last year by the council.

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3 w. ago Kimmel on ‘Signalgate’: ‘A perfect storm of incompetence, inexperience, dishonesty and hypocrisy’

Late-night hosts discuss JD Vance’s trip Greenland and official efforts to downplay sending war plans to a journalistLate-night hosts talked the Trump administration’s attempts to deflect from the Signal group chat leak, Mike Waltz’s public Venmo and JD Vance’s unwanted visit to Greenland. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump threatens to unleash new global nuclear arms race with his team's 'incredibly damaging' rhetoric towards America's allies, defence expert Patrick Turner claims on new Mail podcast

Turner is a tech editor and former colleague of Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist embroiled in the signal 'war plan' leak scandal. Listen to his interview on Mail podcast Apocalypse Now?

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3 w. ago Kim Jong Un inflames WW3 tensions as he shows off new war plane capable of 'wiping out' enemies

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has been pictured inspecting the country's new Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) war plane as it soars through the sky

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