11 h. ago Ukrainian mother who lost her only son fighting Russia accuses Donald Trump of 'blackmail' telling the US President: 'do not force us to kneel'

Yuliia Piskova, 48, said Washington is 'humiliating' her nation after it halted weapons supply, shut down intelligence sharing and demanded Volodymyr Zelensky beg for peace.

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14 h. ago Trump accuses 'Governor' Trudeau of using tariffs drama to 'stay in power' in explosive call

Donald Trump is tearing into 'Governor' Justin Trudeau of Canada after an explosive call between the leaders as the tariff war escalates. 

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17 h. ago Panama president says ‘Trump is lying’ about reclaiming canal

José Raúl Mulino calls Panama canal rhetoric ‘new affront’ to sovereignty amid tensions over Chinese involvementUS politics live – latest updatesPanama’s President José Raúl Mulino has accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of “lying” about Washington taking back the Panama canal.“Once again, President Trump is lying. The Panama Canal is not in the process of recovery,” Mulino wrote on X. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Playing the victim: how Trump’s clash with Zelenskyy paved the way for the suspension of military aid | Lilie Chouliaraki

Who is really suffering from this conflict? We are, said the US president, in a move straight from the populist playbookDuring a dramatic Oval Office meeting last Friday, US president Donald Trump confronted Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a move that upended the long-established narrative of Russia as the aggressor and Ukraine as the victim.In the conversation, which quickly escalated into a tense exchange, Trump accused Zelenskyy of prolonging the war with Russia by refusing to engage in peace negotiations with Vladimir Putin. His rhetoric suggested that Ukraine, not Russia, was responsible for escalating the conflict and that the US had unfairly borne the burden of Ukraine’s resistance. Trump constructed a new hierarchy of suffering, one in which the US emerged as the primary victim, Ukraine as the source of its burdens and Russia as innocent of blame.Lilie Chouliaraki is professor of media and communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and...

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26 h. ago Trump is tearing up the rights of women. The message from your sisters in the Arab world? Don’t give up: resistance works | Hibaaq Osman

The new administration threatens to undo decades of progress in America, but as North Africa and the Middle East have shown, there is power in female solidarityFrom outside the US looking in, those of us who have experienced the tumultuous years since the Arab revolutions feel a strange sense of familiarity: the chaos of the Trump-Musk administration, the attacks on minority groups, the elevation of men – a number of whom have been accused of violence against women – to cabinet positions.Trump seems to have started his second term with the same ferocity, callousness, violence and ignominy in which his first term so notoriously ended. Amid the shock of the past few weeks, a sense of panic can be immobilising. But that is exactly what such a strategy is designed to do. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Families of fallen Welsh heroes respond to JD Vance 'abominable' comments

The vice president to US President Donald Trump was accused of "disrespecting" British and French forces by belittling their proposed peace-keeping force in Ukraine

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37 h. ago Trump slams ‘Governor Trudeau of Canada’ in escalating tariff trade war that caused market plunge: Live

President’s trade aggressions cause further unease after he suspends American aid for Ukraine

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42 h. ago Taiwan vows most advanced tech will not go to US under $100bn Trump deal

Country’s government says deal with TSMC needs assessment as opposition claims it will reduce defencesBusiness live – latest updatesTaiwan’s government has promised its most advance semiconductor technology will not be moved to the US under a new $100bn (£79bn) deal signed between the chip maker TSMC and Donald Trump, amid accusations that it is allowing the island’s national security to be undermined.The government said the deal must still go through government assessments, which would take into account the interests of the country as well as investors. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Tariffs can help US workers. But Trump’s doing them all wrong

Trump’s levies won’t bring factories home. But combined with infrastructure investment, protectionism can be a progressive boonIn the run-up to the 2024 election, a lot of people were ringing alarms about Donald Trump’s tariffs. Kamala Harris called Trump’s policies a “tax on the American people” and warned of sky-high prices. According to the Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, they are “very bad for America and for the world”. His fellow Nobel laureate Paul Krugman called them “small, ugly, and stupid” (seemingly unaware that he was invoking that joke in Annie Hall about the food being bad and the portions too small). More recently, the whirlwind tariff drama of the past two months – first a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada, then a 30-day “pause” on that policy, a plan to raise tariffs on steel, aluminum and agricultural goods, plus an across the board tariff hike on China – has generated yet more frenzied debate about the danger of tariffs.Observers aren’t wrong to crit...

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42 h. ago Tariffs can help US workers. But Trump’s doing them all wrong | Dustin Guastella

Trump’s levies won’t bring factories home. But combined with infrastructure investment, protectionism can be a progressive boonIn the run-up to the 2024 election, a lot of people were ringing alarms about Donald Trump’s tariffs. Kamala Harris called Trump’s policies a “tax on the American people” and warned of sky-high prices. According to the Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, they are “very bad for America and for the world”. His fellow Nobel laureate Paul Krugman called them “small, ugly, and stupid”. More recently, the whirlwind tariff drama of the past two months – first a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada, then a 30-day “pause” on that policy, a plan to raise tariffs on steel, aluminum and agricultural goods, plus an across the board tariff hike on China – has generated yet more frenzied debate about the danger of tariffs.Observers aren’t wrong to criticize the US president’s policies. His proposed tariffs seem unlikely to improve what ails the US economy. Worse, app...

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60 h. ago Father of hostage still in Gaza accuses Netanyahu of ‘stalling’ Hamas deal

Yehuda Cohen says Israeli prime minister is refusing permanent ceasefire because ‘he wants to stay in power’The father of an Israeli hostage has said Benjamin Netanyahu is “stalling” the deal with Hamas that could lead to the return of his son from Gaza.Speaking at the Israeli embassy in central London, Yehuda Cohen, father of 20-year-old Israeli hostage Nimrod Cohen, said: “There is a deal on the table. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago SCOTT JENNINGS: The delusional Democrat plot to sabotage Trump's Ukraine peace deal... and how it risks plunging us all into World War Three

It didn't take long for Democrats to fall back on their failed 'Russia, Russia, Russia' playbook. Senator Chris Murphy accused Donald Trump of running his White House like an 'arm of the Kremlin.'

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65 h. ago Chances of World War 3 explained from Europe's last hope to Putin's nuclear plans

After Donald Trump accused Volodymyr Zelensky of 'gambling with WW3', experts share how likely it is that the war on Ukraine will escalate to global conflict, and what that will look like

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68 h. ago Farage accused of ‘licking Trump’s boots’ after calling Zelensky ‘rude’ over White House clash

The Reform UK leader blamed the Ukrainian president for having ‘played it very badly’, as well as accusing Mr Zelensky of ‘bowling in and showing no respect’

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2 d. ago Norwegian fuel giant refuses to fill US warships and accuses Trump and JD Vance of the 'biggest s**tshow ever presented live on TV' after their White House row with Zelensky

Haltbakk Bunkers issued a statement that read: 'We have today been witnesses to the biggest s***show ever presented 'live on tv' by the current American president and his vice president.'

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2 d. ago Trump accused of making White House ‘arm of the Kremlin’ after Zelensky bust

President rebuked by Democratic Senator Chris Murphy for echoing pro-Russia talking points and seeking to ‘transition America into a kleptocratic oligarchy’

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4 d. ago ‘He defended our honour’: Ukraine reacts to Zelenskyy’s clash with Trump

Back home there was widespread support for Ukraine’s president, but also dismay at his car-crash encounter in the Oval OfficeLive reaction to Zelenskyy’s clash with Trump and VanceUkrainians have rallied behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his mauling on Friday in the White House, and have accused Donald Trump and the US vice-president, JD Vance, of deliberately and cynically “starting a brawl”.There was widespread support for Ukraine’s president at home and dismay at his car-crash encounter in the Oval Office. There was also praise for Zelenskyy’s insistence that a peace deal without security guarantees was meaningless, and that Russia could not be trusted. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Zelensky says Trump ties can be repaired despite Oval Office clash

It follows a tense White House meeting where Trump accused Zelensky of ‘gambling with World War Three’

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5 d. ago Elon Musk sensationally insists his 'Nazi salute' was meant 'with positive spirit'

Elon Musk caused ire when he appeared to p erform a Nazi salute at Donald Trump's inauguration in January, accusations the SpaceX CEO had claimed were part of a "dirty tricks campaign" against him

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5 d. ago Elon Musk accuses rival billionaire of trying to ‘destroy’ Trump to stop ‘Epstein List’ from coming out

‘Why was Reid Hoffman so intent on destroying Trump?’ Elon Musk asked Joe Rogan before agreeing with Rogan’s claims that it was to prevent the ‘list from coming out.’

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