4 h. ago Trump confirms detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil: ‘the first arrest of many to come’ – live

Trump says Ice took the Palestinian student protester into custody after his executive order‘Reeks of McCarthyism’: outrage after Ice detains Palestinian student activistSecretary of state Marco Rubio has announced that USAid will cancel the majority of its programs, while the rest will be folded into the state department.Writing on X, Rubio said:After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Americans describe Melania in one word and say she's a 'good influence' on Trump as First Lady takes spotlight

A majority of Americans believe Melania Trump is a good influence on her husband Donald Trump , a new poll from DailyMail.com found, and they called her a 'beautiful' person.

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4 h. ago Trump calls arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil ‘first of many to come’

President says in post his administration ‘will not tolerate’ actions of protesters at Columbia and other US universitiesDonald Trump said on Monday that the arrest of a prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protests last year, is the “first arrest of many to come”.“We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it,” the US president wrote in a post on Truth Social. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Trump confirms arrest and detention of Palestinian activist: ‘the first arrest of many to come’ – live

Trump says Ice took Mahmoud Khalil into custody after his executive order‘Reeks of McCarthyism’: outrage after Ice detains Palestinian student activistSecretary of state Marco Rubio has announced that USAid will cancel the majority of its programs, while the rest will be folded into the state department.Writing on X, Rubio said:After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Starmer urges Trump to resume Ukraine aid and intelligence sharing in call ahead of crucial talks between US and Kyiv in Saudi Arabia

Keir Starmer voiced hope that there will be a 'positive outcome' in talks between Washington and Kyiv, due to take place in Saudi Arabia.

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6 h. ago BREAKING: Keir Starmer holds urgent Donald Trump call to discuss two major issues

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9 h. ago Abu Wadee: Police make arrest after 'Palestinian militant' crosses Channel in small boat

Abu Wadee is alleged to be a former key member of a militant group that called for the slaughter of all Jews and posed with AK-47s

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10 h. ago Rubio and homeland security confirm arrest of Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice despite having a green card and his lawyers do not know where he’s being heldUS politics live – latest updatesA spokesperson for the US’s homeland security department – as well as the country’s top diplomat – have confirmed the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who helped lead protests at the school against Israel over the war in Gaza.Homeland security department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the arrest of Khalil – who holds permanent US residency – in a statement on Sunday to Associated Press, saying it was made to support Donald Trump’s presidential orders “prohibiting antisemitism”. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Arrest following reports of Palestinian man illegally entering UK across Channel

It is understood immigration enforcement arrested a man on the evening of March 9, and he remains in police custody.

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16 h. ago Health chief who heard Trump call Xi Jinping convinced Covid was leaked from lab

Dr Robert Redfield was in charge of the US CDC during Trump's previous administration - and believes Covid-19 was developed by 'arrogant' scientists in Wuhan who were trying to push the genetic data to its limits

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17 h. ago Mark Carney: Canada’s new PM calls Trump tariffs ‘the greatest crisis of our lifetime’

Mark Carney, the former Bank of England governor, has been named as Canada’s new prime minister succeeding Justin Trudeau ahead of the country's general election.

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26 h. ago Fox News' Leslie Marshall goes viral for all the wrong reasons: 'Embarrassment'

Fox News pundit Leslie Marshall has faced backlash online after blasting President Trump's policies in a heated MediaBuzz segment - as viewers call for her to be taken off air.  

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28 h. ago Trump calls Zelensky ‘ungrateful’ and dodges question on whether he’s now backing Russia in Fox News interview

President says his Ukrainian counterpart was taking ‘candy from a baby’ by accepting the Biden administration’s help in fighting back against the Russian invasion

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30 h. ago Trump calls Zelensky ‘ungrateful’ and dodges question on Russia allegiance in Fox News interview

Donald Trump leaned into his personal feud with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday.

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36 h. ago EU must brace for impact of Trump wrecking ball on global trading system | Heather Stewart

UK appears to be out of US eyeline for now but it would not be immune to slowdown triggered by rising tariffsForget the “Trump put”, as financial analysts called the bet that the US president’s policies would unleash a winning era for the nation’s stock markets. By Friday, the chat was of the “Merz spurt”.The decision by Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor-in-waiting, to cut a deal on ditching Germany’s debt brake – still to be confirmed by the outgoing parliament – marked a seismic shift. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Why China’s president hasn’t called Trump about US tariff trade war

The leaders of both Canada and Mexico got on the phone with the president to seek solutions - but China appears unlikely to make a similar call soon

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42 h. ago Muslim nations reject calls by Trump to empty Gaza Strip of Palestinian population

Foreign ministers from Muslim nations support plan to rebuild Gaza put forward by Egypt and backed by Arab states

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59 h. ago Muslim nations reject Trump's call to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population

Foreign ministers from Muslim nations rejected calls by U.S. President Donald Trump to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population and backed a plan for an administrative committee of Palestinians to govern the territory to allow reconstruction to go ahead

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60 h. ago Andrew Tate is back in the US – and a model of Trump’s worldview | Moira Donegan

As the anti-woman influencer sees it, domination is its own end. Is it any surprise he’s a supporter of the president?Andrew Tate is now a free man.The rightwing anti-woman influencer landed in Florida last week after being held detained for over two years in Romania on rape, sex trafficking and money laundering charges. The Romanian courts abruptly reversed their previous refusal to allow Tate to leave the country after several high-level Trump administration officials took an interest in his case – including Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr, who called Tate’s arrest in Romania “absolute insanity”. The Romanian foreign minister, Emil Hurezeanu, was reportedly approached by a Trump envoy about Tate’s case at a security conference in Munich in February; Tate arrived in the US within weeks. When asked if Trump had played a role in Tate and his brother’s release, the Tates’lawyer Joseph McBride said: “Do the math. These guys are on the plane.” Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Moment Trump rips apart 'troublemaker' reporter in the Oval Office over question

President Trump shut down NBC's Gabe Gutierrez in the Oval Office, calling him a 'troublemaker' for questioning reports of a cabinet clash between Musk and Rubio.

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