56 h. ago MPs demand USA is kicked out of World Cup over Donald Trump 'lawbreaking'

Twenty-one MPs have signed a motion demanding FIFA expels the USA from the summer's World Cup - saying Trump's Venezuela strike broke international law and must have consequences

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67 h. ago Trump demands massive increase to defense spending budget in what he calls ‘very troubled and dangerous times’

The unprecedented funding request comes as the president has pursued military action across Latin America and is threatening to take over Greenland

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2 d. ago Trump sends defense stocks spiraling after he demands an end to buybacks and dividends

It’s unclear how Trump would restrict a company’s ability to purchase its own stock or pay dividends to shareholders

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3 d. ago The Guardian view on Britain and Europe: time to move together, faster and further | Editorial

The chaos that Donald Trump is causing in the world makes the case for continental solidarity and explicit repudiation of Brexit divisions Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for 2026 was to talk more about the domestic issues that concern British voters. Donald Trump knocked that plan off course. US intervention in Venezuela inevitably demanded the prime minister’s attention, as did this week’s summit of Ukraine’s allies, the “coalition of the willing”, in Paris. Progress towards agreeing security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a peace deal with Russia was overshadowed by Mr Trump restating his ambition to wrest control of Greenland from Denmark. The dust had not settled when American special forces boarded a Russian-flagged oil tanker in European waters, ostensibly to enforce a blockade against Venezuela.Prime ministers have to multitask, but under these circumstances it is understandable if Sir Keir’s mind has been filled with foreign affairs. He should be used to this by now. Mr Trump’...

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3 d. ago Venezuela ‘turning over’ $2bn in oil to US, Trump says, in move that could cut supply to China

Deal indicates Venezuelan government is responding to Trump’s demand that they open up to US oil companies or risk more military interventionDonald Trump has said Venezuela will be “turning over” $2bn worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, a flagship negotiation that would divert supplies from China while helping Venezuela avoid deeper oil production cuts.“This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!” Trump said in a post online. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago White House website rewrites history of Jan 6 attack as Trump

January 6 defendants demand ‘retribution’ as administration promotes bogus narrative of Trump-fueled attack and aftermath

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4 d. ago Venezuela latest: Opposition leader Machado vows to return and demands elections despite Trump criticism

The U.S. President said the White House needs to ‘fix’ Venezuela before allowing it to hold elections

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4 d. ago Venezuela latest: Opposition leader Machado vows to return and demands elections despite Trump opposition

The U.S. President said the White House needs to ‘fix’ Venezuela before allowing it to hold elections

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4 d. ago DOJ tells court it has more than 2M Epstein documents to review ahead of redacted release

Less than one percent of department’s total holdings on late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein have been seen so far

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5 d. ago Europe on collision course with Trump after demanding US stop threats to seize Greenland

‘If the United States attacks another Nato country, everything stops,’ warned Denmark

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6 d. ago Trump warns of dire consequences if Venezuela fails to meet US demands

US president says Latin American nation’s de facto leader must adhere to Washington’s conditions or risk paying ‘a very big price’

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6 d. ago Venezuela's new hardline socialist leader Delcy Rodriguez hurls insults at Trump as Rubio sets out US demands and says 'adversaries' cannot control the country's oil

Delcy Rodriguez, Nicolás Maduro's vice president, has been confirmed as the acting president of Venezuela by the country's Supreme Courtfollowing the US' capture of Maduro yesterday.

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6 d. ago Labour turns on itself over Starmer's tepid support for Trump's Venezuela strike as hard Left MPs demand US leader is treated as if he was PUTIN

Allies of former leader Jeremy Corbyn lashed out after the Prime Minister last night said his administration will 'shed no tears' over the end of Nicolas Maduro's regime.

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9 d. ago US ‘adapt, shrink or die’ terms for $2bn aid pot will mean UN bowing down to Washington, say experts

Afghanistan and Yemen excluded from list of 17 priority countries chosen by Trump administration to receive aid laden with demandsThe $2bn (£1.5bn) of aid the US pledged this week may have been hailed as “bold and ambitious” by the UN but could be the “nail in the coffin” in changing to a shrunken, less flexible aid system dominated by Washington’s political priorities, aid experts fear.After a year of deep cuts in aid budgets by the US and European countries, the announcement of new money for the humanitarian system is a source of some relief, but experts are deeply concerned about demands that the US has imposed on how the money should be managed and where it can go. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that | Tony Hall

I love many shows on the streaming channels, but the BBC is our storyteller. It defines a nation and its culture – and we must defend itTony Hall was director general of the BBC between April 2013 and August 2020Don’t let President Trump cloud the real debate about the BBC. Of course, his demand for damages of no less than $5bn has dominated our thinking about the corporation over the past few weeks, as has its cause. But let’s get this into perspective. This was a serious own goal and journalists make mistakes. Salvation in this case would have been a line of script between the clips, or once a mistake had been discovered, a very speedy public acknowledgment. Now, though, the BBC is right not to yield on this. It has apologised. And, unlike other broadcasters and institutions in the United States, it doesn’t need the president’s support. This is a chance to demonstrate the BBC’s independence. Fight on.But we must not let this cloud the debate here about the sort of BBC we all want ...

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2 w. ago Trump says midterms will revolve around ‘pricing’ – despite claiming affordability was a Democrat ‘hoax’

President’s comments come after a series of recent economic reports showed the economy performing better than many expected

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2 w. ago Trump demands DOJ release all the names related to the Epstein investigation as he complains of a ‘witch hunt’ and Democrat ‘hoax’

Trump accused Democrats of having ‘worked with Epstein’ and called on the Justice Department to ‘release all of their names’

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2 w. ago Surrey Police to examine child abuse claim in Epstein files that names Andrew

Surrey Police said no evidence could be found on the allegation

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2 w. ago Trump continues to downplay cost of living concerns. But polling shows affordability remains a top issue for many Americans

The president has called worries about high prices a ‘hoax’ and a ‘Democrat scam’. Many of his own voters disagree

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2 w. ago US DoJ says full Epstein document release could take ‘few more weeks’

Department says it has uncovered ‘over a million’ additional files that will take time to review

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