12 h. ago Canada's next prime minister Mark Carney demands Trump and US 'show us respect' after being elected to replace Trudeau

Former central banker Mark Carney was today chosen to take over Trudeau as the Liberal party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.

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55 h. ago Inside Europe's £670bn arms race spending spree as threat of WW3 with Russia looms

US President Donald Trump's demands of NATO alllies prompts massive European boost in future firepower - backed by the UK - to fill the gaping hole left by America's likely disengagement

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56 h. ago A look at where Coronation Street star Bruno Langley is now seven years after the disgraced actor was axed from the cobbles following career

He was the first openly gay character to grace the cobbles after he joined the cast of Coronation Street back in 2001. 

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2 d. ago Trump demands Nicolle Wallace and Rachel Maddow resign over teen cancer survivor comments

The MSNBC hosts took exception to Trump’s honoring of DJ Daniel, a teenage brain cancer survivor, during his joint address to Congress

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3 d. ago Trump demands firing of TWO MSNBC stars for 'disgraceful' on

The Republican made the statement Thursday from the Oval Office, two days after Nicolle Wallace and Rachel Maddow's remarks about 13-year-old Devarjaye DJ Daniel.

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3 d. ago Donald Trump 'secretly calls Zelensky's Ukraine rivals' but US President is left embarrassed

Ukrainian opposition leaders have hit out against Donald Trump's demands to hold elections in the country during times of war in a similar parroting of Kremlin lines

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4 d. ago Ukraine opposition leaders confirm talks with US but deny plotting to oust Zelenskyy

Petro Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko denied they were part of a reported White House plot to remove Ukraine leader from powerUkraine’s opposition leaders have confirmed they have held discussions with members of Donald Trump’s entourage, but denied on Thursday they were part of a reported White House plot to remove Volodymyr Zelenskyy from power.The former president Petro Poroshenko said he had held talks with US representatives but added that he opposed Trump’s demands for wartime elections. Poroshenko, who lost to Zelenskyy in the 2019 presidential vote, said a poll should only be held once martial law ends. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Big oil is waging ‘biggest campaign of political interference in US history’, senator says

Fossil fuel groups poured a record $96m into Trump ahead of the 2024 election, demanding more scrutiny, not less, says Sheldon WhitehouseThe Republican party’s capturing of the Senate and House of Representatives has ended a congressional investigation into big oil just when it is needed most, according to the leader of the inquiry.“The fossil fuel industry is running perhaps the biggest campaign of disinformation and political interference in American history and they’re backing it up with immense amounts of political spending,” said the Rhode Island senator Sheldon Whitehouse. “The consequences in the White House are enormous and having a huge effect but people aren’t aware.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Growing calls for 'odious' MSNBC star Nicolle Wallace to be fired for shocking comments about cancer

It was a sweet moment that should have unified politicians and pundits, no matter their hatred of the polarizing president.

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5 d. ago Poll shows Britons’ fury with Trump’s state visit as petition demands invitation be axed

Pressure builds on Keir Starmer to axe Donald Trump’s state visit after White House clash with Voldymyr Zelensky

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5 d. ago MAGA loses its mind over MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace’s ‘sickening’ comments about Trump honoring young cancer survivor

‘MSNBC should fire Nicolle Wallace. Disgusting,’ far-right pundit Charlie Kirk raged following Nicolle Wallace’s remarks

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6 d. ago Donald Trump halts US military aid to Ukraine and demands 'commitment to peace' from Volodymyr Zelensky

JD Vance says Europe needs to be ‘realistic’ on the Ukraine war after Trump administration announces pause to military aid

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7 d. ago Lech Wałęsa expresses ‘horror and distaste’ at Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy

Ex-Polish leader, who won Nobel prize for pro-democracy efforts, compares meeting to a communist interrogationThe former Polish president and Nobel peace prize winner Lech Wałęsa has signed a letter to Donald Trump expressing “horror and distaste” at his argument with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in the White House last week.The letter, signed by Wałęsa and more than 30 former Polish political prisoners held during the communist era, said Trump and his vice-president’s demands that Zelenskyy show gratitude were “insulting” in the face of the Ukrainian country’s fight for freedom. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump 'demands public apology' from Zelensky to restore relations after Oval Office spat as Starmer says 'no one wants to see' public rows

In an interview ahead of a summit with Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in London, Keir Starmer said he 'trusted' Donald Trump and he wants a 'lasting peace'.

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8 d. ago Trump 'demands public apology' from Zelensky to restore relations after Oval Office spat as Starmer says 'no o

Trump 'demands public apology' from Zelensky to restore relations after Oval Office spat as Starmer says 'no o  Daily Mail

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9 d. ago Trump’s style of petty domination was in full display with Zelenskyy | Moira Donegan

Trump and Vance, I think, never really intended to have a conversation with Zelenskky. Instead, they wanted to look tough on TVThe last time Donald Trump did this, it was in secret, and he got impeached over it. In 2019, Donald Trump, on a phone call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, demanded that the Ukrainian president produce – or fabricate – evidence of wrongdoing by Hunter Biden, the son of Trump’s eventual opponent in the 2020 election, in exchange for continued US military aide.At the time, Russia had already seized control of the Ukrainian region of Crimea, and was funding violent insurgent groups in the country’s east; it was increasingly clear that a full-scale Russian invasion was coming, as it finally did in 2022. Since the end of second world war, it has been America that checks Russian expansionist ambitions in Europe – America that provided the backstop to the Nato alliance, America that secured the independence of eastern Europe. Trump wanted to condition that longstanding r...

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9 d. ago ‘Bewildering’: US media and politicians react to Trump’s televised attack on Zelenskyy

The showdown between the US president and the Ukrainian leader dumbfounded various outlets and politicosOne television star turned president visits another far more powerful one on a stage set and attempts to introduce a plot twist of sorts. What could go wrong?The high-stakes White House showdown that unfolded on Friday after the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, demanded US security guarantees was deemed a damaging setback to Donald Trump’s goal of forging a peace deal – and a win for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin – by some US political commentators. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Frantic push for a US trade deal to spare UK tariffs after Starmer's White House love

Donald Trump revealed that he hopes a 'very good' Transatlantic agreement might be sealed 'quickly' as the leaders struck up an unlikely 'bromance' last night.

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1 week ago Millions of immigrants to be surveilled under Trump, largest US immigration contractor says

Geo Group, an Ice partner, is moving at ‘unprecedented speed’ to build out its monitoring, executive chair saysThe Geo Group, the largest single private contractor to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), said it is building out its surveillance business to be able to monitor hundreds of thousands or millions more immigrants than it already does.The Geo Group, a private prison corporation and parent company of BI Inc, has contracted with Ice for nearly 20 years to manage the agency’s electronic monitoring program. It currently tracks approximately 186,000 immigrants using devices such as ankle monitors, smart watches and a facial recognition app, according to public Ice data. Due to increasing demand from Donald Trump’s administration, which has promised mass deportations, company executives said that they expect that number to grow past its previous peak of 370,000 to 450,000 immigrants within the next year. The remarks were made during the company’s fourth quarter earnings...

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1 week ago Ice contractor plans for surveillance boom under Trump migrant crackdown

Geo Group, an Ice partner, is moving at ‘unprecedented speed’ to build out its monitoring, executive chair saysThe Geo Group, the largest single private contractor to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), said it was building out its surveillance business to be able to monitor hundreds of thousands or millions more immigrants than it already does.The Geo Group, a private prison corporation and parent company of BI Inc, has contracted with Ice for nearly 20 years to manage the agency’s electronic monitoring program. It currently tracks approximately 186,000 immigrants using devices such as ankle monitors, smart watches and a facial recognition app, according to public Ice data. Due to increasing demand from Donald Trump’s administration, which has promised mass deportations, company executives said that they expect that number to grow past its previous peak of 370,000 to 450,000 immigrants within the next year. The remarks were made during the company’s fourth-quarter earning...

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