47 m. ago Trump live: President admits Aug 1 tariff deadline could be extended again after demanding deals from allies

President Donald Trump concedes new deadline not ‘100 percent firm’ and could be shifted again at dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu, who revealed he has nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

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56 m. ago Relief for UK steel industry as Trump delays ramping up tariffs to 50% AGAIN

Donald Trump has extended the deadline for increasing levies on global imports from 25 per cent to 50 per cent.

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1 hour ago Business news live: FTSE 100 reacts to new Trump tariff rates and Apple appeal €500m EU fine

Stock markets updates and business news from Tuesday

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2 h. ago Business news live: Trump sends 12 nations new tariff rates letters and Apple appeal €500m EU fine

Stock markets updates and business news from Tuesday

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2 h. ago What is going on with Trump’s tariffs? All you need to know as trade deal deadline delayed again

Stock market volatility and costs to small businesses are just two of the knock-on effects from the tariffs

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10 h. ago Trump and Israel’s Netanyahu sit down at White House as Gaza ceasefire deal looms: Live updates

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met for dinner at the White House Monday evening

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12 h. ago Trump and Israel’s Netanyahu to meet at White House as ceasefire deal looms: Live updates

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet for dinner at the White House Monday evening

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15 h. ago Trump live updates: President delays tariffs deadline to August 1 as US nears trade deals

Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order pushing back the July 9 deadline to August 1 after the administration claimed it would land ‘90 deals in 90 days’

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21 h. ago Trump clashes with Musk and threatens additional tariffs on countries with ‘anti

Musk says he is setting up America party to challenge Republican and Democratic ‘Uniparty’Trump says tariffs are delayed until 1 August, sparking confusionThe president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said she had a “good exchange” with Donald Trump on Sunday, a Commission spokesperson told reporters during a daily press briefing this morning.The spokesperson said:We want to reach a deal with the US (by 9 July). We want to avoid tariffs. We believe they cause pain. We want to achieve win-win outcomes, not lose-lose outcomes. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Trump live updates: President says Elon Musk ‘off the rails’ as tech boss hits back over Jeffrey Epstein

Donald Trump reignites feud with world’s richest man that erupted in June over the latter’s opposition to the president’s signature ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

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26 h. ago Business news live: Trump delays end of trade tariff pause and surprise June house prices data

Stock markets updates and business news from Monday

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27 h. ago Business news live: Stock markets set for volatility with end of Trump’s tariff pause near

Stock markets updates and business news from Monday

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36 h. ago Kevin Durant officially traded to Rockets in NBA record seven

Durant heads to Houston after two years with PhoenixSuns, Rockets, Hawks, Wolves, Warriors, Nets, Lakers involvedKevin Durant’s trade to the Houston Rockets is official and officially record-setting.The deal got approved by the NBA on Sunday as part of a seven-team transaction, a record number of organizations to be part of a single deal, one in which a slew of other trade agreements got folded into one massive package. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Scott Bessent spars with CNN host over whether Trump’s tariffs count as trade deals

Treasury secretary tweaks Elon Musk’s unpopularity while defending Trump’s tariff strategy ahead of looming deadline

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43 h. ago EU leaders race to secure a deal as deadline looms in Trump trade talks

There are just two days of talks left before the US president’s potentially swingeing tariffs are restoredThe EU is entering a crunch week with only two days of talks left to secure a trade deal with Washinton to avert Donald Trump’s threatened 50% tariff on its imports into the US.According to the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, on Friday, the negotiations – which continued over the weekend – are focussed on 15 to 18 agreements with important partners, while Trump warned of import tax rates of up to 70% on others. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago EU leaders split over tactics as deadline looms for Trump trade talks

With two days of talks left, some want a quick UK-style deal to avert 50% tariffs while others want to play hardballThe EU is entering a crunch week with only two days of talks left to secure a trade deal with Washinton to avert Donald Trump’s threatened 50% tariff on its imports into the US.According to the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, on Friday, the negotiations – which continued over the weekend – are focussed on 15 to 18 agreements with important partners, while Trump warned of import tax rates of up to 70% on others. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Here we go again: latest Trump tariff deadline looms amid inflation concerns

US is on the brink of launching a trade assault on dozens of countries as 90-day pause on tariffs is set to end on 9 JulyWhen Donald Trump unveiled his “liberation day” tariffs in the spring, only to pull the plug days later as panic tore through global markets, his officials scrambled to present the climbdown as temporary.Three months of frenetic talks would enable the Trump administration to strike dozens of trade agreements with countries across the world, they claimed. “We’re going to run,” the White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told Fox Business Network. “Ninety deals in 90 days is possible.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump says US will send letters setting tariff rates to trading partners

About ‘10 or 12’ will go out on Friday to those without deal in place, then more over next few daysBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has said that the US will start sending out letters to trading partners on Friday setting tariff rates that countries will have to pay from the beginning of next month.The US president told the media that about “10 or 12” letters would be sent out initially, with further letters sent out over the “next few days”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump says US to start sending tariff rates letters to trading partners

Letters to be sent to countries without a deal in place before end of 90-day pause on 9 JulyBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has said the US will start sending letters to trading partners setting out tariff rates that countries will have to pay from the beginning of next month.The US president told the media that about “10 or 12” letters would be sent out on Friday, with further letters sent out over the “next few days”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Hamas officials meet to discuss proposed Gaza ceasefire deal

Militant group said to want stronger guarantees of permanent end to war as Netanyahu prepares to meet Trump in USMiddle East crisis – live updatesHamas leaders are close to accepting a proposed deal for a ceasefire in Gaza but want stronger guarantees that any pause in hostilities would lead to a permanent end to the 20-month war, sources close to the group have said.Hamas officials met on Thursday in Istanbul to discuss the ceasefire proposals and later issued a statement confirming they were talking to other “Palestinian factions” before formally announcing a response. Continue reading...

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