2 h. ago Trump sparks outrage with AI video of his vision for Gaza that includes bizarre bearded belly dancers and a statue of himself

Donald Trump has offered a vision for what his 'Riviera of the Middle East' plan for the Gaza Strip could look like when the war between Israel and Hamas has ended.

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3 h. ago Trump faces Truth Social backlash over AI video of Gaza with topless Netanyahu and bearded bellydancers

Users of president’s own social media site criticise video showing reimagined Gaza featuring Trump and Israeli PM sipping cocktailsDonald Trump is facing a backlash on his Truth Social platform after sharing an AI-created video of him sipping cocktails with a topless Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza, in a future imagining of the Palestinian territory devastated by Israel’s war.The video presented a computer-generated vision of Trump’s property development plan for Gaza, under which he said he wants to “clean out” the population of about 2 million people. Named the “Riviera of the Middle East” plan, the proposal has been criticised as a blueprint for ethnic cleansing. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump posts bizarre AI video of Gaza vision as beach resort featuring golden statutes and bearded belly dancers

President Donald Trump shared a bizarre AI video depicting a future vision of Gaza as a beach resort to his Truth Social account on Tuesday, 26 February.

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5 h. ago Trump posts bizarre AI video of Gaza vision as beach resort on Truth Social

President Donald Trump shared a bizarre AI video depicting a future vision of Gaza as a beach resort to his Truth Social account on Tuesday, 26 February.

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5 h. ago Trump shares bizarre AI vision of what Gaza will look like under his rule

President shared an artificial intelligence-generated video featuring Elon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu outlining his vision for the ‘Riviera of the Middle East’

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18 h. ago Apple shareholders vote against ending DEI program amid Trump crackdown

Vote vindicates tech company’s decision to uphold diversity initiatives as other firms give into pressure from presidentApple shareholders voted down an attempt to pressure the technology company into yielding to Donald Trump’s push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce.A proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research – a self-described conservative thinktank – urged Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have retreated from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives currently in the Trump administration’s crosshairs. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago ‘Uncertainty is rising’: Financial analysts warn that market shows worrisome signs with Trump in office

Share values and cryptocurrency prices have been buoyant since Trump’s election, but some on Wall Street believe the party could be over soon

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45 h. ago Trump and Macron share awkward long handshake after White House snub

Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron shared an awkward handshake after the US president snubbed his French counterpart by not greeting him at the White House upon his arrival on Monday, 24 February.

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4 d. ago ‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals

Ukraine’s lithium deposits are among biggest in Europe and the US is looking for ‘payback’ for previous military assistanceDrawing in the snow with his finger, Mykola Hrechukha sketched out how Ukraine’s new lithium mine might look. It would have a deep central shaft, with a series of side tunnels, he said. “The lithium is good everywhere. The biggest concentration is at a depth of 200-500 metres,” he said. “We should be able to extract 4,300 tonnes a day. The potential is terrific.”For now, though, there is little sign of activity. The deposit is buried under a large sloping field, used in communist times to grow beetroot and wheat. The mine’s proposed entrance is in an abandoned former-Soviet village, Liodiane, today a scruffy grove of acacia and maple trees. The only inhabitant is a security guard, who lives on the 150-hectare site in an ancient Gaz-53 truck. Wild boar and even a wolf sometimes wander past. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Hunter Schafer shares poignant TikTok after new passport lists her as male following Trump’s executive order

‘Euphoria’ star said the change does not take away ‘my transness’

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5 d. ago ‘Like a cruel auction’: what Ukrainians think of Trump’s peace talks with Putin

Ukrainians inside the country and abroad express their hopelessness, anger and defiance at negotiations between Washington and MoscowEurope live – latest updates“I don’t think that this ‘peace process’ is for Ukrainians’ sake. It is laughable that they pretend it is,” said Iryna, 26, a lawyer from Kyiv.Iryna was among thousands of Ukrainians who got in touch with the Guardian to share how they felt about the Trump administration-led peace talks with Russia, which exclude Ukraine. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump ‘very frustrated’ with Zelenskyy for allegedly failing to ‘take opportunity’ of US

US national security adviser claims Ukrainian president has failed to ‘come to the table’ despite not being invited to Russia-US talks this weekVance poses immigrants as ‘greatest threat’ to US and EuropePeople in the US: share your views on Trump’s Russia-Ukraine approachFormer US state secretary John Kerry said “the basic playing field for making peace in Ukraine is there,” as he rejected Donald Trump’s suggestions that Ukraine was responsible for starting the war with Russia and dismissed Russian president Vladimir Putin’s logic for invasion as “lies.”Speaking at a London conference organised by the consultancy Brand Finance, Kerry, who served as the US state secretary in Barack Obama’s Democratic administration, said this:Putin individually decided, contrary to what Donald Trump said yesterday or day before, to invade Ukraine. He wants it back. He said different motives expressed at different times, that it was Nazis taking over the country, and he had to go in to root out the N...

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5 d. ago Trump ‘very frustrated’ with Zelenskyy for failing to ‘take opportunity’ of US

US national security adviser claims Ukrainian president has failed to ‘come to the table’ despite not being invited to Russia-US talks this weekVance poses immigrants as ‘greatest threat’ to US and EuropePeople in the US: share your views on Trump’s Russia-Ukraine approachFormer US state secretary John Kerry said “the basic playing field for making peace in Ukraine is there,” as he rejected Donald Trump’s suggestions that Ukraine was responsible for starting the war with Russia and dismissed Russian president Vladimir Putin’s logic for invasion as “lies.”Speaking at a London conference organised by the consultancy Brand Finance, Kerry, who served as the US state secretary in Barack Obama’s Democratic administration, said this:Putin individually decided, contrary to what Donald Trump said yesterday or day before, to invade Ukraine. He wants it back. He said different motives expressed at different times, that it was Nazis taking over the country, and he had to go in to root out the N...

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5 d. ago Trump appears to agree to cut checks to Americans to share portion of savings from Doge cost

‘Department of government efficiency’ head Elon Musk suggested $5,000 checks to US households if targets metDonald Trump has appeared to embrace a proposal to share a portion of the cuts in US government spending made by Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) with all US households in the form of checks, intensifying concerns about inflation potentially rising again.Trump addressed the idea in a speech at an investment conference in Miami on Wednesday, telling attendees: “There’s even under consideration a new concept, where we give 20% of the Doge savings to American citizens, and 20% goes to paying down debt.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago People in the US: share your views on President Trump’s approach towards Russia and Ukraine

We’d like to hear from people in the US about how they view Trump’s approach to Russia and Ukraine – as well as his stance towards EuropeWe would like to hear from US voters across the political spectrum about how you view president Donald Trump’s foreign policy approach to Russia and Ukraine.This week has brought an unprecedented escalation of tensions between Kyiv and Washington after senior US and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss the war in Ukraine, as well as economic and political cooperation. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago JD Vance warns US will only be friends with countries that share Donald Trump's values

US Vice President JD Vance branded his boss the "President of peace" - but warned European leaders they will only keep America's friendship if "we take our societies in the right direction"

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6 d. ago Walmart profits, sales rolled in 2024, but this year appears to present some challenges

Walmart delivered another strong quarter of profits and sales increases, as its low prices have increasingly become a magnet for inflation-weary shoppers looking for a deal, especially through the critical holiday shopping season

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6 d. ago Global shares are mixed as worries about Donald Trump's tariffs persist

Stocks were mixed in Asia on Thursday, with Chinese benchmarks falling after the central bank left the country's benchmark lending rate unchanged. Hong Kong fell more than 1%

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8 d. ago Trump's deal with the devil? As Starmer vows to send British peacekeepers to Ukraine, what a truce could look like

Decades-long policy of US-Europe cooperation was brought to a swift end last week when Donald Trump shared a lengthy phone call with Vladimir Putin to kick off peace talks over the Ukraine war

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9 d. ago Smokey Robinson shares verdict on Trump returning to the White House

‘I’ll be glad when the next four years are up,’ singer said

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