3 h. ago WW3 fears rise as Iran gives chilling response to Donald Trump threat

Iran has reacted with fury to Trump's warning that the US is 'locked and loaded' to defend 'peaceful protesters', sparking fears that war could break out and trigger global conflict

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9 h. ago Iran warns Trump not to cross ‘red line’ after US president says military ‘locked and loaded’ to help protesters

Wave of protests across Iran including calls for overthrow of Ayatollah Khamenei

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10 h. ago Iran warns 'all US bases and forces in the entire region' will be 'legitimate targets' after Trump vowed to protect anti

Tehran issued the stark threat after the US President said America was 'locked and loaded and ready to go' if Iranian authorities killed peaceful demonstrators during nationwide protests.

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13 h. ago 'Locked, loaded and ready to go': Trump weapons warning to Iran regime if it fires on protestors

The US president has warned Iranian leadership not to violently suppress protests

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13 h. ago Iranian officials warn Trump not to cross ‘red line’ over threats to intervene in protests

US president’s posts that US will come to the rescue of protesters prompts warnings of ‘regret-inducing response’Donald Trump has threatened to intervene in Iran if its government killed demonstrators, prompting warnings from senior Iranian officials that any American interference would cross a “red line”.In a social media post on Friday, Trump said that if Iran shoots and kills protesters, the US would “come to their rescue”. He added: “We are locked and loaded, and ready to go”, without explaining what that might mean in practice. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Trump warns Iran the US is 'locked and loaded and ready to go' and vows to 'rescue' protesters if Islamic Republic 'shoots and violently kills' them amid mounting social unrest

Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities on Thursday with six reported killed in the first deaths since the unrest escalated.

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25 h. ago Models 'threatened by Melania Trump with harsh punishment after snapping covert photos of Barron during Christmas at Mar

Mar-a-Lago members are being warned about a possible ban from President Donald Trump's glamorous Florida club after two models snapped photos of first son Barron

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28 h. ago Adams booed, Trump ignored and a warning to his own administration: Inside Mamdani’s inauguration speech

‘I was elected as a democratic socialist, and I will govern as a democratic socialist’

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50 h. ago New Year’s Eve live: fireworks in Paris, Berlin and Rome as European nations greet 2026

Join our live coverage as we cross the globe to enter the new yearSydney is the self-appointed “world capital of new year’s eve” and arguably rightly so. As always, eyes will be on the Opera House at 13:00 GMT when fireworks will light up the sky in spectacular fashion. But there are also huge crowds out in Melbourne to see off the year in style.Thousands of people are expected to descend on Melbourne this evening to celebrate NYE. There will be two 7 minute firework displays and light shows tonight, first a family one at 9.30pm for young children, and the main one at the stroke of midnight. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Trump withdraws National Guard from multiple cities but warns ‘we will come back’ if crime goes up

DONALD Trump has withdrawn National Guard troops from three major cities in shock New Year's Eve move. The President removed troops from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland on Wednesday, boasting about the achievements of the troops in reducing the crime rates in trio of Democratic cities. He did, however, claim their work had been impeded...

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54 h. ago Marla Maples warned Trump something was ‘off’ with Epstein, new report reveals, before he was kicked out of Mar

Trump’s second wife reportedly worried about Epstein’s influence on her husband, according to the report

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57 h. ago Marla Maples' chilling Epstein warning as she feared his growing sway over Trump

Maples told Mar-a-Lago employees at the time that something about Epstein was 'wrong' and 'off,' adding that she worried about his influence over Trump.

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64 h. ago Democracy in retreat amid growing global conflict and aid cuts, warns David Miliband

David Miliband tells the World of Trouble podcast with Sam Kiley that there currently 59 significant conflicts going on around the world, including Sudan, DRC, Gaza, Ethiopia and Myanmar

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3 d. ago Trump threatens Iran with ‘powerful’ consequences over nuclear program

Donald Trump has cautioned Iran against rebuilding its nuclear program.

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3 d. ago Famed Peruvian psychics predict 'serious illness' for Donald Trump, warn of natural disasters and foresee global wars in annual New Year's fortune telling ritual

As well as Trump and Maduro, shamans waved posters of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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4 d. ago Hamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump warns after Netanyahu meeting

Israeli prime minister said he will award Trump with Israel prize, highest civilian honor, while visiting Mar-a-LagoUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has warned that Hamas will have “hell to pay” if it fails to disarm while offering full-throated support to Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting with the Israeli prime minister in Florida.In a bravura display of mutual admiration, Netanyahu announced that the US president would be awarded the Israel prize, the country’s highest civilian honour, which since its inception in the 1950s has never before been given to a non-Israeli person. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump warns he'll back Israeli strike on Iran over menacing nuclear threat

President Donald Trump warned he's prepared to support Israeli strikes on Iran if it continues to build up its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

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4 d. ago No10 fires warning to Vladimir Putin as Donald Trump claims peace deal is close

Downing Street said talks over a Ukraine peace deal are at a delicate stage and hit out at Russian attacks - saying Vladimir Putin must stop the killing and show he is serious

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4 d. ago China issues warning to Trump as it launches huge war games around Taiwan including rehearsal for blockading the island's ports

Beijing's foreign ministry struck a defiant tone as the drills got underway, declaring: 'Any act of provocation on the Taiwan issue will surely be met with a firm counterattack from the Chinese side'.

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4 d. ago US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid as Trump slashes funding and warns agencies to 'adapt or die'

The United States has announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump continues to slash U.S. foreign assistance funding

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