4 h. ago White House urges Keir Starmer to block Chinese 'super embassy' in London amid national security fears

‘The Chinese Communist Party has a clear track record of targeting critical infrastructure’, Trump administration warns

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16 h. ago Trump warns Musk of ‘very serious consequences’ if he backs Democrats

US president says he’s ‘too busy doing other things’ to try to reconcile with erstwhile ally and campaign backerDonald Trump warned Elon Musk on Saturday that he faces “very serious consequences” if he funds Democratic candidates following the pair’s epic public bust-up this week.The warning, delivered in an interview with NBC News scheduled to broadcast on Sunday, follows days of feuding and threats after Musk called Republicans’ budget legislation an “abomination”. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Russia is already at war with Britain and we can no longer rely on Trump, defence adviser warns

‘Russia is at war with us’, one of the authors of Sir Keir Starmer’s flagship strategic defence review has warned

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2 d. ago Russia warns it will respond to Ukraine drone attacks ‘how and when’ it sees fit

Kremlin comments seem to confirm reports Putin told Trump Moscow was obliged to hit backRussia will respond to Ukraine’s daring drone operation “how and when” it sees fit, the Kremlin has warned, seeming to confirm reports Vladimir Putin had told Donald Trump that Moscow was obliged to retaliate.Ukraine has been bracing for retaliation after its SBU security service carried out a surprise drone strike over the weekend, targeting four airbases and damaging up to 20 Russian warplanes deep inside the country, according to US officials. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Russian drone strike in northern Ukraine kills five, including toddler, hours after Putin 'revenge' warning

US President Donald Trump warned that Russia will seek revenge following the success of Volodymyr Zelensky's audacious counteroffensive

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3 d. ago Donald Trump bans travel from 12 countries to the US as he warns against threat from 'foreign terrorists'

‘We will not let what happened in Europe happen to America,’ says US President as he issues travel ban

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3 d. ago Putin tells Trump Russia ‘will have to respond’ to Ukraine drone attack

US president says phone call with Russian leader won’t lead to ‘immediate peace’ as Moscow rules out ceasefireDonald Trump has spoken for more than an hour with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, but he conceded the talks would not lead “to immediate peace” in Ukraine, and warned that Russia would respond to Ukraine’s successful attacks this week on its airfields.The US president, who repeatedly claimed he could end the Ukraine war in 24 hours during his election campaign, did not attempt to discourage the Russian leader from retaliation, according to his description of the discussion on his Truth Social platform. He noted instead that Putin had offered to participate in US talks with Iran about its nuclear programme, which Trump claimed Tehran had been “slowwalking”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Ivanka Trump promotes book by author who criticized her dad by saying ‘if Trump wins, we lose’

Ivanka Trump championed Untamed by Glennon Doyle, a writer who campaigned for Kamala Harris and warned against the dangers of a second Trump presidency

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4 d. ago Donald Trump 'may not last White House term' as advisor spots 'cognitive decline'

An ex-advisor to Donald Trump has warned the US President may not complete his term in office due to concerns over his health, despite passing a physical and psychological exam

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4 d. ago Obama says Republicans are putting millions of Americans’ healthcare at risk

Rare intervention from former president urges people to call their senators to oppose Trump tax billBarack Obama has warned that Congress is putting millions of Americans at risk of losing healthcare coverage, in a rare intervention from the former president as the Republican party advances legislation that would gut major provisions of the Affordable Care Act.“Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care,” Obama posted on social media. “Call your Senators and tell them we can’t let that happen.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Global economy to slow as Donald Trump’s trade wars hit growth, OECD warns – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as OECD forecasts global growth will slow to 2.9% in 2025 and 2026UK will slump to 1% growth next year as Trump tariffs bite, says OECDUS firms say Trump trade war is hitting production as dollar nears three-year lowUS economic growth is expected to slow markedly to 1.6% in 2025 and 1.5% in 2026, the OECD says.That’s relatively weak growth by recent standard, and slower than the “robust” growth of 2.8% recorded in 2024.Annual headline inflation is set to pick up to 3.9% by end-2025 due to higher import prices but is expected to ease throughout 2026, aided by moderate GDP growth and higher unemployment.Risks to the growth projection are skewed to the downside, including a more substantial slowing of economic activity in the face of policy uncertainty, greater-than-expected upward pressure on prices from tariff increases, and large financial market corrections. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago US firms say Trump trade war is hitting production as dollar nears three

Manufacturing survey signals third monthly decline in output in a row amid uncertainty over tariffsUS manufacturers have warned that Donald Trump’s trade war is hitting production, pushing the dollar close to a three-year low against sterling on Monday.The greenback suffered a fresh sell-off, after the closely watched ISM survey of the manufacturing sector signalled a third monthly decline in output in a row. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Musk takes hammer to Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' as he makes dire DOGE prediction after White House exit

Elon Musk broke his silence in a new CBS interview, delivering a sharp warning about Donald Trump's prized 'Big Beautiful Bill.'

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7 d. ago Trump’s steel tariffs prompt anger and warnings of ‘catastrophic’ job cuts in Canada

50% levy would disrupt factories and supply chains in America’s biggest foreign supplier of the metal

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8 d. ago ‘They’ll blame Donald Trump’: Karl Rove warns tariffs will turn 2026 voters to Democrats, Navarro goes ballistic

‘Shame on you, Karl Rove! When are you gonna learn, sir?’ Peter Navarro unleashed on Karl Rove after the Fox News pundit criticized the president’s trade policy

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9 d. ago How the US became the biggest military emitter and stopped everyone finding out

Academic Neta Crawford warns that if Donald Trump follows through on his threats of war, emissions will soar and the planet will pay the priceCarbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countriesRevealed: Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a yearThe climate impact of Donald Trump’s geopolitical ambitions could deepen planetary catastrophe, triggering a global military buildup that accelerates greenhouse gas emissions, a leading expert has warned.The Pentagon – the US armed forces and Department of Defense (DoD) agencies – is the world’s largest institutional greenhouse gas emitter, accounting for at least 1% of total US emissions annually, according to analysis by Neta Crawford, co-founder of the Costs of War project at Brown University. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Rubio wants to ‘aggressively’ revoke Chinese student visas. Trump officials won’t say how they’re vetting them

Critics warn Trump’s latest maneuvers escalate a xenophobic campaign that risks serious brain drain

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9 d. ago Experts warn of more attacks and terrorism as Trump hacks law enforcement budgets to fund his deportation plans

A database of attempted and successful targeted violence was shut down, among other resources provided to local and state authorities

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9 d. ago Trump fury over US court bid to block tariffs – as experts warn uncertainty could hit economy

A ruling by three US judges has been described as ‘good news’ for countries negotiating trade deals with Trump but brought warnings of uncertainty and confusion

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1 week ago Universe’s mysteries may never be solved because of Trump’s Nasa cuts, experts say

‘Extinction-level cuts’ to space agency’s spending means labs will close and deep-space missions will be abandonedSome of the greatest mysteries of the universe, such as the possibility of life on Mars, and whether humans could ever live on Venus, may never be solved because of Donald Trump’s proposed “extinction-level” cuts to Nasa spending, scientists are warning.The Trump administration revealed last month its plan to slash the space agency’s overall budget by 24% to $18.8bn, the lowest figure since 2015. Space and Earth science missions would bear the brunt of the cutbacks, losing more than 53% of what was allocated to them in 2024. Continue reading...

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