46 m. ago Rotten Apple: are we finally watching the death of the iPhone?

As Donald Trump turns on Tim Cook and rivals gain traction, Joe Bromley asks if time's up for the tech giant

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51 m. ago Trump deploys National Guard to crush ‘riots and looters,’ Marines ‘on alert’ amid anti

Tense confrontations between police and demonstrators in L.A. continued for a second day on Saturday, in response to operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents

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84 m. ago Trump activates National Guard to crush ‘riots and looters,’ Marines ‘on alert’ amid anti

Tense confrontations between police and demonstrators in L.A. continued for a second day on Saturday, in response to operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents

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96 m. ago Travel ban may shut door for Afghan family to bring niece to US for a better life

Mohammad Sharafoddin, his wife and young son managed to make it out of Afghanistan as refugees nine years ago, at one point walking 36 hours in a row over mountain passes

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1 hour ago Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?

Donald Trump’s extraordinary threats have angered Canadians and Europeans, and the idea of a new kind of transatlantic alliance is gaining traction Joachim Streit has never stepped foot in Canada. But that hasn’t stopped the German politician from launching a tenacious, one-man campaign that he readily describes as “aspirational”: to have the North American country join the EU.“We have to strengthen the European Union,” said Streit, who last year was elected as a member of the European parliament. “And I think Canada – as its prime minister says – is the most European country outside of Europe.” Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Trump’s Golden Dome pits Silicon Valley against defence giants

Lucrative contracts offer tech start-ups chance to shake up the industry — if they can deliver

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1 hour ago Junk bond sales surge as companies try to beat fresh tariff uncertainty

Markets fear a new wave of volatility next month when a deadline for trade negotiations ends

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2 h. ago Trump threat to LA over ICE protests echoes his notorious ‘the shooting starts’ quote during Black Lives Matter demos

President’s message about anti-ICE demonstrations in Los Angeles harkens back to George Floyd protest remark that was condemned for its dark history

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2 h. ago Kash Patel dragged for ‘hit a cop, you’re going to jail’ threat to LA anti

Social media users were quick to point out the different stance taken by the administration in relation to the January 6 rioters – hundreds of whom were pardoned by President Trump

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3 h. ago Trump activates National Guard to crush ‘riots and looters’ as anti

Tense confrontations between police and demonstrators in L.A. continued for a second day on Saturday, in response to operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents

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3 h. ago Trump to send national guard to quell immigration protests in LA

Federal agents clashed with demonstrators protesting raids on suspected undocumented workers

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4 h. ago Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests

California governor calls move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and says it will ‘escalate tensions’ amid immigration crackdownDonald Trump on Saturday authorized the deployment of 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles, after an immigration crackdown erupted into mass protests with police in riot gear using teargas on bystanders.Shortly before the release of the White House statement, the California governor, Gavin Newsom, said in a statement on X that the federal government was “moving to take over” the California national guard. Newsom said the move was “purposefully inflammatory” and warned that it would “only escalate tensions”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump sends National Guard to Los Angeles amid chaos in the streets as protesters clash with ICE agents

Trump's border czar said the National Guard is mobilizing to enter the city of Los Angeles within hours amid tense standoffs between protesters and ICE agents.

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6 h. ago Trump administration to send national guard to Los Angeles amid Ice protests

Border czar Tom Homan says: ‘We’re already mobilizing’ as immigration crackdown erupts into mass protestsThe Trump administration will deploy the national guard to immigration protests in Los Angeles, border czar Tom Homan said on Saturday, as an immigration crackdown in the area erupted into mass protests with police in riot gear deploying teargas at bystanders.“We’re already mobilizing. We’re gonna bring national guard in tonight and we’re gonna continue doing our job. This is about enforcing the law,” Homan said in an interview with Fox News. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Donald Trump and Elon Musk urged to bury hatchet as feud sparks 'nuclear fear'

US vice president JD Vance has said Elon Musk is making a "huge mistake" going after Donald Trump as Republicans have urged the two billionaires to bury the hatchet

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6 h. ago Trump’s border czar says he’s sending National Guard to fight LA anti

Tense confrontations between police and demonstrators in L.A. continued for a second day on Saturday, in response to operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents

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7 h. ago Corbynista MP Zarah Sultana under fire because she 'didn't declare marriage to senior official at trade union she lobbied for in Parliament'

Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana married the FBU's Craig Lloyd last August - and then went on to speak up for key FBU demands in the Commons, including calling for more funding for fire services.

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9 h. ago Immigration authorities extend activity in Los Angeles area amid street protests

U.S. immigration authorities have extended activity in Los Angeles area in the wake of protests at an federal detention facility and a police response that included tear gas, flash-bangs and the arrest of a union leader

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9 h. ago Musk may indeed have won Trump the election. But his Wisconsin cheesehead humiliation proved he’d lost the juice

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s shared personality traits made their alliance a heavenly match. They also made it a ticking time bomb, writes Io Dodds

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10 h. ago Voices: As a former judge, I used to defend Britain’s rights – mine are now at risk

Since the Supreme Court’s decision in April, trans women like me have had their rights systematically taken away, writes Victoria McCloud – who appears on The Independent’s Pride List 2025

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