12 h. ago Trump’s team wants vaccines to stop bird flu. RFK Jr. says it could turn ‘flocks into mutation factories’

The spread of H5N1 bird flu has sickened dozens of Americans, resulted in a nationwide egg shortage and led to the deaths of more than 166 million poultry birds

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12 h. ago Trump’s team has now shelved a $1 billion program designed to keep housing affordable

Halt to program that helps preserve affordable housing comes amid widespread cuts by Elon Musk’s DOGE department

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31 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: How Team Trump is trying to spin his disastrous economic crash... and the dire consequences for us all

Not content with undermining NATO and siding with Russia in Ukraine's struggle for survival, President Trump now seems determined to take a wrecking ball to the mighty US economy.

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37 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: How team Trump's trying to spin his disastrous economic crash... and the dire consequences for us all

Not content with undermining NATO and siding with Russia in Ukraine's struggle for survival, President Trump now seems determined to take a wrecking ball to the mighty US economy.

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40 h. ago 5 troubling things Donald Trump and Elon Musk did while you were sleeping

As the US stocks continue to tumble as a direct result of Trump's policies, we're starting to see a little bit of damage control coming from Trump and his team. Elon Musk, on the other hand, is apparently too deep in the hole to do anything but dig

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41 h. ago Supersized pearls and crystal bows: Chanel lures celebrity crowd to Paris

Fashion week also brings Louis Vuitton showcasing cinematic romance of train travelChanel came gift-wrapped in black ribbon at Paris fashion week. The ribbon was made of steel, not silk. It was the width of a city street and 368 metres long, soaring skywards beside the long catwalk like very pretty scaffolding. The message: the house of Chanel is as tough as it is chic.New designer Matthieu Blazy is expected to take up his role next month, by which time Chanel will have been without a creative lead for almost a year. This design vacuum poses a challenge for the house, but Chanel still has a star designer – albeit one who has been dead for 54 years. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago US sits down in Saudi Arabia for crucial Ukraine peace talks with Zelensky's friend who is 'HATED by Trump because of his link to Hunter Biden'... hours after huge drone attack on Moscow

Once a film producer and lawyer, Andriy Yermak had no diplomatic experience when he was afforded a low-level position in Zelensky's government in 2019

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3 d. ago Why WW3 is already here... and how the UK will need to lead in America's absence as Team Trump risks losing global conflict to the West's enemies following bust

The conflict in Ukraine is a concerted attack by Putin against the West. And it is a war increasingly aided and abetted by Chinese President Xi Jinping. This is a global war by a thousand cuts.

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7 d. ago Team Trump rethinking costly Guantánamo Bay immigration plan as power issues plague makeshift detention site: report

The ACLU, joined by other nonprofit organizations, has filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration for its Guantánamo plan

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7 d. ago Churchill’s grandson says Trump team ‘despises Europe’ and UK

Former ambassador to Washington warns US could abandon its allies in a way that was “inconceivable” before President Trump regained office

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7 d. ago Mailen Design takes cues from Victorian London for Lee Terrace house

Mailen Design takes cues from Victorian London for Lee Terrace house  Dezeen

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9 d. ago Furniture designer who claimed she was promised half her ex's £18million house loses court fight after judge found he just said it to keep her happy when he refused to marry her

A judge threw out Christina Haynes' claim for half of the west London family home she shared with Mark Austin, 71, before their split, saying the vow was an 'elaborate performance'.

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1 week ago Zelensky to 'quit' on one condition as he's 'back in touch' with Donald Trump's team

Volodymyr Zelensky spoke at London Stansted Airport after a day of meeting European and world leaders, including Sir Keir Starmer, and enjoying tea with King Charles at Sandringham

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1 week ago Starmer’s diplomatic flurry puts him at centre of attempts to shape Ukraine

PM’s decision to bring forward Zelenskyy meeting and forge Franco-British peace plan shows UK can still play global leadership role Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesAs Keir Starmer and his aides huddled to discuss their response to Friday’s calamitous White House meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the prime minister’s team pondered whether to issue a statement on social media.Already messages of support were flooding in for the Ukrainian president from other European leaders, including Emmanuel Macron of France and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump team raises return of Open golf to Turnberry with Starmer

Ayrshire resort owned by US president dropped from rota for Britain’s premier tournament after January 6 attack on Capitol

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1 week ago Burglars steal 100 designer handbags after entering house through skylight

The owner is offering a £10,000 reward for information which leads to an arrest

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1 week ago ‘Testing ground for Project 2025’: behind Oklahoma’s rightwing push to erode the line between church and state

With Trump back in the White House, the state’s superintendent is making efforts to install Christian viewpoints in governanceRyan Walters bowed his head in prayer at his desk in the Oklahoma state superintendent’s office.“Dear God, thank you for all the blessings you’ve given our country,” the rising star on the Christian right said in the mid-November video. “I pray for our leaders to make the right decisions. I pray in particular for President Donald Trump and his team as they continue to bring about change for our country.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Andrew Tate and brother 'on a flight to the US from Romania' after Trump team talks

The controversial right-wing influencer Andrew Tate had been incarcerated in Romania while facing human trafficking charges, but is now on a plane to the US according to 'airport sources'

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2 w. ago Milan fashion week: it’s a family affair as Fendi celebrates centenary

Italian fashion label marks 100-year milestone on the catwalk with great-great-grandsons of founders Edouardo and Adele The hot ticket of Milan fashion week was a family birthday party first, a catwalk collection second. The Fendis celebrated 100 years in fashion with a show that began with a cameo by Dardo and Tazio, 7-year-old great-great-grandsons of house founders Edouardo and Adele. The twins’ jewellery designer mother, Delfina, designed the snake chain bracelets and shimmering fountain earrings in the show; their grandmother, Silvia, artistic director of accessories and menswear, presided over the evening as master of ceremonies.Fendi is now owned by LVMH. “So I’m not here because I own it – I don’t,” said Silvia backstage before the show. “But nothing changed for me when we sold. This is still my home.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Leaderless Gucci harks back to glamorous 60s and sexy 90s in Milan

Having recently lost their designer, the house presented a greatest hits package at Milan fashion weekThe arithmetic of fashion goes like this: take a status brand, such as Gucci, and multiply it to the power of X by putting it in the hands of a zeitgeist-hitting designer. Pair the right label with the right person at the right moment, and you hit the jackpot.At this Milan fashion week, Gucci’s numbers were never quite going to add up. Despite having the illustrious, high-value brand name, there is a big fat zero where the designer should be. Sales fell 24% in the last quarter of 2024, and designer Sabato de Sarno exited the brand a fortnight ago. The departure was expected, but the timing spoke of a brand rattled by the failure of recent collections to connect with shoppers. Continue reading...

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