7 h. ago Donald Trump accuses China of ‘totally violating’ tariffs deal with US in blow to moves to avoid trade war

Trade talks between Washington and Beijing were said to be a ‘bit stalled’

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15 h. ago Hamas says US ceasefire plan accepted by Israel does not meet demands to end war in Gaza

Draft reportedly includes release of 28 hostages in first week, a 60-day ceasefire and aid for Gaza as soon as deal signed offIsrael has agreed to a US ceasefire proposal for Gaza, the White House has said, and Hamas said it was reviewing the plan although its terms did not meet the group’s demands.As a US-backed system for distributing food in the shattered territory expanded, Israeli media reported that prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had told the families of hostages held in Gaza that Israel had accepted a deal presented by US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Trump reveals what could 'screw up' Ukraine peace deal as Putin issues his terms to end fighting

President Donald Trump on Wednesday explained why he hasn't levied more sanctions on Russia - despite being currently engaged in a war of words with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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3 d. ago Trump indicates ‘positive’ progress in US trade talks with EU

Wall Street up in early trading after US president commends bloc for calling to ‘quickly establish meeting dates’Donald Trump has indicated there has been progress in US trade talks with the EU, helping send share prices rising on Wall Street, after he commended the bloc for calling to “quickly establish meeting dates”.“This is a positive event, and I hope that they will,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, saying the EU would be “very happy and successful” if it agreed a deal. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump accuses EU of dragging its heels on a tariff deal with the US

Fears of trade war reignited as the American president makes veiled threat on his Truth Social platformDonald Trump said the EU had been dragging its heels “to put it mildly” on sealing a tariff deal with the US, repeating his assessment that his threat of a 50% tariff on imports from the bloc was an “extremely” satisfactory move.He commended the EU for calling to “quickly establish meeting dates” but reignited fears of a trade war with the region by adding criticism of the EU to his statement on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘Does he know anything?’: Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev on Trump’s plans to legitimise Russian annexation

Exiled Soviet-era dissident tells the Guardian that for the US to turn its back on the territory would be ‘shameful’When Mustafa Dzhemilev read the news about Donald Trump’s plan for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, he could not believe his eyes. Part of the US administration’s peace plan, say recent reports, would involve Washington recognising annexed Crimea as legitimate Russian territory, among other concessions to the Kremlin that Trump hopes might stop Russia’s war on Ukraine.“The whole world knows what happened in Crimea It would be such a damage to the reputation of the US that it will be hard for them to recover. It would be shameful,” said Dzhemilev, a Soviet-era dissident turned Crimean Tatar political leader, in an interview at his office in Kyiv. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago EU hopes for speedy deal to resolve US trade war after Trump delays 50% tariffs

European leaders call for ‘lowest possible’ border taxes after levies postponed from 1 June to 9 JulyEU leaders have expressed hopes of a speedy deal to resolve the trade war with the US after Donald Trump announced he was delaying his threatened 50% tariffs for the bloc until 9 July.The US president said on Sunday that he would pause the border tax due to be imposed on 1 June, which he had only announced two days earlier, after what he called a “very nice call” with the head of the EU executive, Ursula von der Leyen. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago EU hopes for quick deal to resolve US trade war after Trump delays 50% tariffs

European leaders call for ‘lowest possible’ border taxes after levies postponed from 1 June to 9 JulyEU leaders have expressed hopes for a quick deal to resolve the trade war with the US after Donald Trump announced he was delaying his threatened 50% tariffs for the bloc until 9 July.The US president said on Sunday he would pause the border tax due to be imposed on 1 June, which he had announced two days earlier, after what he called a “very nice call” with Ursula von der Leyen. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Ukraine’s Zelenskyy confirms major prisoner swap with Russia – Europe live

The first stage of a major prison swap between Ukraine and Russia has taken place in Turkey, with 390 people released todayFor more coverage of Trump’s tariffs threats – which also include a warning that Apple must pay a 25% tariff unless it manufactures its iPhones in the US – follow our business live blog here:US president Donald Trump has just called the EU “very difficult to deal with,” lamenting the bloc’s “powerful Trade Barriers, Monetary Manipulations, unfair and unjustified lawsuits against American Companies, and more” (original capitalisation!).“Our discussions with them are going nowhere! Therefore, I am recommending a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union, starting on June 1, 2025. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago In Ukraine, I saw Trump’s ‘peace deal’ wouldn’t just trade away land – but lives, memories and homes | Timothy Garton Ash

Ukrainians I met in Kyiv and Lviv were grimly realistic about the end of the war. We should follow their exampleThe next time a breathless news anchor talks about the prospect of a war-ending “deal”, with Ukraine “ceding land for peace”, I want to sit them down with Adeline. In Lviv last week, Adeline showed me on her phone map her lost home in Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka, just across the Dnipro River from the Ukrainian-liberated territory around Kherson. Look, she said, with tears welling up in her eyes, here on this satellite snapshot you can see the ecological disaster that followed Russia’s destruction of the Kakhovka dam in 2023. And here’s the place where she dreamed of setting up a small art gallery. “Why should I give up on my home?” she cried. Why indeed.The territory occupied by Russia is the size of Portugal and Slovenia combined. It’s difficult to get accurate figures, but perhaps some 5 million people live there, while at least another 2 million refugees from those t...

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1 week ago Why you can thank Donald Trump for the rising cost of your pint of Guinness

Diageo, the drinks giant behind Guinness and Johnnie Walker, has revealed it faces a £111 million hit from US tariffs, despite the UK government having secured a trade deal with Donald Trump

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2 w. ago Trump drops one final $1 trillion Middle East deal and heads home to see daughter Tiffany's baby

President Donald Trump announced one final $1 trillion deal on the last day of his Middle East trip and then said he was headed home to see his new grandson.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump says there will be no peace in Ukraine until he and Putin get together, as Russian despot snubs talks with Zelensky in Turkey

Donald Trump yesterday insisted there would be no peace deal agreed for Ukraine 'until Putin and I get together'.

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2 w. ago Iran has ‘sort of’ agreed deal on nuclear programme, says Donald Trump

US president rules out military action against Tehran after talks in OmanMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump says Iran has “sort of” agreed to the terms of a deal on the future terms of its nuclear programme.On a visit to Doha, the US president said: “I want them to succeed. I want them to end up being a great country. But they cannot have a nuclear weapon. It is very simple really. It’s not like I need to give you 30 pages worth of details. It is only one sentence – they cannot have a nuclear weapon.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ben Jennings on Trump’s $145bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia – cartoon

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2 w. ago Chinese businesses view tariff pause with caution and uncertainty

While U.S. President Donald Trump has talked of victory after reaching a weekend deal with China to reduce the sky-high tariffs levied on each others’ goods, businesses in China are reacting to the temporary deal with a cautious wait and see approach

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2 w. ago White South Africans given ‘refugee’ status arrive in US as Trump administration told they got ‘wrong end of the stick’ – live

Trump administration welcomes 59 white South Africans who were granted refugee status in US for being deemed victims of racial discriminationQatar has offered to donate a plane to the United States and details are still being worked out, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Monday.“The Qatari Government has graciously offered to donate a plane to the Department of Defense. The legal details of that are still being worked out,” Leavitt said in an interview with Fox News. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump says tariffs on China imports won’t return to 145% and that he sees a deal – live

Trump warns US could raise tariffs after 90-day pause on trade war with China but expresses confidence a deal will be madeChina and US agree 90-day pause to trade warQatar has offered to donate a plane to the United States and details are still being worked out, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Monday.“The Qatari Government has graciously offered to donate a plane to the Department of Defense. The legal details of that are still being worked out,” Leavitt said in an interview with Fox News. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Trade deal with US could spell end of UK’s bioethanol industry, say bosses

Hundreds of jobs may be at risk as Starmer agrees to remove tariffs on US ethanol, say heads of ABF Sugar and EnsusBusiness live – latest updatesThe British bioethanol industry could collapse as a result of Keir Starmer’s trade deal with Donald Trump, industry bosses have said.The bosses of ABF Sugar and Ensus, the companies behind almost all of the UK’s production capacity of bioethanol – a petrol substitute produced from agricultural products – have said hundreds of jobs in north-east England and Yorkshire could be at risk as a result of the deal. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US and China agree deal to slash tariffs for 90 days in bid to end massive trade war

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says reciprocal tariffs will come down over 100 percentage points to 10%

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