29 h. ago ‘They’ll have to go home’: Trump’s World Cup taskforce dismisses fears but warns visitors

Trump convenes first meeting of World Cup taskforcePresident hails windfall despite questions over readinessUS president Donald Trump convened the first meeting of his administration’s 2026 World Cup taskforce on Tuesday in a public event in which he revealed that he did not know Russia had been banned from Fifa competitions and insisted the tournament would go off without a hitch.Boasting repeatedly that the 2026 World Cup, due to be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, will be the “biggest, safest and most extraordinary soccer tournament in history”, Trump went on to claim that the tournament would generate “tens of billions of dollars in economic activities for local businesses” and “thousands and thousands of jobs for American workers”. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago ‘A very real possibility of being detained’: LGBTQ+ Australians cancel travel to US for World Pride

Mik Bartels is among those fearful of Trump’s America, partly because their research includes 20 words on US government’s list of banned termsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueer Australians are axing travel plans to Washington DC’s World Pride festival, as Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting LGBTQ+ rights leads to fears of discrimination at the US border and potential attacks.People skipping the international event join other Australians and travellers from around the world who are avoiding the US after Trump’s inauguration and a string of controversial policies enacted in the early months of his second term as president.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Trump's tariff war on film industry sparks fears next James Bond film will be produced in Hollywood despite bosses confirming 007 'will be British'

The US President's announcement to slap a 100 per cent levy on movies made outside of America sent shockwaves through UK industry figures.

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61 h. ago John Oliver on Trump deportations: ‘usually blatantly racist and always cruel’

The Last Week Tonight host decries Trump’s fearmongering on immigration and disregard for the rule of lawJohn Oliver took a deep dive through the Trump administration’s brutal and bewildering campaign of deportations on Sunday evening, starting with the White House’s “nauseating social media posts”. Posts to the official White House Instagram account include a video of shackled people led on to a plane soundtracked to the song Closing Time by Semisonic, along with the caption “you don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here.”The track “obviously isn’t the right song choice”, the Last Week Tonight host said. “The right song choice would be no song at all, because deportation Instagram reel is a combination of words that should never exist, like ‘Oscar winner Mr Beast’ or ‘Stephen Miller nudes’ or ‘Bill Belichick speaks about his relationship with 24-year-old girlfriend.’” (Semisonic has denounced the choice of the song.) Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Bank of England poised to cut rates as fears grow over impact of Trump tariffs

Markets suggest quarter-point reduction to 4.25% is almost certain but some economists say Bank must go furtherThe Bank of England is poised to cut interest rates on Thursday amid growing concerns over the hit to UK jobs and growth from Donald Trump’s increasingly erratic global trade war.In the Bank’s first intervention since the US president’s “liberation day” tariff policy announcement sent shock waves through the world economy, Threadneedle Street is expected to reduce its key base rate from the current level of 4.5%. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump blows off trade war recession fears: ‘Everything’s ok’

President says U.S. economy will undergo ‘transition period’

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4 d. ago Mass resignations at labor department threaten workers in US and overseas, warn staff – as more cuts loom

Exclusive: Insiders sound alarm over ‘catastrophic’ impact of widespread departures and cuts under TrumpA “catastrophic” exodus of thousands of employees from the US Department of Labor threatens “all of the core aspects of working life”, insiders have warned, amid fears that the Trump administration will further slash the agency’s operations.The federal agency has already lost about 20% of its workforce, according to employees, as nearly 2,700 staff took retirement, early retirement, deferred resignation buyouts or “fork in the road” departures earlier this year. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Wall Street and European markets finish week on a high after US jobs report

FTSE 100 records its longest winning streak as Washington releases better-than-expected hiring figuresMarkets on both sides of the Atlantic rose on Friday after hiring in the US slowed less than expected in April, offering a glimmer of hope that the world’s largest economy was in a better-than-feared position to withstand the fallout from Donald Trump’s tariffs.On Wall Street the S&P 500 was up 1.5% and the Dow Jones rose 1.3% by early afternoon on Friday, while European markets closed sharply higher after official figures showed the US workforce grew by 177,000 last month. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago AD FEATURE: Funding for tourism businesses helps put Wales on the map

The Development Bank of Wales has a range of different funds available for businesses in the tourism industry

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6 d. ago North Carolina helps kids earn college degrees in high school. It’s a lifeline for immigrant families

A community college program has been instrumental in helping Latinx students in the state access higher education, while educators fear they’ll become Trump’s next targetDaniel is a high school senior in rural North Carolina. Soon, he’ll graduate with a high school diploma, an associate degree and a paralegal certification from a local community college. He’s just 17, but he’ll be able to apply for positions at law firms and begin earning an almost $50,000 salary straight out of high school.“The early college program really set me up for success because even though I’m young, I’ll be able to help financially support my family,” said Daniel, a first-generation Salvadorian American who is only using his first name to protect undocumented family members. “I’ve done all of this because of support from my mother and family. I owe everything I’ve accomplished to them and I want to give back.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump administration issues stark warning of 'consequences' to Iran amid WW3 fears

Iran will 'pay the CONSEQUENCE at the time and place of our choosing', warned US defence secretary Pete Hegseth in a post on X - 'you were warned', Hegseth said

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7 d. ago Trump tries to blame Biden after U.S. economy shrinks amid fears of tariff

President tries to deflect blame to predecessor as new GDP figures show U.S. economy contracted for first time in three years

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7 d. ago Party leaders trade blows over grooming gangs, immigration and Trump in bruising PMQs on eve of local elections... as Labour fears they are 'toast'

With less than 24 hours before polls open, Kemi Badenoch used PMQs to lay into Keir Starmer for refusing to launch a national inquiry into 'rape gangs'.

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7 d. ago U.S. economy shrinks for first time in three years as Trump’s tariffs spark trade war fears

The American economy shrank by 0.3 percent during the first quarter of this year, marking the first drop in three years as President Donald Trump’s tariff policies disrupted businesses and their supply chains.

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8 d. ago The uniting theme of Trump’s presidency? Ineptitude | Robert Reich

From deportations to human rights to the economy, the president’s actions have resulted in mayhem. Here’s a samplingSome Democrats fear they’re playing into Donald Trump’s hands by fighting his mass deportations rather than focusing on his failures on bread-and-butter issues like the cost of living.But it’s not either-or. The theme that unites Trump’s inept handling of deportations, his trampling on human and civil rights, his rejection of the rule of law, his dictatorial centralization of power, and his utterly inept handling of the economy is the ineptness itself.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Michelle Obama's slammed as a hypocrite after revealing the Trump policy that 'keeps her awake at night'

Michelle Obama confessed her fears about the Donald Trump policy that 'keeps her up at night' on a new podcast.

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9 d. ago The FBI’s arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan is a bid to silence dissent | Moira Donegan

The Trump administration is making an example of the Milwaukee judge to intimidate critics and opponentsOn Friday, the Trump administration dramatically escalated its assault on the courts when the FBI arrested Hannah Dugan, a county circuit court judge handling misdemeanors in Milwaukee – allegedly for helping an undocumented man avoid abduction by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents outside her courtroom. The arrest, a highly publicized and dramatic move from the Trump administration, seemed designed to elicit fear among judges, government bureaucrats and ordinary Americans that any effort to slow, impede or merely not facilitate the administration’s mass kidnapping and deportation efforts will lead to swift, forceful and disproportionate punishment by Donald Trump allies. Her arrest may be the opening salvo of a broader Trump assault on judges.Even if you believe the FBI’s allegations, their account of Dugan’s alleged misconduct is trivial and flimsy, wholly undeserv...

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9 d. ago Europe fears Trump preparing to walk away from Ukraine talks

Officials are worried US president will use minor progress in talks as ‘excuse’ to disengage

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9 d. ago ‘Exploitative’ contracts and hazardous conditions: life for some of the immigrants cleaning up wildfire

Advocates say workers risk their health and fear speaking out about conditions amid Trump’s immigration crackdownOn a sunny day in February three workers swept up the piles of ash left behind on an Altadena driveway from when the Eaton fire raged through the Los Angeles neighborhood the month before.The flames of the blaze had consumed nearly every home on the street, leaving only brick chimneys and charred vehicles. Red signs at the entrances of properties warned in English: “Unsafe, do not enter or occupy entry may result in death or injury.” Hazards such as lead paint, asbestos and batteries were strewn amongst the ashes, but few workers cleaning the neighborhood that day wore masks or other personal protective equipment (PPE). Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Niagara Falls 'at breaking point' with migrants filling hotels amid fears Trump crack down will send surge of asylum seekers across Canada border

Niagara Falls has more migrants per capita than any other city in Canada. Many of the city's 15,000 hotel rooms have become temporary housing for migrants waiting for their claims to be processed.

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