31 h. ago DC mayor hardens stance on Trump’s ‘authoritarian’ deployment of national guard – US politics live

Muriel Bowser urges community members to ‘protect our autonomy and get to the other side of this guy’ amid Trump’s interventionWe can expect to hear from the president at least a few times today. According to his daily schedule, he’ll make an appearance at the Kennedy Center at 11am ET, and make an announcement.He’ll then head back to the White House and sign executive orders at 4pm ET. For now this will be closed press, but could very well open up.Will be speaking to European Leaders in a short while. They are great people who want to see a deal done.Very unfair media is at work on my meeting with Putin. Constantly quoting fired losers and really dumb people like John Bolton, who just said that, even though the meeting is on American soil, “Putin has already won.” What’s that all about? We are winning on EVERYTHING. The Fake News is working overtime (No tax on overtime!).If I got Moscow and Leningrad free, as part of the deal with Russia, the Fake News would say that I made a bad d...

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35 h. ago Hours left to get a free 4K TV before £260 giveaway expires at Virgin Media

Virgin Media is giving customers free 50" TVs worth £260 alongside up to £336 in savings on its TV and broadband bundles, but the deal is coming to an end.

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52 h. ago Apple’s huge student deal – free AirPods 4 or AirPods Pro 2 for £50 with Macs and iPads

Apple’s student giveaway knocks up to £150 off, with free AirPods or £50 AirPods Pro 2 when you buy a Mac or iPad from the Education Store.

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53 h. ago Aukus laws will mean anywhere in Australia could be potential nuclear waste dump, critics say

Greens senator David Shoebridge says communities will have ‘no way to protect the land’ from waste that will be radioactive for millenniaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCritics of Australia’s Aukus submarine deal say the government has given itself the power to nominate any place in Australia as a potential nuclear waste dump, without proper consultation with communities and indigenous landowners.Australia has agreed to take sole responsibility for the management, security and storage of all nuclear waste from its fleet of proposed nuclear-powered submarines, including the spent fuel from the submarines’ reactors – high-level nuclear waste that will be radioactive for millennia once the submarines are decommissioned from the early 2050s. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Top Tech: Get a free £260 TV but only if you beat this Virgin Media deadline

Virgin Media is dishing out a £260 4K smart TV for free, but the limited time 'lightning deal' is entering its final hours.

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6 d. ago No contempt for Trump officials over Venezuelan migrant deportations to El Salvadorian prison, appeals court rules – live

Three-judge panel sided with government by a 2-1 vote, with two Trump-appointed judges and one Obama-appointed judge making the decisionAccording to new reporting by the New York Times, the president has secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels that the Trump administration considers terrorist organizations.According to the Times’ sources, US military officials have started drawing up options for how the military could go after the group. The Times also notes that this escalation would be the most “aggressive step” in the administration’s “campaign against cartels”. They also noted that this continues the president’s preference for using “military forces to carry out what has primarily been considered a law enforcement responsibility to curb the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Virgin Media offering free 4K TV worth £260 in broadband deal until Wednesday

Get a free 50" 4K TV from Toshiba with valid Virgin Media deals until August 13

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6 d. ago Boxxer fights to air for free on BBC as Sky Sports deal comes to an end

The BBC said the move will make the sport ‘more accessible than ever’

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6 d. ago Conservationists hail US judge’s order to halt building at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ jail

Temporary halt for facility in Florida Everglades comes as attorneys argue whether it violates environmental lawsA coalition of conservation groups has welcomed a federal judge’s ruling on Thursday that halts construction work on the controversial immigration jail in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz.US district judge Kathleen Williams ordered workers to stop adding any new paving, infrastructure or ground filling at the remote tented detention camp that the Trump administration intends to eventually hold 3,000 migrants awaiting deportation. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago First migrants detained under new 'one in one out' deal with France to be deported within weeks

Multiple people are understood to have been detained under the new ‘one in, one out’ deal after crossing the English Channel

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7 d. ago First migrants detained under new deal with France to be deported

Multiple people are understood to have been detained under the new ‘one in, one out’ deal after crossing the English Channel

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7 d. ago Trump calls old foe Andrew Cuomo as he considers intervening in NYC mayor’s race to thwart Mamdani: report

Trump has previously called for the arrest of Mamdani if he wins the election and defies his mass migrant deportation effort

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8 d. ago Boris Johnson hails US plan to deport hundreds of illegal migrants to Rwanda

Washington has already sent an initial list of ten people to be vetted as part of President Donald Trump 's bid to tackle illegal immigration.

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9 d. ago Shoppers can grab £32 'firm skin in a bottle' serum 'for free' in better than Boots £10 Tuesday deal

"Firm skin in a bottle. Another great serum from L'Oréal, leaves your skin feeling firm and tightened"

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9 d. ago Best cheap SIM deal for students revealed – £2.38 a month with free EU roaming

Our top-rated SIM for students costs just £2.38 a month, offers 10GB of EU-usable data, and can be cancelled at any time – making it a smart and flexible choice for student life.

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1 week ago Noem wants ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention centers near airport runways across US to boost migrant deportation ‘efficiency’

Trump administration’s mass deportation machine is working at ‘turbo speed’ to open more ICE facilities, officials say

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3 w. ago Caracas releases 10 Americans as Venezuelans freed from El Salvador jail

Scores of Venezuelans deported by US to El Salvador repatriated as Marco Rubio hails return of AmericansVenezuela released 10 jailed Americans on Friday in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.The resolution represents a diplomatic achievement for the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, helps Donald Trump in his goal of bringing home Americans jailed abroad and lands El Salvador a swap that it had proposed months ago. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Venezuela releases jailed Americans in deal that also frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US

Venezuela has released 10 jailed Americans in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown

Economics

3 w. ago Bella Italia sets date for return of its Kids Eat Free offer

The deal will replace its free Thursdays and £1 meals for children

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3 w. ago Girl, 17, fights for life with 95% burns after she was set on fire by 'boat migrant who was due to be deported from Spain'

A 17-year-old Spanish girl is fighting for her life after she was set on fire by a migrant who was awaiting deportation. 

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