42 h. ago What will Trump do when his tariffs backfire? | Nils Pratley

The US president’s tariffs are almost certain to have dire consequences and he is not impervious to market decline or public opinionSo much for the idea that “liberation day” would free financial markets from their fear of the unknown. Publication of precise tariff rates, went a cheerful line of advance thinking, would at least allow investors to assess the probable trade effects on the basis of hard information. True optimists clung to the idea that Donald Trump would not wish to risk a truly severe market reaction.That narrative was blown apart when the president reached for his pub-style display of wares. This really was a case of going back to the tariffs rates of the 1920s or 1930s. Not even the penguins of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands were spared. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trail hunting a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal fox hunts, MP says in jail terms plea

Labour MP Perran Moon called for a ban on trail hunting, which he warned was being used as a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal fox hunting.

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7 d. ago Rangers warn fans over 'illegal singing and pyro' for Dundee trip as club continue crusade against rogue supporters

The Ibrox club are trying to stamp out unruly behaviour among an element of their support

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8 d. ago UN warns of 'severe' human rights abuses in Haiti as illegal weapons proliferate

A U.N. report states that a steady stream of illegal weapons smuggled into Haiti is fueling an increase in gang violence and leading to severe human rights abuses

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9 d. ago Warning illegal immigrants could remain in the UK indefinitely under weaker punishments plan that risks 'blowing hole' in border controls

The Sentencing Council - already embroiled in a political storm over its 'two-tier justice' measures - plans to slash the maximum jail terms for a range of immigration crimes

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1 week ago Illegal cigarette smuggler warned 'I'll chin you and shoot your boss if you f*** us about'

Andrew Brennan trafficked £5million of illicit tobacco products including 'very good copies' of Mayfair and Chesterfield cigarettes from Greece and Belgium

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2 w. ago Nicholas Prosper: Teen who gunned down own family and planned school massacre jailed for 49 years

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Nicholas Prosper used an illegally-owned shotgun to kill his mother, his sister and his brother and also planned to carry out "the biggest massacre in the 21st century" in Luton in September last year

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2 w. ago 50,000 social homes being used for fraud in London as scammers cost taxpayers £1bn a year, report claims

London social rent homes are being illegally sublet among other forms of fraud, new research warns

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3 w. ago 50,000 social homes being sublet in London as scammers cost taxpayers £1bn a year, report claims

London social rent homes are being illegally sublet on platforms such as Airbnb, new research warns

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3 w. ago Deported Ghanaian fraudster can return to the UK after he became depressed, judge rules

Samuel Frimpong was jailed for four months for using false documents to try and 'circumvent' the leave to remain rules, an immigration judge (pictured) was told.

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3 w. ago Convicted Ghanaian pastor who used fake documents to stay in UK should be allowed back in because separation from children made him depressed, judge says

Samuel Frimpong was jailed for four months for using false documents to try and 'circumvent' the leave to remain rules, an immigration judge (pictured) was told.

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3 w. ago Trump administration briefing: Mahmoud Khalil’s detention, ‘Trumpcession’ fears and gutting USAid

From cries of ‘McCarthyism’ over Palestinian activist’s detention to fears over a ‘Trumpcession’ – key US politics stories from Monday at a glanceThe Trump administration’s decision to have immigration authorities arrest pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil for alleged support of Hamas is an attack on free speech, the American Civil Liberties Union warned on Monday.“This arrest is unprecedented, illegal, and un-American,” said Ben Wizner, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Warning issued to Manchester United fans over planned protest

Fans have been warned not to use illegal pyrotechnics

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last month Boys watching adult porn ‘drawn to more extreme and illegal images’, warns charity

Over 81,000 Londoners called the Lucy Faithfull Foundation’s helpline Stop It Now

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