4 h. ago We’re all friends really? Trump’s not so useful idiot Mike Johnson drops in on MPs | John Crace

Everyone was trying not to mention the one thing on everyone’s mind as they welcomed the US House speakerSo. That went well, then. A day after Keir Starmer gently pointed out that the US would be wrong to seize Greenland and that a period of calm diplomacy was needed, Donald Trump goes mad. Again. Having already rubbished the Norwegian prime minister for not awarding him the Nobel peace prize, the US president took aim at the UK prime minister. No good deed goes unpunished and all that.The Chagos Islands deal was an act of gross stupidity, The Donald posted on his Truth Social platform. No matter that nine months previously he had warmly endorsed it. No one knows if he could even find Diego Garcia on a map. Sure, he can. Next to Greenland. That’s loyalty and consistency for you. And teach Starmer not to take anything he does or says for granted. Let’s face it, not even Trump is entirely sure what Trump will do next. Depends on how he is reacting to his meds on any given day. The wor...

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10 h. ago US Speaker insists Britain and America will overcome Greenland row 'calmly as friends'

In an address to Parliament, Mike Johnson - a top Republican politician - said he had told Donald Trump he was in London on a 'mission' to 'help calm the waters'.

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50 h. ago Trump’s tariff shock suggests EU’s strategy of flattery and appeasement has failed

Next few weeks will show if Trump has finally pushed too far with Greenland levies, as calls grow for bloc to take tougher actionEurope live – latest updatesAs the sun set over the port of Limassol in Cyprus, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, last Thursday used a tried and tested formula to describe the United States – calling it one of “our allies, our partners”. Only 24 hours earlier, Denmark, an EU and Nato member state, had warned that Donald Trump was intent on “conquering” Greenland, but the reflex at the top of the EU executive to describe the US as a friend runs deep.Trump’s weekend announcement that eight countries that have supported Greenland would face tariffs unless there was a deal to sell the territory to the US was another hammer to the transatlantic alliance, mocking the notion that the US is Europe’s ally. The eight countries include six EU member states, as well as Norway and the UK, the latter unprotected by the much vaunted “special rela...

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52 h. ago Piers Morgan jokingly blames Trump for fall as he shares health update from hospital bed

Morgan, who previously deemed Trump a friend, has changed his tune in the last few years

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3 d. ago Which? taste test ranked two 40p supermarket beans better than Heinz, but we picked a winner

The budget-friendly beans trumped the competition

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4 d. ago Trump claims ‘very, very rich’ friend who took Ozempic is ‘fatter than ever’

Donald Trump says a “very, very rich” friend of his is “fatter than ever” because weight loss drug Ozempic “doesn’t work on him.”

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6 d. ago Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers

Two Minneapolis friends who have been monitoring immigration officers’ actions during the Trump administration’s latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in distressing conditions, denied phone calls, and pressured to rat out protest organizers and people living in the country illegally

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9 d. ago Mandelson praises Trump’s ‘graciousness’ and declines to apologise for friendship with Jeffrey Epstein – UK politics live

In first TV interview since he was sacked as UK ambassador to US, Mandelson says association with Epstein was ‘terrible mistake’ but adds: ‘I was not culpable’Laura Kuenssberg asks Peter Mandelson if he liked Donald Trump when he was the UK ambassador.Mandelson says he did like Trump, listing of numerous reasons why, but said he did not like all of his “language”.I like him, yes, I liked his humour, his graciousness I liked his directness. You knew exactly what he was thinking and where you stood and what he wanted. And how he was proposing to engage, with you. Did I like in all his language? No, I didn’t, did I? Did he make me gasp? What’s going to happen is there’s going to be, another discussion, a lot of consultation and a lot of negotiation.At the end of the day, we are all going to have to wake up to the reality that the Arctic needs securing against China and Russia. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US thanks Britain for ‘unwavering support’ in oil tanker seizure

But no British personnel took part in the boarding of the vessel, Defence Secretary John Healey told MPs on Wednesday evening.

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1 week ago Ashli Babbitt’s husband says Trump contacted him after Jan 6: ‘I knew I had friends in the right places at that point’

Aaron Babbitt pays tribute to late wife, who was shot dead during the Capitol riot, on fifth anniversary of attempted insurrection

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2 w. ago ‘First day, big problems here’: Tony Dokoupil runs into some issues during his relaunch of ‘CBS Evening News’

It was the latest embarrassment for a renowned news network still struggling to adapt to its controversial takeover by Trump-friendly new owners and their hand-picked editor-in-chief Bari Weiss

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2 w. ago George Clooney takes aim at Trump after NYE rant by using president’s mantra against him

Clooney and Trump have long been trading public jabs

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3 w. ago How JD Vance brokered peace between Trump and ‘kingmaker’ Musk — and what it might mean for 2028

Working behind the scenes, Vance pushed the administration to make concessions to the billionaire SpaceX CEO

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3 w. ago Crypto deals running at record pace with more expected in 2026

Dealmaking has been driven by Trump administration’s crypto-friendly policymaking

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