3 h. ago A look at the countries that received Trump's tariff letters

President Donald Trump has sent letters to 14 countries outlining higher tariffs they’ll face if they don’t make trade deals with the U.S. by Aug. 1

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28 h. ago Donald Trump clashes with Elon Musk and threatens additional tariffs on countries with ‘anti

Musk says he is setting up America party to challenge Republican and Democratic ‘Uniparty’We can now bring you the latest updates from the devastating Texas floods that have killed at least 82 people. Rescuers are working around the clock to find survivors but their efforts may be hampered by more heavy rain that is expected to fall today.Most of the fatalities were in Kerr County, where Camp Mystic, a Christian girls’ camp, was deluged.Netanyahu and Trump have a complex personal relationship – and Trump openly vented frustration at him last month during efforts to negotiate a truce with Iran – but the two have appeared in lockstep since the US launched a bombing run against Iran’s nuclear programme, fulfilling a key goal for Israeli war planners.Netanyahu arrives in Washington in a strong political position, observers have said, potentially giving him the diplomatic cover he would need to end the war in Gaza without facing a revolt from his rightwing supporters that could lead to t...

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7 d. ago Shattered Lands by Sam Dalrymple review – the many partitions of southern Asia

A deeply researched history that examines colonial and post-colonial faultlines, from Aden to MyanmarEarlier this summer, amid renewed tensions between India and Pakistan following a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, Donald Trump remarked that the two countries had been fighting over Kashmir for “a thousand years”. It was a glib, ahistorical comment, and was widely ridiculed. Shattered Lands, Sam Dalrymple’s urgent and ambitious debut, offers a more comprehensive rebuttal. Far from being a region riven by ancient hatreds, the lands that comprise modern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar – as well as parts of the Gulf – were divided up within living memory from an empire in retreat.“You can’t actually see the Great Wall of China from space,” Dalrymple begins, “but the border wall dividing India from Pakistan is unmistakable.” Stretching more than 3,000km and flanked by floodlights, thermal vision sensors and landmines, this is more a physical scar left by the hurr...

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2 w. ago Photos of the aftermath of Iranian missile strikes in Israel as ceasefire status remains unclear

Israeli soldiers and rescue teams searched for survivors in the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by a deadly Iranian missile strike Tuesday. Others took shelter in an underground parking garage and metro station as a precaution against possible strikes. The barrage came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between the two countries.

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2 w. ago US supreme court clears way for Trump to deport migrants to countries not their own

Justices lift judicial order, handing victory to US president in his aggressive pursuit of mass deportationsThe US supreme court cleared the way on Monday for Donald Trump’s administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to show harms they could face, handing him another victory in his aggressive pursuit of mass deportations.The justices lifted a judicial order that required the government to give migrants set for deportation to so-called “third countries” a “meaningful opportunity” to tell officials they are at risk of torture at their new destination, while a legal challenge plays out. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Who are the G7 countries and why did Donald Trump have to leave early?

Donald Trump departs early from the G7 summit as tensions escalate between Israel and Iran, with both nations on the brink of further conflict

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3 w. ago Opinion of US has worsened in countries around world in last year, survey shows

Poll shows large decline in Mexico, Poland and Canada, with just 34% of people expressing some confidence in TrumpBarely one-third of people polled across 24 countries say they have confidence in Donald Trump as a world leader, with most describing the US president as “arrogant” and “dangerous”, and relatively few as “honest”.The survey of more than 28,000 people by the Pew Research Center also found that opinions of the US had worsened over the past year in more than half the countries polled – including falls of 20-plus points in Mexico, Sweden, Poland and Canada. In the UK, the figure had dropped from 54% to 50%. Continue reading...

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