52 m. ago Renee Good shooting quietly sparks new ICE restriction as Donald Trump panics

Just hours after mum-of-three Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE officer, one of Trump's wingwomen quietly made a restriction to protect the controversial agency

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57 m. ago Trump sets his sights on Cuba as he threatens communist regime to make a deal 'before it is too late'

President Trump sent a clear message to Cuba Sunday morning over the country receiving oil and money following the capture of Venezuela's leader.

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71 m. ago John Swinney accused of breaking own rules with £7.6k business

The First Minister took flights and subsistence worth nearly £7,600 for his trip to lobby Donald Trump over Scotch whisky tariffs in September

Economics

91 m. ago Donald Trump sets sights on Cuba in warning – ‘Make deal before it is too late’

President Donald Trump has threatened Cuba to make a deal with the US 'before it is too late'

Events

1 hour ago Iran arrests protest leaders as crackdown intensifies amid threat of US intervention

Washington and Tehran step up war of words over Donald Trump’s threat to intervene in response to unrestIranian authorities have arrested key members of the protest movement that has rocked the country over the last two weeks, the national police chief said, as Washington and Tehran threaten each other over the prospect of US intervention in the Islamic republic.“Last night, significant arrests were made of the main elements in the riots, who, God willing, will be punished after going through legal procedures,” the police chief, Ahmad-Reza Radan, told state TV on Sunday, without specifying the number of those arrested. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago A $400,000 payout after Maduro's capture is putting prediction markets in the spotlight

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, the downfall of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

Economics

2 h. ago Former Republican chair says US institutions yielded to Trump, ‘the bully’

Michael Steele argues law firms, universities and media capitulated with startling speed and voters want accountabilityThe biggest surprise of Donald Trump’s first year back in office is how quickly America’s institutions capitulated to “the bully”, said Michael Steele, a former chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) turned arch critic.But with the midterm elections for Congress looming, Steele predicts a resounding Democratic victory amid a hunger among voters to hold the president and his allies accountable for threatening democracy. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Iran parliament speaker threatens ‘delusional’ Trump with retaliation if US strikes over protests

Iran’s parliament speaker warned the US military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if America strikes the Islamic Republic, as threatened by President Donald Trump.

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2 h. ago Exact moment Donald Trump's lies on Renee Good unravel in ICE shooter's video

New video evidence of Renee Good's final moments, analysed by the Mirror, have made clear that Donald Trump's allegations about the mum-of-three's character are unfounded

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2 h. ago Trump is 'preparing to STRIKE Iran as he is briefed on multiple options for attacking the country'... as Islamic Republic has promised to hit back

The president has not yet made a decision on whether to fire on Iran, but sources close to him said he is considering authorizing a strike in response to the regime's recent killings.

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3 h. ago Nobel Institute rejects María Corina Machado’s offer to share peace prize with Trump

Organisers clarify award ‘cannot be revoked, shared or transferred’ after Venezuelan opposition leader’s commentsThe organisers of the Nobel peace prize have said it “cannot be revoked, shared or transferred” after Venezuela’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, said she wanted to give her award to Donald Trump.When Machado was named Nobel laureate in October, it was seen as a snub by the White House, despite Machado rushing to dedicate the prize to the US president and his “decisive support of our cause”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Protesters gathered in Edinburgh call on Donald Trump to release Nicolas Maduro

The protest, organised by Stop the War Scotland, called on world leaders to intervene in the detention of the Venezuelan President.

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3 h. ago Transgender teen athlete in a Supreme Court fight knows the upcoming sports season could be her last

Becky Pepper-Jackson is a 15-year-old in West Virginia who knows the upcoming sports season could be her last

Sport

4 h. ago Putin's week of 'humiliation' at the hands of Trump: Experts explain how Russian dictator has been 'put in a corner' by Atlantic ship raid and Maduro capture as US flexes its muscles around the world

Donald Trump has put Vladimir Putin 'in a corner' by taking Venezuela's leader prisoner and storming a Russian oil tanker this week, experts have said. 

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5 h. 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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5 h. ago Mandelson reveals what he really thinks of Trump in first interview after sacking over Epstein ties

Lord Mandelson has revealed what he really thinks about Donald Trump.

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5 h. ago UK and Nato allies boosting Arctic defence as Trump ramps up Greenland pressure

The Government has played down reports British troops could be sent to Greenland as part of a Nato mission.

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5 h. ago Scotland on 'front line' of increasing tensions between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin over Greenland

Russian aircraft and naval vessels have repeatedly strayed into Scottish airspace and maritime zones in recent years.

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5 h. ago Donald Trump 'draws up Greenland invasion plot' after Venezuela kidnap success

US President Donald Trump is reportedly becoming more and more seriously about his threats to take Greenland from Denmark by force, according to insiders

Events

5 h. ago Trump orders army chiefs to draw up Greenland invasion plans after Maduro capture success

Donald Trump is so keen to get his hands on Greenland he is looking to pay each islander $100k to convince them to join the US, but has also ordered military chiefs to draw up invasion plans

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