Donald Trump has sparked a strong backlash after saying he will impose tariffs on eight European countries – including the UK – until the US is allowed to purchase Greenland. The US president said 10% tariffs would come into effect on 1 February for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland. […]
First Minister John Swinney has said a potential majority in Scotland’s May election would be taken as a green light to demand another independence referendum. Speaking on Sky News’ Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme, the Scottish leader said he believed the Scottish National Party (SNP) had to do “really well” in May’s vote for
Uganda’s long-time leader Yoweri Museveni has won the country’s presidential election, officials say, amid claims by the main opposition leader of “massive ballot stuffing”. Mr Museveni, 81, has been in power for 40 years and is set to serve a seventh term in office after securing 71% of support this time, according to the electoral
Temperatures could plummet again across the UK towards the end of the month, increasing the likelihood of snow, forecasters have warned. It comes as the Met Office said this weekend, temperatures will be mostly average, with showers on Saturday and temperatures ranging from 6C to 10C (42.8F to 50F). Met Office meteorologist Honor Criswick said
Like so much of the politics in the Middle East, the new governance structure for Gaza is complicated and contentious. And it’s clear that the most prominent positions so far will belong to people who are either American citizens or else are called Sir Tony Blair. There are four layers to this new plan. At
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A system urging doctors to rethink if a patient has had three appointments without a diagnosis, known as Jess’s Rule, will be advertised in all GP practices in England from this week. The rule is named after 27-year-old Jessica Brady, who contacted her surgery 20 times in six months before she died from cancer in
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A mother who is among a group of British parents suing TikTok after the deaths of five children has described a hearing in America as “deeply painful”. Ellen Roome, 49, from Gloucestershire, has been campaigning since her 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney died at home in Cheltenham in 2022. She travelled to Delaware to attend the
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Some of the tactics ICE agents have used in Minneapolis against peaceful demonstrators including tear-gassing and arrests, should be curbed, a federal judge has ordered. It comes amid US President Donald Trump‘s weeks-long crackdown on immigration in Minneapolis and St Paul which saw the deployment of thousands of federal officers and more than 2,500 arrests.
The Greens are calling for people under the age of 22 to have free bus travel in England. Party leader Zack Polanski said such a proposal could help young people shut out of work and training because of the cost of living. Those aged five to 22 have had free bus travel in Scotland since
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Rolls-Royce Holdings is to hand its chief executive a multimillion-pound annual pay boost, even as he nears one of Britain’s most lucrative ever public company payouts after overseeing a spectacular revival of the industrial manufacturing group. Sky News has learnt that Rolls-Royce’s board has concluded a consultation with leading shareholders on a radical overhaul of
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