So Trump and tariffs – what’s going on? Let’s start with the latest development and work backwards. The president has announced a tariff of 15% globally. Now you might be thinking “didn’t he set it at 10% on Friday?” Yes he did. But now he’s raised it to 15%. The latest pronouncement came – on […]
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Microsoft’s Copilot AI tool led to more inaccurate evidence being used by West Midlands Police (WMP) to pursue a ban on Israeli football fans, MPs have uncovered. The revelation comes in a Commons select committee report into the controversial decision to exclude Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from a Europa League match at Aston Villa in
Some 3,000 people joined a march in France on Saturday after the killing of a far-right activist in an incident that shocked the nation. Quentin Deranque, 23, died in hospital from brain injuries last week after being beaten in Lyon, where clashes between far-right and far-left groups have become more frequent. A minute’s silence was
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NASA may delay its mission to send astronauts to the moon for the first time in more than half a century after discovering a fault with its rocket. Artemis II has been due to blast off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center from as early as March. On Friday night, however, NASA discovered that the flow
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Sweeping education reforms aimed at halving the disadvantage gap are to be unveiled by the government, with the plans also expected to include significant changes to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system. Ministers will aim to close the attainment gap between poorer pupils and more affluent peers, with a long-term target to halve
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Freestyle skier Zoe Atkin has won a bronze medal in the women’s halfpipe final at the Winter Olympics in Italy. It means a record-equalling medal tally of five for Team GB, which had already secured three golds, more than at any other winter Games, as well as a silver in the men’s curling on Saturday.
One of the first police officers on the scene of the 2017 London Bridge terror attack has been sacked for gross misconduct for his use of the word “pikey” in messages about Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller people. In one WhatsApp message, Detective Constable Mark Luker of British Transport Police used the term “dags”. He was
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Vitali Klitschko has urged Donald Trump “to be on the side of Ukraine” during peace talks with Russia – but the mayor of Kyiv admitted to Sky News he sometimes finds the president’s messaging hard to understand. Speaking to Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, the former world heavyweight boxing champion said it was “critically important”
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Two bodies have been found in the Eryri mountain range (Snowdonia) during a search for two missing men, North Wales Police have said. Concerns were raised to police over the welfare of the men, aged 19 and 20, on Wednesday. Crews from Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team, Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue Team, RAF Mountain Rescue Service, SARDA
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The Bishop of Lincoln, the Right Reverend Stephen Conway, has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. Lincolnshire Police confirmed a 68-year-old man had been arrested as part of an “ongoing investigation following an allegation that a man was sexually assaulted between 2018 and 2025”. Bishop Conway has been released on conditional bail. Earlier, a
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