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Trump’s ‘irresponsible war’ to blame for economic slowdown, German minister says

Germany’s finance minister has blamed Donald Trump’s “irresponsible war in Iran” for a big drop in his country’s expected tax revenues. Lars Klingbeil said the US president’s actions in the region had caused a “global energy shock”. German officials have

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Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not start of pandemic, UN health agency says

An outbreak of hantavirus on board a cruise ship is not the start of a pandemic, the UN health agency has said. Maria van Kerkhove, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a news briefing that

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US military strikes sites in Iran as countries exchange fire

US forces targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for launching a series of “unprovoked” missile, drone and small boat attacks against American warships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command said on Thursday. “U.S. forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and

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A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media

As the weekend approached, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal to end the seven-week war. Then President Donald Trump did exactly what his staffers have repeatedly said they wouldn’t do: He seemed to try

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Meet The Celebrity Apprentice candidates taking part in the first ever full-length series, coming to #iPlayer

Meet The Celebrity Apprentice candidates taking part in the first ever full-length series, coming to #iPlayer Competing for the chance to win a £100,000 donation to a charity of their choice, they’ll be hoping to prove their business acumen, impress

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Is that legal? Trump threatens bridges, power plants and a ‘whole civilization’

There’s nothing in the military’s 1,200-page Law of War Manual about whether it’s legal to end a civilization, perhaps because nobody could have imagined an American president would make such an apocalyptic threat. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never

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Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in first attack since ceasefire

Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy militia in Lebanon, said early Thursday it fired rockets at northern Israel in response to Israeli ceasefire violations, in its first attack since the deal was reached, Reuters news agency reported. Israel’s military hammered Lebanon on Wednesday,

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NATO chief says he understands Trump’s “disappointment” with allies over Iran

US President Donald Trump is “clearly disappointed” with many NATO allies for not supporting the US and Israel’s war on Iran to the extent he wanted, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said after meeting with Trump on Wednesday. Rutte, who

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Democrats are turning Republicans arguments against them in midterm races

President Trump and Republicans won over voters in 2024 by promising to bring prices down, zeroing in on concerns about inflation under President Biden. And until recently, gas prices had been something Republicans regularly boasted about. Democrats have since swooped

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President Trump agrees to ‘suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks’

Just 90 minutes before President Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline to “wipe out a whole civilization” with massive strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure and bridges, he granted a two-week extension for diplomacy to continue. “Subject to the Islamic Republic of

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