US neighbors hit with 25% tariff and China with 10% as Trudeau pledges ‘forceful but reasonable’ response Donald Trump has vowed to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China starting this weekend, potentially setting the stage for a damaging trade war between the US and three of its biggest […]
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said it could not ‘confirm any survivors’ aboard plane that went down near Roosevelt Mall A medical transport jet carrying a pediatric patient and five others crashed into a north-east Philadelphia neighborhood on Friday evening, erupting in a fireball and setting several homes ablaze just 30 […]
Exclusive: MPs and ministers say they would oppose Starmer if he tries to approve Rosebank development Senior Labour figures are warning of a serious fight if Keir Starmer tries to give the go-ahead to a giant new oilfield off Shetland later this year. MPs and ministers have told the Guardian […]
National Transportation Safety Board announces recorders are now at a lab for evaluation; operation to recover bodies continues Full report: cockpit voice and flight data recorders recovered Victims: world champion Russian pair and US skaters were onboard crashed plane Visual guide – how did the DC plane crash unfold? It’s […]
Singer and actor overcame drug addiction and homelessness to collaborate with everyone from the Rolling Stones and Metallica to Jean-Luc Godard Tribute: Marianne Faithfull was a towering artist, not just the muse she was painted as Life in pictures Marianne Faithfull, whose six-decade career marked her out as one of […]
Vessel commissioned by previous Tory government to house asylum seekers was decommissioned in November Eighteen months after it arrived at Portland Port in Dorset, the empty asylum seeker barge Bibby Stockholm has been towed away from its mooring. The barge, which only ever provided accommodation for about 400 single male […]
National Audit Office says government attempts to tackle misogynistic violence are hampered by poor coordination An “epidemic of violence against women and girls” in the UK is getting worse despite years of government promises and strategies, a highly critical report from Whitehall’s spending watchdog has said. The National Audit Office […]
Handover delayed by jostling crowd in Khan Younis, with Netanyahu suspending release of Palestinian prisoners Three Israelis and five Thai citizens held in Gaza have been freed, as Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy met hostages’ relatives, reportedly telling them he was optimistic the ceasefire would hold to allow the return […]
Mary Grimes, Avril Monaghan, Maura Monaghan and Avril’s unborn twins died in 1998 attack, inquiry hears A family from which women of three generations were killed in the Omagh bombing have spoken about the immeasurable pain caused by the atrocity and said they hope no other family suffers as they […]
‘Covid baby’ explanation starting to feel like an excuse, say some teachers, as quarter of children begin reception in nappies Some children are starting reception school “unable to climb a staircase”, while others use Americanisms in their speech because of too much screen time, according to a survey of teachers. […]