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Move by Canada comes after US president spent morning railing against the country, calling it the ‘most difficult’ nation he deals withCanada announces retaliatory tariffs on wide range of US goodsSign up for the US Breaking News emailOn Truth Social, however, the president shot down assertions that the US talks with Canada collapsed in part due a proposed trade deal that would have weakened French language protections.“I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French!” he wrote. “In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing. This lie was made up by a weak and ineffective Prime

Prime minister known to be keen to attend UN general assembly after meeting Volodymyr Zelenskyy in UkraineEurope live – latest updatesUK officials are making preparations for a potential meeting between Andy Burnham and Donald Trump after the prime minister said he hoped to attend next month’s UN general assembly in New York.Burnham is known to be particularly keen to attend the annual gathering after meeting Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday, when he pledged to help drum up more international support for Ukraine. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/25/andy-burnham-us-new-york-ukraine-patriot-missiles Author : Peter Walker and Jessica Elgot Publish date : 2026-08-25

£10bn for housing with 60% social renting is at odds with PM’s previous call for programme to be spent entirely on social homesThe chancellor, John Healey, has said government investment in a tungsten mine in Devon will help bolster Britain’s defence and nuclear industries.The Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon will receive up to £71m from the National Wealth Fund to help restart operations at the mine on the outskirts of Plymouth.We are living in a more dangerous world, which is why backing British industry is more important than ever before. That is what this deal does.We are tapping

UK PM to join delegation of leaders lobbying US president to step up suppliesBurnham plans trip to New York as Ukraine pleads for US-made missilesIn other news, at least 35,000 more people died during Europe’s record-breaking heatwaves this summer than would normally be expected, the Guardian’s Europe correspondent Jon Henley reports.According to provisional national figures, which cover barely half of the continent, excess mortality in three of the EU’s larger countries – Germany, France and Spain – has already exceeded 25,000, as experts warn the toll will rise significantly once August totals are consolidated.Warm and sincere Independence Day wishes from