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Reba McEntire, Kacey Musgraves, Donald Trump and others mourn the country music star’s deathDolly Parton dies aged 80A life in picturesParton’s peerless career turned country music cliches inside outShare your tributes and memories of Dolly PartonOur picture editors have collated Dolly Parton’s life in pictures:In the UK, top radio presenter Jo Whiley introduced her BBC Radio 2 evening show by playing I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 in tribute to Dolly Parton after her death was announced in the 7pm news headlines. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/aug/25/dolly-parton-dead-age-80-live Author : Lucy Campbell Publish date : 2026-08-25

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