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Prime minister says the UK government is ‘prepared’ and would not agree economic deal with US if he does not think it is good for UKKeir Starmer said this morning that he would respond calmly to the US tariff announcements, and that he would not be rushed into a quick decision about retaliation. (See 9.06am.)Speaking to Sky News this morning, Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, said that business leaders were telling government not to overreact. He said:We in the UK will take any action we need to give ourselves the tools that we need to respond to announcements of this

European Commission president hopes to move from confrontation to negotiation after Trump attack on ‘pathetic’ EUElsewhere, Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen continues her three-day trip to Greenland amid escalating tensions with the US over the future status of the island.Arriving yesterday, she said “it is clear that with the pressure put on Greenland by the Americans, in terms of sovereignty, borders and the future, we need to stay united.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/03/europe-reaction-donald-trump-tariffs-live-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-04-03 07:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Police say David Mobbs was in ‘last stages of his life’ with motor neurone disease and had been in and out of hospital before his deathElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA pensioner has been charged with murder after being accused of administering a lethal dose of prescription medication to her terminally ill partner.Kylie Ellina Truswell-Mobbs, 50, was arrested more than a year after the death of David Ronald Mobbs, 56, at Alexandra Hills, in Brisbane’s south-east, in December 2023. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/03/alleged-murder-charges-pain-medication-brisbane-ntwnfb Author : Australian

Strong summit support for drug decriminalisation in favour of a health approach did not result in a recommendation from co-chairsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales government should consider ceasing the use of drug detection dogs and strip-searches at music festivals, a report from a landmark summit into how to reduce drug-related harms has recommended.However, it made no recommendation for decriminalising the possession of small quantities of drugs, despite acknowledging “substantial support” for the move.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

ANU climate scientist says ‘everyone is getting fatigued these records keep falling – it’s now incredibly predictable’Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has experienced its hottest 12-month period on record, ending with its hottest March on record, with last month seeing temperatures 2.41C above average, the Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed.The bureau said its data going back to 1910 showed the 12 months ending in March 2025 averaged 1.61C above average – the hottest of any 12-month period, beating the previous 1.51C mark set from January to December

Social media ads show former MP talking to a man in hi-vis who online viewers say closely resembles member of Liberal Goldstein campaignElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian elections have many proud traditions: democracy sausages, Akubra hats, and of course, salt of the earth “tradies” in campaign ads.The tradition continues down in Victoria, where a young man in an orange hi-vis vest, complete with a

US president has announced aggressive tariffs targeting US allies on what he has dubbed ‘liberation day’Full report: Trump announces sweeping new tariffs, upending decades of US trade policyAnalysis: Trump’s wall of tariffs is likely to raise prices and cause chaos for businessThe new US tariffs “will only create losers” with US consumers particularly hard hit, the German Automotive Industry Association (VDA), has said in a statement, calling on the EU “to act together and with the necessary force, while continuing to signal its willingness to negotiate.”The body, which represents the powerful German auto industry, said the tariffs markedthe United States’

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese says ‘no one has got a better deal’ but adds ‘that doesn’t mean it’s a good thing’Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has been hit with a 10% tariff on all imports to the US as part of a global tariff regime imposed by the US president, Donald Trump.In his “liberation day” speech, the president held up a board listing

President to impose ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on largest trading partners and says new charges will bring about ‘golden age’US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on some of its largest trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war on what he has dubbed “liberation day”.Trump said he will impose a 10% universal tariff on all imported foreign goods in addition to “reciprocal tariffs” on a few dozen countries, charging additional duties onto countries that Trump claims have “cheated” America. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/trump-new-tariffs-liberation-day Author : Lauren

Golfer has been used before as a diplomatic bridge to US president. Follow today’s news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastTrump says tariffs to be placed on pharmaceuticalsTrump says he’ll be putting in place reciprocal tariffs on pharmaceuticals, at half the rate “they have been charging us”.Australia … they’re wonderful people, and wonderful everything, but they ban American beef. Yet we imported

Influential podcast host and prominent Trump supporter criticizes administration for removal of gay makeup artistJoe Rogan, the influential podcast host and prominent supporter of Donald Trump, has criticized the president’s administration over the deportation of a professional makeup artist and hairdresser to a prison in El Salvador, calling it “horrific”.Andry José Hernández Romero, who is gay, had sought asylum in the US, telling officials he faced persecution because of his sexual orientation and political views. But US immigration officers argued the crown tattoos on his wrists were proof he was part of Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang, despite Hernández

It’s almost as if KemiKaze herself believes Labour’s mantra that the Tories are the source of all hopelessnessThere will come a moment when the Labour claim that the Tories are to blame for everything will no longer stick. People will start shaking their heads and reckon that Labour have something to answer for. But we’re not quite there yet. At least not at prime minister’s questions. For half an hour in the Commons every Wednesday the Conservatives remain the villains of the piece.Partly it’s the size of the Labour majority. The sheer volume of half-witted Labour MPs who are happy

UK financial regulator claims Jes Staley feared telling the truth could end his career and fuel potential lawsuits by victims The former chief executive of Barclays Jes Staley took a “chance” in lying to the UK regulator about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, amid fears that being truthful could end his career and fuel potential lawsuits by victims of the jailed paedophile, a court has heard.The allegations were made by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) during closing statements for the high-profile case at the upper tribunal in London on Wednesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/02/ex-barclays-boss-took-a-chance-in-lying-about-his-links-to-jeffrey-epstein-court-hears Author : Kalyeena Makortoff

Brother of Jagtar Singh Johal says he is ‘being mentally tortured’ through unwarranted detentionThe British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, detained for seven years in an Indian jail, has been placed into solitary confinement and under 24-hour surveillance despite being acquitted of all terrorism charges against him by a Punjab court on 4 March, his family have claimed. Johal is still facing the exact same charges in a parallel case in a clear example of double jeopardy, his brother Gurpreet said when giving testimony at Westminster to an all party committee on arbitrary detention. He said the Indian courts have

Defence minister Israel Katz says large areas of the territory will be seized and added to the security zones of IsraelAirstrikes continued on Gaza on Wednesday morning after the Israeli defense minister announced that Israel intended to expand its war. In a statement, Israel Katz said the offensive was “expanding to crush and clean the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure and capture large areas that will be added to the security zones of the state of Israel.”The move has been condemned by the Hostages Families Forum, who said it appeared that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government were making the return of

State police anti-terrorism unit investigating whether blaze in Torre Angela was started by anarchistsItaly’s interior ministry has written to police forces across the country to increase security at Tesla dealerships after 17 of the electric cars made by Elon Musk’s company were destroyed in a fire in Rome.Italy’s state police anti-terrorism unit, Digos, is investigating whether the fire at the Tesla dealership in Torre Angela, a suburb in the east of the capital, was started by anarchists. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/02/italian-police-increase-security-at-tesla-dealerships-after-17-cars-destroyed-in-rome-fire Author : Angela Giuffrida in Rome Publish date : 2025-04-02 12:28:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

PM hopes to reach economic deal with US but growing numbers call for unified retaliation to US tariffsThere will be two urgent questions in the Commons after PMQs. At around 12.30pm a Foreign Office minister will respond to a question from Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, about the Chagos Islands. And then another Foreign Office minister (or the same one?) will reply to a UQ from the Green co-leader Carla Denyer about Gaza.After that Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, will make a statement about nursery provision.With new US tariffs coming, Welsh businesses face even more uncertainty.The UK must make

Liberal judge Susan Crawford wins race for seat on Wisconsin supreme court in litmus test for Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s popularityLiberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidateThe result in Wisconsin means that liberals will keep a 4-3 ideological majority on the state supreme court.That majority is hugely significant because the court will hear major cases on abortion and collective bargaining rights. The court could also potentially consider cases that could cause the state to redraw its eight congressional districts, which are now drawn to advantage Republicans. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/apr/02/donald-trump-tariffs-trade-latest-live-us-politics-news Author : Tom Ambrose (now) and Tom Bryant

Bridget Phillipson warns of ‘difficult period’ ahead for trade, but government ‘working through every eventuality’Business live – latest updatesThe UK government will not engage in a “kneejerk” response to any tariffs imposed by Donald Trump, as it warned there will be a “difficult period” ahead in trade relations with the US and called for calm.The US president is to announce his latest round of tariffs on Wednesday – which he has called “liberation day” – sparking concerns over a global trade war. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/02/uk-response-trump-tariffs-trade-relations Author : Alexandra Topping Publish date : 2025-04-02 08:34:00 Copyright for syndicated

Some government sources anticipate tariffs of up to 20% across all exports to the US in broad-brush regimeElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia will consider taking its ally America to the World Trade Organization (WTO) if it is targeted in the Trump administration’s “liberation day” tariff regime, to be imposed from Thursday.The US president was expected to announce a new round of global reciprocal tariffs

Wild 5.5 metre swells hammer the eastern NSW coastline, causing damage to key walkways and closing beachesElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastLocals in Sydney’s east woke on Wednesday to discover the city’s most famous beaches and walkways battered and damaged by huge overnight swells.Bondi, Bronte, Clovelly and Cronulla beaches were among the areas smashed by 5.5 metre swells.Bondi’s world famous Icebergs pool was hit hard by the wild surf. Some glass fences by the pool were broken and railings mangled. The wreckage of a large water tank was

Report finds police mistook girl for missing woman in blunder that has appalled political leadersAn 11-year-old girl was restrained, injected with anti-psychotic drugs and placed on a mental health ward after New Zealand police mistook her for a missing woman, a report found on Wednesday.Health officials and police have scrambled to explain the mix-up, which has appalled political leaders and stoked outrage across the country. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/02/new-zealand-girl-sent-psych-ward-identity-mix-up Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2025-04-02 04:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Shadow resources minister tells Sydney conference Coalition would give gas the same status as a critical mineral to boost industry fundingElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition has told a gas industry conference in Sydney it would give gas the same status as a critical mineral, to allow the industry to access a $4bn export finance fund set up to support the transition to net

Randy Fine beats Josh Weil in Mike Waltz’s former district, and Jimmy Patronis wins seat vacated by Matt GaetzRepublicans on Tuesday won special elections for two US House of Representatives seats in Florida vacated by Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, dashing Democratic hopes for an upset victory in the first federal special elections held since the president began his second term.But Democratic candidates Josh Weil and Gay Valimont are likely to lose the solidly red districts by much smaller margins than the more than 30 points that Democrats lost the districts by in November. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/republicans-florida-special-elections-results Author

Óscar Arias, 84, who won Nobel peace prize in 1987, said US president was behaving like ‘a Roman emperor’Former Costa Rican president and Nobel winner Óscar Arias said on Tuesday that the US had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like “a Roman emperor”.Arias, 84, was president between 1986 and 1990 and again between 2006 and 2010. A self-declared pacifist, he won the 1987 Nobel peace prize for his role in brokering peace during the Central American conflicts of the 1980s. Continue reading... Source link :