Donald Trump has said the US will send letters to some of its trading partners to unilaterally impose new tariff rates, suggesting that Washington lacks the capacity to reach individual trade deals. Highlighting the challenge for the White House to negotiate deals with scores of countries at once, Trump said it was “not possible to…
More than a dozen bishops and other senior Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith leaders have written to the prime minister after his “island of strangers” speech, urging him to use a more “compassionate narrative” about migrants. The letter was sent to Keir Starmer after his speech on Monday, which preceded the publication of the government’s…
The bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales will be strengthened and made more workable by proposed changes, Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the legislation, has said. As the House of Commons prepared to debate amendments, Leadbeater said fresh protections had been introduced to allow a further check on…
Two firefighters and a member of the public have died after a large fire at a former RAF base in Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire county council said the two firefighters died while tackling the blaze at Bicester Motion on Thursday. Bicester Motion, home to more than 50 specialist businesses focused on classic car restoration and engineering, is…
Mexico is seeking compensation from YouTube celebrity MrBeast’s production company, accusing it of using images of the country’s ancient archaeological sites to advertise a chocolate brand. A video of the social media star visiting Maya ruins has been viewed around 60m times since 10 May on YouTube, where he has 395 million subscribers. In the…
A Tory MP has claimed more than £1,100 in expenses for copies of the Who’s Who reference books for his office — despite it being available for free in parliament. Mark Pritchard’s claim for the index, which lists the biographies of notable people, cost the taxpayer £321.17 in January this year. He has also claimed…
Nasal tanning sprays linked to cancer and respiratory problems and other unsafe cosmetic products pose one of the biggest threats to consumers, trading standards officers have warned. Demand for these “dangerous and unregulated” tan-enhancing sprays, which is being driven by influencers on social media, could mirror the rapid rise of youth vaping, the Chartered Trading…
A dead tiger, left in a freezer for months. Starving lions and leopards. Animals dying without medical attention. One full-time staffer feeding over 300 animals. According to police and USDA inspection reports, that’s the state of affairs at Oregon’s West Coast Game Park Safari. State police served multiple search warrants at the south Oregon property…
A photo of seashells posted on Instagram by the former FBI director James Comey is now being investigated by the US Secret Service, after the US homeland security secretary Kristi Noem said it constituted a “threat” against Donald Trump. On Thursday, Comey posted a photo of seashells forming the message “8647”, with a caption that…
Donald Trump has announced deals totaling more than $200bn between the United States and the United Arab Emirates, including a $14.5bn commitment among Boeing, GE Aerospace and Etihad Airways, as he pledged to strengthen ties between the US and the Gulf state during a multiday trip to the Middle East. The White House said on…
