Trump says he will impose trade tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Saturday Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the latest from US politics and President Trump’s second week in office. First up, Trump has repeated his threat to impose tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, saying they will be introduced…
Police forces in England and Wales are facing “difficult and challenging” circumstances, the policing minister has accepted, as some have been forced to cut their number of officers. Diana Johnson said forces would need to make decisions locally on how many officers to have, days after Essex police said they could get rid of all…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Berlin protest against CDU/CSU’s migration policy – in pictures People protest in front of the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, against a migration vote at parliament Bundestag with far-right support of the Alternative for Germany party AfD. Photograph: Christoph…
The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has foreshadowed the axing of diversity and inclusion positions in the public service as part of wider cuts to the commonwealth bureaucracy if he wins the federal election. The main public sector union said the idea was straight out of the playbook of the US president, Donald Trump, who has…
Almost half of Danish people now consider the US to be a considerable threat to their country and the overwhelming majority oppose Greenland leaving to become part of the US, new polling has found. The research by YouGov, shared exclusively with the Guardian, comes after weeks of tension between Denmark, Greenland and the US over…
Regional music festival Groovin the Moo has cancelled for the second year in a row, just a week after Splendour in the Grass cancelled its 2025 edition, also for the second year running. “Groovin the Moo won’t be happening in 2025, while we work on finding the most sustainable model for Australia’s most loved regional…
The driver of a Land Rover that crashed into a primary school in Wimbledon, killing two young children, has been released on bail pending further investigations. Claire Freemantle, 48, was rearrested on Tuesday on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. She had previously been arrested for the same offence at the scene of the…
A conservative US appeals court on Thursday ruled that a ban on handgun sales to people between the ages of 18 and 21 violates the second amendment. The ruling, handed down by a panel of three judges on the fifth US circuit court of appeals in New Orleans, comes amid major shifts in the national…
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 asylum seekers a night at maximum occupancy, has cost the taxpayer at least £34.8m, according to the National Audit…
A study has found microplastic and nanoplastic pollution to be significantly higher in placentas from premature births than in those from full-term births. The levels were much higher than previously detected in blood, suggesting the tiny plastic particles were accumulating in the placenta. But the higher average levels found in the shorter pregnancies were a…
