Watch: Elon Musk says he is “disappointed” with Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”, in interview with CBS Sunday Morning Elon Musk has criticised one of the signature policies of Donald Trump, marking a break from the US president who he helped to win re-election in 2024. Last week, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed what…
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Reuters The King’s speech came at the invitation of new Prime Minister Mark Carney King Charles was given a heartfelt standing ovation in Canada’s Parliament in Ottawa after a historic speech in support of the country staying “strong and free”. Outside the Senate building later, another voice from the crowd shouted:…
US President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted on fraud and bribery charges. A jury found former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins guilty of accepting more than $75,000 (£55,000) in bribes last December, in exchange for making several businessmen into law enforcement officers without them being trained….
Poland has accused Russian intelligence services of orchestrating a massive fire that nearly completely destroyed a shopping centre in the capital Warsaw last year. In a post on X, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland knows “for sure” that the blaze at the Marywilska shopping centre was caused by arson ordered by the Russian special…
Robin Levinson King BBC News Getty Images White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller says Trump is considering suspending habeas corpus US President Donald Trump’s administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus, the principle that a person should be able to challenge their detention in court. Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief…
Faisal Islam Economics editor, BBC News Reporting fromOttawa, Ontario Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Will Canada’s newly-elected PM agree to meet Trump? Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said his country deserves respect from the US and will only enter trade and security talks with President Donald Trump “on our terms”. Speaking exclusively to…
European leaders have been left reeling after the first 100 days of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term saw increasing geopolitical and trade turmoil. “It’s unlike anything else we’ve seen before from the U.S. administration,” European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told CNBC’s “Europe Early Edition” when asked what Trump’s first 100 days have…
A new private membership club in Washington, D.C., co-founded by Donald Trump Jr., is charging a $500,000 membership fee — and there’s already a waiting list. The club, called Executive Branch, held a launch party on Saturday night that included at least a half dozen members of President Donald Trump’s administration as well as wealthy…
Donald Trump has attacked the head of the US central bank for not cutting interest rates, stating that Jerome Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough!”. The US president took to social media to renew his criticism of Powell ahead of the third interest rate cut this year by European Central Bank (ECB). On Thursday, it…
Charlotte Edwards Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The World Trade Organization (WTO) has forecast that global trade will fall this year because of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. It added “severe downside risks”, including reciprocal tariffs and political uncertainty, could lead to an even sharper decline in global goods trade. “The decline is expected…
