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Mark Carney says Canada is ‘united’ in face of threats as leaders agree to talk before tariffs take effect next month Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Donald Trump has defended his new 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, claiming the country cannot survive without the US. The White House announced the sweeping round of import duties – due to come into effect next month – on Monda…

China’s foreign ministry says ‘relevant countries’ should ‘stop stirring up tension’. Follow live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More on that response from China to Penny Wong’s comments at Asean: They came in a press conference held by foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian. According to the official translated transcript , he was asked about Wong’s comments that Ch…

Passage of annual bill complicated by Trump’s decision to join Israel in attacking Iran without congressional approval The US House of Representatives passed a $1.15tn defense policy bill in a near-party-line vote on Wednesday, after Democrats refused to back the measure amid the war with Iran and Donald Trump ’s push to impose new restrictions on voting nationwide. A key plank of the president’s…

Andy Biggs wins nomination to challenge Katie Hobbs as Alex Kolodin won party’s primary for secretary of state Donald Trump-backed candidates in Arizona prevailed in key primary contests on Tuesday, setting up a fall campaign that will test whether Republicans can reverse some of their recent losses in the presidential battleground state. Andy Biggs, the hard-right congressman endorsed by Donald …

Jamieson Greer denies tariffs have pushed up prices during grilling from lawmakers over cost-of-living concerns Donald Trump’s chief trade official denied the president’s sweeping tariffs have increased prices for US families, as lawmakers challenged him over cost-of-living concerns across much of the country. US inflation surged to a three-year high earlier this year. During a heated exchange be…

Campaigners in Ukraine pledge to continue nationwide protests until Mykhailo Fedorov gets his job back Volodymyr Zelenskyy was under growing pressure to reinstate his sacked defence minister on Wednesday, after campaigners said they would continue indefinite nationwide protests until Mykhailo Fedorov got his job back. On Tuesday, Zelenskyy bowed to public demands by firing Ukraine’s commander-in-…

European Commission says Paramount Skydance’s decision to end Universal venture addresses merger concerns Paramount Skydance’s £80bn takeover of Warner Brothers took a step closer to being realised after it won conditional approval from the European Union. The European Commission said Paramount’s offer to ⁠end a film ⁠distribution ​joint venture with Universal Pictures addressed its concerns over…

PM says he wants to ensure ‘everything has been looked at’ amid outrage at policy from family of PC Andrew Harper Andy Burnham is immersed in a deepening political row after ordering a review of plans for the early release of thousands of killers, rapists and sex offenders from prison in September. After the family of PC Andrew Harper expressed outrage that his killers may be eligible for release…

Public prosecutor for the region said suspect had been initially arrested shortly after the murder on 29 April last year A 70-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of Karen Carter, the British expat found dead in south-western France last year, according to reports. According to the Dordogne Libre and others, the woman was charged on 2 July with Carter’s murder in Trémolat, in the Dordo…

Party chair queries status of funds Reform leader received from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne The Conservatives have asked HMRC to investigate whether Nigel Farage should have paid tax on the £5m gift her received from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. The party chair, Kevin Hollinrake, wrote to the tax authorities questioning whether it was a payment to compensate him for ru…

Details emerge about how much Interscope Records paid the singer at hearing to determine if there is probable cause for murder case to proceed to trial Singer D4vd had a multi-million dollar recording deal, an executive at his former label testified on Wednesday, as prosecutors sought to establish the musician had a financial motivation to kill Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Details emerged around how …

The new prime minister plans to make Sarwar, the first Labour figure to call for Keir Starmer’s resignation, a peer Scottish Labour’s rivals in Holyrood have slammed Anas Sarwar’s shock decision to resign as leader to sit in Andy Burnham’s new government, calling him a “chancer” and accusing him of lying to voters. The prime minister plans to make Sarwar, who was the first senior Labour figure to…

Figures come as large parts of southern Europe endure another record-breaking period of extreme temperatures France recorded more than 5,700 excess deaths during its June heatwave, authorities have said, as swathes of southern Europe continue to endure another record-breaking period of extreme temperatures. The French national health agency said on Wednesday that it had recorded 5,764 excess deat…

Mayor admits he has no authority to direct Israeli prime minister’s arrest after saying he’s ‘not welcome’ in NYC Zohran Mamdani , the New York City mayor, doubled down on his support for the international criminal court on Wednesday, a day after calling on federal authorities to execute the court’s warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu ’s arrest should he visit the city in the fall. “I call on the fede…

National emergency test alert will be sent to all mobile devices on 27 July, with domestic violence advocates advising how to turn off safe phones Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Virtually every phone in the country will blare an emergency siren at 2pm AEST on Monday 27 July, as part of the first Australia-wide test of a new national warning system called AusAlert. Mo…