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President says he gave Britain ‘better deal than I had to’ but ally was ‘not there when we needed them’ on Iran Middle East crisis – live updates Business live – latest updates Donald Trump has threatened to row back on the trade deal the US signed with the UK last year, in his latest salvo against the British government over sharp differences about the US’s approach to the Middle East. The US pr…

Regulator says tool, which creates reports for humans to review, has helped classify entire UK catalogue of HBO Max TV shows including Game of Thrones and Euphoria have received age ratings for the first time in the UK, after the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) deployed an AI tool to help assess content. The BBFC has developed a tool to identify content that triggers compliance issues…

US president says he has ‘held back’ on firing the head of the Federal Reserve leading up to end of Powell’s term in May Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Donald Trump threatened to fire Jerome Powell if he stays on as US Federal Reserve chair past the end of his tenure and doubled down on a criminal investigation into renovations of the central bank’s …

More than 1,000 people were in shelters across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands as Sinlaku moved away Super Typhoon Sinlaku hammered the Northern Mariana Islands, flipping over cars, toppling utility poles and ripping away tin roofs. Authorities were just beginning to assess the damage left behind by the typhoon, which first hit the islands on Tuesday night local time and continued with a ba…

Camp’s medical officer testified at a hearing as state health agency reviews camp’s application to reopen this summer Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The medical officer for Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp in Texas where 27 girls and counselors were killed in a catastrophic flood last year, testified this week she has still not officially repor…

More than 2,200 ants were found in Zhang Kequn’s luggage at Nairobi airport, with baggage destined for China A Chinese national has been sentenced to a year in prison and fined by a Nairobi court for attempting to smuggle thousands of ants out of Kenya, a lucrative trade in east Africa that was exposed last year. The insects are mostly destined for China, the US and Europe, where they become pets…

Péter Magyar’s stunning victory in Hungary is a boost for liberal democracy. But don’t bank on similar upsets in upcoming European elections When future historians come to write about the stunning electoral overthrow of Viktor Orbán on 12 April 2026, let’s hope they devote at least footnotes to zebras and golden toilet brushes. The zebras were spotted by drones on the sprawling grounds of a count…

Ari Hodara initially thought it might be a hoax after winning raffle he found out about by chance while dining out A Picasso painting worth more than €1m (£870,000) has been won in a raffle by a software engineer from Paris who thought the whole thing might be a hoax. Ari Hodara learned he was the winner of the raffle on Tuesday when he answered a video call from Christie’s auction house in Paris…

Péter Magyar compares media coverage to Nazi-era Germany and aims to ‘restore its public service character’ Europe live – latest updates Hungary’s prime minister-elect has vowed to suspend state media news coverage, describing it as a “propaganda machine,” when his government takes office around mid-May. Péter Magyar, whose landslide election victory on Sunday brought an end to leader Viktor Orbá…

Remarks come as Italian PM suspends defence agreement with Israel amid growing domestic pressure over conflict Donald Trump lashed out at one of his closest allies on Tuesday, saying Italy’s Giorgia Meloni lacked courage in light of her failure to join the US in attacking Iran. “I’m shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong,” the US president said in an interview with the Italian…

Met says incident in Finchley is being treated as antisemitic hate crime Two suspects are being sought after an attempted arson attack at a synagogue in north London in which two bottles thought to contain petrol were thrown at the building. The Metropolitan police said they are treating the incident as an attempted hate crime after the pair, who were wearing dark clothing and balaclavas, were se…

Narwhal Labs advert depicts woman next to strapline: ‘She outworks everyone. And she’ll never ask for a raise’ A British AI company that recently secured millions of pounds of investment has been accused of running a misogynistic and sexist advertising campaign. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has received at least seven complaints about the campaign by Narwhal Labs, which includes an a…

Several shots – including flu and Covid – lost their CDC recommendations under overhauls from the White House Several shots lost their recommendation from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after a judge’s stay against changes wrought by the Trump administration – which may affect access to the shots in some states. And no new vaccine recommendations may be made as long as th…

The new strategy to be unveiled by Richard Marles will see defence spending rise to about 2.4% of GDP – but US president has urged allies to spend 3.5% Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor will spend an extra $53bn on defence over the next decade, using the nation’s latest military blueprint to create new special investment programs to fund increases in capability us…

Leaders of Poland and Germany hail Péter Magyar’s majority as a turning of the tide – but analysts say there were other reasons for defeat of prime minister For Poland’s Donald Tusk, the crushing defeat of Hungary’s illiberal prime minister, Viktor Orbán, after 16 years in office was evidence that the world was “not condemned to authoritarian and corrupt governments”. Germany’s chancellor, Friedr…