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Donald Trump has suggested that Ukraine could be Russian in the future – a statement that will set alarm bells ringing in Kyiv amid discussions over potential peace talks. “They may make a deal, they may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday,” Trump told Fox…
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Donald Trump has celebrated the news that the Gulf of Mexico is now labelled the Gulf of America on Google Maps after he signed an executive order to rename it… It comes after he signed a proclamation declaring 9 February 2025 the first-ever “Gulf of America Day”, having claimed the gulf is run by cartels…
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Donald Trump must remember that the only way to bring home Israeli prisoners is to respect the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a senior Hamas official has said. Last night, Trump said the Israel-Hamas ceasefire should be cancelled if all the hostages being held in Gaza are not released by noon on Saturday. This came…
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President Trump has used this language before. In the days before he became president, he said that if the hostages held by Hamas were not released by his inauguration on 20 January, “all hell will break out in the Middle East”. They were not all released and many remain in captivity. But he managed to…
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Donald Trump says he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he returned to the White House on 20 January. The US president made the comments in an interview aired on Fox News tonight. “Yeah… I have talked to him and I have talked to his people, too,” Mr Trump said when asked if…
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On the day China’s retaliatory tariffs on the US were due to take effect, the world has been blind sided by Donald Trump’s latest bombshell – a blanket 25% tariff on steel and aluminium exports to the US. There are no exceptions. This is an across-the-board levy. Canada, Mexico, and Brazil will be hit hard as major steel exporting…
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United States President Donald Trump has again insisted that the US will take control of the Gaza Strip. Trump made this statement while meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah at the White House on Tuesday. It was Trump’s first meeting with his Jordanian counterpart since announcing his plan to take over Gaza. Recently, Trump suggested he…
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The Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas does not return Israeli hostages by midday on Saturday, Israel’s prime minister has said. It comes after Hamas said it would postpone Saturday’s planned release, accusing Israel of violating the terms of the ceasefire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of a return to “intense fighting” and said his cabinet were in unanimous agreement following a…
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If Africa can find the confidence to take sentiment out of the equation and make a business pitch that makes sense, this could well be a very profitable and peaceful four years indeed, Ivor Ichikowitz writes. It is no overstatement to say the entire world is waiting with bated breath for the 47th president of…
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US President Donald Trump said he is committed to “buying and owning” Gaza and that other countries in the Middle East could help to rebuild it. US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his plan to take control of Gaza, and said that he could allow other states in the Middle East to rebuild…
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The European Union is up in arms as Donald Trump carries out his tariff threat. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and some MEPs called for unity. Tension has risen a notch after US President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on aluminium and steel. The European Commission reacted in the heat of the moment, announcing that retaliatory…
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The nation may be edging closer to a constitutional crisis as senior White House officials bristle over a string of court orders stymieing President Donald Trump’s agenda, sparking fears that they may ignore judicial decisions. A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled Monday that the Trump administration failed to comply with his previous directive temporarily halting a…
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US President Donald Trump said he has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone about ending the war in Ukraine, the New York Post reported, the first officially acknowledged conversation between Putin and a US president since early 2022. Trump, who has promised to end the war but has not yet set out in public…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (Feb 9) praised a proposal from President Donald Trump for US control of Gaza and the displacement of its population as “revolutionary”, following his return to Israel from Washington. Trump sparked global outrage by suggesting on Tuesday, during a week-long visit by the Israeli premier to the United States, that Washington…
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US President Donald Trump says he expects Elon Musk to find billions of dollars of fraud and abuse at the Pentagon during an audit that the billionaire will lead. “I’m going to tell him very soon, like maybe in 24 hours, to go check the Department of Education. … Then I’m going to go, go to the…
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President Donald Trump said Friday there have been “no deliberations” about his claims that the United States will seek to take over Gaza, but insisted that the region “will be given to us by Israel.” “It’s been perceived [that] the United States would view it as a real estate transaction, where we will be an…
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