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Polish president backs Trump over Ukraine – and tells allies to ‘stay calm’ over tariffs

​Poland's outgoing President Andrzej Duda has kept few revelations for the final weeks of his presidency. Ten years in office - a tenure spanning Donald Trump's first and current term - his admiration for the incumbent leader of the free world remains undimmed. As is his conviction that Ukraine's only chance of peace lies with the US leader.In an interview with Sky News in the presidential palace in Warsaw, President Duda described Mr Trump's tariff policy as "shock therapy", a […]

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‘We’ll be back to the Stone Age’: British Steel employees express fears over plant’s future

MPs are set to debate emergency legislation to keep the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe open in a move that would pave the way for nationalisation.The rare Saturday sitting of parliament will come after Jingye, the steelwork's Chinese owner, cancelled orders for the raw materials needed to keep the UK's last blast furnaces running.Jingye also rejected a £500m state rescue package in a move which raised fresh doubts about the 3,500 jobs at the Lincolnshire plant - with it feared […]

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A remarkable step by the government – and Trump, China and Reform UK have all played their part

​When the sun sets on Scunthorpe this Saturday, the town's steelworks will likely have a new boss - Jonathan Reynolds.The law that parliament will almost certainly approve this weekend hands the business secretary the powers to direct staff at British Steel, order raw materials and, crucially, keep the blast furnaces at the plant open.This is not full nationalisation.But it is an extraordinary step.The Chinese firm Jingye will - on paper - remain the owner of British Steel.But the UK state […]

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Teachers in England gearing up for potential strike action

​Teachers in England are once again gearing up for potential strike action after an overwhelming majority of National Education Union (NEU) members rejected the government's latest pay offer.In an electronic ballot, 93.7% of respondents turned down the proposed 2.8% pay rise, labelling it inadequate and unfunded.If the pay offer had been accepted, schools would have had to find the money from existing budgets to pay for the increase - with many saying they are already overstretched.Some 83% of teachers said […]

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Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch boss ‘unfit to stand trial’

Abercrombie & Fitch's former chief executive is not fit to stand trial on sex trafficking charges as he is suffering from dementia, both prosecutors and his lawyers have said.Mike Jeffries has Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia and the "residual effects of a traumatic brain injury", his defence attorneys wrote in a letter filed at a federal court in Central Islip, New York.The 80-year-old needs around-the-clock care, they added, citing evaluations by medical professionals.Prosecutors and defence lawyers are calling for Jeffries […]

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US envoy meets Putin for talks – as Trump urges Russia to ‘get moving’ on Ukraine

​Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff has met Vladimir Putin for talks in Russia - as the US president called on Moscow to "get moving" to end the war in Ukraine.Mr Witkoff, who has been pressing the Kremlin to accept a truce, visited Mr Putin in St Petersburg after earlier meeting the Russian leader's international co-operation envoy Kirill Dmitriev.Mr Putin was shown on state TV greeting Mr Witkoff at the city's presidential library at the start of the latest discussions […]

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Trump undergoes annual medical check-up

Donald Trump has had his annual medical check-up, although the US president has consistently chosen to keep basic facts about his health secret.There is no guarantee the public will be told about the health of a man who, at the age of 78, was the oldest in US history to be sworn in as president."I have never felt better, but nevertheless, these things must be done!" Mr Trump posted on his social media site.He will be examined at Walter Reed […]

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Trump to undergo annual medical check-up

Donald Trump is undergoing his annual medical check-up on Friday, although the US president has consistently chosen to keep basic facts about his health secret.There is no guarantee the public will be told about the health of a man who, at the age of 78, was the oldest in US history to be sworn in as president."I have never felt better, but nevertheless, these things must be done!" Mr Trump posted on his social media site.He will be examined at […]

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Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing can go ahead next week, says judge

The Menendez brothers' bid for freedom through resentencing can continue with the hearing scheduled for Thursday, a judge has ruled.Lyle and Erik received life sentences without the possibility of parole after being convicted of murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, at their Beverly Hills home in 1989.Lyle was 21 at the time, Erik was 18.Former Los Angeles district attorney George Gascon asked a judge last year to change the brothers' sentence from life without the possibility of parole to […]

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