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Trump says he believes Ukraine can regain all land lost to Russia since 2022 invasion | Donald Trump
Donald Trump has said he believes Ukraine can regain all the land that it has lost since the 2022 Russian invasion in one of the strongest statements of support he has given Kyiv. The US president delivered his upbeat assessment by claiming Russia was in big economic trouble in a post on Truth Social after […]
Trump’s address to world leaders at the UN was for a different audience: his base | Donald Trump
Donald Trump may have been speaking to the 192 other world leaders gathered in the United Nations, but the real target of his speech on Tuesday was Europe, which was hauled up repeatedly as the whipping boy for an antiliberal, blood-and-soil polemic that renewed an assault on the transatlantic relationship that has become a theme […]
Trump cancels meeting with top Democrats as federal shutdown looms | US Congress
Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not meet with top congressional Democrats to discuss their demands for keeping the federal government open, prompting Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer to accuse the president of “running away from the negotiating table before he even gets there”. Congress is up against a 30 September deadline to authorize […]
UK to suffer highest inflation in G7 this year, says OECD | Global economy
The UK is expected to suffer the highest inflation among G7 nations this year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said. Amid resurgent food prices, with some retailers blaming the UK government’s £25bn-a-year increase in employer national insurance contributions (NICs) for pushing up costs, the OECD predicts that inflation in the UK will […]
‘Don’t pay any attention to what Trump says about medicine’, Wes Streeting tells Britons – UK politics live | Politics
Wes Streeting tells Britons ‘don’t pay any attention whatsoever to what Trump says about medicine’ Wes Streeting, the health secretary, has urged pregnant women to ignore Donald Trump’s bogus claims about a link between taking paracetamol and autism. Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine, Streeting said: I trust doctors over President Trump, frankly, on this. Streeting explained: […]
Medical and autism experts decry Trump’s Tylenol claims – US politics live | US news
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Opening summary Good morning, and welcome to our coverage of US politics on a busy day for Donald Trump as he is due to address the UN general assembly at 9.50am EST with several meetings scheduled for later. We’ll be bringing […]
Australian health experts warn Trump’s unfounded autism claims about paracetamol may harm pregnant women | Health
Australia’s peak body for obstetricians and gynaecologists fears pregnant women will not take paracetamol when they need it and suffer harm from unmanaged fever after the Trump administration made unfounded claims linking it to autism. They encouraged women to talk to their doctor rather than rely on the White House announcement on Tuesday, which they […]
Albanese warns Netanyahu expansion of settlements in West Bank risks putting two-state solution ‘out of reach’ | Australian foreign policy
Anthony Albanese is warning Benjamin Netanyahu any move to expand Israeli settlements in the West Bank or annex parts of Palestine risks putting a two-state solution permanently “beyond reach”. As far-right members of Netanyahu’s governing coalition demand Israel annexe some of the territory that would be part of a future Palestinian state, Albanese told major […]
Trump rails against Tylenol but autism claims not supported by science | Trump administration
Donald Trump has, allegedly, found “the answer to autism”: Tylenol. On Monday, Trump announced that pregnant women should dramatically limit their use of acetaminophen, known by the brand name Tylenol or internationally as paracetamol, because, he claimed, it raises the risk of autism. This claim is not supported by science. Research into links between acetaminophen […]
Anthony Albanese misses out on one-to-one meeting with Donald Trump | Anthony Albanese
Anthony Albanese has been left off Donald Trump’s official meeting schedule this week at the UN general assembly in New York. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday, Australian time, that the US president would hold bilateral meetings with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Union boss Ursula von der Leyen. But no […]