Donald Trump has said he will visit China after speaking to its leader Xi Jinping over the phone. The US president said he had reciprocated with an invite to the White House during the “very good talk” – though such a trip has not been confirmed by either side. Thursday’s call is the first time...
Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into Joe Biden’s actions during his presidency, accusing aides of a “conspiracy” to “deceive the public about Biden’s mental state”. In this latest move to discredit his predecessor, Trump took aim at the aides’ use of an autopen – a device that replicates signatures which presidents, including Trump, have...
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The UK has been spared from US President Donald Trump’s executive order doubling steel and aluminium tariffs from 25% to 50%. The order signed by Trump on Tuesday evening raises import taxes for US firms buying from other countries – but the levy remains at 25% for the UK. The UK and US tariff pact...
Getty Images US President Donald Trump has signed an order doubling tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from 25% to 50%. The move hikes import taxes on the metals – key inputs in everything from cars to canned food – for the second time since March. Trump has said the measures, which come into effect...
Global economic growth is set to be slower this year largely because of Donald Trump’s US tariffs, according to a leading international policy group. Worldwide growth is now expected to slow to a “modest” 2.9%, down from a previous forecast of 3.1%, said the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It blamed a “significant”...
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Getty Images Many South Africans are deeply attached to their land South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is at the centre of a political firestorm after he approved a law that gives the state the power to expropriate some privately owned land without compensation for owners. The law, which is yet to be implemented, has drawn...
Watch: Elon Musk says he is “disappointed” with Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”, in interview with CBS Sunday Morning Elon Musk has criticised one of the signature policies of his close ally, US President Donald Trump. Last week, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed what Trump calls his “big, beautiful” bill, which includes multi-trillion dollar...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Reuters The King’s speech came at the invitation of new Prime Minister Mark Carney King Charles was given a heartfelt standing ovation in Canada’s Parliament in Ottawa after a historic speech in support of the country staying “strong and free”. Outside the Senate building later, another voice from the crowd shouted:...
US President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted on fraud and bribery charges. A jury found former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins guilty of accepting more than $75,000 (£55,000) in bribes last December, in exchange for making several businessmen into law enforcement officers without them being trained....
Nick Ericsson BBC World Service Reuters President Trump doubled down on his unfounded claims of a white genocide in a remarkable meeting with President Ramaphosa South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation went to Washington this week hoping for a boost and a reset after months of acrimony with the Donald Trump administration. Instead...
Peter Mwai, Matt Murphy, Jake Horton & Joshua Cheetham BBC Verify BBC Donald Trump confronted President Cyril Ramaphosa during a tense exchange in the White House on Wednesday, with a series of contested claims about the killings of white farmers in South Africa. The meeting – at first warm and light-hearted – quickly changed tone...
Reuters US President Donald Trump has given members of South Africa’s Afrikaner community refugee status, alleging that a genocide was taking place in the country. Nearly 60 of them have arrived in the US after being granted asylum. The South African government allowed the US embassy to consider their applications inside the country, and let...
There had been heavy rainfall in the days leading up to the tournament but, in drier conditions on Thursday morning in North Carolina, Donald was one of several surprising names to be found near the top of the leaderboard. The 47-year-old, who hit the first shot of the tournament at 07:00 local time, is ranked...