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Donald Trump has again attacked Nato for not supporting the US in the Iran war, following a private meeting with its Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.

The two weeks of leave for a woman and her partner is paid at the statutory level of just more than £194 per week, or 90% of weekly pay if that’s lower.

Residents in a town that voted overwhelmingly for Trump and support his hardline immigration policies don’t want to live with the consequences of those policies.

Officials say the hip-hop star was forced to sign papers releasing a rapper known as Pooh Shiesty from his record contract.

Not pandering to Reform, for a change.

Andrew Rosindell, who has represented Romford in east London since 2001, defected in January and was later locked out of the constituency office he had occupied at Margaret Thatcher House.

Written prescription fees from vets will be capped at £21 and practices will have to publish price lists for services, the UK’s competition watchdog has said.

Developers will be required to install solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes in England as part of updated planning requirements published by the government.

I guess this post could go to the UK Public Transport community, but in reality this particular clusterfuck (among many others) belongs firmly to the Tories, so UK Politics it is.

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Reform UK has suspended one of its candidates for May’s Holyrood election less than a day after they were announced.

We’ve just heard from US President Donald Trump, who has called Nato allies “cowards” and said it would be “easy” for them to allow ships to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Squarely putting himself at odds with Central Labour policy. Maybe he should vote Green?

Dog owners face unlimited fines and could see their pets taken away under new laws designed to better protect farm animals from attacks in England and Wales.

Its original position - allowing AI companies to use copyrighted works to train their models with an opt-out option - received major backlash from the likes of Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa.

A carpenter and father of a toddler has called on the government to give self-employed men paid paternity leave.

Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey is calling on the government to start building a “fully independent British nuclear deterrent” to end the UK’s reliance on the US.

I find it alarming that to “protect” women, men have to be surveilled secretly in all public places. This is way beyond dystopian.

Families of failed asylum seekers will be offered up to £40,000 to leave the UK under a trial scheme announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

More pointlessly cruel policy changes from the UK’s Labour government.

The UK has agreed to a US request to use British military bases for “defensive” strikes on Iranian missile sites, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

What is also interesting is that advertisements for smoking, and for fossil fuels and fossil technology are often remarkably similar.

Do you believe him? “Defensive positions”. My arsehole.

Here are the vote counts for the candidates in first, second and third place:

Last November, a 14-year-old Palestinian boy named Jad Jadallah was shot at close range by Israeli soldiers in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched a review into whether RAF bases were used by Jeffrey Epstein.

Retailer John Lewis is closing down its housebuilding business, scrapping plans to build 1,000 homes across three sites.

Users of social media - where the marketing campaign has been launched - say it is out of keeping with Gucci’s reputation for luxury.

Chocolate bars are being locked in plastic boxes in some UK shops as retailers and police forces warn thieves are stealing them to order.

A short while ago Mandelson was seen leaving his London home with police officers

Prior to last year, it had long been accepted that Christianity was declining in Britain - from the days when most people were Christian, to an increasingly atheist and multi-faith society where derelict church buildings were being sold off and turned into cocktail bars and luxury flats.

A couple were told they faced a $200,000 (£146,500) medical bill when their baby was born prematurely in the US, despite them having travel insurance which covered her pregnancy.

A theatre has agreed to remove bacon and sausages from its café menu during a production featuring Peppa Pig.

The BBC has commissioned a slate of new shows to mark Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, on Friday 8 May, and will be showcasing some of the finest programmes from his extraordinary seven-decade career in a week-long celebration of his work and legacy.

A woman has told the BBC she felt “dehumanised and reduced into a sexual stereotype” after Elon Musk’s AI Grok was used to digitally remove her clothing.