Day: April 5, 2025

No 10 has been criticised for ‘sucking up’ to Donald Trump, but believes its defensive strategy has been vindicated

When Jonathan Reynolds gathered with officials around the large television screen in his office to watch Donald Trump unleash his global trade war, he knew little more than anyone else about what was to come.

It was Wednesday night and the US president was about to upend a century of global trade with the imposition of sweeping taxes on US imports from around the world. Continue reading…
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After three years, thousands of arrests and a state crackdown on protests, the group is ending direct action after a polarising campaign

On the morning of Valentine’s Day 2022, Hannah Hunt stood at the gates of Downing Street to announce the start of a new kind of climate campaign, one that would eschew mere protest and instead move into “civil resistance”.

Last week, three years and thousands of arrests later, in a neat tie-up exemplary of Just Stop Oil’s (JSO) love of media-savvy stunts, Hunt went to the same spot again – this time to announce the group would be “hanging up the hi-vis”. Continue reading…
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On average, one person is killed or injured by a landmine somewhere in the world every hour and the UN says children are often the victims.
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34 people are in custody over the fire last month in the eastern town of Kočani, including an ex-finance minister and seven senior police officers.
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