Ros Atkins on…What is the US getting out of tariffs?
The BBC's Analysis Editor takes a look at the latest round of tariffs announced by President Trump - and what the US has got in return.
Ros Atkins on…What is the US getting out of tariffs?
The BBC's Analysis Editor takes a look at the latest round of tariffs announced by President Trump - and what the US has got in return.
Jo Haylen had to go once it was clear chauffeur wasn’t justified for second Hunter Valley trip, premier says
Chris Minns says while then-transport minister made some work calls during 2024 trip with husband, ‘it didn’t justify having a driver on the day’
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The New South Wales premier says Jo Haylen had to go once a second Hunter Valley trip using a chauffeur-driven car was revealed – and it became obvious she was not “justified” in having a ministerial driver that day.
Chris Minns addressed the media on Wednesday for the first time after Haylen quit as transport minister on Tuesday over the use of taxpayer-funded cars for private purposes.
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Continue reading...North Queensland floods: Ingham residents without running water and supplies dwindle as town remains cut off
While rain has eased across the region, residents in the small community are also without power and telecommunications
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A flood-hit town has been surrounded by water, cutting off power and telecommunications, as residents face a lack of fresh supplies after waking up to the news they have no running water.
Flooding in Queensland’s north-east on Wednesday comes after days of downpours, forcing hundreds to evacuate and claiming two lives.
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Continue reading...Trump Says He Would Jail Americans in El Salvador ‘in a Heartbeat’ – The New York Times
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Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip in shock announcement during Netanyahu visit
President’s plan, which is low on detail, would involve the permanent resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring countries
Donald Trump has vowed that the US would “take over” war ravaged Gaza and “own it”, effectively endorsing the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, in an announcement shocking even by the standards of his norm-shattering presidency.
Trump, who has previously threatened Greenland and Panama and suggested that Canada should become the 51st state, added Gaza to his expansionist agenda, claiming that it could become the “Riviera of the Middle East” and declined to rule out sending US troops to make it happen.
Continue reading...US Senate confirms Trump nominee Pam Bondi as attorney general
Bondi approved 54-46 as staunch political ally of president propelled to top perch of US law enforcement
The US Senate confirmed Pam Bondi on Tuesday as the next attorney general to steer the justice department through Donald Trump’s second term and his clear intent to turn it into an extension of his executive power, especially as a cudgel against his personal and political adversaries.
The 54 to 46 vote to confirm Bondi was largely across party lines. All Republicans voted to confirm and all but one Democratic senator, John Fetterman, voted against.
Continue reading...Watch: The moment when Trump says US could ‘take over’ Gaza
The president proposes that Palestinians could be resettled while the US redevelops the war-torn territory.
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
Staffers with Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) reportedly entered the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) in Silver Spring, Maryland, and the Department of Commerce in Washington DC today, inciting concerns of downsizing at the agency.
“They apparently just sort of walked past security and said: ‘Get out of my way,’ and they’re looking for access for the IT systems, as they have in other agencies,” said Andrew Rosenberg, a former Noaa official who is now a fellow at the University of New Hampshire. “They will have access to the entire computer system, a lot of which is confidential information.”
Continue reading...Trump doubles down on US ‘ownership’ of Gaza
US President Donald Trump doubled down on remarks about the United States owning and redeveloping Gaza.
Trump says US will ‘take over’ and ‘own’ Gaza in redevelopment plan
US president claims development plan could turn enclave into 'the Riviera of the Middle East'.
Donald Trump announces US aims for Gaza during Netanyahu’s visit
The Israeli prime minister was the first foreign leader to visit Trump after his inauguration ceremony on January 20.
Musk intensifies government spending attack with push to cut all regulations
Maxine Waters, Chuck Schumer and other lawmakers protest against billionaire outside US treasury
Elon Musk has proposed a “wholesale removal of regulations” in an intensification of his crusade to slash US federal government spending.
On a call aired on X, the social media platform he owns, the multibillionaire entrepreneur said regulations should be “gone” amid growing opposition to his mission as Donald Trump’s enforcer and head of a newly created “department of government efficiency” (Doge).
Continue reading...‘Basic lack of decency’ driving self-harm in women’s prisons, report says
Inspectorate points to challenges including ban on using washing machines for knickers and difficulties with family contact
Women in prison are resorting to self-harm because of “astonishing gaps” in basic services including strict time limits when contacting their children and bans from using washing machines for dirty underwear, according to a watchdog’s report.
A survey of women in prisons in England found that “the frustrations of day-to-day life” and a “lack of basic care” were driving many to hurt themselves.
Continue reading...Home Office wasted nearly £100m on plans to house asylum seekers, watchdog finds
Public Accounts Committee examined series of site purchases and found ‘troubling culture that repeatedly wastes public money’
The Home Office’s plans to house asylum seekers reveal a “dysfunctional culture of repeated mistakes and weak internal challenge” that wasted nearly £100m, parliament’s spending watchdog has concluded.
A Public Accounts Committee report said the department had a “troubling culture that repeatedly wastes public money” after examining the acquisition of the £15.4m HMP Northeye site to house new arrivals.
Continue reading...UK childhood mental health crisis to cost £1.1tn in lost pay, study finds
Researchers estimate lifetime earnings lost as charities call for independent review of causes of the crisis
More than £1tn will be lost in lifetime earnings in the UK as a direct result of the mental health crisis in young people, research estimates.
Published to launch the new Future Minds mental health campaign, the study forecasts the financial burden of failing to tackle the mental health crisis.
Continue reading...‘Watershed moment’ as three-year time limit on child rape claims scrapped in England and Wales
Under current rules, civil child sexual abuse cases must be brought within three years of turning 18
Hundreds of child rape survivors, including those targeted by grooming gangs, are expected to pursue their abusers in the courts after ministers scrapped a three-year time limit on compensation claims.
Under reforms hailed by campaigners as a “watershed moment”, ministers said civil claims will no longer have to be brought within three years of a child abuse survivor’s 18th birthday.
Continue reading...Ghana wants more for its cashews, but it’s a tough nut to crack
The African nation exports its cashews in raw form, but processing them would be more lucrative.
Ghana wants more for its cashews, but it’s a tough nut to crack
The African nation exports its cashews in raw form, but processing them would be more lucrative.
‘Gaza is not a place for people to be living’ says Trump
US President Donald Trump said the only reason Palestinians want to live in Gaza is because they have no alternative.