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Fed chair warns of high inflation and slower growth as Trump tells him to cut interest rates – live

Federal Reserve chair says ‘we face a highly uncertain outlook’ as president tells him to cut interest rates

The Trump administration is taking aim at Brown University with threats to freeze $510m in grants, widening its promise to withhold federal funding from schools it accuses of allowing antisemitism on campus, according to multiple media outlets including Reuters and the New York Times.

University officials said they had not yet been formally notified, but the school was among dozens warned last month that enforcement actions could be coming as the administration seeks to crack down on academic institutions .

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© Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

Israel restarts ground operations in northern Gaza Strip in renewed campaign

4 avril 2025 à 20:26

At least 25 killed in attack on Khan Younis in south as Israel says it is aiming to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages

Israel has restarted ground operations in the northern Gaza Strip and killed at least 25 people in airstrikes on the southern city of Khan Younis in what it says is a renewed military campaign aimed at pressuring Hamas into releasing Israeli hostages.

At least 25 people were killed in the attack on Khan Younis early on Friday, the local Nasser hospital told AFP, as the search for survivors continued.

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© Photograph: Israeli Army/Reuters

Trump extends deadline for TikTok sale to non-Chinese buyer to avoid ban

Par :Reuters
4 avril 2025 à 20:15

Deadline set by US president was supposed to be Saturday, with Trump now considering decreasing tariffs to get deal

Donald Trump on Friday afternoon extended by 75 days a deadline for the Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell US assets of the popular short-video app TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban that was supposed to take effect in January under a 2024 law.

“The deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed,” the US president said, explaining why he was extending the deadline he set in January that was supposed to expire on Saturday. “We hope to continue working in good faith with China, who I understand is not very happy about our reciprocal tariffs.”

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© Photograph: Daniel Cole/Reuters

23andMe’s demise is a warning: the US needs to overhaul genetic data protection | Dalton Conley

4 avril 2025 à 20:00

We’re moving toward a society where genetic information is a part of everyday life – and we don’t want it in the wrong hands

With a heavy heart, I clicked on my 23andMe account on a recent morning, confirming that I wanted to delete my data. The genetic testing company filed for bankruptcy late last month and the California attorney general and others have recommended that users delete their data lest it be acquired by less scrupulous companies as the company is stripped for parts during bankruptcy proceedings.

I was one of the company’s earliest customers and had used their service to genotype not just myself but my entire extended family. I even got my kids’ babysitter a kit.

Dalton Conley is Henry Putnam university professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture

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Prince Andrew wrote birthday letters to Xi Jinping, ex-adviser told court

4 avril 2025 à 19:56

Released court statement says alleged Chinese spy helped draft private letters to Chinese president

The Duke of York sent letters directly to China’s president, the prince’s former senior adviser told a special immigration tribunal, with an alleged Chinese spy advising him on how to write them.

Dominic Hampshire, who worked for Andrew from 2019-22, said Andrew had “always had a communication channel” with Xi Jinping that was “accepted” and may even have been encouraged by Buckingham Palace and the late queen.

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© Photograph: Pitch@Palace/Youtube

‘Cruel separation’: wife of mistakenly deported Maryland man pleads for his return

4 avril 2025 à 19:40

White House has said US courts can’t order return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was erroneously flown to El Salvador

The wife of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador joined dozens of supporters at a rally before a court hearing on Friday, where his lawyers will ask a federal judge to order the Trump administration to return him to the US.

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, a US citizen, hasn’t spoken to her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, since he was flown to his native El Salvador last month and imprisoned. She urged her supporters to keep fighting for him “and all the Kilmars out there whose stories are still waiting to be heard”.

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© Photograph: José Luis Magaña/AP

China hits back hard at ‘bullying’ Trump tariffs as global recession fears grow

Beijing imposes punitive 34% extra tariffs on all goods imported from US, exacerbating stock market sell-off

China has hit back hard against Donald Trump’s “bullying” tariffs, raising fears that the escalating trade war could trigger a global recession and prompting fresh turmoil in financial markets.

Beijing retaliated on Friday with punitive 34% additional tariffs on all goods imported from the US – mirroring the US decision and exacerbating a sell-off on global stock markets.

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Terry Newman: CBC unfairly attacks Carney’s father

4 avril 2025 à 19:16
The 2025 Canadian federal election campaign is in full swing. During such times, extra attention is paid to candidates and party leaders, which can sometimes include digging up stories about their pasts, which is fair game. But on Thursday, CBC went further than most, resurrecting the ghost of Robert Carney to stand trial for using outdated language in a 1965 interview and his nuanced defense of the residential school system. Read More

US ‘testing’ if Russia is serious about peace in Ukraine, says Marco Rubio

4 avril 2025 à 19:01

Secretary of state says Putin ‘will have to make a decision’ as US officials appear to be growing impatient

The US will know within weeks whether Russia is serious about pursuing peace with Ukraine, the secretary of state has said, warning that Donald Trump was not “going to fall into the trap of endless negotiations” with Moscow.

“We’re testing to see if the Russians are interested in peace,” Marco Rubio told journalists in Brussels after talks with Nato allies. “Their actions – not their words, their actions – will determine whether they’re serious or not, and we intend to find that out sooner rather than later.”

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© Photograph: Titov Yevhen/ABACA/REX/Shutterstock

The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s tariff ultimatum: tribute for access to America’s empire | Editorial

4 avril 2025 à 18:55

As the White House retools US imperialism with import duties, others must resist dependency – deepening regional ties and reducing exposure to chokepoints

When Donald Trump stood before union auto workers in the Rose Garden he declared “Liberation Day”, promising to stand up for Main Street. Whether that pledge will be fulfilled is moot. He will declare victory either way. What the US president offered was not just an economic programme, but an imperial one.

Mr Trump’s logic, if it exists, lies in the 397-page report on “foreign trade barriers” he brandished on Wednesday. Its message is brutally simple: you may sell your goods to Walmart shoppers, but only if you let US cloud services hoover up your data, US media flood your screens and US tech monopolies operate on their terms – not yours. TikTok is the test case for Trump’s platform nationalism: only US firms may mine data, reap profits and rule the digital empire.

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Trump issues emergency declaration for Kentucky as storms threaten heavy flooding

4 avril 2025 à 18:10

A deadly US storm system may intensify on Friday after killing seven throughout the central states

Donald Trump on Friday approved an emergency declaration for Kentucky as the central US braces for what experts in the region have warned could be a “generational” flooding event, as severe spring storms that have killed at least seven continue to wreak havoc.

Millions are affected across a swath of the US stretching from Texas to Ohio, and the powerful storm system that has raged for two days is expected to stall over the country’s midsection, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, fueling further deluges and possible tornadoes in areas already drenched from thunderstorms bringing heavy rains.

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© Photograph: Michael Swensen/Getty Images

Piers Morgan plans to expand his Uncensored YouTube channel

4 avril 2025 à 17:00

Broadcaster wants to branch out with shows covering crime, history and sport and says he has investors lined up

Piers Morgan is planning to create a YouTube empire covering true crime, history and other genres, claiming to have “significant players” already lining up to invest.

Morgan said he was looking to branch out from his Piers Morgan Uncensored YouTube channel and find a series of “mini-mes” to front other shows under the brand. He said his current show was already turning a profit since he broke away from Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in January.

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© Photograph: Belinda Jiao/Reuters

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