Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out a fresh round of benefit cuts ahead of the autumn Budget, with Donald Trump’s tariffs threatening to blow a hole in the UK’s public finances.

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The U.S. already imposes heavy sanctions on Russia but still did approximately $3.5 billion in trade last year

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The United Nations has condemned reports by local rights groups of extrajudicial killings taking place in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, which the Sudanese military recaptured last month

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Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities have argued that her case should be handled by the federal court in Massachusetts

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The incident allegedly took place in Cannes, France

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With global markets in disarray, is now the time to panic or stash cash in your attic? Personal finance influencer Vivian Tu, tells Mike Bedigan what people should be doing instead

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The MTV Video Music Awards have a new home

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Editorial: Balancing Britain’s interests with nurturing the US-UK special relationship is going to require every ounce of clearheadedness the prime minister can muster

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A report from the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration says workers at an East Tennessee plastics company who died in flooding from Hurricane Helene had time to evacuate

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As a teenager, ‘Hardest Geezer’ Russ Cook glanced around during a night out and didn’t like what he saw. So he ran home, and the rest is history.

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Overall, Trump administration has removed fewer people on average than during last year of Biden administration

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Cruise was appearing at CinemaCon in Las Vegas to promote ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’

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Two wildfires that started close to each other in the South Carolina mountains and burned an area over half the size of Hilton Head Island are nearly contained

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Yale Law School has fired a scholar it says refused to appear in person to answer questions about her possible ties to organizations deemed to support terrorism

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ANALYSIS: The immediate anger and fallout from Trump’s tariff plan illustrates how a poor U.S. economy could politically isolate the president, writes John Bowden

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Experts say planning before a tornado threatens is key for staying safe

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Scott Bessent insisted that the initial market reaction to the tariffs would be a temporary rut on the way to ‘long-term growth’

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Read our F1 betting tips ahead of Sunday’s race in Suzuka

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Karoline Leavitt said that evidence of renewed faith, especially within younger generations was becoming more visible and that it was a ‘beautiful sight’

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Willy De Houelle was just four years old as a horrific fall left the horse with fatal injuries

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Torpedo bats drew attention over the weekend when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers in one game

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Torpedo bats drew attention over the weekend when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers in one game

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Federal immigration enforcement officials have arrested 37 people in a raid at a roofing business in northern Washington state

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The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen

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The woman said she had been returning to her north Houston home from work with her three children on Tuesday night when the horrifying incident occurred.

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Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen has warned the US that it “cannot annex another country” as Donald Trump seeks control of Greenland.

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A one-of-a-kind Chicago museum hopes to change the perception of public housing in America

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The U.S. Department of Energy said it has identified 16 federal sites, including storied nuclear research laboratories such as Los Alamos, where it could invite tech companies to build data centers in a push to accelerate commercial development of artificial intelligence technology

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Birmingham City Council declared a major incident on Monday to deal with the weeks-long strike.

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The initiatives come days after an air traffic controller was arrested at the airport

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The all-conquering Irish handler saw star mare Lossiemouth capitalise on another fall from Constitution Hill

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Washington police arrested a weeping man in the woods after he allegedly stole his ex-girlfriend’s chicken named Polly.

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‘He’ll never lose 2 truths and a lie,’ one person joked in the comments section

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Foreign-made cars could see a price increase between $5,000 and $15,000 as a result of the tariffs

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Extreme weather is dangerous weather, and that’s particularly true for the heavy rainfall events that experts say are becoming more frequent with climate change

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Nearly three months after two wildfires destroyed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, officials say the combined death toll from the blazes has reached 30

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A New York City man has been charged with performing medical procedures without a license after prosecutors say a patient was left near death during a procedure in his home

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The stabbing allegedly occurred after Austin Metcalf told Karmelo Anthony that he was sitting in his seat

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State police in Maine say a passenger in a car fatally shot his mother before shooting at passing vehicles, killing another motorist and injuring two others, before dying by suicide

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