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of 25% against goods imported from canada and mexico and a further 10% against china https://www.reuters.com/business/trump-readies-order-steep-tariffs-goods-mexico-canada-china-2025-02-01/ this... ...
https://news.sky.com/story/starmer-should-be-rediverting-his-plane-to-us-to-see-trump-instead-of-flying-to-eu-talks-says-shadow-business-secretary-13301651 We have only geography in common with Europe. ...
... but has turned it down. Though; 'Celebrity nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize usually sit somewhere between embarrassing and insulting, but this year’s nomination of billionaire social... ...
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/2008444/Rachel-Reeves-Ed-Miliband-declare-war-UK-s-two-biggest-firms-losers?int_source=nba"Reeves bangs on about “hard-wiring growth into every... ...
Such a tragic story...we can only wonder 'why?' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14349243/body-woman-river-police-sisters-missing-Aberdeen.html ...
Labour is to sign Britain up to a youth mobility scheme demanded by the EU.Which would essentially amount to a return to freedom of movement.The EU has been pushing for this deal in return for... ...
i agree with him, if for example i took a sub with netflix and did not like the content i could end it, but not with the bbc as it's enforced, i like coke-cola but get billed by... ...
//Hamas has released the names of three hostages it says it will free on Saturday under the ceasefire deal with Israel. They are Israelis Ofer Kalderon, 53, and Yarden Bibas, 34, and... ...
//An air traffic controller was given the job of two people after one worker clocked off early on the evening the American Airlines jet and U.S. military helicopter collided in Washington, DC,... ...
https://news.sky.com/story/michael-matheson-furore-over-11-000-ipad-bill-completely-blown-out-of-all-proportion-says-shamed-msp-13299603 how was it blown out of proportion? ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8k931j423o Not all that old, but did get Covid which I guess may have weakened her immune system RIP lovely girl. ...
//People smuggling gangs could be charged with a new criminal offence of endangering lives at sea, under plans announced by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper. Border officials will also get powers to... ...
https://news.sky.com/story/plans-to-drill-rosebank-and-jackdaw-oil-and-gas-fields-thwarted-in-court-13288534 Why have parish council "judges" got the power to block an important source of UK... ...