EU stands by Denmark and Greenland and wants ‘respectful’ relations with US, says European Council president – latest updates
EU will defend itself and member states ‘against any form of coercion’ if needed, says António Costa after European leaders hold emergency summitZelenskyy’s speech looks to be slightly late, as Indonesia’s president Prabowo Subianto is still speaking.Don’t worry: I’m keeping an eye on this for you.“Hardly any details are known yet about the proposed Greenland deal. But we need them in order to decide how to proceed with the implementation of the EU-US trade deal. @EP_Trade will revisit the issue on Monday and discuss the way forward.”“However there is no room for false security. The next threat is sure to come. That’s why it is even more important that we set clear boundaries use all available legal instruments&apply them as appropriate to the situation. We must continue to act with this level of confidence.” Continue reading...
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MPs ask Serious Fraud Office to investigate UK home insulation sector
More than 30,000 households left with defects after ‘catastrophic failure’ of Tory government schemesMembers of parliament have called for the Serious Fraud Office to investigate the UK’s home insulation sector, after thousands of householders suffered ruined homes, big financial losses and months of disruption from the “clear and catastrophic failure” of two Conservative government schemes.More than 30,000 households were left with defects, some of them severe, including mould, water ingress and damage to the fabric of walls, with about 3,000 dwellings so badly damaged they presented immediate health and safety risks to occupants. Continue reading...
Australia news live: Littleproud says Ley ‘broke the Coalition’ by accepting resignations; federal public service commissioner resigns
Follow updates liveSussan Ley confident she will survive as opposition leader and says door is open to Nationals rejoining CoalitionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal senator says party still ‘believes’ in the CoalitionAnne Ruston, a Liberal senator, said the party still believes in the Coalition and would like to see it continue, but said Sussan Ley was left with “no option but to accept” multiple resignations after members of the Nationals broke a “fundamental rule”.We believe in the coalition and we would like to see a coalition continue, but the circumstances around the actions of the National party this week left the leader with no option but to accept the resignations of three people who, by their own admission, broke the very fundamental rule of a coalition and that is shadow cabinet solidarity. So I think the leader is absolutely right.The most important thing that we can do as of today is to focus on the future of responding to the needs of the Australian public because that’s what they elected us to do.That’s obviously a matter for the National party and their deliberations as to why they chose yesterday as a day to make public comment, and I’m not going to make any further comment than that. Continue reading...
House rejects resolution that would bar Trump from sending troops to Venezuela
Vote on legislation falls just short of number needed for passage, showing Mike Johnson’s tenuous hold on majorityThe US House has rejected a resolution that would have prevented Donald Trump from sending US military forces to Venezuela, after a vote on the legislation fell just short of the majority needed for passage.The tied vote was the latest sign of House speaker Mike Johnson’s tenuous hold on the majority, as well as some of the growing pushback in the Republican-controlled Congress to the US president’s aggressions in the western hemisphere. A Senate vote on a similar resolution was also tied last week until JD Vance broke the deadlock. Continue reading...
Trump claims US is watching Iran closely and has ‘big flotilla going in that direction’ – US politics live
Asked about possible military intervention following deadly protest, US president says ‘a big force’ is going towards IranThe committee is taking a recess for members to vote on the House floor. A reminder that today we’re expecting a vote on Department of Homeland Security funding bill that dozens of Democrats have vowed to vote against.The top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, Jamie Raskin, praised Jack Smith’s handling of his investigations into the president. Raskin also noted the persistent denigration by Donald Trump as Smith conducted the probes. Continue reading...
ICE detains five-year-old and father in Minnesota, lawyer says
The boy was taken along with his father, the lawyer and school officials say. ICE says it kept the boy safe as his father ran.
Sussan Ley confident she will survive as opposition leader and says door is open to Nationals rejoining Coalition
David Littleproud says it’s not up to him to determine who the Liberal leader is, despite his comments on Thursday that he would not work with LeyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSussan Ley says her likely leadership rivals Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie remain committed to her position, as speculation grows about an imminent challenge to the embattled Liberal leader.A day after the Nationals leader, David Littleproud, split the Coalition and said his party would not serve under Ley’s leadership, the opposition leader told Channel Seven on Friday she expected to remain in the top job. Continue reading...
An Emboldened Trump’s Whipsaw Approach to the World
He says there’s a method to the madness. But European allies wonder whether the United States is reliable anymore.
Two dead and nine missing after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand
Search-and-rescue teams worked through the night at the campground, but there had been no progress in finding missing people, officials sayEmergency crews were searching for victims of landslides on New Zealand’s North Island that tore through a house and a busy campground, leaving at least two dead.Police reported that as many as nine people may be missing in the landslides, which hit on Thursday, including children. Families enjoying the summer school holiday were among the campers. Recreational vehicles and at least one structure were crushed, images showed. Continue reading...