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UK politics: Trump says UK’s aircraft carriers are just ‘toys’ – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-26T18:00:48+00:00

The comments were part of a broader address in which he condemned Nato alliesYesterday the Conservative party said that it wanted to ban political parties from distributing campaign literature in a foreign language. Announcing a plan to propose an amendement to the representation of the people bill to make this law, the shadow communities minister Paul Holmes said:Campaigning in a foreign language as the Greens did in Gorton and Denton only fosters greater division. A coherent national culture relies on shared values, and an inclusive electoral process relies on a common tongue.I think it’s fo

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Trump describes UK aircraft carriers as ‘toys’ in latest anti-Nato jibe

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-26T17:49:18+00:00

Starmer tells MPs he will not react to US president’s repeated insults amid Iran warMiddle East crisis – live updatesUK politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has dismissed British warships as “toys” in his latest jibe at Nato countries for their lack of involvement in the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Speaking at the White House on Thursday, he claimed he had told the UK: “Don’t bother, we don’t need it.”Trump has previously alleged that he requested two aircraft carriers from the UK that Keir Starmer had initially rejected and then offered to send. No 10 has denied that a request was

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US House speaker gives Trump so-called ‘America First’ award amid global chaos

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-26T17:46:33+00:00

Critics have mocked Mike Johnson and Republicans for presenting the president with the newly concocted awardSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAmid an aggressive war in Iran, heightening and devastating pressure on Cuba, immigration enforcement operations throughout the country and a partial government shutdown, the lead Republican in the House has given Donald Trump a newly concocted award.Democrats, lawmakers and commentators are criticizing and ridiculing the “America First” award given to Trump on Wednesday evening during the National Republican Co

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Nepal’s PM-to-be uses rap to call for unity in first post-election message

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-26T17:43:52+00:00

Balendra Shah, 35, is a symbol of change in country whose government was toppled last year in youth-led uprisingNepal’s rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, who is about to be sworn in as the new prime minister, has issued his first post-election message via rap, urging unity.Hours before the release he swore an oath as a newly elected lawmaker and is due to become the Himalayan republic’s new prime minister on Friday. Continue reading...

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En Allemagne, le SPD engage un tournant social-libéral, après sa défaite dans les urnes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-26T17:42:46+00:00

Héritier politique de l’ancien chancelier Gerhard Schröder, le ministre des finances et coprésident du Parti social-démocrate, Lars Klingbeil, a appelé, mercredi, à des « décisions inconfortables » en matière de temps de travail et de prestations sociales.

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En Allemagne, le SPD engage un tournant social-libéral après sa défaite dans les urnes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-26T17:42:44+00:00

Héritier politique de l’ancien chancelier Gerhard Schröder, le ministre des finances et coprésident du Parti social-démocrate, Lars Klingbeil, a appelé, mercredi, à des « décisions inconfortables » en matière de temps de travail et de prestations sociales.

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Antonio Mura nuovo capo di gabinetto di Nordio

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-03-26T17:38:39+00:00

Magistrato ed ex procuratore generale presso la corte d'appello di Roma, lascia l'incarico di capo dell'Ufficio legislativo del ministero

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Итоги торгов на Мосбирже 26 марта

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-03-26T17:37:53+00:00

Главный бенчмарк российского фондового рынка по итогам основной сессии 26 марта уменьшился на 0,61% до 2822,84 пункта. Его долларовый аналог индекс РТС потерял 2,32% и составил 1082,72 пункта.

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Lawmakers call for Air Canada chief to resign after English-only message to plane crash victims

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-26T17:30:44+00:00

Quebec’s legislature passes vote calling on Michael Rousseau to step down, citing ‘lack of respect for the French language’ and families in mourningSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe chief executive of Air Canada has apologized for his inability to express himself in French after politicians called for his resignation for his English-only message of condolence after Sunday’s deadly crash in New York.But lawmakers in Canada’s lone Francophone province rejected the mea culpa as “too little too late” and overwhelmingly passed a motion calling for the

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The delusion of easy victory from the air may have seduced the US into another war

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-26T17:30:42+00:00

Air superiority is supposed to deliver a quick triumph. But history has shown that promise to be written on the windMiddle East crisis – live updatesTo explore the roots of Donald Trump’s Iran military strategy and the pugilistic rhetoric of his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, means looking back 105 years. In 1921, a year before Benito Mussolini and his blackshirts marched on Rome to launch the Fascist era, an Italian general named Giulio Douhet published The Command of the Air, proposing a revolution in warfare.Victory in the future, he said, would no longer come from the grinding trench com

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MEPs back plans for ‘return hubs’, raising fears of ‘human rights black holes’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-26T17:23:33+00:00

European parliament votes in favour of sending refused asylum seekers to offshore hubs, in ‘historic setback for refugee rights’People with no right to stay in the EU could be detained for up to two years or sent to offshore centres described by experts as possible “human rights black holes” under plans voted for by the European parliament on Thursday.An alliance of mostly centre-right and far-right lawmakers voted for a proposal to increase returns of undocumented migrants to their home countries, in a further sign of strain on the grand coalition of centrist political forces that has traditi

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Finnish MP convicted for saying homosexuality is ‘developmental disorder’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-26T17:18:26+00:00

Christian Democrat Päivi Räsänen, who was fined €1,800, was supported by conservative US group Alliance Defending FreedomA Finnish member of parliament has been found guilty by the supreme court of inciting hatred after claiming that homosexuality is a “developmental disorder”, in a conviction that prompted criticism from far-right government ministers.Päivi Räsänen, of the Christian Democrats, made the claims in a pamphlet first published in 2004 and reproduced on the website of the Luther Foundation Finland and the Finnish Evangelical Mission Diocese in 2007. Continue reading...

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Parmigiano, sale l’export e supera i consumi interni. I prezzi a livelli record

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-03-26T17:16:45+00:00

In Italia calo delle vendite, mentre le tariffe non hanno frenato le vendite negli States. Ma dal 26 febbraio, dopo lo stop della Corte Suprema, si è passati dal 15 al 25%, e i produttori temono che si arrivi al 30%. “Tutto fermo, pesa l’incertezza”

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Il mistero dei due video criptici pubblicati dalla Casa Bianca e poi cancellati

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-03-26T17:13:55+00:00

Non c’erano indicazioni o spiegazioni, in uno si sente solo qualcuno dire: “Verrà lanciato presto, vero?”. In pochi minuti hanno guadagnato 14 milioni di visualizzazioni, molti hanno ipotizzato che gli account potessero essere stati hackerati o che un funzionario stesse lanciando un messaggio

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LIVE: Brazil vs France – World Cup 2026 friendly

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-26T17:08:51+00:00

Follow our live build-up, with full team news coverage, before our comprehensive text commentary stream.

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LIVE: Brazil 1-2 France – World Cup 2026 friendly

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-26T17:08:51+00:00

All our updates, including post-match reactions, following our comprehensive text commentary stream.

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