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Donald Trump will on Thursday announce the US has reached a “major trade deal” with a “highly respected country”, the US president said. Multiple media outlets in the US, including the New York Times, reported the deal was with the UK, citing people familiar with the plans. The PA news agency has approached the Government for comment. Mr Trump took to his Truth Social platform to announce he would hold […]
The secret meeting to elect the leader of the world’s Catholics is set to begin, bringing with it the intrigue of an ancient system of anonymous voting in Vatican City. Following a special mass in St Peter’s Basilica, the group will go into the Sistine Chapel where they will have no contact with the outside world until white smoke rises into the air in Vatican City to confirm there is […]
India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early on Wednesday, killing a child and wounding two other people, security officials said. India said it was striking infrastructure used by militants. The strikes came amid soaring tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours over last month’s militant attack on tourists in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. India has blamed Pakistan for backing the militant attack, which […]
Early vote counting in Australia’s general election has suggested the government is likely to be returned for a second term. The Australian Electoral Commission’s early projections gave the ruling centre-left Labour Party 70 seats and the conservative opposition coalition 24 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, the lower chamber where parties need a majority to form governments. Unaligned minor parties and independent candidates appeared likely to win 13 seats. […]
A hospice is asking its supporters to help them raise £1m to pay for urgently needed repairs. Severn Hospice said one of the wards at its site in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, was 35 years old and could no longer get by on routine maintenance. A spokesperson said they also wanted to increase the size of Perry ward, to create more space for visitors and make patient's rooms larger. The hospice has […]
A decision to appoint a new provider for out-of-hours GP cover in Shropshire has gone to an independent panel for review. The service had been operated by Shropdoc, a co-operative of local GPs, since 1996, but commissioners at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin announced they intended to switch to Wiltshire-based Medvivo. The commissioning body said it came to the decision after a "robust, transparent and fair commissioning process". The NHS […]
A major power cut hit Spain and Portugal on Monday, including their capitals, knocking out subway networks, phone lines, traffic lights and ATM machines. Spanish generator Red Electrica said the incident had affected the Iberian peninsula and is being assessed, adding that restoring power to large parts of the country could take six to 10 hours. Such a widespread outage is rare. The Portuguese Cabinet convened an emergency meeting at […]
Catholic cardinals have set May 7 as the starting date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor, delaying the secret voting for two days to help them get to know one another better and find consensus on a candidate before they are sequestered in the Sistine Chapel. The cardinals set the date after arriving for the first day of informal meetings following Francis’s funeral on Saturday. In chaotic scenes, […]
The driver of a car struck people at a street festival in Canada, killing and injuring an unknown number of people, police said. The vehicle entered the street where people were attending a Filipino community festival just after 8pm on Saturday, the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post. “A number of people have been killed and multiple others are injured after a driver drove into a crowd,” […]
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