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Donald Trump has launched a vicious new attack on Sir Keir Starmer’s Britain in the latest blow to the “special relationship”.The President has warned that the UK may no longer be America’s “number one ally” – and warned that Nato could be on its last legs.The President said that Nato allies should pitch in and help reopen the Strait of Hormuz – and argued that China and Europe are more reliant on oil from the Gulf than the US.He told the FT: “If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response I think it will be very bad for…

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Sir Winston Churchill should be replaced with rats on new banknotes, the RSPCA has said.Last week, the Bank of England confirmed controversial plans to replace the current set of banknotes featuring historical figures such as Sir Winston with British wildlife.The announcement was widely panned – including by both Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and his Lib Dem counterpart Sir Ed Davey.But Geoff Edmond, of the RSPCA, praised the decision to showcase Britain’s native wildlife.He said the banknote announcement was an opportunity to include animals “who don’t always make the ‘most popular’ lists”.He named pigeons and rats as “overlooked” or “misunderstood”…

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It is a first title of the year for Sinner, who had his Australian Open title defence ended by Djokovic in a thrilling five-set semi-final in January.Sinner also extends his head-to-head record against Medvedev, having won nine of their past 10 meetings.Despite the loss, Medvedev will re-enter the top 10 when the rankings are updated on Monday.The former US Open champion almost missed the tournament, having been stuck in Dubai because of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.After arriving in the USA, Medvedev showed why he was previously at the top of the men’s game, with a fine semi-final…

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Conan O’Brien delivers ‘brutal ‘Prince Andrew joke’ during Oscars opening monologue: ‘It’s messy!’`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } `; return trendingDiv; }

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Match of the Day pundit Wayne Rooney describes Max Dowman becoming the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history as a “moment he’ll never forget” and argues it will bring those connected to Arsenal closer together, seeing an academy graduate make his mark on the first team.READ MORE: How history-maker Dowman stole show for ArsenalAvailable to UK users only.

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Britain is set to spend £1.5billion to prevent the closure of the country’s two last remaining steel blast furnaces, it has been revealed.British Steel’s Scunthorpe furnaces were on the verge of closing last year, with Jingye, the Chinese group that owns British Steel, losing upwards of £700,000 per day due to challenging market conditions, tariffs, and high environmental costs.The financial losses meant Jingye was considering shutting the furnaces down for good, until the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) quickly intervened.The National Audit Office (NAO) said £377million was spent in order to prevent job losses and a significant impact on…

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The Government has been accused of “losing its grip” on Civil Service consultancy spending – which could be costing taxpayers more than £2billion a year.A parliamentary report has warned ministers do not even know how much Whitehall is spending on outside advisers, raising serious questions about whether the Government can deliver its promised public sector cuts.The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) concluded that the Cabinet Office does not have a grip on spending on consultants and “seems unconcerned” about inaccuracies in its own data.The report states: “Given these problems, and its seemingly indifferent position on the matter, it is clear that…

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