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• 'Grateful and honoured': Tom Cruise pays tribute to Val Kilmer

  03-04-2025 23:16 via bbc.com
  
  At CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Cruise led the crowd in a moment of silence to honour Kilmer.
  
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• Confusion and hope - Americans react to Trump's tariffs

  03-04-2025 23:03 via bbc.com
  
  Five Americans share their view on the sweeping import taxes the president has announced.
  
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• Sean Combs' attorneys seek to block psychologist from testifying at May trial

  03-04-2025 22:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Lawyers for Sean Combs have asked a judge to prevent a clinical psychologist from testifying as an expert witness for the prosecution at his upcoming trial on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, arguing that her “testimony is advocacy masquerading as expertise” and “should be excluded in its entirety.”
  
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• What Trump has done - and why it matters

  03-04-2025 22:12 via bbc.com
  
  We dig into what the US president has said, what it could mean, and why it is happening now.
  
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• Influencers 'new' threat to uncontacted tribes, warns group after US tourist arrest

  03-04-2025 21:58 via bbc.com
  
  North Sentinel is home to a tribe that does not have contact with the outside world.
  
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• Israeli strike on Gaza City school kills 27, health ministry says

  03-04-2025 21:26 via bbc.com
  
  Palestinian authorities say children were among the dead, while Israel says it hit a Hamas command-and-control centre.
  
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• Republicans weigh using the power of Congress to rein in Trump on tariffs

  03-04-2025 21:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  The fallout from President Donald Trump's aggressive tariffs has spurred Congress into action, with a growing number of Republicans joining Democrats to express interest in using their power to restrain him.
  
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• Trump urged to review UN immunity, lax visa rules amid national security concerns

  03-04-2025 21:07 via foxnews.com
  
  A 1947 agreement outlining obligations as host of the United Nations continues to give employees and their family members relatively unfettered access to the U.S. At a time of increased national security fears and immigration enforcement by the Trump administration, experts are urging a re-examination of the host nation agreement with an eye to the functional immunity granted to U.N. staff and the limited vetting given to those with U.N. visas."The United States appears to have taken a rela
  
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• Russia calls Trump threats to bomb Iran 'illegal and unacceptable'

  03-04-2025 20:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia is pushing back against President Donald Trump's threats to bomb Iran, calling them "illegal and unacceptable." Trump in recent days has increased his threats against Iran and warned that there could be direct conflict if the Islamic Republic doesn’t stop arming the Houthi terrorist group or halt its nuclear program. Russia, meanwhile, said Thursday that it’s committed to finding solutions to Iran’s nuclear program that respects its rights to peaceful nuclear energy
  
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• At least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers say

  03-04-2025 20:14 via theguardian.com
  Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee from southern city of Rafah in one of war’s biggest mass displacementsAn Israeli bombing of a school turned shelter in Gaza City has killed at least 27 people, rescuers said, and hundreds of thousands in the Rafah area are fleeing in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war amid Israel’s newly announced campaign to “divide up” the Gaza Strip.Three missiles hit Dar al-Arqam school in al-Tuffah neighbourhood on Thursday aft
  
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• Meta faces £1.8bn lawsuit over claims it inflamed violence in Ethiopia

  03-04-2025 20:01 via theguardian.com
  Son of murdered academic calls on Facebook owner to ‘radically change how it moderates dangerous content’Meta faces a $2.4bn (£1.8bn) lawsuit accusing the Facebook owner of inflaming violence in Ethiopia after the Kenyan high court said a legal case against the US tech group could go ahead.The case brought by two Ethiopian nationals calls on Facebook to alter its algorithm to stop promoting hateful material and incitement to violence, as well as hiring more content moderators i
  
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• Tormenting Harris's hawk is captured by Mr Harris

  03-04-2025 19:34 via bbc.com
  
  A resident says he was able to humanely catch the hawk, which has attacked an estimated 50 people.
  
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• Weekly quiz: Who's playing John Lennon in the new Beatles movies?

  03-04-2025 19:27 via bbc.com
  
  How much attention did you pay to what has been going on in the world over the past seven days?
  
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• Man shot dead by police at railway station named

  03-04-2025 19:25 via bbc.com
  
  The man was killed by a single bullet from an officer, police say.
  
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• Canada to counter ‘unjustified’ US tariffs with 25% taxes on US cars, says Carney

  03-04-2025 19:12 via theguardian.com
  Canadian prime minister says country will impose taxes on US vehicles not compliant with continental free trade dealCanada will retaliate against “unjustified, unwarranted” tariffs imposed by the United States with a 25% tax on US vehicles, says Mark Carney.On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs on dozens of countries, but did not add new trade levies to Canada or Mexico. Despite the reprieve, however, the US has placed 25% taxes on Canadian steel, aluminum and veh
  
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• US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island

  03-04-2025 19:10 via theguardian.com
  Police say man landed on island in attempt to meet the Sentinelese people – a tribe untouched by the industrial worldIndian police said on Thursday they had arrested a US tourist who sneaked on to a highly restricted island carrying a coconut and a can of Diet Coke to a tribe untouched by the industrial world.Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, set foot on the restricted territory of North Sentinel – part of India’s Andaman Islands – in an attempt to meet the Sentinelese p
  
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• World leaders react to Trump’s sweeping tariffs: ‘tumultuous times’ ahead

  03-04-2025 18:50 via foxnews.com
  
  World leaders reacted to the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump released this week impacting essentially every U.S. trading partner. The White House has implemented a flat 10% tariff on apparently all imports, though some nations saw drastically higher taxes slapped on their U.S. exports – including Vietnam, which was issued a 46% tariff one day after it slashed its tariffs on U.S. imports.However, no nation was handed a higher import tax than China, which Trump revealed will hav
  
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• iPhones, pensions and Brexit: Your questions about tariffs answered

  03-04-2025 18:36 via bbc.com
  
  Donald Trump slaps much of the world with a 10% baseline tariff while others face even higher rates. Our correspondents answer your questions.
  
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• Hungary to pull out of ‘political’ ICC as Netanyahu visits Budapest

  03-04-2025 18:18 via theguardian.com
  Israeli PM, who is wanted by the court, hails Viktor Orbán’s ‘bold and principled’ decision to leave the ‘corrupt’ bodyHungary will leave the international criminal court because it has become “political”, the country’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, said as he welcomed his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanhayu – the subject of an ICC arrest warrant – to Budapest for an official visit.Standing beside Netanyahu at the star
  
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• Rubio demands NATO pony up, dismisses 'hysteria' over US role under Trump

  03-04-2025 17:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said NATO nations must provide a "realistic pathway" to ramp up their defense spending to hit a 5% threshold – including the U.S."I understand there's domestic politics, after decades of building up vast social safety nets that maybe don't want to take away from that and invest more in national security," Rubio said while speaking at a NATO foreign ministers event in Brussels. "But the events of the last few years… full-scale ground war in
  
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• Tata redundancy scheme targeted older, non-Indian nationals in UK, tribunal hears

  03-04-2025 17:16 via theguardian.com
  Three claimants allege Mumbai-based consultancy firm discriminated against them during restructuringA UK division of the Indian conglomerate Tata “deliberately orchestrated” a redundancy programme in a way that unfairly targeted older, non-Indian nationals, an employment tribunal has heard.Three claimants allege the Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which is valued at almost £110bn on the BSE stock exchange in Mumbai, discriminated against them on grounds of age and
  
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• Why Trump's tariffs aren't really reciprocal

  03-04-2025 16:55 via bbc.com
  
  BBC Verify's Ben Chu takes a look at the wide range of different tariffs being imposed on countries.
  
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• ‘I heard them take their last breath’: survivor recounts Gaza paramedic killings

  03-04-2025 16:49 via theguardian.com
  Munther Abed, 27, was in the first ambulance on the scene of an airstrike near Rafah when Israeli soldiers opened fire• Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineA survivor from a massacre of Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in Gaza has said he saw Israeli troops open fire on a succession of Red Crescent ambulances and rescue vehicles and then use a bulldozer to bury the wreckage in a pit.Munther Abed, a 27-year-old Red Crescent volunteer, was in the back of the first ambulance to
  
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• Prince Harry hopes watchdog will uncover 'truth' in charity row

  03-04-2025 15:19 via bbc.com
  
  The Charity Commission has launched an investigation into the dispute at the Sentebale charity he co-founded.
  
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• Some countries targeted by Trump tariffs seek negotiations, China says 'no winners in trade wars'

  03-04-2025 14:26 via foxnews.com
  
  World leaders across the globe are reacting to President Donald Trump’s "Liberation Day" tariff announcements, with some expressing disappointment and others making threats. On Wednesday, the president announced a baseline tariff of 10% on imports, in addition to reciprocal tariffs based on what each nation imposes on U.S. goods.Trump believes these tariffs will incentivize foreign investment in the U.S. and spur domestic job growth.While several U.S. allies articulated their frustration w
  
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• World Bank announces multimillion-dollar redress fund after killings and abuse claims at Tanzanian project

  03-04-2025 14:11 via theguardian.com
  Communities in Ruaha national park reject response to alleged assault and evictions of herders during tourism scheme funded by the bankThe World Bank is embarking on a multimillion-dollar programme in response to alleged human rights abuses against Tanzanian herders during a flagship tourism project it funded for seven years.Allegations made by pastoralist communities living in and around Ruaha national park include violent evictions, sexual assaults, killings, forced disappearances and large-sc
  
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• Millions of Afghans lose access to healthcare services as USAID cuts shut clinics

  03-04-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced to close ‘I begged them, my daughter was dying’: how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babiesMore than 200 health facilities run by the World Health Organization in Afghanistan, providing medical care for 1.84 million people, have closed or ceased operating after the US aid cuts announced by the Trump administration shut off life-saving medical care, including
  
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• The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline

  03-04-2025 13:32 via theguardian.com
  On 23 March contact was lost with a team of Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern Gaza. A week later their bodies were recovered from a mass graveAt 4.20am, a Red Crescent ambulance on its way to collect people injured by an airstrike in Rafah comes under Israeli fire in Hashashin. Two paramedics are killed. Continue reading...
  
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• Burma earthquake death toll rises to 3,085, humanitarian crisis deepens

  03-04-2025 13:31 via foxnews.com
  
  More than 3,000 people have now died from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Burma last week, which destroyed thousands of buildings and sent the war-torn country into a deeper humanitarian crisis. Burma’s military-led government announced that the death toll from Friday’s earthquake rose to 3,085, while 4,715 people were injured and another 341 are missing. "With infrastructure compromised and patient numbers surging, access to health care has become nearly impo
  
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• Parts of UK set to be hotter than Algarve on Friday

  03-04-2025 12:21 via bbc.com
  
  Warm, bright conditions are expected but come with a warning about wildfires.
  
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• Trump announces sweeping tariffs, upending decades of US trade policy | First Thing

  03-04-2025 12:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Tariffs will hit developing and wartorn nations particularly hard. Plus, Australia records hottest 12 months on recordGood morning.Donald Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs on the US’s major trading partners on Wednesday in a move that put the world at risk of a global trade war and sent stocks and the dollar tumbling.How has Europe responded? Using its strongest weapon remains “a last resort”, the head of the European parliament’s international trade committee has said
  
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• Global economy will ‘massively suffer’ from Donald Trump tariffs, Ursula von der Leyen warns – Europe live

  03-04-2025 12:14 via theguardian.com
  
  European Commission president hopes to move from confrontation to negotiation after Trump attack on ‘pathetic’ EUWhat are tariffs and why do they matter?French prime minister François Bayrou told reporters that Donald Trump’s tariffs marked “a catastrophe” for the global economy, and posed “an immense difficulty” for Europe.Speaking on the margins of a meeting in the French Senate, he also said the move will be “a catastrophe for the US and
  
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• Several Republicans join Democrats to block Trump’s tariffs on Canada after he announces global tariffs – US politics live

  03-04-2025 12:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Four Republicans defy president by supporting measure to block tariffs on Canada as world leaders react to sweeping tariffsDonald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on some of its largest trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war on what he has dubbed “liberation day”.Trump said he will impose a 10% universal tariff on all imported foreign goods in addition to “reciprocal tariffs” on a few dozen countrie
  
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• Victorian man charged for allegedly threatening to kill politician days after AFP head warned of rising threats

  03-04-2025 12:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Ballarat man, 51, sent two threatening emails to an unnamed federal MP in late March, police will allegeGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA Victorian man has been charged for allegedly sending an email to a federal politician in which he threatened to kill them.The Australian federal police (AFP) charged the 51-year-old from Ballarat on Thursday as part of an investigation into two emails he allegedly sent to a commonwealth politician on 27 March.Sign up for the Aft
  
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• Starmer says UK has ‘range of levers’ as he promises to respond to Trump tariffs with ‘cool and calm heads’ – UK politics live

  03-04-2025 12:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister says the UK government is ‘prepared’ and would not agree economic deal with US if he does not think it is good for UKInternet safety campaigners have expressed alarm about reports that the Online Safety Act could be reviewed as part of the economic deal the UK is negotiating with the US.According to a Politico report, quoting unnamed sources who have been briefed on what is in the potential deal, it will include a commitment to a review of the Digital Markets and Compe
  
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• US dollar ‘at risk of confidence crisis’ as Trump tariffs rattle global markets – business live

  03-04-2025 12:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Ursula von der Leyen says tariffs a ‘major blow’ to world economy, as US dollar falls to six month low after US President Trump’s ‘liberation day’Full report: Trump announces sweeping new tariffsAnalysis: Trump’s tariffs likely to raise prices and cause chaosWhat are tariffs and why do they matter?The new US tariffs “will only create losers” with US consumers particularly hard hit, the German Automotive Industry Association (VDA), has said in a sta
  
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• Grand National pinstickers' guide to runners

  03-04-2025 12:01 via bbc.com
  
  Runners, riders, trainers and form - all the key details you need to know for Saturday's big race at Aintree.
  
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• Three critically ill patients in US could have survived with abortions, study shows

  03-04-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Doctors in states with abortion bans say patients were not told of abortion care as option for fear of legal consequencesDoctors who practice medicine in states with abortion bans have described in a new study how three of their pregnant patients died, but likely could have been saved, if they had been able to receive abortion care.The doctors, who treat lung, respiratory and other critical illnesses, never raised abortion, including the option of traveling out of state for the procedure, out of
  
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• Biden skipped White House meeting after Trump debate for photoshoot, new book says

  03-04-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Ron Klain tells author Chris Whipple that Biden opted for Annie Leibovitz shoot at critical moment in campaignIn the aftermath of the disastrous debate against Donald Trump that ultimately ended his political career, Joe Biden skipped a White House meeting with the congressional Progressive caucus in favor of a Camp David photoshoot with the fashion photographer Annie Leibovitz, a new book says.“You need to cancel that,” Ron Klain, Biden’s former chief of staff and debate prep
  
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• Rubio arrives in Brussels for NATO talks amid unease over Trump’s agenda

  03-04-2025 11:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker arrived in Brussels Thursday for talks that allies hope will shed light on the U.S.’ future plans in Europe. Rubio’s arrival comes as European allies and Canada are concerned about President Donald Trump's readiness to draw closer to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who sees NATO as a threat. Recent White House comments and insults directed at NATO allies – as well as the military alliance itself &nd
  
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• Hungary says it is withdrawing from International Criminal Court as Israeli PM Netanyahu visits country

  03-04-2025 11:52 via foxnews.com
  
  Hungary is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move that comes shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the country on Thursday for a visit with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.Netanyahu, who is wanted by the ICC on allegations of war crimes in Gaza, and his wife were greeted on the tarmac by an honor guard and Hungarian Minister of Defense Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky and Israeli Ambassador to Hungary Maya Kadosh.He is expected to be
  
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• Renowned Dutch tulip garden makes space for selfie generation to bloom

  03-04-2025 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Keukenhof, near Amsterdam, increasingly catering to growing demand for social media contentNestled among tulip fields not far from Amsterdam, the world-famous Keukenhof garden has opened for the spring, welcoming camera-wielding visitors to its increasingly selfie-friendly grounds.On a sunny day, the paths, park benches and cafes are crowded with tourists taking photos and selfies with one of the Netherlands’ most iconic products – the tulip. Continue reading...
  
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• Hungary to pull out of ICC as Netanyahu visits Budapest

  03-04-2025 11:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli PM meets Viktor Orbán despite international arrest warrant over allegations of war crimes in GazaHungary has said it will begin the process of withdrawing from the international criminal court, hours after the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu – the subject of an ICC arrest warrant – arrived in the country for an official visit.“Hungary will withdraw from the ICC,” Gergely Gulyás, prime minister Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff, sa
  
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• Royal Mail takeover deal by Czech billionaire to be finalised this month

  03-04-2025 11:27 via theguardian.com
  Daniel Křetínský clears final regulatory hurdles for £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail parent companyBusiness live – latest updatesThe £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail’s parent company will be completed this month, nearly a year after it was first agreed, as the Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský cleared the final regulatory hurdles standing in the way.International Distribution Services (IDS), the owner of the 508-year-old Royal Mail, said
  
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• Asian countries riven by war and disaster face some of steepest Trump tariffs

  03-04-2025 11:13 via theguardian.com
  Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos hit with rates over 40% as experts say the real target is ChinaBusiness live – latest updatesDeveloping nations in south-east Asia, including wartorn and earthquake-hit Myanmar, and several African nations are among the trading partners facing the highest tariffs set by Donald Trump.Upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war, the US president announced a raft of tariffs on Wednesday that he said were designed to stop the US
  
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• Tiny town swamped as flood waters the size of NSW inundate western Queensland

  03-04-2025 11:06 via theguardian.com
  Entire population of Thargomindah forced to flee homes as levee breaks and record water levels of 1974 flood eclipsedElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAt first, the levee bank held firm as the flood waters came.Locals had tirelessly constructed the dirt wall, building on areas where the last major flood had approached the south-west Queensland town.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email ne
  
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• Global stock markets fall and dollar dives as Trump tariffs push investors to safe assets

  03-04-2025 10:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Asian and European markets plummet after falls on Wall street, with Nasdaq down 3.3% and US dollar at six-month lowBusiness live – latest updatesGlobal stocks have fallen sharply and the US dollar hit a six-month low after Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs against America’s global trade partners in a move that is expected to upend supply chains and cause economic turmoil.European markets opened lower on Thursday after a sharp selloff across Asia and US futures signalled similar
  
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• Floppy disks and vaccine cards: exhibition tells tale of privacy rights in UK

  03-04-2025 10:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Forty items on display in Manchester, collated by information commissioner, chart evolution of personal data usage over 40 yearsForty years ago, it would take a four-drawer filing cabinet to store 10,000 documents. You would need 736 floppy disks to hold those same files; now it takes up no physical space at all to store 10,000 documents on the cloud.As data storage has evolved, so too has the whole information landscape, and with it the challenges of storing, transferring and appropriately usin
  
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• UK ministers will respond to US tariffs with ‘calm heads’, Starmer tells business chiefs

  03-04-2025 09:36 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister says tariffs will be ‘a challenge’ but UK is better placed with 10% rate than EU at 20%Business live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has told heads of business in Downing Street that “clearly there will be an economic impact” from US tariffs but that ministers would respond with “cool and calm heads”.The prime minister gathered senior business figures in No 10 after Donald Trump announced he would introduce 10% blanket tariffs on imports from
  
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• Trump’s tariffs could deliver a $27bn blow to Australia – and the cost of a global trade war would be far higher

  03-04-2025 09:14 via theguardian.com
  
  How other countries retaliate matters hugely for how Australia’s economy weathers the storm of ‘liberation day’, experts sayElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastLiberation days signal the end of a war, not the start of one.So it is with rich irony that the US president, Donald Trump, has declared victory even as he massively escalates his attack on the global trading system.Sign up for the
  
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