AdvertisementSadiq Khan responds to Trump’s ‘nasty’ commentSir Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has responded to President Trump’s criticism of him. Sir Keir Starmer defended his government’s Online Safety Act while taking questions alongside President Trump this afternoon. Prime minister Pedro Sánchez, who has been a fierce critic of prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu throughout Israel’s war with Hamas, told a press conference on Monday the airdrops would take place from Jordan on Friday, using Spanish air force planes. Sisi called on President Trump to help ‘’put an end to’’ the ongoing war. François Bayrou, France’s prime minister, said it was a “dark day” when “an alliance of free peoples … resorts to submission”.

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Former party chairman Zia Yusuf said the Act, intended to reduce online harm, did “absolutely nothing to protect children” but worked to “suppress freedom of speech” and “force social media companies to censor anti-government speech”. Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf said the Online Safety Act did not protect children, but pushed them to more dangerous parts of the internet (Lucy North/PA)This includes introducing age verification for websites and ensuring algorithms do not work to harm children by, for example, pushing such content towards them when online. Failing to comply with the new rules could incur fines of up to £18 million or 10% of a firm’s global turnover, whichever is greater. Former detective Colin Sutton has agreed to join Reform UK as a police and crime adviser (Lucy North/PA)A Labour Party spokesperson said repealing the Online Safety Act would “scrap vital protections for young people online and recklessly open the floodgates to kids being exposed to extreme digital content”. Farage would give children access to material on suicide, self-harm, eating disorders and pornography.

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So this Disability Pride month, I ask you to join us in celebrating our achievements, inclusivity and help to promote equality for all. (Newsquest) (Image: Newsquest)What is Disability Pride Month? July is Disability Pride month. Welfare Reform Bill exposed the 'little understanding' of disability benefitsThe recent ‘Welfare Reform Bill’ showed us just how little understanding there is amongst lawmakers in this country. So this Disability Pride month, I ask you to join us in celebrating our achievements, inclusivity and help to promote equality for all.

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When Mr Trump was asked about how he would deal with small boats, Sir Keir explained that it refers to people who are crossing the Channel. Mr Trump told reporters: “If you’re stopping immigration and stopping the wrong people, … my hats are off to you. If they don’t, you’re not going to have Europe anymore, as you know it, and you can’t do that. Mr Trump took questions from the press as the bagpipes continued to play. Asked about tariffs on whisky, he could be heard saying: “We’ll talk about that, I didn’t know whisky was a problem.

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Looking at historic trends in the recruitment of international nurses reveals how realistic a “less than 10%” target might be. Here, we assess the level of scale-up from domestic nurse training that would be required to compensate for reducing the level of inflow of international nurses. Firstly, the number of international nurses has ebbed and flowed over the years, with three periods of high registration. This historically high level of reliance on international nurses was driven by the previous Conservative government target to increase the number of NHS nurses by 50,000 in England. This suggests that the “less than 10%” metric for a low level of reliance on international nurses will be very tough to achieve.

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The annual Delta Aquariid meteor shower will remain active until August 23, with its peak taking place this coming Wednesday (July 30). Here is all you need to know about the Delta Aquariid meteor shower and how to view it in the UK. What is the Delta Aquariid meteor shower? How to see the Delta Aquariid meteor shower in the UKDespite the Delta Aquariid meteor shower being more visible in the southern hemisphere, those in the northern hemisphere will still be able to catch a glimpse. Tips on how to best view the Delta Aquariid meteor showerThe Royal Museums Greenwich has provided its tips on viewing the meteor shower.

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Close Lionesses party until 4am celebrating Euro 2025 final win - with champagne and a dogEngland are European champions again after securing Euro 2025 glory by defeating world champions Spain in a dramatic penalty shootout in Basel. Chloe Kelly’s winning spot kick and Hannah Hampton’s saves proved decisive for the Lionesses in a gripping contest that ended 1-1 after extra-time. The Lionesses became the first England team in history to defend a major tournament title, but did it the hard way - as they had done throughout the tournament. The England players partied through the night after avenging their defeat to Spain in the 2023 World Cup final by making more history as England players. Follow live reaction and analysis from the Euro 2025 final between England and Spain, below:

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It saw Williamson lift her second European title as England captain, becoming the only senior England captain to do so on foreign soil. If you really, really try hard and it’s not quite enough, that’s an awful feeling. “To put yourself out there like that, the reward is so great and we were brave enough to do it. Instead captain Williamson was one of those to step up, and while she saw her penalty saved by Cata Coll, Chloe Kelly did the bidding to make England Euro 2025 champions. “I hit it a little bit too low, I would have gone higher if I could do it again.

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Among the British victims were Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek, 39, and his husband Jamie, 45, who had been returning to Britain after celebrating their wedding anniversary in India. Mr Greenlaw-Meek’s mother, Amanda Donaghey, told The Sunday Times she flew to India after the crash in order to find her son’s remains, providing a DNA sample at Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital to assist the identification process. Following a match on June 20 last year, she returned to the UK with Mr Greenlaw-Meek’s coffin. Their son Miten Patel told The Sunday Times: “There may have been a mistake done. “But for religious reasons we need to make sure my mother is my mother and not somebody else’s remains.

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The Art of Wellbeing project, led by the Cumberland Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) in partnership with Rosehill Theatre, will offer a series of free art workshops across the region. The workshops will encourage participants to explore themes of health, wellbeing and community. The workshops aim to highlight how art can support both individual and collective wellbeing and how creativity can inform health research. The project will culminate in a public exhibition at Rosehill Theatre, featuring the community-made puppets and the radio play. A spokesperson for Rosehill Theatre said: "Community wellbeing through creativity and connectivity is a major part of our theory of change and underpins our entire modus operandi.

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The European Union and the United States agreed on Sunday to a broad-brush trade deal that sets a 15 percent tariff on most E.U. “We made it,” Mr. Trump said. Pharmaceuticals are Europe’s most important export to the United States, and those pending tariffs had become an obstacle to resolving the trade talks. Like many preliminary agreements Mr. Trump has announced, this one had few details. But it is higher than the 10 percent tax that Europeans had been angling for, and that Mr. Trump applied to British goods.

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