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Trump signs executive order threatening tariffs for countries trading with Iran

The order does not specify the rate that could be imposed, but uses 25% as an example, and says it will apply to goods imported into the US from any nation that "directly or indirectly purchases, imports, or otherwise acquires any goods or services from Iran"

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Wetherspoon dog policy could be breaking the law, watchdog says

"The staff stopped me as I walked in and were like 'we need to see your dog's ID'. Bobby was in harness, had the flash in her lead, was very obviously a guide dog, but they wouldn't let me go if I didn't have an ID for her

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Minister used PR firm to investigate journalists' sources

The firm said it would use open source, human intelligence and digital forensics work and its approach should "provide a body of evidence that could be packaged up for use in the media in order to create narratives that would proactively undermine any future attacks on Labour Together"

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I inhaled traffic fumes to find out where air pollution goes in my body

It's not being breathed back out, he says, some may be filtered out by the kidneys and leave the body in urine. But the most likely answer is that particles of pollution are "wiggling their way through the lining of the blood vessels and lodging in various organs"

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Milan-Cortina Games begin with vibrant opening ceremony

The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games are officially under way after a vibrant opening ceremony split across four locations. Milan's iconic San Siro stadium was the primary venue, with elements of the ceremony also taking place in Cortina, Livigno and Predazzo. Despite concerns over the logistics of a multi-location ceremony, it …

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Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes

"I look at a lot of thousands of things," the president said while aboard Air Force One on Friday, adding that after watching only part of the video he "gave it to the people who generally, they look at the whole thing"

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Their parents are in disgrace, what now for Beatrice and Eugenie?

"It's easy to be critical of that decision now that Epstein's crimes are front and centre, but if no-one was raising any flags for them at the time you can see how they would just have gone on the trip their mother organised

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Police search properties linked to Mandelson over Epstein investigation

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in a letter to the Intelligence and Security Committee on Friday warned a "very significant volume of material" will likely need to be reviewed but said it is important that the documents are made available to Parliament "as soon as possible"

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The Papers: 'PM battles for survival' and Rayner 'ready to go'

BBC "PM battles for survival" headlines Metro over Sir Keir Starmer's appointment of Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US. At the time of the appointment, it was public knowledge that Mandelson had maintained a friendship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein after his conviction for soliciting sex from a minor. …

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Gen Z aren't lazy - I commute four hours a day to work in the office

She works as a marketing executive in Manchester and her company shares its office with two other businesses, meaning that Eleanor - who has a two hour commute from Birmingham - and her co-workers can only go into the office twice a week

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