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Donald Trump has threatened sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on his first day in office.The president-elect, who takes office on 20 January next year, said he would introduce a 25% tax on all products entering the country from Canada and Mexico. Posting on his Truth Social platform he also threatened an additional 10% tariff on goods from China on top of any additional tariffs he might impose as one of his first executive orders.What Trump's tariffs could mean for UK, EU, China and the worldIf implemented, the tariffs could raise prices for ordinary American consumers on everything from petrol to cars and agricultural products. The US is the largest importer of goods worldwide and Mexico, China and Canada are its top three suppliers according to the country's own census dat...

Conor McGregor has spoken out after losing a civil rape case as a feminist march was held in Dublin.The MMA fighter was accused of raping Nikita Hand, who was awarded €248,603 (£206,000) in damages on Friday after a jury at Dublin's High Court found McGregor assaulted her in a Dublin hotel in 2018. Image: Nikita Hand. Pic: PA Posting on social media, the 36-year-old said: "I know I made mistakes".It comes as hundreds of people in Dublin staged a demonstration in "utter solidarity" with Ms Hand.Posting on X, McGregor said: "People want to hear from me, I needed time. I know I made mistakes. Six years ago, I should have never responded to her outreaches. I should have shut the party down. I should never have stepped out on th...

Two Britons are believed to be among more than a dozen people missing after a boat sank in the Red Sea off the Egyptian coast.The yacht, called Sea Story, had 44 people on board, including 31 tourists of varying nationalities and 13 crew.Authorities are searching for 16 people, including 12 foreign nationals and four Egyptians, the governor of the Red Sea region said, adding that 28 other people had been rescued.Preliminary reports suggested a sudden large wave struck the vessel, capsizing it within about five minutes, governor Amr Hanafi said."Some passengers were in their cabins, which is why they were unable to escape," he added in a statement. Image: Survivors rescued from the Sea Story in Marsa Alam. Pic: STR/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock ...

Twelve British soldiers were injured in a major traffic pile-up in Estonia, close to the border with Russia, local media have reported.Eight of the troops - part of a major NATO mission to deter Russian aggression - were airlifted back to the UK for hospital treatment on Sunday after the incident, which happened in snowy conditions on Friday, it is understood. Five of these personnel have since been discharged with three still being kept in the military wing of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.The crash happened at an intersection at around 5pm on Friday when the troops were travelling in three minibuses back to their base at Tapa. Two civilian cars, driven by Estonians, are thought to have collided, triggering a chain reaction, with four other vehicles - comprising the three...