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The US military will establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast to increase the flow of humanitarian aid to the beleaguered territory, Joe Biden is to announce. The US president is to make the announcement in his State of the Union address. The plan – which an Israeli official has reportedly said Israel “fully

New York’s governor is to send the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police in the wake of a spate of high-profile crimes. Kathy Hochul announced plans to deploy 750 members of the National Guard to the network to assist the New York Police Department (NYPD) with bag checks for

The value of the best-known cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has reached a new high. For the first time ever one Bitcoin buys $69,202, surpassing the previous high recorded in November 2021. It comes, as the previous high did, as a ‘halving’ event approaches, whereby Bitcoin production is cut by 50%. A recent boost for the digital asset

Donald Trump’s rival Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in Washington DC – securing the first victory of her campaign to secure the party’s presidential nomination. Ms Haley’s victory on Sunday has at least temporarily halted Mr Trump’s sweep of the Republican primary contest – although the former president is likely to pick up

Former US president Donald Trump has won the Michigan and Missouri caucuses, continuing his march towards the Republican nomination. Mr Trump‘s last major rival, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, is still searching for her first win. In Missouri, Trump voter Tom Mendenall told the crowd: “Every 100 days, we’re spending $1trn, with money going all

Elon Musk, the multi-billionaire owner of Tesla and X, is suing artificial intelligence company OpenAI, accusing the firm of prioritising profit over developing AI for the public good. Mr Musk is bringing the suit against OpenAI, which he co-founded, and its chief executive, Sam Altman, for breaching a contract by reneging on its pledge to

Satellite images have captured the extent of the devastation caused by wildfires in Texas. The unbridled Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest of all the blazes, has been burning since Monday. It has spread to the Oklahoma border after starting near towns northeast of Amarillo – and the weather forecast for the weekend threatens to fuel

Mitch McConnell has been around a while. Reagan was in the White House when the young Kentucky politician first arrived on Capitol Hill. And it’s the politics of Reagan which have shaped Mitch McConnell in the decades since. The 82-year-old has led the Republicans on ‘the Hill’ as majority and minority leader through many Conservative

Liz Truss has said the world “needs a Republican back in the White House”, adding that “we’ve seen Joe Biden asleep at the wheel”. In a speech near Washington, DC, the former prime minister did not mention Donald Trump, the former president who is the front-runner in the race for the Republican nomination. Speaking to

An Alabama medical centre has stopped all IVF treatments after a court ruled that embryos are babies. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), an academic medical centre, suspended its IVF treatments so it could consider the legal repercussions of the decision, made by the state’s supreme court. The ruling was made in a case

A young girl has died after being buried in sand on a beach in Florida. She was digging a deep hole with a little boy when it collapsed on Tuesday. Emergency crews arrived at the scene and found the boy buried up to his chest in sand, while the girl was trapped underneath. Image: Investigators

Julian Assange’s wife has told Sky News he will “not survive” if he is extradited to the US as the WikiLeaks founder makes what could be his last bid for an appeal in the UK. Assange is at risk of being sent to America within days to answer charges alleging the 52-year-old helped former military

Donald Trump has broken his silence on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny – but avoided casting blame on President Vladimir Putin. Mr Trump, who drew criticism for praising the Russian ruler during his presidency, spoke out in a post on his social media platform Truth Social. The former US president wrote on

Donald Trump is promoting a line of Trump-branded trainers for $399 (£316) a pair. The presidential hopeful appeared at “Sneaker Con” in Philadelphia, a footwear convention which brands itself “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth”. Trump was met with boos and cheers at the Philadelphia Convention Centre as he introduced what he called the first

Former US president Donald Trump has been fined $354.9m after a civil fraud trial in New York. The judge also banned Trump from running businesses in New York for three years. His sons, Eric and Donald Jr, received similar bans for two years. Trump and the Trump Organisation were also banned from applying for loans

The family of Beach Boys star Brian Wilson are seeking a conservatorship over concerns about the 81-year-old’s health. Court documents obtained by several US outlets claim the musician is suffering from a “major neurocognitive disorder (such as dementia).” A statement on Wilson’s website from his family confirms two family representatives will serve as co-conservators. The

The head of the US House Intelligence Committee is calling on Joe Biden to declassify information about “a serious national security threat”. Republican congressman Mike Turner gave no details about the nature of the threat, but a senior aide said that they understood the threat relates to a space-deployed Russian anti-satellite weapon that may or

A car has crashed into an A&E department in Texas – killing one person and injuring five others. A child is in a life-threatening condition after the vehicle smashed into the lobby of the emergency room at St David’s North Austin Medical Centre shortly after 5.30pm on Tuesday. The driver received CPR but died at

Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to extend a delay in his trial for attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 US election, arguing he is immune from prosecution. The former president’s lawyers have filed an emergency appeal asking the justices to pause a ruling made by a three-judge panel of the federal

President Joe Biden has warned Israel against launching a military operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, without a “credible” plan to protect civilians, the White House said on Sunday. Mr Biden spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday amid Israel’s plans for an offensive in the region that borders Egypt, to the south of the