The world’s richest man has been granted broad latitude by Donald Trump to reduce the size of the federal government.

Elon Musk, who is leading a civilian review of the US federal government, said the department was ‘beyond repair’.

The father of an 18-year-old British volunteer who was killed by a Russian drone while on his first mission fighting in Ukraine has paid tribute, saying his son was a “polite, likeable young man”.

The last elected were independent candidate Eileen Flynn, Sinn Fein’s Nicole Ryan and Fianna Fail’s Fiona O’Loughlin and Diarmuid Wilson.

US stocks pared their losses after Mexican President President Claudia Sheinbaum said tariffs on her country’s goods are on hold for a month.

The UN health agency said at least 900 people had died in last week’s fighting between the M23 rebels and Congolese forces in Goma.

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will “stay resolute” in its commitment to working with both the US and the EU as he insisted that Britain is “not choosing between” them.

Thousands of USAid employees have been laid off and programmes shut down in the two weeks since Mr Trump became president.

A footballer is in a coma after he was hit by a car on the hard shoulder of the M27 while investigating a flat tyre, his club has said.

Mr Trump’s tariffs against Canada and China are still scheduled to come into effect on Tuesday. Uncertainty remains about the durability of any deals and whether the tariffs are a harbinger of a ...

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