Starmer ruling 'nothing out' on Trump tariffs as EU prepares 'robust' response
Summary
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he "rules nothing out" ahead of Donald Trump's tariff announcement and is "preparing for all eventualities", as US-UK trade talks continue
Meanwhile, US retailers say they're "nervous" and the European Union threatens a "robust and calibrated response"
Trump will outline the plans at the White House at 16:00 EST (21:00 BST), on what he has dubbed "Liberation Day"
It's unclear how high the tariffs could go and exactly which countries could be targeted. Here's what we know so far
Trump says tariffs will address "unfair" trade with other countries - a view shared by some US industries - but analysts warn tariffs could push up global price
As a reminder: A tariff is a tax on goods imported from abroad
What is a ‘trade war’?
Business reporter
Depending on who you ask, today’s tariffs from Trump either risks starting, or risks the continuation of, a trade war.
The idea refers to when one country retaliates to tariffs from another country by imposing their own tariffs, which are then retaliated against in turn, and so on.
The idea will be unfamiliar to those who have lived through decades of globalisation. For years, conversations around global trade have been about tearing down trade barriers, not putting them up.
Israel announces intention to seize large areas of Gaza Strip in major escalation
Defence minister Israel Katz says seized land ‘will be added to the state of Israel’s security areas’
Wed 2 Apr 2025 12.01 BST
Israel’s defence minister has said the country intends to “seize large areas” of the Gaza Strip amid a major expansion of aerial and ground operations in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Israel Katz said in a statement on Wednesday that “troops will move to clear areas of terrorists and infrastructure, and seize extensive territory that will be added to the state of Israel’s security areas”.
He also said he was calling on Palestinian civilians to flee areas where fighting had returned following the collapse of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas last month and to “act now to overthrow Hamas and return all the hostages”.
Myanmar: Earthquake rescues continue as junta refuses truce
The number of fatalities following a major earthquake is expected to surpass 3,000. At the same time, rescue workers were able to save a man from the rubble five days after the quake.
The death toll following a massive earthquake in Myanmar has jumped to 2,886 people, with a further 4,639 injured and 373 missing, Myanmar state-run television reported on Wednesday.
At the same time, rescuers were able to pull a man alive from the rubble five days after the tremor. Using an endoscopic camera to pinpoint his location and make sure he was still breathing, Naing Lin Tun was removed shirtless and weak but conscious and immediately put on a stretcher.
The 26-year-old hotel worker was saved by a joint Burmese-Turkish team and brought to a local hospital.
French judges in Marine Le Pen case face death threats, police launch probe
Judges who convicted Marine Le Pen on embezzlement charges and banned the far-right politician from public office for five years have faced death threats since the sentencing earlier this week. French police have launched a new investigation into the threats as France reels from the fallout of the bombshell ruling.
French police launched a new probe after the Paris criminal court judges who sentenced far-right National Rally (RN) party leader Marine Le Pen earlier this week faced death threats, according to judicial sources.
The latest investigation came in addition to an ongoing probe, opened earlier this year, into death threats posted on the far-right Riposte Laïque website against magistrates in the trial against Le Pen’s RN party over the misappropriation of funds from the European parliament, a judicial source told AFP.
Fuji TV-Nakai texts show utter disregard for assault victim
By HIROSHI NAKANO/ Staff Writer
April 2, 2025 at 17:37 JST
Communication records revealed how former TV host Masahiro Nakai duped a woman he later sexually assaulted and highlighted the indifference that he and a Fuji TV official felt for the traumatized victim.
The records were obtained by a third-party committee that investigated the many problems at Fuji Television Network Inc.
In Kenya, girls are sold into marriage to stave off starvation from drought
As the sun approaches its scorching zenith, Dukano Kelle heads out from the desolate settlement of Kambinye in northern Kenya, urging her family’s reluctant donkey forward by whipping it with an acacia branch.
Though the oppressive heat is energy-sapping – and despite not having eaten since the previous morning – Dukano, a 34-year-old mother of five, has no option but to walk for several hours to the nearest borehole, a journey that will likely end in disappointment as water levels are critically low.
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