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Israel and Iran resumed their exchange of fire yesterday afternoon. Explosions were heard in Isfahan, where nuclear facilities are located, and air raid sirens were sounding in Tel Aviv. According to Axios, US President Donald Trump is seriously considering taking his country into the war.more

US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced yesterday at the G7 summit that they had finalised a trade deal, the framework of which they had agreed back in May. Trump announced that he would soon sign ‘many’ similar agreements with other countries.more

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to halt most raids on properties in the agriculture, hotel and restaurant industries, the New York Times reported, citing internal correspondence and three officials.more

In a congressional hearing on Thursday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was asked if the US needs to be prepared "to take Greenland and Panama by force". Hegseth avoided directly answering the question but suggested the US has plans for "any contingency".more

A new launch date for the Ax-4 mission featuring Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznanski-Wisniewski has appeared on the NASA Kennedy Space Center website — tomorrow at 1:12 PM Polish time. However, this has not yet been officially confirmed by the entities involved in the mission.more

The administration of US President Donald Trump is preparing to send thousands of foreigners who are in the US illegally to the Guantanamo prison, the Washington Post wrote yesterday. Among those sent back could be several hundred citizens of European countries, including Poland, the newspaper reported.more

The state of California yesterday took US President Donald Trump's administration to court over its deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles in response to protests. According to state authorities, this step was illegal.more

Talks between US and Chinese delegations on a trade agreement between the two powers began today in London. This is the second such meeting, the first being held in Geneva on 12 May, AFP reported, citing the official Xinhua news agency.more

The crew of the Ax-4 mission with Pole Slawosz Uznański-Wiśniewski is practising the launch procedure at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, reported Dr Aleksandra Bukała of the Polish Space Agency. The astronauts are several dozen hours away from launch.more

The White House has warned the UK Prime Minister against allowing a Chinese embassy to be built near London's sensitive financial centres, ‘The Times’ reported yesterday.more

The UK is at war with Russia and the US can no longer be treated as a reliable ally, warned Fiona Hill, co-author of the UK Ministry of Defence report, a strategic review of the country's combat readiness, in an interview with ‘The Guardian’ newspaper.more

As a result of the policies pursued by the current US administration, the United States is perceived in the world as getting worse, while China is perceived in the world as getting better, reported Axios, citing research by Morning Consult, an economic intelligence company.more

The US Court of International Trade has blocked the entry into force of most of the tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump. According to the court, he exceeded his authority by imposing tariffs on other countries under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.more

US President Donald Trump announced yesterday that after a conversation with the chairwoman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, he decided to stop applying 50 percent. customs duties on goods from the EU on June 1. Trade talks between the two parties are to resume soon.more

A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship between January and March, a period that coincided with the start of US President Donald Trump's second term, CNN reported yesterday, quoting figures from the Home Office in London.more

US President Donald Trump announced on social media today that he favours a 50 per cent tariff on imports from the European Union from 1 June. He assessed that there is no progress in trade talks with the EU.more

The reputation of the major companies owned by Elon Musk has fallen from the top of the rankings to the bottom, a Harrison Poll showed, quoted by the Axios website on Tuesday. Tesla, which was in 8th place in 2021, is now ranked 95th.more

European leaders, to whom Donald Trump recounted his conversation with Vladimir Putin, were shocked by the description of what was agreed, the Financial Times reported yesterday. According to the source, it is clear that Trump is not ready to put pressure on Russia.more

The Catholic Church has a new pope, the first from the United States. On the fourth ballot of the conclave, Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected, who took the name Leo XIV. The new leader of 1.4 billion Catholics was prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops until the death of Pope Francis.more

The UK and US have agreed a “breakthrough” trade deal slashing some of Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars, aluminium and steel and that the prime minister said would save thousands of British jobs. Keir Starmer said it was a “fantastic, historic day” as he announced the agreement, the first by the White House since Trump announced sweeping global tariffs last month.more

Since the beginning of the year, eight Poles have been expelled by the US services and another six are in the deportation process, according to data provided to ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’ by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.more

An agreement with the UK will seal our friendship, US President Donald Trump declared today, declaring that the shape of the trade deal has been set. He also announced that a number of other agreements with the UK are close to being finalised.more

The US has signed a deal with Kyiv to share profits from the future sale of Ukraine's mineral and energy reserves, after months of tense negotiations. The deal aims to provide an economic incentive for the US to continue to invest in Ukraine's defence and reconstruction - as well as to address Washington's concerns over the amount of aid it has already contributed.more

Donald Trump has the lowest public support after 100 days in office of any US president since World War II, the Washington Post wrote yesterday. The newspaper also stressed that Trump has issued the most executive orders in 80 years.more

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt stated yesterday that Donald Trump ‘wants to see a permanent ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine’. In a statement to the media, she admitted that the US president is ‘increasingly frustrated’ with the attitude of Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.more