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Donald Trump was never going to spend an entire week on the defensive – he just doesn’t do that. The counter attack was always going to come, and it came courtesy of the angel families – the relatives of victims killed by illegal immigrants.The president has faced widespread condemnation for the policy of zero-tolerance that led to families being split up after illegally crossing the border from Mexico.The consequence was children being detained separately from their parents, and images of some of them sleeping on the floor in cage-like structures in disused warehouses. Image: Migrant children have been seen in…

An executive order signed by Donald Trump to stop children being separated from their families at the US border has caused confusion among officials attempting to maintain the president’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. The directive made earlier this week came amid mounting pressure from Democrats and Republicans alike, as well as disapproving public opinion polls, over scenes condemned across the country and internationally.Mr Trump had defended his approach before signing the order – reportedly following an intervention from his wife and daughter – and he and Vice President Mike Pence insisted the hard-line policy would continue.But it does not appear to…

Donald Trump has threatened a 20% tariff on all European cars if the EU does not remove trade barriers introduced on Friday. His threat – which if carried out would represent a serious escalation of the burgeoning trade war – comes hours after new EU tariffs on goods imported from the US came into force. Based on the Tariffs and Trade Barriers long placed on the U.S. and it great companies and workers by the European Union, if these Tariffs and Barriers are not soon broken down and removed, we will be placing a 20% Tariff on all of their…

Airbus has said it is running out patience with the government and a “no-deal” Brexit would mean “chaos at the borders”. The company employs 14,000 people at several sites including Bristol, Stevenage, Portsmouth and north Wales, but another 110,000 jobs are also vulnerable at firms supplying the aircraft maker.In one of the most significant interventions by a major manufacturer since the referendum two years ago, it published a “risk assessment” on its website saying it would “reconsider its investments in the UK, and its long-term footprint in the country” if Britain left the single market and customs union without a…

Campaigner Christie Elan-Cane has lost a High Court action against the government’s current policy on gender-neutral passports. Elan-Cane has been fighting for ‘X’ passports for people who define as neither ‘M’ nor ‘F’.The campaigner argues the “denial of existence is the worst act of discrimination by the gendered majority against the non-gendered”.Elan-Cane believes the current passport forms are discriminatory, but a judge who heard arguments in the case in London in April dismissed the judicial review action today.During the April proceedings, Elan-Cane’s lawyers challenged the lawfulness of the policy administered by Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMP0), which is part of…

James Bond’s carmaker is drawing up plans to hand millions of pounds of discounted stock to wealthy customers as part of a London listing expected to value it at up to £5bn. Sky News has learnt that Aston Martin is working on incorporating a customer share offer into an initial public offering (IPO) that has been earmarked for the autumn.Details of the company’s plans have yet to be finalised, but are expected to be unveiled alongside a new employee share scheme at the time of the long-awaited flotation.If it proceeds, the customer offer would form part of efforts by Aston…

Businesses have been cautious about speaking out on Brexit for fear of alienating customers and souring relations with influential Whitehall officials. Some companies, such as Wetherspoons, have been markedly positive about the process of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU.But aerospace giant Airbus has joined the small number of firms warning about the state of negotiations.Here are some of the others…:: BMW The German car manufacturer weighed in last year, when its head of purchasing called Brexit a “very uncomfortable scenario”.It was among a group of major European firms last month to warn that “time is running out” in negotiations.BMW, along…

Several Spanish cities have witnessed protests after a court ordered the release of five men – known as “the pack” – accused of raping an 18-year-old woman at the bull-running festival in Pamplona. About a thousand people shouted “enough macho violence” in Pamplona, while in Barcelona a banner read: “In the face of patriarchal justice, feminist self-defence.”One protester, 66-year-old Carmen Roman, said it was “a shame these scoundrel rapists get away so easily”.There were also protests in Bilbao, Vitoria and San Sebastian.Further demonstrations are expected on Friday outside the justice ministry in Madrid, and in Seville, where the men are…

The European Union’s retaliatory tariffs come into force today targeting American products, including whiskey, motorcycles and peanuts.   Its duties target goods worth $3.3bn (£2.5bn) after the United States imposed tariffs on the bloc’s steel and aluminium.President Donald Trump is pushing ahead with his campaign pledge to protect American jobs and has described trading relationship with his neighbours and allies as unfair. He has asked his officials to redraw the rules of trade.The United States has imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and £25bn in Chinese goods. China, India and Turkey have already hit back with their own tariffs on US imports.…

Airbus is making plans to leave the UK in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit, which could lead to the loss of tens of thousands of jobs. The company employs 14,000 people directly at several sites including Bristol, Stevenage, Portsmouth and north Wales, but 110,000 jobs are also vulnerable at firms supplying the aircraft maker.In one of the most significant interventions by a major manufacturer since the referendum two years ago, it published a “risk assessment” on its website saying it would “reconsider its investments in the UK, and its long-term footprint in the country” if Britain left the single…