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U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his trade war with Canada on Tuesday, doubling the 25% U.S. tariff on its northern neighbor’s steel and aluminum exports to 50% after Canada’s Ontario provincial leader said he is adding a 25% levy on electricity sold to 1.5 million American customers.

Today, the European Commission introduced a proposed revision to the 2008 Return Directive, amending the EU legal framework on returns or deportations outside of the EU. Following pressure from certain member states, it also introduces a possible legal basis for ‘return hubs’ in EU law through “agreements or arrangements” with third countries.

In late August 2023, Hisham al-Hakimi, Save the Children International’s safety and security director in Yemen, informed his colleagues he was in danger of being detained.

In late August 2023, Hisham al-Hakimi, Save the Children International’s safety and security director in Yemen, informed his colleagues he was in danger of being detained.

In late August 2023, Hisham al-Hakimi, Save the Children International’s safety and security director in Yemen, informed his colleagues he was in danger of being detained.

One of the many tax cuts Republicans are considering extending for the wealthy in their reconciliation bill is an estate tax cut for the country’s wealthiest, the latest in their decades-long effort to weaken this tax. This amounts to a $5.7 million tax cut for the wealthiest 1 in 1,000 estates in the country, whose value consists largely of unrealized capital gains income that has never been taxed. In 2017 the estate tax already applied to only the highest-value estates — only amounts above $11 million per couple were taxable — when Republicans doubled this exemption to $22 million.

US President Donald Trump has today announced massive new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium, while threatening to "shut down" its car industry and saying the best way to end the trade war was for Washington's ally to be absorbed into the US.

US President Donald Trump has today announced massive new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium, while threatening to "shut down" its car industry and saying the best way to end the trade war was for Washington's ally to be absorbed into the US.

US President Donald Trump has today announced massive new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium, while threatening to "shut down" its car industry and saying the best way to end the trade war was for Washington's ally to be absorbed into the US.

Reporting Highlights

• Mayoral Protection: New York City Mayor Eric Adams has embraced a problematic NYPD unit led by longtime allies.
• NYPD Alarms: When department insiders raised red flags about the unit, the team’s leaders complained to the mayor.
• Adams Footage: The relationship between Adams and the unit was so tight that the mayor was given access to a special livestream feed from the team’s body-worn cameras.

A Russian diplomat recalled from Brussels amid a spy purge by Belgian authorities has been nominated to head the Belgrade mission of Europe's largest security body, a joint investigation by RFE/RL and several European media outlets has found.