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Hamas accuses Netanyahu of trying to ‘sabotage’ Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal hours before Israel approves plan: Live updates

October 9, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

By JAMIE BULLEN, LIVE COVERAGE EDITOR Updated: 13:51, 9 October 2025 A senior Hamas official has accused Israel‘s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to ‘sabotage’ Donald Trump’s landmark Gaza peace deal hours before a ceasefire is expected to come into effect. Mahmoud Mardawi says there is disagreement over what prisoners will be released by […]

Donald Trump broke the news to the families of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas that they will all be returning home on Monday

Trump tells families of Israeli hostages ‘they’re all coming home Monday’ in heartwarming video as he celebrates ‘peace in the Middle East’

October 9, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Donald Trump has told the families of Israeli hostages their loved ones will be returning home on Monday after Israel and Hamas agreed to phase one of a peace deal. The US president announced late last night that the two sides will pause fighting and release at least some of the hostages and prisoners. Trump wrote […]

Trump greeted by kilt-wearing bag pipers as his son Don Jr. cozies up with girlfriend in Scotland

July 29, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

By GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR IN TURNBERRY, SCOTLAND and RUTH STAINER and EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT Updated: 20:09, 28 July 2025 Donald Trump‘s sons’ wives and girlfriends are getting the VIP treatment on Air Force One as his inner circle of family tags along his trip to Scotland. The president’s sons […]

Iran finally reveals what happened to its nuclear programme in strikes as Nato chief fawns over ‘daddy’ Trump: RECAP

June 25, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

By ELENA SALVONI and NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT and EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT and NATASHA ANDERSON and RACHEL BOWMAN Updated: 17:57, 25 June 2025 Iran has today admitted its nuclear facilities were ‘badly damaged’ by US bombs after Donald Trump insisted they were ‘obliterated’ and lashed out at ‘fake’ news coverage suggesting […]

White House says Trump was ‘the first president with the guts to do something’ about Iran and is ‘confident’ nuclear sites were ‘completely obliterated’ – but officials warn Tehran could now hit US forces ‘within 48 hours’

June 23, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

By ELENA SALVONI Published: 07:54, 23 June 2025 | Updated: 15:56, 23 June 2025 The White House has said that Iran posed an ‘imminent threat’ and that President Donald Trump is the ‘first president with the guts to actually do something about it.’ The world is now bracing for Tehran’s response after the United States […]

President Donald Trump signaled Friday he was ready to get tougher on Russia in an effort to end the conflict in Ukraine

Trump threatens devastating new tariffs on Russia unless Putin and Zelensky make peace ‘right now’

March 8, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

By ROB CRILLY, CHIEF U.S. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 14:50, 7 March 2025 | Updated: 03:11, 8 March 2025 President Donald Trump on Friday warned Moscow he was ‘strongly considering’ imposing sanctions and tariffs on Russia until a ceasefire and peace agreement is reached with Ukraine. It marks a shift in tone after Trump […]

Vice President J.D. Vance took European leaders to task in their own back yard with an fiery speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday afternoon

JD Vance torches European leaders for ‘criminalizing’ free speech in extraordinary Munich speech

February 15, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Vice President J.D. Vance took his culture war to Europe on Friday, warning that its greatest threat came not from China or Russia but from within as he delivered a blistering attack on what he said was the continent’s retreat from its traditional values. Vance said free speech and democratic institutions were being eroded in an […]

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz prepares to leave his governor's residence in St. Paul on Tuesday after Vice President Kamala Harris selected the progressive as her running mate

Tim Walz named as Kamala Harris’ VP pick: Minnesota Governor, 60, the surprise choice over Josh Shapiro

August 6, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Kamala Harris picked Minnesota‘s progressive governor Tim Walz as her running mate to take on Donald Trump and J.D. Vance after weeks of speculation and a bitter fight between candidates. The 60-year-old father-of-two, who has been married to his teacher wife Gwen since 1994, joins the ticket in a victory for the far left of the party […]

Jill Biden has been with husband Joe Biden in Rehoboth as he made his decision on the 2024 presidential race - above the couple at their beach home in February

What finally persuaded Biden to step aside? Inside the ‘last-minute’ decision that ‘completely blindsided’ White House and campaign staff… and who was there when he ‘dropped a bomb’

July 22, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Despite weeks of crisis talks and dozens of Democrats calling for him to step down, Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw was made at the last minute. The 81-year-old president was isolating with COVID at his $3.4 million holiday home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, when his shrinking inner circle handed him polling data showing he could […]

Trump and Biden debate: What time it starts, what network it’s on and the rules…Everything you need to know

June 28, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Donald Trump and Joe Bill will go head-to-head Thursday night for their first general election debate of the 2024 presidential race in one of the most consequential showdowns in decades. In the hotly anticipated rematch at 9pm on CNN, Trump, 78, and Biden, 81, will be in the same room together for the first time […]

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