Liz Uihlein sent staff email with cartoon of Trump saying ‘I hold the cards’ to which Xi says ‘the cards are made in China’

A top donor to Donald Trump and other Maga Republicans has privately mocked the US president’s longtime position that he has an upper hand in trade negotiations with China, in a sign that even some loyal supporters have been uneasy with the White House strategy.

Liz Uihlein, the billionaire businesswoman who co-founded the office supply company Uline with her husband, Richard, sent an email to her staff earlier this year that contained a cartoon in which Trump can be seen playing cards with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping. In the cartoon, Trump claims: “I hold the cards”, to which Xi responds: “The cards are made in China.”

Demartravion “Trey” Reed, 21, was found hanging from tree on Delta State University campus

The death of a Black college student whose body was found hanging from a tree on a university campus in Mississippi this week was ruled a suicide after an autopsy, police said in a statement.

Demartravion “Trey” Reed, 21, was found dead early on Monday near the pickleball courts on Delta State University’s campus in Cleveland, Mississippi, according to officials.

Harris’s memoir, 107 Days, includes thoughts about Pennsylvania governor and ex-transport secretary as potential running mates

Josh Shapiro has said Kamala Harris will “have to answer” for why she did not publicly alert people to Joe Biden’s declining ability to serve during his term in the White House.

The Democratic Pennsylvania governor was a candidate to become Harris’s running mate when she replaced Biden as the Democratic party nominee for president late in the 2024 campaign after the president dropped his re-election bid, but narrowly lost out to Minnesota governor Tim Walz – whom

Some Democrats fear messaging trap and political polarization from measure sponsored only by Republicans

The killing of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week has triggered a wave of political disquiet in Washington, with some House Democrats fearing a messaging trap over a Republican resolution to honor him while other lawmakers worry about the broader political temperature following government pressure on broadcasters.

A five-page resolution, introduced by the House speaker, Mike Johnson<

Republican bill would fund government until 21 November; bill now moves to Senate chamber, where passage is less certain

Today, lawmakers in the House will vote on legislation, known as a “continuing resolution” (CR), to prevent a looming government shutdown at the end of September.

The bill, introduced by Republicans, would fund the government until 21 November. According to Politico, House GOP whip Tom Emmer was confident, as of Thursday, that his party had enough votes. “We’re going to pass this,” he said in an interview.

Man in his 30s and woman, 59, held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter

Two ambulance trust staff have been arrested in connection with the deaths of six people in Wiltshire, police have said.

A man in his 30s and a 59-year-old woman, who were both employed by the South Western ambulance service NHS foundation trust, have been arrested and released on conditional bail.

FCA review finds motorists were short-changed when their vehicle was stolen or written off

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An estimated 270,000 drivers are receiving a total of £200m compensation from car insurers after the regulator found they were short-changed when their vehicle was stolen or written off.

The money is being paid out after a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which found insurers had undervalued vehicles when paying out on claims.

Exclusive: Party investigates Northumberland councillor John Allen over alleged YouTube posts

Reform UK has suspended one of its councillors as the party investigates him over alleged online comments about wanting to kill Keir Starmer.

The suspension came after the party was presented with details indicating that John Allen, a Reform UK Northumberland county councillor, had posted comments online about wanting to shoot the prime minister.

Almost 1,400 people sign up in 24 hours, as party sees 10% increase in member numbers after Zack Polanski’s leadership win

The Greens have seen their membership jump by more than 1,000 people in a day after a very public split between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana cast doubt on the viability of the pair’s proposed new leftwing party.

Almost 1,400 people signed up to the Greens in the 24 hours since the bitter disagreement emerged, which saw Corbyn and his allies refer Sultana to the information watchdog after claims she started collecting membership subscriptions without authority.

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested and held without charge for eight months, raising fears for their health

A British couple have been freed from months of detention in Afghanistan to the “immense joy” of their family.

The Taliban released Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband, Peter, 80, after being held for eight months.

IDF tells residents of Gaza City to flee south but closes Salah al-Din road evacuation route

Pakistan’s defence minister says his nation’s nuclear programme “will be made available” to Saudi Arabia if needed under the countries’ new defence pact, marking the first specific acknowledgment that Islamabad had put the kingdom under its nuclear umbrella.

Defence minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif’s comments underline the importance of the pact struck this week between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, which have had military ties for decades, AP reports.

I welcome the excellent cooperation with the Palestinian Authority. We are working together to ensure his swift extradition.

This is another step forward for justice and truth. My thoughts are with all the families who have endured the pain of waiting for so long.

Richard Moore said Russia was unlikely to win on battlefield, as his agency launched call to recruit spies

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The outgoing head of MI6 has issued a damning indictment of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying that Vladimir Putin has “bitten off more than he can chew”.

Richard Moore, known within MI6 as C, used his farewell speech in Istanbul to say that while Russia was unlikely to win on the battlefield, his agency was seeking to recruit spies inside Russia and worldwide in order to fight back.

Portugal has also made extradition request for Diogo Santos Coelho, who is facing cybercrime charges

A high court judge has quashed a Home Office decision that paved the way for a vulnerable autistic man to be extradited to the US on cybercrime charges carrying a possible 52-year sentence.

The UK government has accepted that Diogo Santos Coelho, 25, a Portuguese national, was groomed and exploited online by adults from the age of 14, leading to him setting up the website RaidForums, to which the alleged crimes relate.

Problems have arisen in Dutch capital since introduction of a deposit scheme for small bottles and cans

City leaders in Amsterdam are taking a novel approach to keeping its streets clean – by taking away litter bins to combat rubbish in part blamed on people rifling through them to obtain refund deposits on some discarded items.

There has been a surge in complaints about litter in the Dutch capital since the introduction of a deposit scheme for small bottles and cans. Last year, a quarter of residents described their neighbourhood as dirty or very dirty, rising to two in five in the city centre.

Telco head says two people in South Australia and one in Western Australia died, offering his ‘sincere apologies’

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Three people died after an Optus network upgrade prevented triple zero calls in three states and territories on Thursday, the telco’s chief executive officer has confirmed.

Two of the deceased were in South Australia and one was in Western Australia, Stephen Rue said, but added that welfare checks after the upgrade were “ongoing

Treasury analysis shows savings of up to $4,300 a year per household but the challenge is to ensure everyone can benefit

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Australian households could save as much as $4,300 a year by switching to solar panels, installing batteries and driving an electric car, according to Treasury modelling, though renters may miss some of those benefits.

The new analysis was included as part of the Climate Change Authority’s recommendation that the government pursue a 2035 emissions reduction

Treasury modelling shows pursuit of a 65% cut in emissions will mean a boom in the export of green energy commodities

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Australia’s production of fossil fuels and the export value of coal and LNG are both predicted to plummet this decade, while at the same time the country reshapes its economy to reach net zero, according to Treasury modelling.

The annual value of fossil fuel exports is predicted to fall by $50bn by 2035 if Australia sticks with its current policies and reaches emissions reduction cuts of 65% – an amount in the bottom half of the target range announced this week.

Several MPs say the activist group’s advertising push is becoming a problem for the party because ‘you cannot win from the margins’

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Several Liberal MPs have raised concerns an anti-immigration campaign by the activist group Advance is hurting the party’s brand and alienating migrant communities.

Analysis of Advance’s Meta advertising since May’s federal election shows it has promoted 44 anti-immigration ads, with more than 1.5m impressions.

Research which began with conversations round a campfire and went on to examine 7m gene variants shows how people survive with little water and a meat-rich diet

A collaboration between African and American researchers and a community living in one of the most hostile landscapes of northern Kenya has uncovered key genetic adaptations that explain how pastoralist people have been able to thrive in the region.

Underlying the population’s abilities to live in Turkana, a place defined by extreme heat, water scarcity and limited vegetation, has been hundreds of years of natural selection, according to a study published in Science.

First responders say 75 worshippers dead as paramilitaries push to capture last foothold of Sudanese army in Darfur

A drone strike by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher has killed 75 people worshipping in a mosque, first responders have said, as the group continued its push to capture the last foothold of Sudan’s army in the Darfur region.

The attack, one of the deadliest this year in the city, hit the city’s al-Daraja neighbourhood, where civilians from the famine-hit Abu Shouk displacement camp had fled after it was overrun by fighters .