First signs of discord as Musk 'inadvertently sets off Trump cabinet rebellion'
• Feb 25, 2025, 10:37 AM
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PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, February 25: Has the bromance been revived? We look at European press reactions to Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump's meeting in Washington. Also: troubled waters for Elon Musk? Tesla sales are in freefall and his curbing of the US federal administration comes under scrutiny. Plus: France's "starchitect" Jean Nouvel is embroiled in an embezzlement scandal. Finally, fancy a summer holiday on Mars? Scientists discover evidence of sandy beaches on the Red Planet.
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Clint Hill, US Secret Service agent who leapt onto JFK’s car after assassination, dies aged 93
• 3:21 PM
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On November 22, 1963, Clint Hill, then a US Secret Service agent, leapt on John F. Kennedy's limousine after the US president was shot. He did not manage to save Kennedy and was haunted by his failure to do so until his later years, when he came to terms
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Humanitarian crisis in Haiti: 'Population is on the brink of starvation,' charity says
• 1:43 PM
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The situation in Haiti is now an "unprecedented humanitarian crisis" with the "population on the brink of starvation". That's according to the charity ActionAid, which says that nine out of 10 people there now go all day without eating. It also says that
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First signs of discord as Musk 'inadvertently sets off Trump cabinet rebellion'
• 10:37 AM
1 min
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, February 25: Has the bromance been revived? We look at European press reactions to Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump's meeting in Washington. Also: troubled waters for Elon Musk? Tesla sales are in freefall and his curbing of the U
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Trump pushes for revival of Keystone XL Pipeline project cancelled by Biden
• 2:39 AM
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US President Trump on Monday pushed to restart the Keystone XL Pipeline project, a contentious project halted in the early days of the Biden administration after the pipeline was strongly opposed by Indigenous and environmental groups.
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Musk gives US federal employees 'another chance' to justify their jobs via email
• 1:25 AM
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After Monday's original deadline for America's federal workers to justify their employment passed, Elon Musk said on Tuesday that they would be given "another chance" to do so or risk "termination". The heads of some US government agencies, including the
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