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Tesla CEO Elon Musk drew immediate outrage online after he made a gesture during his speech at the Capitol One Arena on Monday to celebrate President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Click on link in bio for more 🔗

Donald Trump and JD Vance shouted over Volodymyr Zelensky as a critical meeting on Ukraine erupted into a shouting match in the Oval Office on Friday, 28 February. Click the link in bio for more 🔗

Donald Trump says the US will ‘absolutely’ impose tariffs on the European Union, after placing 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico. The president had been threatening the tariffs to boost domestic manufacturing and raise revenues for the federal government. The executive order came into effect on Saturday (1 February). The president said: “As you know, we have about a $200 billion deficit with with Canada getting close to $200 billion. They've treated us very unfairly. And I say, why should we be subsidizing Canada? They, you know, are wonderful. I have so many friends in Canada. It's a great place.”

Donald Trump praised The Independent during his meeting at The White House with Sir Keir Starmer. While Andrew Feinberg, The Independent's White House correspondent, asked him a question, the president asked which outlet he represented. "I am from The Independent" Mr Feinberg replied, to which Mr Trump responded: "That's good." Mr Feinberg was pressing Mr Trump on his plans to impose tariffs on China. Click the link in bio for more 🔗

The final moments of the doomed Titan submersible can be heard in new audio released by the US Coast Guard. A thunderous roar can be heard as the Titan sub implodes, killing all five people on board. The audio was captured from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration device about 900 miles from where the sub dropped off the radar in Newfoundland. All five crew members died as a result of the implosion: founder Stockton Rush, 61, French explorer Paul Henri Nargeolet, 77, British explorer Hamish Harding, 58, UK-based Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48 and his 19-year-old son Suleman. #Titansubmersible #NOAA #Titan

Jaw-dropping scenes show eruption and lava flow from Mount Etna. The drone footage shows activity at the volcano in Sicily on Tuesday (11 February). The region has seen ongoing seismic activity, with several earthquakes, with magnitudes up to 3.7, detected in the summit area, likely linked to internal magma movements. #MountEtna #volcano #Sicily

Emma Raducanu appeared to be in tears during the first set against Karolina Muchova in Dubai, eventually losing in straight sets. It comes after the 22-year-old was approached in a public area by a man who exhibited “fixated behaviour," according to the WTA.

President Donald Trump has defended comments made by Vice President JD Vance after he launched a scalding attack on European democracies. The US Vice President used his speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday (14 February) to say the greatest threat facing the continent was not from Russia and China, but “from within”. Click the link in bio for more 🔗

Donald Trump shared a bizarre AI video depicting a future vision of Gaza as a beach resort. The video posted to his Truth Social account on Tuesday (25 February) appeared to be fan-made and featured images of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lounging on a beach next to the president, with the words “Trump Gaza” inscribed between the two. #trump #gaza #ai

A woman in Brazil miraculously walked away unharmed after being narrowly missed by a pickup truck that crashed into a parked vehicle on February 22. The incident took place in Braço do Norte, Santa Catarina, as the woman was walking along the street next to a parked car. Then the out-of-control Chevrolet narrowly misses her after a violent collision with the rear end of a stationary white car. Incredibly, the pedestrian managed to walk away without any serious injuries, and no one else was injured.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders told reporters 'my speech is going to be better' after walking out of President Donald Trump's address to Congress. Click the link in bio for more 🔗

Some of these looks… #grammys #grammys2025 #redcarpet #fashion #fyp

Simon Calder has cleared up Ryanair's baggage rules after a passenger says she was charged £50 to bring a water bottle that she had strapped across her body onboard after the airline claimed she was violating its policy. Ruby Flanagan flew from Dublin to Stansted on 4 February when she was stopped at the gate before boarding her flight back to London, she wrote in the Mirror. A member of the gate staff pointed to her 750ml water bottle, hanging by a strap across her body, and told her that it would have to go into the bag — and they then told her that her bag was too big and she would have to “pay to get on the flight”, Ms Flanagan said. So how did this happen? Simon Calder explains all. #ryanair #bottle

Adam Pearson has had a whirlwind year since starring in A Different Man. The actor, who presented an award at the Bafta film awards in London on Sunday (16 February), reflected on the last year since starring in Aaron Schimberg's dark comedy alongside Sebastian Stan. He told The Independent on the red carpet: "I'm a guy from Croydon, right? But it's, in all sincerity, it's been a year of, like, shaking off the imposter syndrome. "I used to refer to myself as, like, a disabled actor... I don't say disabled anymore. I'm an actor. I'm in this room because I'm the best in the world at what I do."

The aircraft, with 80 people on board, overturned when it crashed-landed at Toronto Pearson Airport, injuring more than a dozen passengers. #deltaairlines #breakingnews #fyp

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday (13 February) that the US will levy significant import taxes on any country that imposes its own taxes on American goods, starting a process that experts say could lead to a global trade war. Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump said the plan would treat all countries the same based on their own individual trade laws. “I’ve decided for purposes of fairness that I will charge a reciprocal tariff ... it’s fair to all. No other country can complain,” he said. “If you build your product in the United States, there are no tariffs ... this should have been done years ago.” He added: “We’re going to make America rich again.” Click the link in our bio for the full story 🔗

President Donald Trump says he has banned Elon Musk from the US gov space program. His comments come ahead of a joint interview with Musk airing on Tuesday (18 February). #trump #us #elonmusk #musk #news #usnews #politics

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has been branded a “dangerous fool” by a judge imprisoning him for more than 14 years for escaping from prison and spying for Iran. In a jailbreak that drew intense nationwide attention and sparked a major manhunt, Khalife, 23, escaped from category B prison HMP Wandsworth in south-west London by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck in September 2023. He was caught on a canal towpath by a plainclothes detective days later. #daniel #khalife

Donald Trump has issued a demand to Ukraine in which Kyiv guarantees supplies of rare earth minerals to the US as payment for war aid. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has previously floated the idea as part of his plan to end with conflict with Russia. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday (3 February), Trump said: “We’re telling Ukraine they have very valuable rare earths. “We’re looking to do a deal with Ukraine where they’re going to secure what we’re giving them with their rare earths and other things.”

Donald Trump hit out a federal workers working from home for “golfing”, despite spending nearly a third of his presidency playing golf. Trump said all federal workers will be forced to return to the office, he told an investment summit on Wednesday (19 February). Meanwhile the US president has reportedly spent almost $11m of taxpayer money funding his golfing hobby since returning to office. Since being sworn in the president is understood to have played golf on nine out his first 30 days in office. #trump #golf