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The driver of a car was also killed when a medical transport plane crashed in Philadelphia, the mayor of the US city has confirmed. All six on board were killed in the crash – a young patient and her mother, on their way home to Tijuana, Mexico, along with four crew members. At least 19

A medical plane carrying a young patient and her mother has crashed in a heavily populated area of Philadelphia – killing all six people on board. The Jet Rescue Air Ambulance was carrying the girl and her mother from Northeast Philadelphia Airport to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri – on their way home to Tijuana,

Donald Trump has placed 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on goods from China. The move, that came into effect on Saturday, raises fears of price increases for US consumers as the US president suggested he would try to blunt the impact on oil imports. He has been threatening the

👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 “Tariffs is the most beautiful word to me in the dictionary,” said Donald Trump during his second inauguration as US president, alongside God, religion, and love. This weekend, Trump hopes to follow through on his threat to hit imports, starting with a 25% border

A passenger jet has collided with a Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter while landing at an airport near Washington DC. This is what we know so far: • The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed the crash involved a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ701 twin-engine jet regional jet and a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter. • The airliner was on

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to open a migrant detention centre at Guantanamo Bay. Speaking before making the act official, Mr Trump said that thousands of migrants who cannot be deported to their home countries will be held at the complex, on the island of Cuba. “I’m also signing an executive order to

Shares in Microsoft have fallen sharply after investment spending came in higher than expected in its latest results, released just days after the DeepSeek market shock for tech stocks. The company, which has received reprimands from shareholders previously over AI-related bills, had already let it be known it expected to spend $80bn this year ahead

Around 85% of Greenlanders do not want to become part of the US, a new poll has found, as Denmark’s prime minister shored up support for its current status. It comes after Donald Trump said the Arctic island was vital to US security and Denmark should give up control of its semi-autonomous territory. According to

Donald Trump is aggressively pushing forward with plans to shrink the US government by offering eight months’ pay to federal employees who quit their jobs. They have until 6 February to decide whether to accept the deal, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management. The US government’s human resources agency also warned

Donald Trump thinks the Chinese startup DeepSeek, which claims it has a technical advantage over US rivals, should be “a wakeup call” for American AI firms. DeepSeek says its artificial intelligence models are comparable with those from US giants, like OpenAI which is behind ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, but potentially a fraction of the cost. That

The picture said more than the words. President Trump posted a photograph of himself in a fedora hat, alongside a sign with four letters on it: FAFO. That’s usually interpreted as “f*** around, find out”. Colombia found out very quickly that he has no intention of backing down. His retaliation for the refusal to receive

A prominent Republican senator and longtime ally of Donald Trump has questioned his decision to pardon January 6 rioters. Lindsey Graham said the move was a “mistake” and could lead to more violence. Mr Trump announced a blanket pardon for about 1,500 of his supporters who attacked the US Capitol in 2021 as part of

Donald Trump says he will retaliate with “urgent and decisive” measures after Colombia turned away two US military planes carrying deported migrants. The US leader said Colombian president Gustavo Petro’s action “jeopardised the national security and public safety of the United States” in a statement on Truth Social. The retaliatory measures include 25% emergency tariffs

Donald Trump has said Jordan and Egypt should take in Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza. The US president called on the two nations to take in people either temporarily or permanently, adding: “We should just clear out the whole thing.” “It’s literally a demolition site, almost everything is demolished and people are dying there,” he told

The CIA now believes the COVID-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have originated from a laboratory leak in China than from animals. It follows the release of new analysis that began under the Biden administration at the request of former CIA director William Burns. For years, the CIA has said it is unclear whether COVID-19

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s controversial choice for US defence secretary, has been confirmed for the job. The 44-year-old ex-veteran and former Fox News host narrowly secured the top Pentagon post with vice president JD Vance casting the 51-50 tie-breaking vote. Three Republican senators – Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Mitch McConnell

Donald Trump has visited disaster areas in California and North Carolina and said he is considering “getting rid” of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In California the president flew over several neighbourhoods ravaged by wildfires in Marine One, the presidential helicopter. He and first lady Melania Trump landed in Pacific Palisades, a particularly

Donald Trump has said that attacks on police officers during the January 6 riots were “minor incidents”. In his first sit-down interview since being inaugurated on Monday, recorded in the Oval Office, Mr Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity most of those who were jailed over the US Capitol riots were “absolutely innocent”. As part

It’s the end of Donald Trump’s second full day as president. It feels like rather longer. Plenty has happened. This is the future. He promised he’d get down to business and so he did. It’s been hard to know which way to look; what to focus on. President Biden preferred short days. President Trump chooses

Donald Trump has attempted to negotiate a potential TikTok sale on live television, in what was supposed to be an announcement about investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The US president was holding a news conference about a $500bn (£405bn) investment in AI infrastructure in the country, but was questioned about a range of topics.