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Trump says he will '100%' carry out Greenland tariffs threat, as EU vows to protect its interests37 minutes agoShareSaveThomas MackintoshandTabby Wilson,BBC NewsShareSaveSean Gallup/Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesKaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, said the bloc has “no interest to pick a fight, but we will hold our ground”.Donald Trump has vowed to “100%” follow through on his threat to impose tariffs on European countries who oppose his demand to take control of Greenland.
European allies have rallied around Greenland's sovereignty. Denmark's foreign minister emphasised the US president cannot threaten his way to ownership of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper reiterated the UK's position that the future of Greenland is for “Greenlanders and for the Danes alone” to decide.
On Monday, Trump declined to rule out the use of force and insisted he would press ahead with the threatened tariffs on goods arriving in the..

Confronted over Greenland, Europe is ditching its softly-softly approach to Trump6 hours agoShareSaveKatya Adler Europe EditorShareSaveBBCSomething in Europe has snapped. Donald Trump doubled down again on Monday, in his insistence that the US needs Greenland for national security reasons.
Is he prepared to use force to seize it, journalists asked him? “No comment,” said the president, sending chills down the spine of Greenland's anxious inhabitants. Again.
Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark – a member of the EU and of Nato. President Trump is now leaning heavily on Denmark's allies in both those organisations to abandon Copenhagen and let the US take control of Greenland, or face punitive taxes on all their exports to the United States.
It's a horror scenario for European economies, which are already in the doldrums. Especially those reliant on exporting to the US, like Germany's car industry and Italy's luxury goods market.
AFP via Getty Ima..

US believes its power matters more than international law, UN chief tells BBC28 minutes agoShareSaveAnna FosterPresenter, Today programmeShareSaveUN Photo / Alba García RuizAntonio Guterres told the BBC some believe “the power of law should be replaced by the law of power”The US is acting with impunity and believes its power matters more than international law, the head of the UN has told the BBC.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, António Guterres said Washington's “clear conviction” was that multilateral solutions were irrelevant.
What mattered, he continued, was the “exercise of the power and influence of the United States and sometimes in this respect by the norms of international law”.
His comments come weeks after the US struck Venezuela and seized its president – and in the context of Donald Trump's repeated threats to annex Greenland.
Guterres said he believed the founding principles of the UN – including the equality of member states – were now under thr..

High-speed train collision in Spain kills at least 211 hour agoShareSaveHarry Sekulich,BBC News,Guy Hedgecoe,MadridandRachel Hagan,BBC NewsShareSaveFootage shows emergency workers at scene of derailmentAt least 21 people have died in a train collision in southern Spain and left dozens more injured, as authorities warned the death toll could increase in Spain's worst rail crash in more than a decade.
Carriages on a Madrid-bound train derailed and crossed over to the opposite tracks, colliding with an oncoming train in Adamuz, near the city of Córdoba.
Four hundred passengers and staff were onboard both trains, the rail networks said. At least 24 people were seriously injured in the collision, including four children, according to Andalusia's emergency services.
Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente described the incident as “extremely strange” as officials launched an investigation.
All the railway experts consulted by the government “are extremely baffled by the accident”,..

Trump tariff threat over Greenland 'unacceptable', European leaders say2 hours agoShareSaveHenri AstierandBernd Debusmann Jr,White House reporterShareSaveReutersProtesters in Greenland rallied on Saturday against any US move acquire the territoryA threat by US President Donald Trump to impose fresh tariffs on eight allies opposed to his proposed takeover of Greenland has drawn condemnation from European leaders.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the move was “completely wrong”, while French President Emmanuel Macron called it “unacceptable”.
The comments came after Trump announced a 10% tariff on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland would come into force on 1 February, but could later rise to 25% – and would last until a deal was reached.
Trump insists the autonomous Danish territory is critical for US security and has not ruled out taking it by force.
Following Trump's threats, the European Union called an emergency..