The Latest Breaking News from Donald Trump

Trump’s AI Jesus post shows he truly believes he is a God - America is in grave danger

COMMENT: The US president now believes he is ruling by divine right, putting America on course for catastrophe, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK · Apr 16

Word up – this is the best put-down of all

Brief letters: Wazzocks | J for Jesus | Toilet paper | Money and happiness | Initial confusion | Lime marmalade

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16

Teleportation, aliens and cancer-busting soda - it’s not just Trump going cuckoo, his officials are too

As the president’s men rave about paranormal events and Diet Coke, it seems the US’s only hope is extraterrestrial intervention

The Guardian - US · Apr 16

Stephen Miller warns that Iran war could continue ‘indefinitely’

Trump administration officials have consistently insisted the US has won the war, despite faltering peace negotiations

The Independent UK · Apr 16

Iran to blame for closing Strait of Hormuz, says Gulf leader

The Gulf Chief Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi told Euronews that Iran is responsible for weaponising the Strait to score a geopolitical win and should deal with the effects.

Euronews · Apr 16

Trump increased H-2B visa quota for his own businesses after 'secret meeting with lobbyists'

The Donald Trump administration silently walked back on a lesser-targeted visa program and restored its quota after reducing it, as the president's private businesses depend largely on workers coming to the US on that visa. While the H-1B visa program is much vilified for abuses, frauds, the H-2B visa program…

The Times of India · Apr 16

Archbishop of Canterbury backs pope’s calls for peace amid Trump feud

Sarah Mullally urges Anglicans to join Leo’s ‘courageous’ call and says human cost of war is incalculable

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16

Will Leo bite? Vatican reporter on travelling with the Pope during Trump attack

ANALYSIS: During Leo’s Africa tour, being inside the Vatican ‘bubble’ has been an almost surreal experience, Nicole Winfield writes

The Independent UK · Apr 16

Wall Street seems to have decided the recession risk is over. Can the Australian market do the same?

Experts say US market ‘may have run ahead of itself’ while ASX 200’s more modest recovery is due in part to Australia’s reliance on fuel imports

The Guardian - AU · Apr 16

I thought hell would freeze over before I agreed with the pope. But in a world riven by cruelty, that day has finally come

It’s a relief to see the pontiff decrying brutality, because it seems most current world leaders lack the necessary spine

The Guardian - AU · Apr 16