Measures effectively replace a blanket 10% tariff that Donald Trump imposed in February but were ruled illegal by US supreme court

Donald Trump has once again inspired anger and confusion in US allies and trading partners as he imposed a wave of tariffs on more than 80 countries replacing an expiring global duty rolled out earlier this year.

The new measures effectively replace a blanket 10% tariff that Trump imposed in February. The US supreme court ruled many of those were illegal. The new levies come in at between 10% and 12.5% on countries including the UK, Mexico, Canada, Australia, India, China and the 27 countries that make up the EU.

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Exclusive: Westminster survey finds one in two staffers experiencing clinical levels of psychological distress

Staff employed by MPs are calling for urgently tightened security after reports of some being physically attacked and hundreds receiving threatening calls and messages.

A survey of more than 500 MPs’ staff members found that 78% had received threatening communication and nearly one in three fear for their own safety or that of colleagues.

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If Andy Burnham is minded to grasp the nettle, he will need to sell it to people like me. The right will call it a ‘death tax’ – why not a levy for ageing well?

One of the last things Andy Burnham did before entering Downing Street was to go and see his father.

Now living in a nursing home, Roy Burnham has Alzheimer’s and isn’t really aware of his son’s new job. But perhaps the prime minister wanted, in part, to try to explain why he might not be visiting so often in future.

Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist

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Whether you’re on a staycation or jetting away, drawstring trousers and clever layering will keep you cool

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These bright, sharp Mexican iced treats are the perfect summer cooler – with a spiky kick

The first time I encountered paletas in Mexico, they felt strangely familiar. They reminded me of the iced treats of my Malaysian childhood: fruit-driven, brightly coloured and made less to indulge than to relieve the heat. What struck me most was the flavour logic shared by both countries, where sweetness is often enlivened with salt, chilli, tamarind or citrus, each sharpening the fruit in its own way and making it seem brighter, cooler and somehow more vivid. Paletas are rarely perfectly smooth; little pieces of fruit suspended in the ice give them texture and interest. These two paletas take different paths from the same base: pineapple – sharp, clean and bright with lime and ginger – and mango – sweeter, rounder and more indulgent, which I’ve spiked with chilli, lime and salt.

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Team in Ohio finds swapping to electric has ‘very large’ impact, despite study being scaled back by Trump cuts

A US study has found a 70% drop in hospital admissions and days off from work or school when people with poorly controlled asthma had their gas stove and hob replaced with electric.

Ohio’s publicly owned MetroHealth began the study in December 2024 but funding was terminated early by the incoming Trump administration. It had been designed to investigate if replacing gas cooking improved asthma for 1,200 people living near Cleveland, Ohio.

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Op de Koemarkt in het centrum van Schiedam zijn vanmorgen een busje en een auto uitgebrand .

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has acknowledged that the semiconductor giant must catch up to rivals AMD and Arm, and said it now assumes edge AI and robotics will be a business as big as PCs. Tan made those remarks during Intel’s Q2 earnings call, which saw the company report $16.1 billion revenue – a 25 percent year-on-year increase. “Q2 was another quarter of solid execution,” the CEO said. “Revenue, gross margin, and earnings per share were above our guidance. This marks the seventh consecutive quarter of exceeding our financial expectations.” Yet it didn’t deliver a profit as Intel reported a GAAP loss of $11 billion (and a non-GAAP loss of $2.2 billion). Tan remained optimistic about Intel’s prospects, thanks to the AI boom spurring demand for many of its products, and its foundry service. “Our core server CPU franchise is growing faster than ever,” the CEO said, before observing the Xeon 6 range “continues to be one of the fastest-ramping products in Intel's history.” That may be the case, but Intel’s hyperscale customers have designed their own Arm-powered CPUs and are deploying so many that analyst firm IDC recently found non-x86 servers now account for almost half of all sales. Intel’s great rival, AMD, has grown its market share to a third of the x86 server market. During the earnings call, Morgan Stanley analyst Joe Moore asked Tan how he plans to regain market share. Tan pointed to Intel’s forthcoming Clearwater Forest, Diamond Rapids, and Coral Rapids processors as evidence the company is creating products that can compete with anyone. “Some areas we are still behind,” he admitted, “but we are catching up very fast and we try to leapfrog some of the CPU architecture, and we are putting major effort into it. Time will tell.” Tan is also pondering time in terms of how component shortages impact the company’s sales and revenue. “The industry is facing one of the most severe supply constraints in its history, across leading-edge logic silicon wafers, memory, and substrates,” he said. “These shortages will persist for the foreseeable future.” Intel is of course a big player in the semiconductor supply chain, and Tan offered the happy news that wafer output across its major manufacturing nodes exceeded expectations from 90 days ago, and that yields from its leading-edge 18A process “are trending ahead of targets.” The CEO also said, “supply remains very tight and the near-term linearity of our supply growth is more skewed towards the end of Q3 and into Q4, especially for servers.” He had slightly better news about Intel’s foundry business, which is developing an advanced manufacturing process called 14A that could make Chipzilla a more formidable competitor to TSMC. “We remain on track for 14A risk production for our internal products in the second half of 2027, and we made the decision in Q2 to fully commit to high volume ramp in 2028,” Tan said. Intel’s current flagship 18A process is also going well. “In our core PC client segment, Intel 18A is now in volume production across multiple commercial and consumer products,” Tan said. “Our factory output continues to increase sequentially every month. The successful high volume ramp of 18A for our internal products provides important validations as Intel Foundry engages with external customers.” The CEO added his view that “We still have work to do to establish a strong footprint in the edge and physical AI ecosystem but see this opportunity as an important future growth driver.” So important that Intel recently renamed its PC business the “Client Computing and Physical AI Group” (CCPG). That change is more than cosmetic, because CFO David Zinsner said Intel believes “the edge and physical AI opportunity is likely to at least match the client TAM [total addressable market] over time.” That would make edge and physical AI an $8 billion business, given that in this quarter Intel said ten percent of CCPG’s $8.9 billion revenue came from edge products. Overall CCPG revenue rose 13 percent year-over-year, growth that Intel found pleasantly surprising. Zinsner said the PC market is “softer” in part due to “the memory dynamics in the marketplace,” and predicted Q3 performance will fall. ®

Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 24-07-2026 07:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 17.7°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 17.4°C / Max 25.5°C | Kans op neerslag 2%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 17.4°C, Max 25.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1016.7 hPa ↘️ -3.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 225°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 08:00: 17.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1020.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.5 km/u (1.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 225°
• 09:00: 18.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1020.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 213°
• 10:00: 18.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1019.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ↑ 199°
• 11:00: 18.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1019.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.2 km/u (2.0 m/s), richting: ↑ 197°
• 12:00: 20.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 7%, 🧭 1019.0 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.2 km/u (2.0 m/s), richting: ↑ 178°
• 13:00: 21.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 7%, 🧭 1018.5 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.5 km/u (1.8 m/s), richting: ↑ 181°
• 14:00: 22.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1017.9 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.1 km/u (1.7 m/s), richting: ↑ 200°
• 15:00: 23.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1017.2 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.1 km/u (1.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 205°
• 16:00: 24.7°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1016.3 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.5 km/u (1.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 209°
• 17:00: 25.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.4 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.8 km/u (1.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 217°
• 18:00: 25.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1014.7 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.0 km/u (1.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 221°
• 19:00: 25.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1014.1 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.0 km/u (1.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 221°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• zaterdag 25 juli: Min 19.1°C, Max 25.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1008.7 hPa ↘️ -8.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: → 248°
• zondag 26 juli: Min 18.4°C, Max 22.8°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 44%, 🧭 1004.8 hPa ↘️ -3.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 21.1 km/u (5.9 m/s), richting: → 265°
• maandag 27 juli: Min 16.5°C, Max 22.4°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 23%, 🧭 1015.3 hPa ↗️ +10.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.3 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 295°
• dinsdag 28 juli: Min 16.7°C, Max 26.3°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1018.5 hPa ↗️ +3.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.1 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 221°
• woensdag 29 juli: Min 19.2°C, Max 28.9°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1014.5 hPa ↘️ -4.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.2 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 236°
• donderdag 30 juli: Min 21.1°C, Max 33.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1013.7 hPa ↘️ -0.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 10.0 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↖ 118°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 07:15): 17.7°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 17.8°C (+0.1°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 4.3 km/u (1.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 210°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 13.0 km/h (3.6 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 71%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1020.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 19.2 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.8
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 05:52 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:44

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 27 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 7.0 μg/m³
• PM10: 12.6 μg/m³

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De sluizen bij het Gelderse dorp Eefde die toegang geven tot het Twentekanaal blijven vanaf zaterdag dicht voor scheepvaart. Dat heeft de Rijksoverheid besloten om te voorkomen dat er door de aanhoudende droogte onherstelbare schade ontstaat aan waterkeringen, de bodem en natuur rond het kanaal. De sluizen sluiten op zaterdag 25 juli om 12.00 uur voor onbepaalde tijd. Naast de maatregel voor de scheepvaart mogen ook boeren tijdelijk hun gewassen niet meer besproeien met water uit het kanaal.

Op het deel van het kanaal tussen Almelo en De Haandrik moet het waterpeil minimaal 9,10 meter boven NAP zijn. Onder dat niveau bestaat het risico dat de kade verzakt. Omdat het peil onder die grens dreigt te komen, wordt al het beschikbare water ingezet om het peil op niveau te houden. De afgelopen dagen is geprobeerd het waterpeil met pompen en andere maatregelen op het gewenste niveau te houden, maar dat bleek onvoldoende.

De maatregelen blijven van kracht tot de waterstand bij Eefde weer op niveau is.

Politie en justitie gaan werken met een puntensysteem voor verkeershufters, meldt RTL Nieuws op basis van politie, Openbaar Ministerie (OM) en het ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid. Wie door een agent betrapt wordt op appen achter het stuur of ander verkeersonveilig gedrag, kan rekenen op strafpunten. Bestuurders die in een jaar tijd te veel strafpunten verzamelen vanwege overtredingen of misdrijven worden extra in de gaten gehouden.

Het strafpuntensysteem is een nieuwe poging om hardnekkige veelplegers in het verkeer te stoppen. Politie en justitie worstelen al jaren met een groep verkeersovertreders die zich niets lijkt aan te trekken van boetes, straffen of rijontzeggingen.

Het nieuwe strafpuntensysteem geldt voor iedere deelnemer aan het verkeer. Wie door een agent wordt betrapt op een verkeersovertreding zoals appen tijdens het rijden of geen gordel dragen, krijgt bovenop een boete één strafpunt.

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We're back with a new round of R&D explorations. This time, we continued experimenting with procedural workflows in Houdini, Redshift, and Photoshop, creating a series of abstract card concepts inspired by different materials, simulations, and surface qualities. The goal wasn't to design a finished product, but to push our creative process, test new techniques, and discover unexpected visual directions. R&D is one of our favorite ways to explore ideas that often find their way into future client work.

Terwijl de AI-race tussen de grootmachten in volle gang is, is ook de ‘bio-race’ begonnen. De Chinese start-up StairMed ontwikkelt namelijk een breinchip die gezonde personen kan upgraden. Denk aan Neuralink van Musk, maar dan anders.