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Donald Trump appeared to announce when the state visit would take place

Donald Trump suggests UK state visit planned for September

The visit by US President Donald Trump is not expected to see him return to Scotland

How Trump is transforming US into an enemy of freedom and democracy

The institutional resistance to Donald Trump’s growing authoritarian revolution in the US has been s...

China's President Xi Jinping looms large over visitors to the Museum of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai (Picture: Hector Retamal)

China's stance on granny 'threat' shows it's no friend of UK

China remains grimly authoritarian and surprisingly petty

Why Trump may be about to reveal his true colours on Ukraine and Putin Scotsman comment

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Why Donald Trump may be America’s Gorbachev – and not in a good way

Striking parallels between the last leader of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Donald Trump suggest ...

US Consulate in Edinburgh set to close under Trump cuts

The consulate in Edinburgh has been in operation since 1798 - but has been earmarked for closure by ...

Ukraine

A Poseidon MRA1 plane, designed for submarine-hunting and the tracking of maritime targets, arrives at RAF Lossiemouth (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Scotland has part to play in European defence in world of Trump, Putin

Scotland’s renewable energy supplies and expertise in building satellites and drones could help Europe increase its security, as the debate continues over whether Trump’s America is a friend, frenemy or foe

Adorable video shows newborn lion cubs with mum rescued from Ukraine

A woman touches a picture of Alexei Navalny at a protest opposite the Russian Embassy in London after the jailed Russian opposition leader died in prison. He was almost certainly murdered (Picture: Jonathan Brady)

How Putin is trying to gaslight the world about his war on Ukraine Scotsman comment

Why jolly face of Putin's killing machine has even more to laugh about Ian Johnston

Ian Johnston

Rumours about the health of Russian president Vladimir Putin have circulated online for years. Picture: Maxim Shemetov/AFP/Getty

Explainer 'Mini-stroke' chatter the latest dubious Vladimir Putin health rumour

Brine pools containing lithium carbonate at a mine in the Atamaca desert in Chile (Picture: John Moore)

Why Ukraine and Greenland are at the heart of a new global power game Professor Paul de Leeuw

Rangers midfielder Nicolas Raskin started in Belgium's 3-0 win against Ukraine last night. Cr: Getty Images.

Ibrox hero stakes Belgium claim as McTominay teammate stars in win

Russian President Vladimir Putin would like the EU to break up, but his war on Ukraine is pushing the UK back towards Brussels (Picture: Maxim Shemetov/pool)

How Brexit fan Putin is pushing the UK and EU closer together Stuart Nicolson

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A survivor at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly after it was liberated by British troops on April 15, 1945 (Picture: Galerie Bilderwelt)

Warning from history about identity politics and retreat of democracy Scotsman comment

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The crew of Blue Origin's NS-31: Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Lauren Sánchez, Amanda Nguyễn, Katy Perry and Kerianne Flynn.

Explainer When is Katy Perry going to space? How to watch Blue Origin launch

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Exclusive Forbes told to raise 'misogynistic and anti-LGBT laws' on UAE trip

The company takes by-products and waste from the food, drink and agriculture industries

Exclusive Kate Forbes declares 'Scotland open for business' on UAE trade visit

The beneficial effects of global trade are easy to underestimate (Picture: Justin Sullivan)

Why Trump's reckless war on globalisation is so dangerous Scotsman comment

Scotland would benefit from its own visa system for migrants, but the independence debate means Westminster is unlikely to agree to the idea. Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Exclusive SNP urge Labour support as visa bill gets surprise second reading

Joe McCarthy uses a map showing alleged communist activity in the US during a 1954 hearing in Washington

McCarthyism returns? How free speech is under attack in Trump's USA Joe Goldblatt

Divers investigate the scene where a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River

Who was Agustin Escobar? The Siemens boss killed in helicopter crash

Donald Trump has described 'tariff' as his favourite word (Picture: Chip Somodevilla)

Why Trump's tariff U-turn is another sign he's a 'moron', not a genius Scotsman comment

Donald Trump's inaccurate claims about trade could spark a discussion about the need for greater fairness (Picture: Kevin Dietsch)

Trump is right, global trade is unfair – but US is no victim Professor Andrew Lang

A High Court challenge has been brought against the government’s plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda. Credit: Getty Images

Exclusive Solution revealed for Home Office to ease Glasgow homeless pressures

President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks to the media during a photo opportunity at the White House on Wednesday, as he hosts racing car drivers and team owners for a visit

Trump announces tariff pause for most nations but hikes them for China

Winston Churchill, left, and US President Harry Truman, shortly before the former's famous 'Iron Curtain' speech in Fulton, Missouri, in 1946 (Picture: Fox Photos/Hulton Archive)

Trump's tariff a Brexit benefit? UK must escape its Eurosceptic prison Henry McLeish

President Donald Trump holds up a chart of ‘reciprocal tariffs’ during his trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House

How Musk is using Milton Friedman's pencil as a weapon against tariffs Paul Wilson

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, left, seen with Donald Trump on Air Force One, says everyone should 'trust in President Trump' (Picture: Mandel Ngan)

Why I'm bringing Trump's 'proven economic formula' into my life Ian Johnston

Keir Starmer's efforts to charm Donald Trump may have put him in a position to be a global peacemaker as a full-blown global trade war looms (Picture: Carl Court/pool)

Why Starmer needs to help Trump escape humiliation over tariffs Scotsman comment

Donald Trump's tariffs have already persuaded more than 50 countries to start to talk about new trade deals, with lower tariffs for US goods (Picture: Andrew Harnik)

I'm generally opposed to tariffs but I still stand with Donald Trump Brian Monteith

Donald Trump displays an executive order imposing tariffs on imported goods during his 'Make America Wealthy Again' trade announcement at the White House (Picture: Andrew Harnik)

How Trump’s tariffs could create Scotland’s biggest Brexit dividend Ivor Campbell

California's Napa Valley is famous for its wines, but Donald Trump's tariffs could produce a Canada-style backlash against US products all over the world (Picture: David Paul Morris)

We all need to make a decision about boycotting US goods Christine Jardine

Donald Trump on a previous visit to his Aberdeenshire golf resort. Picture: Getty

Former Conservative MP and MSP lands new job with Donald Trump's firm

Donald Trump's tariffs make Liz Truss's disastrous UK Budget look positively benign (Picture: Andrew Harnik)

Trump's tariff attack may be a moment on par with fall of Berlin Wall Scotsman comment

Donald Trump holds up a chart showing what tariff will be charged on imports from different countries around the world (Picture: Chip Somodevilla)

Starmer is making best of Trump's bad job (despite SNP's bad advice) Brian Wilson

People attend an HIV clinic day in Kampala, Uganda. Following US cuts to overseas aid, Dr Bernard Etukoit said there was a lot of panic, fear, and anxiety among their clients (Picture: Hajarah Nalwadda)

For many, Trump's presidency is death sentence. But we can save lives Susan Dalgety

Pedestrians and cars move through the Times Square district of Manhattan, New York. Picture: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

Swinney's charm offensive as SNP leader to march in Tartan Day parade

Rescuers saved 36 people from both ships, with one sailor from the Solong – named as Filipino national Mark Angelo Pernia, 38 – missing presumed dead

Legal action launched over North Sea container ship collision

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer chairs a roundtable discussion with business leaders after US President Donald Trump slapped a 10 per cent tariff imports from the UK (Picture: Ben Stansall)

Why UK may have to put up with Donald Trump's tariffs – for now Scotsman comment