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Donald Trump canceled plans to deploy federal troops to San Francisco, prompting widespread condemnation from California leaders and prompting protesters to spill into the streets.

The Bay Area region was on edge Wednesday after reports emerged that the Trump administration was poised to send more than 100 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agents to the U.S. Coast Guard base in Alameda, a city in the East Bay, as part of a large-scale immigration enforcement plan.

In the early hours of yesterday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Coast Guard base, holding signs that read “No ICE or Soldiers in the Bay!” They were carrying banners with slogans such as.

• What did Trump say about the decision change? Trump confirmed that he had spoken with Mayor Daniel Lurie, writing on social media: “I spoke with Mayor Lurie last night and he very politely asked me to give him a chance to see if he could turn the situation around.”

Trump says all Canadian trade talks ‘terminated’ over tariffs amid criticism of ad

Donald Trump announced an immediate end to “all trade negotiations” with Canada. Television ad opposing US tariffs he was quoting former US president Ronald Reagan.

The ad, paid for by the province of Ontario, uses quotes from a 1987 speech in which Reagan said “trade barriers hurt every American worker.”

Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that Canada had “fraudulently used an ad” that he called “fake” and accused the country of trying to interfere with U.S. courts’ decisions on taxes.

• What are the current tariffs on goods coming from Canada? Washington first imposed a 25% tariff on imports of goods including lumber, steel, aluminum and cars in the spring, prompting retaliatory action from Ottawa. This rate was increased to 35 percent by Trump in August.

• How did Carney react to Trump’s barrage? His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment last night. The Prime Minister will leave to attend a summit in Asia on Friday morning, while Trump will do the same on Friday evening.

Putin says he will never bow to US but admits sanctions could lead to ‘some losses’

Vladimir Putin said Russia would never bow to US pressure, but acknowledged that new sanctions could cause some economic trouble as China and India reportedly reduced Russian oil imports after Washington targeted Moscow’s two biggest producers.

On Wednesday, the United States imposed sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as nearly three dozen of their subsidiaries, as the Trump administration increased pressure on the Kremlin to negotiate an end to the war against Ukraine. The EU further agreed to a phased ban on imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia and added two Chinese oil refineries to Russia’s sanctions list.

• What did Putin say? The Russian leader yesterday called US sanctions “a hostile action that does nothing to strengthen Russian-American relations” and “an attempt to put pressure on Russia” and said that it was futile.

In other news…

• Florida man accused of starting Palisades fire pleads not guilty on Thursday. The Palisades fire in Los Angeles earlier this year killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,800 structures, turning much of the city into a wasteland.

• Donald Trump said his administration may soon expand military strikes against alleged drug smugglers from Venezuela. and start following them on land as well.

• As Irish voters head to the polls to elect a new president, latest opinion polls predict a huge loss of votes Catherine Connollyan outspoken left-wing independent who has captured the imagination of many young people.

• The NBA, one of the world’s most prominent sports leagues, found itself associated with illegal gambling again yesterday. Following the arrest of two prominent stars, the Heat’s Terry Rozier and the Trail Blazers’ Chauncey Billups, as part of an extensive federal investigation.

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Italian director Roberto Rossellini’s career was briefly derailed when his “scandalous” affair with Hollywood star Ingrid Bergman hit headlines in the 1950s. The story of Roberto’s last two decades is told in Living Without a Script, a new archive-based documentary premiering in Rome this week. Their daughter, Isabella, remembers a devoted parent and a great filmmaker.

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Climate control: White House approves increased oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s national wildlife refuge

The Trump administration’s approval of more oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic national wildlife refuge (ANWR) has sparked widespread criticism from environmental conservation organizations. Yesterday the interior minister announced the opening of 1.56 million acres of land in the coastal plains of ANWR

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