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1 week ago | reaction.life | Adam Boulton

Canada’s reputation as civil, beautiful but boring has been revised by Donald Trump. It has become a nation of great geopolitical interest thanks to the US president’s open desire to annex it as the 51st united state. Trump and Mark Carney, his North American adversary, are both on their home continent this week for the G7 Summit, held this year in the Rocky Mountain resort of Kananaskis. Personal tensions between the “leaders of the free world” are likely to be high.

2 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

The Reaction Daily Briefing will be taking a summer break for a week and returns on Monday 23 June. Our columnists will still be appearing and you can find them on the Substack site. "Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left,” declared Donald Trump today, as the Middle East teeters on the abyss after Israel launched major overnight strikes on the Islamic Republic.

2 weeks ago | reaction.life | Jenny Hjul

He is our national treasure, embraced by kings, princes, prime ministers and celebrities too many to mention. This week, it is his campaign to save the ocean that is driving the UN Ocean Conference as it tries to ratify the High Seas Treaty. Who would dare to denounce David Attenborough, beloved around the world for his conservation crusade, feted in the highest echelons and trusted to such an extent that his every word is gospel?

2 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

Speculation that Israel is getting ready to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities is mounting today, after the US State Department ordered the evacuation of all non-essential staff from its embassy in Iraq, due to heightened security risks. The Pentagon has also approved the voluntary departure of families of American military personnel from countries across the Middle East, according to Reuters. What has prompted the withdrawal advice?

2 weeks ago | reaction.life | Caitlin Allen

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride has accused Rachel Reeves of delivering a “spend now, tax later” review, after the Chancellor laid out her long-awaited plan today to “invest in Britain’s renewal”. Announcing her Spending Review this afternoon, Reeves conceded that too many voters in Britain were “yet to feel” the benefits of her economic plans. “My task, and the purpose of this review,” she added, ”is to change that”. REACTION is a reader-supported publication.