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Received today — 10 May 2026 The Guardian World news
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  • British paratroopers land on Tristan da Cunha for suspected hantavirus case Press Association
    Soldiers dropped oxygen supplies and medical aid to Britain’s most remote overseas territory• What is hantavirus?Paratroopers landed on a “golf course covered in rocks” to supply medical personnel and oxygen to Britain’s most remote overseas territory as it deals with a suspected hantavirus case, an army commander has said.The UK Health Security Agency confirmed on Friday that a British national had disembarked from the cruise ship MV Hondius to the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, whe
     

British paratroopers land on Tristan da Cunha for suspected hantavirus case

10 May 2026 at 17:26

Soldiers dropped oxygen supplies and medical aid to Britain’s most remote overseas territory

What is hantavirus?

Paratroopers landed on a “golf course covered in rocks” to supply medical personnel and oxygen to Britain’s most remote overseas territory as it deals with a suspected hantavirus case, an army commander has said.

The UK Health Security Agency confirmed on Friday that a British national had disembarked from the cruise ship MV Hondius to the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, where they live, with a suspected case of hantavirus.

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© Photograph: Ministry of Defence / AP

© Photograph: Ministry of Defence / AP

© Photograph: Ministry of Defence / AP

Received — 24 April 2026 The Guardian World news

Trump says he will ‘probably put a big tariff on the UK’ if it doesn’t drop digital services tax

24 April 2026 at 01:35

US president accuses UK of thinking it can ‘make an easy buck’ from US tech companies, weeks after warning that UK–US trade deal can be changed

Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on US social media firms.

The digital services tax, introduced in 2020, imposes a 2% levy on the revenues of several major US tech companies.

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© Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

© Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

© Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

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