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Earlier ‌in ‌the day, Trump met ‍Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. President Donald Trump ‌said ⁠on Thursday ‌both Russian President Vladimir Putin and ​Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have ‌said ‌they would like to make ⁠a deal to end the ⁠nearly ⁠four-year-old war. Source : https://www.deccanherald.com/world/trump-says-putin-zelenskyy-want-to-make-a-deal-to-end-the-war-3871820

The Big Apple’s gonna be buried! A fast-approaching deadly winter storm is expected to dump up to 18 inches of snow on the New York City area early Sunday — bringing a bone-chilling temps and a travel nightmare across the tri-state. “The roads are going to be horrendous from Sunday on,” said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Tom Kines.…

Three people have been killed and another injured after a shooting in a small town in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Emergency services were called to a residential area in Lake Cargelligo at about 16:40 local time (05:40 GMT) on Thursday. Police are searching for Julian Ingram, 37, in connection with the killings. A man and woman…

Hollywood has revealed the nominations for this year’s Oscars, which will honour the film industry’s finest stars and movies from the past 12 months. Sinners leads the way with a record 16 nominations, breaking the record for the most Oscar nominations, which was previously held by All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016).…

Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are showing closer ties than their countries have in years. Meloni is no longer seen as a right-wing outsider, taking on a role as mediator with Donald Trump. Bilateral relations between Germany and Italy are better than they have been in a long time. “Merz and Meloni – is…

Police in India have arrested a woman who accused a man of sexual misconduct on a bus on social media, who then took his own life soon after. His family accused the woman of engagement farming with a spurious claim. An Indian woman in the southern state of Kerala was arrested on Wednesday amid an investigation into…

EU wants to revive trade ties with the US, but warned the bloc will stand up for its interests. It also announced after an emergency summit that it will double its investment in Greenland. European Council President Antonio Costa has said that the EU leaders believe “it’s very important to preserve and cherish our transatlantic partnership.” He…

Johnny Depp is the latest celebrity to be dragged into the drama surrounding the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal drama. Documents obtained by TMZ on Thursday revealed the name-drop in an August 2024 text exchange between Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, and his talent agent Warren Zavala, in which they discussed the ongoing case. “It’s this guy’s…

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had secured total and permanent U.S. access to Greenland in a deal with NATO, whose head said allies would have to step up their commitment to Arctic security to ward off threats from Russia and China. News of a framework deal came as Trump backed off tariff threats against Europe…

The United States on Thursday announced plans for a “New Gaza” rebuilt from scratch to include residential towers, data centres and seaside resorts, part of President Donald Trump’s push to advance an Israel-Hamas ceasefire shaken by repeated violations. In the Gaza Strip, health officials said Israeli airstrikes on Thursday had killed five people in the enclave. There…

President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for $5 billion on Thursday over allegations that JPMorgan stopped providing banking services to him and his businesses for political reasons after he left office in January 2021. The lawsuit, filed in Miami-Dade County court in Florida, alleges that JPMorgan abruptly closed multiple accounts…

The Kurdish people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world without their own country. Many are native to the region where four countries — Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey — meet and share languages and culture. Syrian transitional government troops and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had been fighting for weeks in northern Syria.…

The dollar was higher, gold softer and stocks on the rebound on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump dropped tariff threats and ruled out seizing Greenland from an ally by force. Trump’s theatrics and consequent tensions have kept markets on edge this week, prompting investors to take the latest developments with a pinch of salt even as…

U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly stepped back on Wednesday from threats to impose tariffs as leverage to seize Greenland, ruled out the use of force and suggested a deal was in sight to end a dispute over the Danish territory that risked the deepest rupture in transatlantic relations in decades. Traveling in Davos, Switzerland, Trump backed down,…

US President Donald Trump raised eyebrows after claiming at Davos that the US effectively controlled Greenland during World War II and was “stupid” to return it to Denmark, calling Denmark “ungrateful.” He argued that only the US can defend the island. President Donald Trump used his address at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026 in Davos, Switzerland,…

Cruz Beckham “liked” a video poking fun of Victoria’s alleged “inappropriate” dancing at brother Brooklyn’s wedding. Page Six can confirm that Cruz, 20, gave the throwback video — which features Victoria seductively dancing onstage to her 2001 track “I’m Not Such An Innocent Girl” — a “thumbs up” after gossip social media site Culture Enquirer reposted it…

From the outside, the vacant shop on the corner of a busy avenue in central Sydney looks abandoned. Plastic sheeting is taped across all the windows and there’s a large padlock hanging on the door handle. Step inside, though, and you’re greeted by cuddly toys, candles, trinkets and messages of hope scribbled on large sheets. All of…

Seven countries including Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt say they will join US president Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, according to a joint statement. They will join Israel, which also publicly confirmed its participation earlier. On Wednesday evening Trump said Vladimir Putin had also agreed to join – but the Russian president said his country was still…

US President Donald Trump called off looming tariffs on European countries over Greenland after he said he reached a “framework of a future deal” over the island during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Closing summary: Trump backs down from imposing tariffs, and other key points President Donald Trump delivered remarks to government officials and…

The US thanked Iraq for its cooperation to transfer up to 7,000 prisoners out of Syria, after the Kurdish-led SDF lost control over the territory where the prisoner camps were held. Islamic State (IS) detainees who were being held in northeastern Syria will be transferred to secure facilities in Iraq, the US army said on Wednesday. The…

Rock climber Alex Honnold plans to scale the facade of what was once the world’s tallest building — live on Netflix. But not all are impressed by the idea. “It should be within my comfort zone,” Alex Honnold said in on a recent edition of The Jay Shetty podcast. “So it’s not so much about ‘what if…

A friend of Barron Trump told a UK court he saved her life when he dialed police after seeing her being attacked by her ex-boyfriend on a FaceTime call. The woman reached out to Trump in the midst of a violent dust-up with her former beau Matvei Rumianstev, 22, who allegedly started battering her because he was…

A landslide smashed into a campsite in rain-swept northern New Zealand on Thursday (Jan 22), leaving multiple people missing, police and rescuers said. Mud had buried and crushed a shower block at the campsite, which lies at the foot of extinct volcano Mount Maunganui, video and photo images on local media showed. Voices had been heard from…

Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to at least 67,800 years ago. The tan-colored prints analysed by Indonesian and Australian researchers on the island of Sulawesi were made by blowing pigment over hands placed against the cave walls, leaving an outline.…

As one-person households rise across China, more young adults are finding freedom in living alone – and confronting the emotional costs that come with it. Tian Yuan has lived alone for eight years – long enough to know that silence can sometimes feel impossible to ignore. One night, she returned home to her three-bedroom apartment in Guangzhou,…

THE Razzies 2026 nominations have been unveiled and stars including Rihanna and Natalie Portman have made it to the list of worst actors of the year. The iconic parody ceremony, officially called The Golden Raspberry Awards, recognizes the worst cinematic failures of each year. This year’s 46th edition sees a whole host of big names nominated in…

DONALD Trump has vowed Iran will be “wiped off the face of the Earth” if the regime follows through on assassination threats. The explosive statement came as the US leader hit back at taunts from Tehran. Speaking to NewsNation on Tuesday, Trump addressed deadly protests sweeping Iran that have reportedly left thousands dead. Asked how he would…

If curiosity did in fact kill the cat, at least the feline had a great memory beforehand. Decades of research reveal curiosity doesn’t just make one crave new experiences and learning, it also changes how the brain processes and stores information. Put another way, curiosity helps memory. A major research review published in the Annual Review of…

Several European countries are considering whether to stop sending personnel to a U.S. military-led coordination centre for Gaza, saying it has failed to increase aid flows to the war-shattered enclave or achieve political change, diplomats said. The Civil-Military Coordination Centre was established in southern Israel in October under President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in…

European leaders, rattled by Donald Trump’s latest global gambit, are looking to present a united front in Davos, as CEOs warned against an emotional response to the U.S. president’s ambition to take over Greenland. French President Emmanuel Macron said the European Union should not bend to “the law of the strongest”, adding that it was “crazy” that…

Thousands of U.S. workers and students marched through cities and university campuses on Tuesday in opposition to the immigration policies of President Donald Trump. On the first anniversary of Trump’s second term, protests sprang up across the country against his aggressive immigration crackdown that prompted outrage after federal agents dragged a U.S. citizen from her car and…

All ​three major Wall Street indexes ended Tuesday with their biggest one-day drops in three months, in a broad selloff triggered by concerns ‌that fresh tariff threats from President Donald Trump against Europe could signal renewed market volatility. The risk-off trade was pervasive, helping vault gold to fresh record highs, and pushing up debt costs with U.S.…

Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested on the spot in July 2022 after fatally firing at Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun. The gunman charged with killing Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was found guilty and jailed for life on Wednesday (Jan 21), more than three years after the broad-daylight assassination shocked the world. The…

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday welcomed Parliament’s passing of anti-hate speech and gun laws in response to two shooters killing 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month. Authorities say the attack was inspired by the Islamic State group. “At Bondi, the terrorists had hate in their hearts, but they had guns in…

Scientists have uncovered the mummified remains of cheetahs from caves in northern Saudi Arabia. The remains range from 130 years old to over 1,800 years old. Researchers excavated seven mummies along with the bones of 54 other cheetahs from a site near the city of Arar. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies. Egypt’s mummies are the…

A TOP lawyer working for Goldman Sachs is being quietly ushered out of the company after her disturbing relationship with Jeffrey Epstein came to light, a bombshell report has claimed. Kathryn Ruemmler, who served as a counselor to President Barack Obama, previously admitted to dealing with the disgraced financier, but sources say newly unearthed documents have put…

USHA Vance is pregnant. The second lady made history after announcing that she and Vice President JD Vance will welcome their fourth child this summer. In a statement, the couple said, “We’re very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. “Usha and the baby are doing well, and we…

THE city’s new mayor sparked eyebrows on daytime TV after describing a budding “bromance” with President Donald Trump, even as he blasted “inhumane” ICE raids in Minneapolis. Mayor Zohran Mamdani made his first appearance on ABC’s The View since he was sworn in as mayor of New York. During the segment, The View host Joy Behar praised…

Blake Lively and Taylor Swift’s texts blasting Justin Baldoni as a “clown” and “a bitch” have been revealed in new court docs. Lively called Baldoni — her director and co-star in “It Ends With Us” — the “doofus director of my movie” in text messages to Swift according to court docs obtained by Page Six. The actress…

Danish MEP Anders Vistisen created a stir in the European Parliament by bluntly telling US President Donald Trump to “f**k off” in response to Trump’s suggestion that the US should take over Greenland for national security reasons. Danish Member of European Parliament (MEP) Anders Vistisen grabbed everyone’s attention during a House session telling United States President to…

Trump claims his intervention averted “nuclear” war between India and Pakistan after Operation Sindoor in May 2025, suggesting he deserved a Nobel Prize for ending eight wars. US President Donald Trump has again claimed that his intervention helped avert a possible war between India and Pakistan in May 2025, when tensions sharply escalated following Operation Sindoor. Speaking…

“They’re shooting at me. Please come get me. I’m scared.” When filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania first heard the emergency phone call recording of Hind Rajab, a frightened six-year-old Palestinian girl begging for help while under siege in Gaza City in 2024, on social media, she says she immediately knew what she had to do. Hitting pause on…

US president Donald Trump has doubled down on his threats to take control of Greenland, saying on social media that there is “no going back” and that “Greenland is imperative”. During a news conference at the White House, Trump was asked how far he was willing to go to acquire Greenland and replied, “You’ll find out”. Meanwhile,…

Israel banned the UN agency for Palestinian refugees last year, claiming it had been infiltrated by militants, a charge the United Nations strongly denies. Israeli crews began demolishing the headquarters of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday. They bulldozed several buildings in the compound, which once housed dozens of…

In a recent survey, some 60% of Germans said buying a Tesla was “completely out of the question,” Meanwhile, the German military has filled its ranks to the highest levels in over a decade. Thousands of Kurds in Germany protests against Syrian clashes Thousands of Kurds in Germany took to the streets on Tuesday night to protest…

Donald Trump is expected to meet global business leaders in Davos on Wednesday, sources familiar with the matter said, as the U.S. President’s presence looms large over the annual gathering of the global elite in Switzerland. Business leaders, including CEOs in financial services, crypto and consulting, were invited to a reception after Trump’s address to the World…

It was a mix of carmine and scarlet, with a hint of orange – a new hue, inspired by an elderly woman at Barcelona’s opera house, whose elegance struck a young Valentino Garavani. The colour, introduced to the fashion world several years later, in 1959, with a strapless cocktail dress of draped tulle, has carried his name…

Three U.S. Catholic archbishops on Monday decried the direction of American foreign policy, saying the country’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” was in question and that military action must only be used as an extreme last resort. “In 2026, the United States has entered into the most profound and searing debate about the moral…

U.S. President Donald Trump has linked his drive to take control of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he no longer thought “purely of Peace” as the row over the island threatened to reignite a trade war with Europe. Trump declined to tell NBC News in an interview whether he would use…

“Intimidation,” “threats” and “blackmail” are just some of the terms being used by European Union leaders to describe U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning that he will slap new tariffs on nations opposing American control of Greenland. European language has hardened since Trump returned to the White House 12 months ago. Now it’s in reaction to the previously…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his vice premier and railed against “incompetent” officials in a rare and very public broadside against apparatchiks at the opening of a critical factory, state media said Tuesday (Jan 20). Vice Premier Yang Sung Ho was sacked “on the spot”, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, in…

From hormonal fluctuations to cortisol spikes, experts explain what’s causing post-adolescence breakouts. You’d think pimples were something you left behind with teenage angst and exam stress – but dermatologists say it’s common to develop acne in your 20s to 40s and beyond, even if your teenage skin was clear. “Many adults come to me saying, ‘I thought…

In a wide-ranging speech as he opened the fifth session of the 15th Parliament, the king alluded to topics that have generated controversy in recent months and slammed corruption in the military and public service. National interests must take precedence over state rights, and any education system that seeks recognition in Malaysia must accept the use of…

Brooklyn Beckham reached a point of no return in his feud with his famous parents, David and Victoria Beckham. “There has been a massive breakdown in trust,” an insider tells Page Six of the breaking point, which happened “last week” — just days before the chef released a bombshell statement directed at his family. “From Brooklyn and…

Explosion occurs in downtown Shahr-e-Naw neighbourhood, ⁠thought to be one of the most secure areas ‌of Kabul. An explosion ‍has torn through a Chinese-run restaurant in a hotel in a heavily guarded part of Afghanistan’s capital, killing a Chinese national and six Afghans and injuring several ⁠others including a child, officials said. The restaurant hit by the…

Canada will allow a capped number of Chinese electric vehicles into its market and cut tariffs in exchange for lower Chinese duties on key farm exports, PM Mark Carney has said. Canada will allow a limited number of Chinese electric vehicles into its domestic market and actively court Chinese joint-venture investments in its auto sector, Prime Minister…

Armed gangs with “sophisticated weapons” kidnapped worshipers from at least two churches in Kaduna state. Nigeria faces several internal conflicts that have affected both Christians and Muslims — often indiscriminately. A leader at Nigeria’s Christian Association said that 163 worshippers were kidnapped during Sunday services from two churches Kaduna state. “The attackers came in numbers and blocked…

Germany has said peace in Gaza is a “core interest” but added Berlin sees the UN as the place to resolve conflict. The US plan received mixed reviews and will likely ruffle feathers with an invitation for Vladimir Putin. Germany on Monday thanked US President Donald Trump for extending Berlin an invitation to take up a seat…

Speaking before a darkened ballroom on Thursday, U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark called on executives to be “fearless” in defense of free markets over government control and said the U.S. must remain “open to the world, open to the global exchange of talent and goods and ideas and innovation.” The ​comments by the head of…

Elon Musk is seeking up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft (MSFT.O), saying he deserves the “wrongful gains” that they received from his early support, according to a court filing on Friday. OpenAI gained between $65.5 billion and $109.4 billion from the billionaire entrepreneur’s contributions when he was co-founding what was then a startup from 2015,…

A high-speed train derailed and smashed into another oncoming train in southern Spain on Sunday, pushing the second train off the tracks and down an embankment in a collision that killed at least 21 people, said Spain’s interior ministry. The accident happened near Adamuz in the province of Cordoba, about 360 km (223 miles) south of the…

European Union ambassadors reached broad agreement on Sunday to intensify efforts to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from imposing tariffs on European allies, while also preparing retaliatory measures should the duties go ahead, EU diplomats said. Trump vowed on Saturday to implement a wave of increasing tariffs from February 1 on EU members Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany,…

Video games have been blamed for plenty of problems among adolescents and young adults over the years, but research suggests moderation may be the key to healthy gaming. University students who gamed more than 10 hours weekly showed notably worse health outcomes compared to their peers who kept gaming under 5 hours, according to research from Curtin…

Kursish leader confirms ceasefire, says details to come Mazloum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), confirmed the ceasefire deal in a televised address on Sunday night. “In order for this war not to turn into civil war… we accepted to withdraw from the Deir el-Zour and Raqqa regions to Hasakeh,” Abdi said in a…

As President Donald Trump continues to insist that the US needs to own Greenland, his wider focus on the Arctic region has seen Washington order new icebreakers. For these ships, which can sail through seas covered in solid ice, the US has gone to the world expert – Finland. Temperatures are sub-zero inside Aker Arctic Technology’s ice…

Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey has trademarked his image and voice to protect them from unauthorised use by artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. Clips including his famous catchphrase “alright, alright, alright” from the 1993 film, Dazed and Confused, have been registered to the United States Patent and Trademark Office database, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. It is the first…

Mayor Mamdani’s new chief equity officer disparaged liberal white women in numerous posts on an X account deleted shortly before her appointment — and just as another aide landed in hot water for her radical screeds, The Post has learned. The city’s new equity officer, Afua Atta-Mensah liberally sprinkled the phrase “comrade” throughout her posts and retweeting…

Iran is threatening to continue mass executions of protesters arrested during its brutal crackdown on a nationwide uprising against the despotic regime, and warned the US that deploying forces would unleash “all-out war.” Iranian officials say at least 5,000 demonstrators have been slaughtered in the streets for speaking out against the authoritarian rule that has gripped the…

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung on Sunday demanded the Nobel Foundation at least highlight President Trump’s “unprecedented accomplishments” if he can’t be gifted its peace prize. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado had handed a beaming Trump her 18-carat-gold Nobel Peace Prize medal, which she won last year, during their meeting Thursday. But the foundation said…

China’s population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025, dropping ⁠by 3.39 million to 1.405 billion, a faster decline than in 2024, official data showed on Monday (Jan 19). The total number of births in China dropped to 7.92 million in 2025, its lowest ‍in decades, from ⁠9.54 ‍million in 2024. The number of deaths rose…

Shares of Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp rose nearly 10 per cent on Monday, after U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology said it would buy a fabrication plant from the company. Micron Technology said on Saturday it had signed a letter of intent to acquire Powerchip’s P5 fabrication site in Tongluo, Miaoli County, Taiwan, for $1.8 billion in…

A U.S.-based activist agency said Sunday it has verified at least 3,919 deaths during a wave of protests that swept Iran and led to a bloody crackdown, and fears the number could be significantly higher. The Human Rights Activists News Agency posted the revised figure, up from the previous toll of 3,308. The death toll exceeds that…

A Purple Star Sapphire weighing 3,563 carats which is claimed to be the world’s biggest of its kind was unveiled on Saturday in the Sri Lankan capital by the owners, who are ready to sell the precious stone which is estimated to be worth at least $300 million. The round shaped gem named “Star of Pure Land”…

Trump administration officials had been in discussions with Venezuela’s hardline interior minister Diosdado Cabello months before the U.S. operation to seize President Nicolas Maduro, and have been in communication with him since then, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The officials warned Cabello, 62, against using the security services or militant ruling-party supporters he oversees…

Peter Brown’s gray mustache and beard were matted with ice as he stood watch on a frigid Friday afternoon outside Green Central Elementary, not far from where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Good last week. Wearing a neon green vest and equipped with a whistle and walkie-talkie, Brown, an 81-year-old retired lawyer…

U.S. President Donald Trump purchased about $100 million in municipal and corporate bonds from mid-November to late December, his latest disclosures showed, including up to $2 million in Netflix (NFLX.O), and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O), bonds just weeks after the companies announced their merger. Financial disclosures posted Thursday and Friday showed the majority of Trump’s purchases were…

Iranians in exile are being targeted by the regime’s secret services, which is believed to be responsible for thousands of deaths since the start of the mass protests in Iran. While Iran’s rulers attempt to crush the popular uprising with extreme brutality and ruthlessness, exiled Iranians around the world fear for the fate of their family members…

Ji Seung-ryeol, 41, prides himself on his sense of fashion. He diligently shares mirror selfies on Instagram, where everyone knows the more likes you get, the cooler you are. So he was bewildered to find out that men his age have become the subject of ridicule online, mocked for shoehorning their way into styles associated with Gen…

Five off-piste skiers have died in two avalanches in the Austria’s Alps following heavy snowfall in the region. An avalanche hit a group of seven skiers in the Pongau area near Salzburg, killing four and seriously injuring one on Saturday, local mountain rescue officials said. A similar avalanche swept away a skier in the same area earlier…

A threat by President Donald Trump to impose fresh tariffs on eight allies opposed to his proposed takeover of Greenland has drawn condemnation from European leaders. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the move was “completely wrong”, while French President Emmanuel Macron called it “unacceptable”. The comments came after Trump announced a 10% tariff on goods from…

Selena Gomez stripped down the glam for a rare fresh-faced selfie this week. The “Wizards of Waverly Place” actress, 33, shared a makeup-free smiling selfie to her Instagram Stories on Saturday. Gomez looked relaxed as she posed with her hand resting on her head. She appeared to be wearing a loose white tank top for the casual…

Ben Affleck politely denied ever meeting “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star Lisa Barlow despite her previous claim that a work obligation with him was keeping her from filming some of the Bravo show this season. The “Gone Girl” star was put on the spot in his Access Hollywood interview, which was posted on Friday. “It’s…

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are reportedly going through the “first real test” in their relationship as his potential NFL retirement looms amid their wedding planning. A source claimed the pop star, 36, has been focused more on lifting Kelce’s “defeated” spirits following the Kansas City Chiefs’ losing season than on making wedding arrangements, reports Daily Mail.…

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Iran’s supreme leader after the twisted Ayatollah accused him of being responsible for the deaths of over 3,000 protesters. Tyrant Ali Khamenei, 86, labelled the US president a “criminal” as he claimed Trump fuelled the nationwide demonstrations which saw his security forces shoot civilians dead on the street. In…