Analysts deeply sceptical of US president’s claim that Narendra Modi has promised to stop buying crude from Russia

President replied to Collins’ persistent questions about Epstein files by accusing her of not smiling ‘because you know you’re not telling the truth’Trump news at a glance: Democrats sound alarm after president mulls election takeoverTulsi Gabbard running solo 2020 election inquiryTrump suggests Republicans should ‘take over’ electionsDonald Trump has continued to sow doubt in the election system. While appearing on former deputy FBI director Dan Bongino’s podcast on Monday, the president called on Republicans to “nationalize the voting,” in at least “15 places”, although he did not clarify which ones.“The Republicans should say, ‘we want to take over’,” Trump said in the interview. Continue reading...

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo-thirds of homeless youth unable to access housing services: reportApproximately 40,000 15- to 24-year-olds have nowhere to live in Australia each year, with only 3.1% accessing long-term housing, according to a new report from the Home Time Youth coalition. Continue reading...

No Republicans attended hearing with brothers of Renee Good and three US citizens shot and detained by federal agentsDemocrats on Capitol Hill offered apologies and promises of accountability on Tuesday amid often harrowing testimony from people who had experienced violent encounters with federal agents engaged in Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.With Republicans conspicuously absent, the forum of senators and representatives heard from Luke and Brent Ganger, the brothers of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, who was shot dead by an Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis on 7 January as she tried to drive away from agents. Continue reading...

The ‘Today’ anchor withdrew from NBC’s coverage of the Winter Games in Italy as investigators acknowledged they had few answers about who may have taken her mother, Nancy Guthrie, 84, from her home.

‘What have I done?’ thought Joanne Appelbee as she waited for rescue with two other children in rough seas off Western Australia Joanne Appelbee says asking her 13-year-old son Austin to swim four hours through dangerous waters to get help after her family was swept out to sea was “one of the hardest decisions” she has ever made.“I knew he was the strongest and he could do it,” she told the ABC. “I would have never went because I wouldn’t have left the kids at sea, so I had to send somebody.” Continue reading...

Sir Keir Starmer's decision to send Lord Mandelson to Washington a year ago gives this row political salience, the BBC's political editor writes.

A diverse portfolio is usually a good thing, except when AI is the only thing Usually diversity is a sign of a healthy and resilient business. But for the folks on Wall Street, the breadth of AMD's portfolio is a bug, not a feature – one that sent the House of Zen's share price down by more than eight percent in after hours trading on Tuesday.…

Miran, set to continue as Federal Reserve governor until Jerome Powell successor is confirmed, to leave CEA post Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran has resigned from his position as chair of the White House’s council of economic advisers, fulfilling a pledge he made to the Senate as his assignment at the central bank becomes longer-lasting.Miran had been on unpaid leave from his CEA post since Donald Trump appointed him last year to fill an unexpected vacancy on the Fed’s board of governors to a term that expired on 31 January. The arrangement drew the ire of Democratic senators, who said it would make a presidential puppet of the Fed’s newest policymaker. Continue reading...

State Representative James Talarico used the word “mediocre” in connection with a former House member who is Black. The controversy has repercussions for a key contest.

Statement says Republican senator, 83, checked himself into local hospital and prognosis is ‘positive’The Republican senator Mitch McConnell was admitted to a hospital on Monday night due to “flu-like symptoms”, his office said in a statement.“In an abundance of caution, after experiencing flu-like symptoms over the weekend, Senator McConnell checked himself into a local hospital for evaluation last night,” the statement reads. “His prognosis is positive and he is grateful for the excellent care he is receiving.” Continue reading...

In written evidence, Dan Portley-Hanks said the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday were his "best client and biggest payer".

Richard Marles has decided to sell more than 60 properties, including Victoria Barracks in Sydney, Melbourne and BrisbaneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government will sell off $3bn in defence properties around the country, after a major audit of land holdings found they served no useful strategic value.Defence sites – including Victoria Barracks in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane – will be sold after the multi-year audit, tasked with identifying surplus and costly property holdings, often costing millions to maintain. Continue reading...

The new prime minister has revived the LDP, which had looked as if it might collapse. But if she wins this week’s elections, she will face harsh realities

Police probe Lord Mandelson's alleged Epstein links and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's departure from Royal Lodge lead Wednesday's papers.

In the latest example of his mercurial negotiating style, President Trump went from dropping his ask for a $200 million fine to demanding $1 billion from the university.

At least 15 people have been killed in a collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a coastguard vessel off the coast of Greece, authorities have said.

Elon Musk's X and Grok platforms are facing increased scrutiny from authorities on both sides of the channel.

Pedro Sánchez says urgent action needed to protect children from ‘digital wild west’, drawing anger from owner of XSpain has proposed a ban on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against the technology, drawing personal insults against the prime minister from Elon Musk.The government is preparing a series of measures including a social media ban for under-16s, the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said, promising to protect children from the “digital wild west” and hold tech companies responsible for hateful and harmful content. Continue reading...

The former prince left Royal Lodge on Monday night and is living in a temporary property on the Sandringham Estate, the BBC understands.

Versions installed via Snap don't delete files when users empty system trash Linux users who installed Microsoft's Visual Studio Code as a Snap package may want to check to see whether files they sent to the trash with the app have actually been deleted.…

Son and heir-apparent of former strongman Muammer Gaddafi targeted by ‘unknown assailants’ at his home in Zintan

Democrats on banking committee threaten to stymie appointment if justice department does not halt probe into Jay Powell

Nancy Guthrie, 84, the “Today” show host’s mother, was last seen on Saturday night, the authorities said. The disappearance is being investigated as a crime.

Four people who have successfully reduced the amount of stuff they have explain how they did it.

From Sander van ’t Noordende, CEO of global talent company Randstad, Diemen, The Netherlands

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Hospices caring for people at the end of their lives are at risk because funding is "unsustainable".

A new report says police missed opportunities to gather evidence and took too long to deal with complaints.

From Robert Horster, Senior Fellow, Erasmus University’s Commodity & Trade Centre, Haarlem, The Netherlands

According to a Jan. 2 memo obtained by The New York Times, Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to remake the Economic Development Corporation to address affordability and workers’ rights.

Rule changes aim to create thousands of new foster places and help full-time workers.

Police say they were beaten to death, allegedly by the woman's three brothers, who have been arrested.

It’s not just blue America where people are readying themselves for disaster.

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Groups report soft sales and plans to cut prices as consumer confidence falls to its weakest level in more than a decade

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Skier Lindsey Vonn says she will compete at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics despite her ACL injury.

Shahed-139 said to have approached USS Abraham Lincoln ‘with unclear intent’ in lead-up to expected US-Iran talks on Tehran’s nuclear programmeThe US military says it shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea.The Iranian Shahed-139 drone was flying toward the carrier “with unclear intent” when an F-35 fighter jet shot it down, US Central Command said on Tuesday. Continue reading...

His tenor anchored generational hits like “Joy to the World” and “One” by one of pop music’s commercial powerhouses of the early 1970s.

Netflix film revisits evidence that led to Letby’s conviction and hears from expert who says his research was misusedShortly after Lucy Letby was sentenced to 15 whole-life terms for murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others between June 2015 and June 2016 – a conviction that made her Britain’s worst ever child serial killer – Cheshire police agreed to give “unparalleled and exclusive access” to the makers of a Netflix film about the case.The finished documentary, The Investigation Of Lucy Letby, which is released on Wednesday, must be very different from what the producers envisaged when they first began work on the project, given the subsequent unexpected turns in the story. Since the two trials, the prosecution evidence and police handling of the case have faced criticism from an unprecedentedly large number of distinguished British and international medical experts. Led by the Canadian neonatologist, Dr Shoo Lee – who says again in the feature-length Netflix documentary that his research was misused to convict the nurse – many of the experts are convinced Letby is innocent, the victim of a catastrophic miscarriage of justice. Continue reading...

Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based orderThe world is in a “democratic recession” with almost three-quarters of the global population now living under autocratic rulers – levels not seen since the 1980s, according to a new report.The system underpinning human rights was “in peril”, said Philippe Bolopion, executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), with a growing authoritarian wave becoming “the challenge of a generation”, he said. Continue reading...

Report to tackle courts’ backlog also recommends new criminal justice adviser to oversee courts, prisons and policingA new post of prime minister’s criminal justice adviser and the widespread use of remote hearings are among the recommendations of a government-commissioned independent review on tackling the courts’ backlog in England and Wales.The second part of Sir Brian Leveson’s review – unlike the first part, which recommended slashing jury trials – focuses on efficiencies that can be achieved without legislation. Continue reading...

Data comes as government prepares to publish plans to overhaul Send system in EnglandOne in six autistic pupils have not been to school at all since the start of this academic year, according to a new survey which found that mental health issues were often behind high levels of school absence.Nearly half (45%) of the parents and children who responded to the UK-wide survey by the Ambitious About Autism charity said they felt “blamed” by the government for the absences. Continue reading...

‘Mid-career’ females also being sidelined by rigid hiring processes, says City of London CorporationWomen working in tech and financial services are at greater risk of losing their jobs to increased use of AI and automation than their male peers, according to a report that found experienced females were also being sidelined as a result of “rigid hiring processes”.“Mid-career” women – with at least five years’ experience – are being overlooked for digital roles in the tech and financial and professional services sectors, where they are traditionally underrepresented, according to the report by the City of London Corporation. Continue reading...

UK government is grappling with unprecedented backlog of 80,000 criminal cases

Science minister Patrick Vallance says Department of Health will fund the extra spending out of its existing budget

History suggests such a venture is particularly prone to value destruction

Josh MacAlister issues warning as government launches £88m ‘call to arms’ to recruit 10,000 new foster carersPrivate providers of child social care in England will be pushed out of the system if they are found to be profiteering, the children’s minister has said.Josh MacAlister, who is in charge of overhauling the care system for children, also called for a fostering equivalent of the Homes for Ukraine scheme to provide homes for tens of thousands of children. Continue reading...

‘I don’t know how we could have repeatedly chosen someone with such poor judgment’

Don't relax: This is a 'when, not if' scenario AI agents and other systems can't yet conduct cyberattacks fully on their own - but they can help criminals in many stages of the attack chain, according to the International AI Safety report.…

The organization’s latest guidance is a departure from the prevailing views of several other major medical organizations.

Senators asked Ted Sarandos about whether the acquisition would raise prices, squeeze talent and degrade the moviegoing experience.

Concerns were raised by a subcommittee including potential price rises and the future of cinemas.

Arsenal have moved a step closer to winning their first major silverware since 2020 by beating Chelsea 4-2 on aggregate in the Carabao Cup semi-final.

Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour high command may be relieved that Peter Mandelson has quit the House of Lords.

Wall Street figure and Republican donor offers rare public criticism of perceived administration’s self-dealing

Brushing, panting, licking and leaping: Here’s what we saw backstage, where show dogs could let their fur down before taking to the ring.

Testy remarks from a president who has frequently singled out female journalists for criticism and personal attacks.

There are plans for earlier diagnosis and faster treatment in England but experts worry about lack of staff.

Leaders had been trading hostile remarks for months but Gustavo Petro’s visit ended with warm words from US counterpartAfter months of trading insults – from “sick man” and “drug trafficking leader” on one side, to “accomplice to genocide” with a “senile brain” on the other – the first meeting between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro ended with pleasantries, autographs and a Maga cap.The Colombian president was received by his US counterpart for a closed-door meeting at the White House, with no press access. Continue reading...

Peer provided convicted sex offender with sensitive UK government information while a minister, emails show

William Stevenson was arrested after being indicted on charges of first-degree murder in the death of his wife in December. He was married to Dr. Biden in the 1970s.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared official documents while serving as a UK trade envoy

Conservancy sees nonnative species as major threat to local biodiversity, while residents rally to preserve local identity California wildlife officials moved forward last week with a plan to eradicate a mule deer herd from Santa Catalina Island: extermination.The plan has long pitted locals from the island off the coast of Los Angeles against the Catalina Island Conservancy, an environmental non-profit that manages 88% of the island’s terrain. The conservancy sees mule deer, which are not native to the island, as a major threat to local biodiversity, water quality and fire resilience. Continue reading...

Comac's passenger jet is attracting customers in South East Asia where demand for affordable aircraft is growing.

One Nation says it will ‘contest every seat’ in March state election, with newest recruit Cory Bernardi among the former Liberals in playGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe crowd, clad in orange One Nation T-shirts and flying Australian flags, appear certain they’re in the winners’ circle, with cries of “prime minister” sounding in the rabble.The pack greeted Pauline Hanson and her newest recruit, the former Liberal turned Sky News commentator Cory Bernardi, in Adelaide on Tuesday high on news of a surge in the polls. Continue reading...

Despite losing their Carabao Cup semi-final, Chelsea attempted a new way of stopping Arsenal set-pieces - just days after a similar suggestion on Match of the Day.

AI-driven disruption is about to make the world a more resentful place

In the weeks since ICE agents began conducting operations across the city, Westminster Presbyterian has given its members a place to protest on their own terms.

Search and rescue operation involving boats, helicopter and divers under way off the eastern Aegean island of ChiosA collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coastguard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios has killed at least 14 people, the coastguard said.A search and rescue operation involving four patrol vessels, an air force helicopter and a private boat carrying divers was under way for potential missing passengers. Continue reading...

Also, colleges saw notable racial shifts in student enrollment. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

The Arizona sheriff believes 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who was last seen on Saturday, was taken against her will.

A team from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch is at the scene of the crash in Littleborough.

House lawmakers advanced legislation despite looming fight over funding for Department of Homeland Security

She fished off the New England coast for more than 80 years, and intended to continue until she died. “It’s not hard work for me,” she said at 101.

The coastguard said a pursuit was under way at the time of the collision, near the island of Chios.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has moved out of Royal Lodge, palace sources have said - as police assess claims that a woman was sent to the former duke by Jeffrey Epstein in 2010.

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Pep Guardiola has spoken passionately about children being killed and injured in conflict zones across the world, saying the footage he sees "hurts me".

Lawyers say Financial Conduct Authority has reinforced its ability to hold companies to account

The first alleged victim begins giving evidence in Marius Borg Høiby's trial for rape and more than 30 other alleged offences.

Peter Mandelson, a prominent British political figure, faces allegations of “misconduct in public office offenses” over his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.

Spanish lender is latest European group to make a bid for American retail banking customers

In a legal first, a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had deviated from accepted medical standards.

New Anthropic legal tool sends shares in companies including S&P Global and Intuit sliding

Iranian gunboats also challenged US-flagged tanker in Strait of Hormuz days before planned negotiations

The former Labour minister faces allegations of misconduct in public office when he was business secretary.

An analysis finds that flagship state universities, as well as less selective colleges, had major increases in Black and Hispanic students following a ban on race-conscious admissions.

Parasites and infections that cause blindness and other disabilities were nearly eliminated in some countries, but drug distribution to prevent and treat them was derailed in many places in 2025 after the U.S. cut aid.

The California governor’s record is exactly what Republicans want to run against.

America wants more nukes to deter Russia and China

The company’s rapid e-commerce growth and push into automation and artificial intelligence propelled its stock into the trillion-dollar club.

Millions of Epstein-related documents released by the US justice department include the names of the world's rich and powerful.

A National Cancer Plan for England "that will revolutionise the way we treat cancer". It is a bold and ambitious claim to make, but this strategy cannot afford to be anything else.

Many vital open source resources rely on the devotion of a few individuals It's hard to imagine something as fundamental to computing as the sudo command becoming abandonware, yet here we are: its solitary maintainer is asking for help to keep the project alive.…

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The announcement is part of a broader push by countries to curb access to online platforms for minors. It also points to Europe’s stricter approach to regulating social media.

A new series from the creator of “Derry Girls” and an inside look at the world of competitive ice dancing are among the highlights this month.

The administration’s announcement to shut the center for a major overhaul led to a swirl of confusion and anxiety among performers and patrons about its future.

A group of cryptocurrency investors backing a memecoin hopes the statue will soon be installed at one of Mr. Trump’s golf courses in Florida.

The encounter allegedly occurred at the former prince's residence, Royal Lodge, in 2010.

A U.S. fighter jet shot down the Iranian drone after it “unnecessarily maneuvered” toward the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.

Josh D’Amaro must not forget the creative magic on which the company relies

What if you really did live every day as if it were your last? That was Brian’s plan.

Standouts from the preshow ceremony including Turnstile, I’m With Her, Durand Bernarr and more.

Code community site begins to see that AI could drive people away GitHub, the Microsoft code-hosting shop that popularized AI-assisted software development, is having some regrets about its Copilot infatuation.…

Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to be deposed this month by an investigative panel but requested that it be in public, a request that the Republican chairman ignored.

The fate of Haitian immigrants in the U.S. hangs in the balance, despite a judge’s ruling that stopped their immigration status from expiring.

The top 10 finishers at an event will be awarded points because the Official World Golf Rankings "recognises a number of areas where LIV does not meet the eligibility standards".

Kartalin Kaszas is grateful to bus driver Mark Hehir for intervening in a "terrifying" situation.

France is about to experience its first ever professional NFL American Football game with the New Orleans Saints scheduled to play the 2026/27 season opener in Paris.

E-commerce giant has watts of bit barns to deploy but nowhere to plug them in Amazon Web Services' European expansion has hit the buffers as the American cloud provider grapples with aging grid infrastructure and lengthy interconnect delays.…

Two Albanian burglars have been jailed for 56 months each after targeting seven properties, including the home of a footballer.

The Conservatives will today attempt to force the release of all information relating to Sir Keir Starmer's appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States after new revelations about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Rich and poor consumers are seeing their spending patterns converge

A master of the grand gesture, he was as theatrical as his rooms, which were inspired by French chateaus and Italian palazzos. As he put it, “Why be ordinary?”

Less popular in Canada and Northern Europe Palantir is shaping the "under-the-hood" practices of the US Defense Department as demand for its software grows across warfighting, shipbuilding, and weapons procurement, CEO Alex Karp said during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call on Monday.…

Daniel Lurie has made small changes instead of addressing national tensions, and his approval ratings have been strong. It remains to be seen how long he can avoid the political fray.

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He seemed destined for a glittering career, working with the Fugees and solo, and then landed in prison. After his sentence was commuted, he clawed his way back.

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Far-right leader was barred for five years after being found guilty of extensive fake jobs scam at European parliamentFrench state prosecutors have asked appeal court judges to maintain a five-year election ban on the far-right leader Marine Le Pen for embezzlement of European parliament funds in a fake jobs scandal.If the judges decide to grant the request, Le Pen would probably not be able to run in France’s 2027 presidential election. Continue reading...

CEO Alex Karp meets criticism with soaring revenues and a sermon Opinion  Palantir had a whopper of a Q4, showing accelerating revenue growth, beating Wall Street's profit estimates, and enjoying a share price jump of as much as 11% during pre-market trading on Tuesday before coming back down to earth.…

The legislation only extends funding for Homeland Security agencies, including ICE, through mid-February.

A US fighter jet has shot down an Iranian drone that was flying "aggressively" towards an aircraft carrier, the US military has said.

The media giant chooses the head of its amusement park business to replace longtime boss Bob Iger.

Prosecutors’ announcement comes amid a hardening of European attitudes to social media firmsProsecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X and summoned the tech billionaire and the company’s former chief executive for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime.“A search is under way by the cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office, the national police cyber unit and Europol,” the Paris prosecutors’ office said in a post on X on Tuesday, adding that it would no longer be publishing on the network. Continue reading...

Too slow react-ion time Baddies are exploiting a critical bug in React Native's Metro development server to deliver malware to both Windows and Linux machines, and yet the in-the-wild attacks still haven't received the "broad public acknowledgement" that they should, according to security researchers.…

Jeffrey Epstein wanted most of his money to go to his girlfriend. Mr. Epstein’s brother and a Harvard math professor were also named beneficiaries.

Moscow launched ‘terrorising’ attack on energy grid as temperatures reached -20C, Ukrainian president saysVolodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Tuesday of violating an agreement with Donald Trump to hold off from attacking Ukraine’s energy systems in the depths of a freezing winter, as its forces carried out large-scale airstrikes on Kyiv on the eve of three-way talks in Abu Dhabi.Ukraine’s president said Moscow carried out a massive and “deliberate” attack overnight as temperatures in Kyiv plunged to -20C. It involved a record number of 71 ballistic missiles as well as 450 drones, he said, sent to destroy energy infrastructure. Continue reading...

In an interview with Euronews, Santiago Peña warned that delaying the implementation of the hard-won trade deal would be a "mistake".

Premier says code of conduct is ‘not an attack on freedom of speech … or concern about Palestinians and innocent civilians in Gaza’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew hate speech guidelines under which school staff could be more easily sacked for comments in and outside the classroom could silence discussion of Gaza in New South Wales schools, teachers and legal experts say.The NSW government has moved to amend codes of conduct to explicitly prohibit hate speech across the state’s more than 3,000 government, independent and Catholic schools, effective immediately from Tuesday. Continue reading...

A US military spokesman says the drone was shot down while approaching an American vessel in the Arabian Sea.

DoE trims NEPA paperwork for advanced reactors The Department of Energy says advanced nuclear reactor designs - many of which have so far existed mainly at the experimental, testing, or demonstration stage - generally pose limited environmental risk and can qualify for a streamlined environmental review for future projects.…

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England successfully defend a target of 129 to win by 12 runs against Sri Lanka in an enthralling contest, completing a 3-0 T20 series sweep.

The center, which opened in 1971, is one of America’s top cultural institutions. President Trump says he plans to transform the center to create a “new and spectacular” entertainment complex.

One Palestinian woman said members of the Israel-linked militia searched them and their belongings at an Israeli checkpoint inside Gaza.

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The University of Sussex says the watchdog overstepped its legal powers in imposing the fine last year.

Imagine the harm her husband could do with an Evita by his side

The milestone reflects the US retail giant's booming e-commerce business and investors' embrace of its AI investments.

New photos have been released of Our Town, the first production by Michael Sheen's Welsh National Theatre.

The former first lady was married to William Stevenson for five years in the 1970s.

Yes, it already had Unistore Snowflake is launching a PostgreSQL database-as-a-service within its AI data environment to place transactional workloads alongside analytics and AI under a single set of governance rules.…

“Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote,” performed on both sides of the border, offers an allegory about migrants, immigration agents and President Trump.

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The US president's legal team file new court papers in the ongoing case over a Panorama documentary.

His New Federal Theater in New York provided a rare stage for Black playwrights and emerging actors, among them Denzel Washington, Phylicia Rashad and Chadwick Boseman.

The snack conglomerate is cutting the price of products including Doritos, Cheetos and Lays

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The film-maker speaks after a photo showed him with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and two women.

We invite applications for the 2026 Richard Casement internship

Lawyers for the star obtained the temporary order at the High Court in Belfast amid reports that Thursday night's show had been cancelled.

The ex-husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with first-degree murder after the death of his wife.

Also on the daily podcast: Thailand’s tricky election and Hong Kong trams

A riveting and depressing argument tackled in a new book, “The Doom Loop”

The EU's proposal for a digital form of cash cannot proceed unless the European Parliament is able to agree on a position.

GreyNoise's Glenn Thorpe counts the cost of missed opportunities On 59 occasions throughout 2025, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) silently tweaked vulnerability notices to reflect their use by ransomware crooks. Experts say that's a problem.…

U.S. intelligence analysts say that Xi Jinping, China’s leader, has a remarkable level of fear. He has carried out mass purges, and surprised many by removing his top general.

As the US and Colombian presidents meet, Orla Guerin joins a police unit tasked with finding and destroying jungle cocaine labs.

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The museum says a Jewish collector received a fair price for the work in 1941. The heirs say sales from that time are considered to have been forced and void under French law.

“The Naked King,” based on “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” debuts Thursday. “I’ve been dealing with what I’ve been experiencing in life and in the news,” Ratmansky said.

Our weekly podcast on China. Meet the political firebrand who identifies as Chinese

Our political editor and Bagehot columnist on the British politician’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein 

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Two commission officials indicated that the "seminar" on competitiveness will also address the Commission’s “working methods”.

More than two dozen musicians, dancers, theater companies and other creative groups have pulled out of performing at the Kennedy Center since President Trump returned to the White House.

An elderly Ukrainian man is trying to cope with the tragedy of losing his wife and son to a Russian drone strike in June 2025. Mykola Meleshko was sleeping when that attack hit his home, destroying most of it. He hopes a family could take him in as he struggles with the loss of his loved ones.

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The group targets telecoms, critical infrastructure - all the usual high-value orgs Security researchers have attributed the Notepad++ update hijacking to a Chinese government-linked espionage crew called Lotus Blossom (aka Lotus Panda, Billbug), which abused weaknesses in the update infrastructure to gain a foothold in high-value targets by delivering a newly identified backdoor dubbed Chrysalis.…

A bronze statue of a world champion boxer has been stolen from a park in east London - as CCTV footage captured the brazen theft by a masked gang.

Managed Identity and virtual machine failures triggered knock-on problems throughout cloud platform Microsoft has reported two Azure service wobbles in as many days, including a disruption affecting Virtual Machine management ops yesterday and a Managed Identity for Azure resources outage in East US and West US regions today.…

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Gold has fallen from recent highs but there are several reasons investors are still finding refuge in the precious metal.

Watch these selections that highlight the range and evolution of Black film.

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As TPS for Haitians hangs in the balance, Ruth Jean-Marie writes about America’s relationship with Haiti.

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The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’Two Human Rights Watch (HRW) employees who make up the organization’s entire Israel and Palestine team are stepping down from their positions after leadership blocked a report that deems Israel’s denial of Palestinian refugees the right of return a “crime against humanity”.In separate resignation letters obtained by Jewish Currents and the Guardian, Omar Shakir, who has headed the team for nearly the last decade, and Milena Ansari, the team’s assistant researcher, said leadership’s decision to pull the report broke from HRW’s customary approval processes and was evidence that the organization was putting fear of political backlash over a commitment to international law. Continue reading...

It’s not really a movie at all. It’s a marketing deck.

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Unbroken: In Pursuit of Freedom for Palestine is a collection of writings by the Palestinian political leader, who has been held in Israeli prisons since 2002A collection of writings by the imprisoned Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti will be published in November, bringing together prison letters, interviews, personal material and documents from the last three decades of Barghouti’s political life and incarceration.As deadly attacks on Gaza continue despite a nominal ceasefire, the 66-year-old is seen by many as the best hope for a leader of any future Palestinian state. Continue reading...

The AI economy’s dealmaking keeps getting wilder

The messages from the former Duchess of York appear to show her saying she feels "traumatised and alone".

Every February, clowns pack into a London church to honor Joseph Grimaldi, a pioneering 19th-century clown. Hundreds of onlookers come for the merriment, too.

Eluned Morgan said her government can't be expected "to step in and do the work" to save struggling pubs.

Robert Alden, the leader of the city's Conservative group, invited Osbourne to join their campaign.

The newly released official trailer for the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic gives audiences the most detailed look at the movie so far.

The US Department of Justice faces criticism from victims after names and unredacted images included in latest release.

Strength training offers a range of benefits, experts say. Here's how to start.

Spurning the free verse of many of his contemporaries, he held to an older tradition. He also wrote spirited poems for children.

Lindsey Vonn has ruptured her left anterior cruciate ligament but is still "very hopeful" she can compete at the Winter Olympics.

In freezing temperatures and ongoing Russian strikes, an Odesa DJ played a sunrise set by the Black Sea to support residents without heat or electricity. The performance was a welcome moment of relief -- and resilience -- for those enduring the cold and nightly raids.

Governments and businesses respond to Trump pressures by upping spending in domestically controlled infrastructure US tariffs may be squeezing Europe's trade balance, but they are also pushing governments and businesses to spend big on keeping tech closer to home.…

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A new work by the director Lorraine de Sagazan looks at a high-profile case that will soon be heard in a French court.

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The U.K. also launched a new probe into Grok and its "potential to produce harmful sexualised image and video content."

Not so fast. A new special from Raanan Hershberg shows how charged times can make for funnier jokes involving anxiety over Israel, Gaza and antisemitism.

Euronews Culture’s David Mouriquand went to see the Melania Trump documentary ‘Melania’ so you don’t have to.

Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a city with as much culture off the silver screen as on it.

OECD chief says appetite for multilateral trade remains strong despite tariffs. Cormann says Europe should take note of recommendations laid out by former ECB president Mario Draghi to maintain 'success story' of the EU.

Technological advances and an erosion of trust have transformed the way news unfolds online, distorting shared reality.

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Tahliah Barnett began performing in Cheltenham as a small child and is now a Grammy winner.

Nobody put too much thought into reinventing the gonzo variety classic for its revival. That’s what makes it a delight.

ABC's half-hour special commemorating the original series' 50th anniversary stars Sabrina Carpenter—and leaves us wanting more.

Forging a singular path as an independent filmmaker whose minimalist, bucolic style has impressed the critics at the Berlin and Cannes film festivals, Kelly Reichardt shows us another America: a land of wondering outsiders and protagonists plagued by doubts. For arts24, she discusses her latest film, "The Mastermind", a timely heist movie starring Josh O'Connor as the unsuspecting orchestrator of a robbery in an art gallery.

Drop in customers' cloud conversion rate causes share price to plunge 22% – steepest decline since 2020 SAP is refusing to change tack on renewal discounts despite lower-than-expected cloud forecasts prompting its biggest share price slide in five years.…

DDoSer of 'strategically important' websites admitted to most charges Polish authorities have cuffed a 20-year-old man on suspicion of carrying out DDoS attacks.…

Multimillion-dollar tenure could have bought a couple of crates of toner Longtime HP CEO Enrique Lores is decamping for a top job at PayPal, handing the reins to an interim chief while the business hunts for a permanent successor.…

The US pop star drew attention for her breast-baring chiffon Mugler dress at Sunday's ceremony.

Influencer Molly-Mae joins Jojo Siwa, Vicky Pattison and Sam Thompson in the Bake-Off tent.

Algorithmic bias probe continues, CEO and former boss summoned to defend the platform's corner French police raided Elon Musk's X offices in Paris this morning as part of a criminal investigation into alleged algorithmic manipulation by foreign powers.…

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Austin Applebee recounts his 'superhuman' swim which saved the lives of his mother and siblings in Australia.

A volatile geopolitical context has spurred the European Union and United Kingdom to deepen their collaboration on areas including defence and trade after a fraught decade.

The Boeing 787-8 jet was grounded after a pilot reported a possible issue with the fuel control switch.

Five leading Iranian writers reckon with a shattered uprising, a despotic regime and a country edging toward its final season.

Iran’s protests, fueled by women, workers, and economic crisis, signal an end to the Islamic Republic.

Storytelling, women, and beauty have challenged four decades of authoritarian rule, writes Ramin Jahanbegloo.

Arash Azizi imagines a democratic, inclusive Iran after the 2022 protests—where culture, freedom, and pluralism can finally thrive.

When a friend asked Henry James how he endured the devastation of World War I, the writer replied, “Feel, feel, feel all you can.” His exhortation contains the essence of what it means to remain human. Totalitarian regimes try to dismantle our capacity to feel, render us numb, confiscate our humanity, the way censors black…

Iranians are rising against censorship and digital inequality, demanding accountability from the Islamic Republic’s regime.

Azure Storage now requires version 1.2 or newer for encrypted connections Today is the day Azure Storage stops supporting versions 1.0 and 1.1 of Transport Layer Security (TLS). TLS 1.2 is the new minimum.…

Next month, Netflix will stream the K-Pop superband's first performance since their reunion.

Videos emerged on February 3 of a massive fire consuming a bazaar in Tehran, some appearing to show crowds of spectators standing by as firefighters battled the blaze. A huge smoke plume was visible from various parts of Tehran and the fire burned more than 100 kiosks, according to Iranian state TV.

South Yorkshire becomes ground zero for nationwide experiment with £500K seed funding AI-pocalypse  Barnsley, a town in South Yorkshire, England, best known for coal mining and glassmaking, is being thrust into the limelight as the country's first "Tech Town" – shoehorning AI into everything from local businesses to public services.…

Barcelona's Casa Batlló has begun a year of events marking the centenary of the iconic architect Antoni Gaudi's death by staging a stunning audiovisual experience to inaugurate a new contemporary art exhibition space within the walls of the famous art nouveau building.

President Trump and the White House regularly circulate imagery that has been manipulated by A.I. But the photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong was different.

Two people have died after a light aircraft crash in Greater Manchester.

The company said the two brands reflect the consumer's switch from alcoholic beverages to "adult soft drinks".

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Kevin Pearce was expected to be a threat at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Then a crash derailed his snowboarding career.

Trump is shuttering the Kennedy Center as performers flee

The UK's tax authority says 27,456 people filed in the final hour before the cut-off at the end of Saturday.

Plans have been approved to build a 3,000-seat theatre on the Greenwich Peninsula.

The upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are expected to further boost Europe's winter sports economy, although high costs are increasingly becoming a barrier for snow lovers.

The raids, across Greater Manchester and Lancashire, uncovered 10 servers and equipment worth £750,000.

Valdis Dombrovskis says the EU is willing to engage with Britain amid mounting global uncertainty.

US envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to arrive in Israel on February 3 for talks with Israeli officials, two days before a key meeting in Istanbul with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi to jumpstart negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program and tamp down fears of a new war in the Middle East.

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Memorabilia from the cult BBC Wales series is being auctioned online, with lots starting at £100.

Claims that Russian forces are increasingly accessing Starlink in Ukraine have prompted questions about how the technology works and why restricting access is complex.

Gold is seen as a shield, protecting your savings as the value of paper money declines over time. Do you remember when your espresso cost you €1? Good luck getting one at this price in Brussels today.

Users can disable every generative feature in one click – not everyone wants a chatbot bolted to their tabs Mozilla has decided that if AI is going to live in your browser, you should at least be able to kill it when it gets annoying.…

Taylor-Joy and her husband, Malcolm McRae, were staying at the London property on 12 February 2023.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has once again warned Tehran that the Pentagon is "more than prepared" to take action if Iran refuses to negotiate over its nuclear program.

The German manufacturer announced plans to expand factories in several U.S. states and build a new plant in Mississippi.

The President repeated unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud as he called on the GOP to federalize elections.

Taylor Swift sang about it. Women fear it.

The Reddit-like platform has gone viral for showing how AI agents interact, coordinate, and sometimes spiral when left largely to themselves.

There's a reason the Olympic figure skater is known as "The Quad God"

In this week's newsletter, Rikard Jozwiak focuses on how to prevent former Russian soldiers from entering the EU.

This is starting to sound oddly familiar NASA has concluded a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) for Artemis II, but recurring liquid hydrogen leaks forced the test to be halted short of completion, prompting the agency to delay the mission's launch to at least March 2026.…

Ukraine has accused Russia of committing "winter genocide" after another round of massive air strikes targeted energy and civilian infrastructure.

Your own personal Jarvis. A bot to hear your prayers. A bot that cares. Just not about keeping you safe OpenClaw, the AI-powered personal assistant users interact with via messaging apps and sometimes entrust with their credentials to various online services, has prompted a wave of malware and is delivering some shocking bills.…

Euronews has recorded its best-ever January for digital engagement, with 113 million page views and 13.6 million video views. Following a record-breaking 2025, the results underscore the network’s strategic shift toward original, pan-European reporting and its growing dominance in EU news coverage.

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In David Cale’s “The Unknown,” the actor plays 11 characters including a writer suffering the horrors of writer’s block and an unraveling mind.

Nick Shirley had struggled to expand his reach. With a new approach after a missionary trip, he caused a sensation with a video about possible fraud.

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Mehdi Mahmoudian worked on the script of Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just An Accident', which won last year's Palme d'Or and is nominated for Best Screenplay and Best International Feature at this year’s Oscars.

Musk says the combined firm - which has been valued at more than $1tn - will be an "innovation engine".

Armed Forces Bill would let troops take action against unmanned threats around defense sites Britain's defense personnel will be given the authority to neutralize drones threatening military bases under measures being introduced in the Armed Forces Bill, currently making its way through Parliament.…

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

The Clintons’ agreement to testify came just before a scheduled House vote to hold them in criminal contempt of Congress.

A Russian man repeatedly convicted of violent crimes is accused of strangling a woman to death after returning from the war in Ukraine and stalking his wife as she sought shelter. The killing is a grim example of a deadly problem the invasion has spawned in the country that attacked its neighbor.

“You’re asking if Jeff Epstein has got any parties planned on the island on Christmas Day?” Stewart asked on Monday’s “Daily Show.”

Iran’s so-called axis of resistance, its regional network of armed proxies and allied militant groups, could come to the fray to provide additional firepower to Tehran in the event of a conflict with the United States, experts say.

Also in this newsletter: why European leaders are flocking to Beijing amid transatlantic tensions, the latest on Ukraine peace efforts, and the French budget is adopted after months of political gridlock.

Thousands of Iranians are dead or detained in a brutal crackdown after they took to the streets in what is seen as the biggest threat to the Islamic regime in years. Journalists from RFE/RL’s Iranian service, Radio Farda, bring you the latest developments, analysis, and reporting from on the ground.

Tune in to Euronews' new flagship morning programme, Europe Today, at 8 am Brussels time. In just 20 minutes, we bring you up to speed on the biggest news of the day.

Ursula von der Leyen announced the EU-INC, promising a 48-hour digital incorporation framework to unify Europe’s fragmented market.

Indian industry has welcomed lower tariffs, but experts caution against celebration until details are clearer.

Blames ‘unintended or nonstandard usage’ and the cost of keeping them alive Microsoft has slipped out news that it’s killing some standalone SharePoint and OneDrive plans.…

Cornwall Council is consulting on proposals to remove free parking from 13 of its car parks.

Last year, the EU and China flirted with a diplomatic reset, which collapsed after Beijing imposed broad restrictions on rare earth exports. That bruising experience has set the stage for a cautious engagement in 2026.

Masoud Pezeshkian instructs foreign minister to seek negotiations with US as Trump warns ‘bad things would happen’ if no solution agreedIran’s president said on Tuesday that he had instructed his foreign minister to “pursue fair and equitable negotiations” with the US, as the two countries reportedly prepared to send top envoys to Istanbul for high-stakes talks on the Iranian nuclear programme later this week.President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a post on X: “I have instructed my minister of foreign affairs, provided that a suitable environment exists – one free from threats and unreasonable expectations – to pursue fair and equitable negotiations, guided by the principles of dignity, prudence, and expediency.” Continue reading...

The former Little Mix star reveals why she wanted to let cameras in to document her pregnancy journey.

Sleek car doors reduce vehicle drag but are prone to losing operability in the event of a crash, officials sayChina will soon ban concealed door handles on electric vehicles (EVs), becoming the first country to do so after several deadly incidents triggered global scrutiny of the controversial design first popularised by Tesla.According to regulations announced on Monday by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, cars sold in China will now be required to have a mechanical release on both the inside and outside of every door except the boot. Continue reading...

Euphoric scenes are a snub to theocracy’s culture of piety, say analysts, and carry message of rebellion Iranians killed in recent protests that rocked the country have been laid to rest in boisterous funerals featuring loud pop music and dancing, apparently intended to convey defiance to the ruling Islamic regime.Instead of holding sombre traditional mourning ceremonies presided over by a Shia cleric, bereaved relatives are turning the burials into exultant celebrations of the lives of their loved ones in what analysts say is an intentional snub to the culture of piety demanded by Iran’s theocracy. Continue reading...

As AI’s risks begin to materialize, the home of leading AI developers has walked away from international efforts to understand and mitigate them.

Burning Man woo woo values House of Grok at $250 billion Elon Musk on Monday revealed his space company SpaceX has acquired his AI outfit xAI, and that the two will work together to escape the surly bonds of Earthly powers by tapping the sun's enduring glow.…

Main stock exchange targets shares, government agency looks for crypto crooks South Korea’s government and main stock exchange have developed and deployed AI-powered tools to detect schemes that aim to send the price of cryptocurrencies and shares soaring so that unscrupulous investors can cash in.…

“I don’t do this part very well,” the singer said, just before she seemed to award a Grammy to Luther Vandross, who died in 2005. Plenty of celebrities have made similar goofs.