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The testimony, part of the derailed Georgia election interference case, makes clear how dismissive some senior Republicans were of claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.

Olympic champion snowboarder Chloe Kim says she will be fit to compete at the Winter Olympic Games next month despite dislocating her shoulder last week.

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The outcome of a pair of cases on Tuesday could affect laws in 27 states that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.

He was booked on Tuesday, the Albuquerque police said. He is accused of inappropriately touching two boys on the set of a drama series.

Amy Carter, the daughter of former president Jimmy Carter, selected paintings and memorabilia for two Christie’s sales. The prices might surprise you.

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Letter seen by FT appears to undermine claims that the chair of US central bank misled Congress over renovation

The Emmy Award-winning actor is accused of abusing two child actors while working on a television series. An arrest warrant was issued in New Mexico.

Also in today’s newsletter: Jay Powell sent US senators details on $2.5bn Fed project following testimony, and Japanese stocks surge to all-time high

Shadow infrastructure minister says she is concerned there is not enough time to work through hate speech and gun reform legislation. Follow liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBridget McKenzie concerned there’s not enough time to work through hate speech and gun reform legislationBridget McKenzie, the shadow minister for infrastructure, said she is concerned there is not enough time to work through upcoming legislation on hate speech and gun reforms after the Bondi terror attack.Those pieces of legislation were subjected to long and lengthy and appropriate scrutiny by the parliament, by the broader community, by the experts, so that we, as a parliament, could get it right …Unfortunately, the prime minister has chosen to play politics with this bill. He’s lumped migration changes in with the management of firearms and obviously in with hate speech laws. So there’s a lot to unpack and not enough time before we debate it to actually get those opinions from the experts.It was right and appropriate that we as an opposition seek to work with the government to call a royal commission to actually bring parliament back to move motions of condolence and support for our, particularly our Jewish community …But when it comes to a piece of legislation, that should go through the appropriate processes of parliament so that we can get it right. Continue reading...

US president uses winding speech trailed to be on affordability to attack immigrantsDonald Trump is heading to Detroit, Michigan today, where he’ll tour a Ford factory in Dearborn.The president will deliver remarks to the Detroit Economic Club at 2pm ET, to continue his “affordability” tour, where he’s expected to tout the administration’s commitment to revitalising manufacturing and keeping costs down. Continue reading...

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Senator John Kennedy, a garrulous rank-and-file Republican from Louisiana, has struck a nerve with a new book that provides an insider account of Congress and its dysfunction.

US president cancels meetings with Iranian officials ‘until senseless killing of protesters stops’Trump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US tradePeople in Iran: share your views on the current situationNon-essential French embassy staff have left Iran, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Agence France-Presse. The personnel left on Sunday and Monday, the sources added, without saying how many people had departed. “The protection of our personnel and our citizens is a priority,” a French foreign ministry official told AFP.Commenting on the protests, the UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk said:This cycle of horrific violence cannot continue. The Iranian people and their demands for fairness, equality and justice must be heard. Continue reading...

Trump allies fear that the inquiry into the Fed chair could complicate the process of replacing him this year.

The executive council of the American Historical Association said the resolutions, including one accusing Israel of ‘scholasticide’ in Gaza, would put the group at risk.

The open-source libraries were created by Salesforce, Nvidia, and Apple with a Swiss group Vulnerabilities in popular AI and ML Python libraries used in Hugging Face models with tens of millions of downloads allow remote attackers to hide malicious code in metadata. The code then executes automatically when a file containing the poisoned metadata is loaded.…

A US-based rights group says it has confirmed the killing of 1,850 protesters during a crackdown by authorities, as the US president urges Iranians to keep demonstrating.

Rose Byrne, Owen Cooper, Seth Rogen, Teyana Taylor and other award winners in the spotlight.

Arrests and aggressive tactics by ICE and the Border Patrol, many seen on viral videos, have intensified the frustration and fear among residents.

Actor denies allegations of abuse centering on two preteen boys in video statement: ‘I’m going to confront these lies’The actor and director Timothy Busfield surrendered on Tuesday to New Mexico authorities, four days after they obtained a warrant to arrest him on child sexual abuse allegations, according to officials.The Albuquerque police department spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos confirmed Busfield turned himself over to officers after it was widely reported that the agency was working with US marshals to search for the Emmy winner. Continue reading...

Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rightsSeveral faculty groups have denounced the Trump administration’s efforts to obtain information about Jewish professors, staff and students at the University of Pennsylvania – including personal emails, phone numbers and home addresses – as government abuse with “ominous historical overtones”.The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is demanding the university turn over names and personal information about Jewish members of the Penn community as part of the administration’s stated goal to combat antisemitism on campuses. But some Jewish faculty and staff have condemned the government’s demand as “a visceral threat to the safety of those who would find themselves identified because compiling and turning over to the government ‘lists of Jews’ conjures a terrifying history”, according to a press release put out by the groups’ lawyers. Continue reading...

An Iranian security official says 2,000 people have been killed so far after a crackdown on weeks of anti-government protests.

The temporary protections, which are meant to help migrants who cannot safely return to their countries, are expected to expire for Somalis on March 17.

Study from research firm finds that US greenhouse gas emissions grew faster than economic activity last yearIn a reversal from previous years’ pollution reductions, the United States spewed 2.4% more heat-trapping gases from the burning of fossil fuels in 2025 than in the year before, researchers calculated in a study released on Tuesday.The increase in greenhouse gas emissions is attributable to a combination of a cool winter, the explosive growth of datacenters and cryptocurrency mining, and higher natural gas prices, according to the Rhodium Group, an independent research firm. Environmental policy rollbacks by Donald Trump’s administration were not significant factors in the increase because they were only put in place this year, the study authors said. Heat-trapping gases from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas are the major cause of worsening global warming, scientists say. Continue reading...

How will the feud between Jay Powell and Donald Trump end?

Just be careful not to entrust the AI model with your sensitive data Anthropic on Monday announced the research preview of Claude Cowork, a tool for automating office work that comes with the now familiar recitation of machine learning risks.…

Two Target employees forced to the ground, then into SUV, then dumped in different parking lotTwo US citizens who are employees of a Minnesota Target store were detained by federal immigration agents, before at least one was dumped in a different parking lot, community leaders and a Democratic politician have alleged.The Richfield incident is one in a growing number of violent encounters between civilians and federal agents captured on video since the killing of Renee Nicole Good by the ICE officer Jonathan E Ross on 7 January. Continue reading...

Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.

Step 1: Ask for deposit. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Build Moon hotel empire Everest has been turned into a run-of-the-mill tourist attraction. Space tourism is over now that any celebrity can blast off into orbit. Next up: a hotel on the Moon, now taking reservations for only about six years from now, if you're willing to make a small deposit.…

“HELP IS ON ITS WAY,” President Trump said on social media. He has threatened to intervene militarily on behalf of the protesters if Iran uses lethal force.

To assuage cost-weary voters and combat inflation, the president has resorted to a mix of threats and punishments, targeting companies and policymakers alike.

In a nearly 180-page filing, lawyers for Rex Heuermann, charged in seven killings, argued that the prosecution had improperly seized their client’s pizza crusts and portrayed him as porn-obsessed.

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Tech giant moves to reverse concessions made to limit the shock of US President Donald Trump’s trade levies

As many as 3,000 feared dead as witnesses describe government forces firing on unarmed protesters.

The K-pop superstars will go on a colossal comeback tour: 79 shows across five continents in 11 months. But why were they gone for so long?

A regime that would rather pursue a perpetual jihad against the Zionist enemy than feed its own people will eventually fall.

America’s president suddenly seems like a man in a hurry

Prosecutors said two former employees of Mr. Iglesias, a renowned Spanish singer, had accused him of abuse. His representatives did not respond to requests for comment.

US president calls on demonstrators to ‘take over’ the country’s institutions

In her State of the State address, Gov. Kathy Hochul adopted some of the affordability message of Mayor Zohran Mamdani. She also took aim at federal immigration officials.

Performing “Vanessa” is just what the Boston Symphony should be doing. But its concert staging came off as drab and ineffective.

There will still be digital checks on those starting a new job, but people will not need to hold a digital ID.

The Clintons' refusal comes despite Republicans’ threats to seek to hold the couple in contempt of Congress.

Lawyers for Pride in London say Christopher Joell-Deshields has failed to hand back company accounts.

The real power to discipline it, though, lies outside governments

Workers will be able to use other identification for right to work, meaning digital form not mandatoryMinisters have rolled back plans for a central element of the proposed digital ID plans, leaving open the possibility that people will be able to use other forms of identification to prove their right to work.This will mean that the IDs, announced to some controversy in September, will no longer be mandatory for working-age people, given that the only planned obligatory element was to prove the right to work in the UK. Continue reading...

Greenland’s prime minister said he was trying to end a "geopolitical crisis"

Exclusive: Simon Foster is the man responsible for deciding if Craig Guildford should be fired over Maccabi Tel Aviv banThe man who will decide if the West Midlands chief constable, Craig Guildford, deserves to lose his job over the banning of Israeli fans from a football match has attacked MPs for being biased against him.Simon Foster, the West Midlands police and crime commissioner, criticised MPs on the home affairs committee for allegedly briefing journalists that Guildford should be ousted, despite the fact their inquiry into the controversy continues. Continue reading...

Latest U-turn comes after Labour MPs expressed concern about compulsory nature of proposed scheme

His chronicles of a corporate cubicle dweller was widely distributed until racist comments on his podcast led newspapers to cut their ties with him.

Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney confirms head coach Mike Tomlin asked to step down after their play-off defeat by the Houston Texans on Wildcard Weekend.

CEO and chief operating officer of subprime auto lender and retailer stand accused of misleading creditors on collateral

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Prime minister is yet to receive a formal invitation, but the Guardian has been told that Starmer is expected to acceptKeir Starmer has been offered a place on the Gaza “peace board” set up by Donald Trump as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.The prime minister was asked to sit on the board by a senior member of the Trump administration. The Guardian has been told that Starmer is expected to accept but has not yet received a formal invitation, while conversations about the exact makeup of the board are continuing. Continue reading...

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Ukraine’s gradual retreat is not only in Donbas

The city’s homicide rate is lower than that of New York, Paris or Toronto, contradicting a narrative promoted by President Trump and others on the populist right.

ACF analysis finds amount of habitat approved by Albanese government for land-clearing hit a 15-year high last yearFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereMore than 57,000 hectares of threatened species habitat was approved for destruction by the Australian government in 2025 – the most in 15 years, according to analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation.The ACF’s latest annual “extinction wrapped” report has revealed that the threatened species habitat greenlit for land clearing was about 10 times the size of Sydney Harbour – more than double the 2024 figure, and over five times the 10,426 hectares approved for razing in 2023.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

ONS analysis also shows LGB+ people more likely to die from drug overdoses and alcohol-related diseaseLGB+ people are much more likely to die by taking their own lives, drug overdoses and alcohol-related disease than their straight counterparts, the first official figures of their kind show.The 2021 census in England and Wales asked people aged 16 and above about their sexual orientation for the first time. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has now analysed differences in causes of mortality from March 2021 to November 2024. The ONS research uses the acronym LGB+ rather than LGBTQ+. Continue reading...

If power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, what do we have here?

The company revived and revised a work that juxtaposes formal movement with a sound score that incorporates recordings of the 1979 White Night riots in San Francisco.

Jon Venables, 10 when he killed James Bulger in 1993, failed in a previous bid for parole in 2023.

Manchester United appoint former player Michael Carrick as caretaker head coach until the end of the season.

Great news for AMD and Nvidia, less so for cash-strapped consumers Memory makers just can't churn out their DRAM fast enough. On the heels of an AI-driven shortage, SK Hynix on Tuesday announced a new 19 trillion Korean won (about $13 billion) advanced packaging and test facility in South Korea that could offer some relief - just not for consumer products like laptops and phones.…

Hannah Kaviani of RFE/RL’s Radio Farda spoke with Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, on January 13 about what Trump’s next move might be in Iran.

Coroner’s court hears how Ollie Long, 36, became ensnared in debt after using offshore operators run by ‘international criminal networks’A football fan took his own life after his love of the sport fuelled a gambling addiction that led him to bet with illegal offshore operators that “prey on” vulnerable people, a coroner has heard.Ollie Long, from Wendover in Buckinghamshire, died in February 2024, aged 36, after struggling with his addiction for eight years. Continue reading...

Megan Moroney, Bruno Mars, Danny L Harle and more.

As advanced models stumble through a 1990s Game Boy classic, Pokémon is a surprisingly revealing test of what AI still can’t do.

Ministers will hope package of measures can aid efforts to retain power in May’s Holyrood electionsMinisters in Scotland have cut taxes for the lowest earners by a modest £11 a year, as the government dug into its reserves, cut spending and increased borrowing to fund new election pledges.With four months to go before the Holyrood elections, the Scottish National party government raised the thresholds at which people earning less than £33,500 a year will pay income tax in Scotland by 7.4%. Continue reading...

Michael Carrick has been announced as Manchester United's head coach until the end of the season.

Trump plans for a year-long cap of 10% on credit card interest. But experts say the "well-intentioned" plan poses significant risks.

The “Game of Thrones” actress plays a fledgling spy in “Ponies,” a Cold-War era drama that takes her career in a new direction.

Ex-chair of Office for Budget Responsibility gives downbeat assessment

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After eight years as governor of New Jersey, Philip D. Murphy, a former ambassador to Germany and Goldman Sachs executive, is leaving office. Mikie Sherrill will be sworn in on Jan. 20.

About 23,000 properties are still facing supply issues in Kent and Sussex, South East Water says.

Vladimir Motin owed ‘duty of care’ to crew member who died after Solong hit Stena Immaculate last March, prosecutor says

Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport called Brexit a nightmare, and said he hoped a reset with the EU would mean ‘light at the end of the tunnel’British vets have been forced to chase lorries down the motorway on their way to Dover due to the “pure hell” of Brexit paperwork needed by inspectors in Calais, MPs have been told.Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told the business and trade committee that Brexit has been a costly and logistic nightmare, and hopes of a reset with the EU represented “light at the end of the tunnel”. Continue reading...

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Former US president and secretary of state accuse Republican chair of partisanship in handling case of late sex offender

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Cut off from the outside world, Iran has been convulsed by some of the worst violence since the 1979 Islamic revolution

Musk has mischaracterised the dispute with the UK and others over indecent AI images as censorship

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Beloved places to dine out are portals to past versions of ourselves. But they keep disappearing.

As a group of cross-party MPs calls on Fifa to consider expelling the USA from the World Cup, BBC Sport analyses what Donald Trump’s foreign policy means for the tournament.

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The top suggestions include spending more of the city’s budget on parks and libraries and fixing the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Finding information on the climate risks you might face in your neighborhood can be a challenge. Here's what to do.

The sister of a man who died by suicide after black market betting sites "deliberately lured him in" has called for the Gambling Commission to review existing laws.

SNP administration says last Budget before elections asks wealthiest ‘to contribute that little bit more’

They might welcome the Islamic Republic’s collapse but dread what would follow

Doctors in Tehran tell of overwhelmed medical staff as violent crackdown intensifiesIran crisis live – latest updatesAn ophthalmologist in Tehran has documented more than 400 eye injuries from gunshots in a single hospital, as overwhelmed medical staff struggle to cope with the toll of an increasingly violent crackdown on nationwide protests by Iranian authorities.Three doctors, in messages forwarded to the Guardian on Monday, described overwhelmed hospitals and emergency wings overflowing with protesters who had been shot. Medical staff said the gunshot wounds were mostly concentrated on protesters’ eyes and heads – a tactic that rights groups said authorities used against demonstrators in the country’s 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests. Continue reading...

US president gives clearest signal yet that he might take military action against Tehran over killing of demonstratorsIran crisis live – latest updatesDonald Trump has told Iranians to keep protesting and said help was on the way, in the clearest sign yet that the US president may be preparing for military action against Tehran.“Iranian Patriots, keep protesting – take over your institutions!!! … help is on its way,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, a day after the White House press secretary said airstrikes were among “many, many options” the US president was considering. Continue reading...

Iglesias, who is 82, has been a household name in Spain since the 1960s and has sold millions of records worldwide.

An exclusive poll for The Economist also reveals an overwhelming desire for democracy

The UK government said the Marinera was being supplied with food and water before continuing its journey.

Finance Secretary Shona Robison unveils the government's tax and spending plans for the coming financial year.

About 25,000 properties remain without water in Kent after new supply issues

Three teenagers, including two 16-year-old boys, have been arrested in connection with a murder investigation after a man was fatally stabbed in west London.

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Monetary policy isn’t the only thing at stake in Trump’s battle with the Fed

US House backs bill to regulate remote access to export-controlled chips Chinese companies may be unable to import the best US GPUs, but they have found a workaround: renting access to that hardware via cloud services. Now, the US House of Representatives is moving to bring that loophole under the export-control law.…

His ex-wife announced his death on Tuesday during a live stream of his podcast.

A Monzo spokesperson said it had activated a back-up banking service after identifying issues affecting its app.

Soaring electricity demand from AI has become political issue for Big Tech and the Trump administration

Merger between Paris-based Banijay Group and RedBird IMI-owned All3Media would create a European TV production giant The world’s largest independent television production group, which is behind shows ranging from Peaky Blinders to Big Brother, is in talks to merge with the UK-based maker of hit TV shows including The Traitors.The Paris-headquartered Banijay Group, which last year considered making a takeover offer for ITV’s studio operation, is in advanced talks with All3Media, which is owned by RedBird IMI, the Abu Dhabi-backed company that is trying to off-load the Telegraph titles to the owner of the Daily Mail. Continue reading...

Nicolas Pelham writes about the terror unfolding across the country

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The brick building, on the East Yorkshire coast, is thought to be about 70 years old.

Former world champion Kyren Wilson puts his UK Championship disappointment behind him with some superb snooker to defeat China's Si Jiahui 6-2 and move into the Masters quarter-final.

As US president tells protesters ‘help is on the way’, any military action would be unlikely to succeedIran crisis live – latest updatesDonald Trump may not be unafraid to use military force against Iran, according to the White House, but the reality is the US president has few to no options that could obviously help that country’s protest movement, never mind the fact that the history of US intervention in the region has hardly been a success.Emboldened by the seizure of the erstwhile Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, after an operation that took months of planning, Trump talked up military intervention against the Iranian regime with no military pre-positioning having taken place. In fact, there has been a drawdown in the last few months, reducing military options further. Continue reading...

Previous plans for a high-speed rail line between the cities were scrapped by Rishi Sunak's government.

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Currency at lowest since July 2024 after finance minister expresses concern over ‘one-way’ weakening

Vladimir Motin has pleaded not guilty to gross negligence manslaughter over the collision in March.

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Forrester models slow, structural shift rather than sudden employment collapse AI-pocalypse  AI and automation could wipe out 6.1 percent of jobs in the US by 2030 – equating to 10.4 million fewer positions that are held by humans today.…

Our weekly podcast on China. This week, why China and Taiwan are scrutinising the American raid

Bill and Hillary Clinton have said they will refuse to testify in a Republican-led investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The clock is ticking. But low clouds have prevented helicopters from moving scientists and gear onto the continent’s fastest-melting glacier.

Danish PM adds that Greenland is ‘not for sale’ in joint briefing ahead of tomorrow’s talks with the USNordic correspondent in Nuuk, GreenlandAnd here’s the latest from Nuuk, Greenland this morning, ahead of what looks like a few very busy days of political talks on Greenland. Continue reading...

Figures suggest cost pressures are being contained even as price growth remains above Fed’s target

An employment judge says they can not be sure the former Rockstar workers were sacked for union activity.

Big Tech warned expansion must come without higher household bills as Microsoft signals support President Trump says tech giants must pay their way when it comes to delivering increased power needed for datacenters, rather than the burden falling on US citizens, and it seems Microsoft is on board with that.…

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The regime's opponents will hope for more pressure to accelerate the process, writes the BBC's international editor.

US and Israeli officials who will shepherd fragile ceasefire were linked with contentious Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

The couple escalated their battle with Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, who said he would move to hold them in contempt of Congress.

Trump has repeatedly threatened military action against Iran if the country’s leadership continued to crack down on protests. 

The hard-to-categorize duo recorded its new, self-titled album surrounded by nature. It’ll be the band’s first on the storied Seattle label Sub Pop.

The Emperor Penguin has a go… just for fun Perhaps the most famous low-level systems programmer has tried "vibe coding" for himself – and he seems to be enjoying it.…

The new body is part of the White House's 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas.

Yoon is on trial for insurrection charges, after trying to declare martial law in late 2024South Korean prosecutors have demanded the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law declaration in December 2024, in the first insurrection trial of a Korean head of state in three decades.Prosecutors characterised the case as the “serious destruction of constitutional order by anti-state forces”, telling Seoul central district court that Yoon had “directly and fundamentally infringed upon the safety of the state and the survival and freedom of the people”. Continue reading...

They are following a different playbook from that of their elders

Labour Party awash with talk of coup against prime minister in run-up to May elections

Czechoslovak Group set to become one of Europe’s most valuable defence companies with Amsterdam listing

David Matthew Pugh has been sentenced to unpaid work after taking a cement mixer and wheelbarrows.

At least 2,000 people have been killed in the protests in Iran, according to a US-based human rights group, HRANA, amid the deadly crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. One Iranian exile in Germany told RFE/RL that her family in Iran told her the number of victims could be much higher.

Unexpected vacancies have whittled the G.O.P.’s edge to just a couple of votes, leaving Speaker Mike Johnson with almost no margin for leading the chamber.

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The tech giant is responding to concerns that data centers are driving up electricity costs in some communities.

Island’s PM tells media event with Danish counterpart ‘we choose Denmark’ and will not be owned or governed by USGreenland’s prime minister has said “we choose Denmark” before high-stakes talks at the White House as Donald Trump seeks to take control of the Arctic territory.Amid rising tensions over the US president’s push, Jens-Frederik Nielsen on Tuesday told a joint press conference with his Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, that the island would not be owned or governed by Washington. Continue reading...

Footage posted today on social media shows protesters gathered on the streets of the city of Marvdasht in the southern Iranian Fars province, as a fire burns in the background.

Government’s direct-to-supplier agreement raises questions over conflict of interest

Deborah Warner, known for directing theater and opera, succeeds Pierre Audi, who died last year. Her own work is expected to be part of her programming.

Demand from countries rushing to buy US aircraft to curry favour with Trump administration boosts aviation group

“Strangers”, a new memoir, taps into a trend of documenting worst-case marital scenarios

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper also says the government will implement "full and further sanctions" against Iran.

Scheme to blow up mail depots uncovered last year is one of a string of sabotage attacks co-ordinated by Moscow

Nikki Glaser returned as host and killed, while Teyana Taylor delivered the speech of the night. Then there were those awful production choices.

The world's biggest boy band are due to reveal their 2026 tour dates - why is it causing so much excitement?

Yes, London property prices are high. But here's a picture of Boris Johnson Updated  From the "there but for the grace of God" department comes a new website to find affordable housing in London containing data it shouldn't.…

All three are members of Lighthouse, a group investigated for a BBC documentary and podcast in 2023

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It's the K-pop band's first tour since completing compulsory military service in South Korea.

Her intricately layered artwork uses metal, rubber, canvas and printmaking to create scenes of oppression, trauma and renewal. As she stages her first major exhibition in Paris, Kathia St Hilaire joins us to talk about weaving her Haitian ancestry into her pieces, how Vodun practices inspire her work and why the late Haitian poet Frankétienne is a kindred spirit when it comes to his cyclical vision of a chaotic world. 

K-pop superstars BTS have announced details of their much-anticipated comeback tour, after a break of almost four years to complete mandatory military service.

Noem claims conditions have improved in east African country so Somalis no longer qualify for legal protectionsThe Trump administration is terminating temporary protected status (TPS) for Somalis living in the United States, giving hundreds of people two months to leave the country or face deportation.The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, said in a statement that conditions in the east African country had improved sufficiently and that Somalis no longer qualified for the designation under federal law. Continue reading...

Spanish singer allegedly subjected women to ‘inappropriate touching, insults and humiliation’The Spanish singer Julio Iglesias has been accused of sexual assault by two female former employees who say they were subjected “to inappropriate touching, insults and humiliation … in an atmosphere of control and constant harassment”.The women – a domestic worker and a physical therapist who were employed at Iglesias’s Caribbean mansions in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas – allege the assaults took place in 2021. Continue reading...

A deployment to Ukraine and a row with America could upend plans

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The play, about a man who spends decades on death row before being exonerated by DNA evidence, will have a 16-week run this spring.

Britain announced it would pass a law banning the creation of sexualized nonconsensual AI images as a regulator said it would investigate X.

Russia launched a massive combined air attack on Ukraine, using nearly 300 strike drones, as well as ballistic and cruise missiles, officials said. The strikes hit energy facilities, apartment buildings, a hospital, and a kindergarten. At least four people were killed and several others injured.

The discount retailer says it is also investing about £43m in revamping more than 70 UK shops.

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After over three years of construction, the museum will open its new building on March 21 with an ambitious show exploring how technologies have changed what it means to be human.

RFE/RL’s Radio Farda interviewed a doctor inside Iran about the deadly state crackdown on antiestablishment protesters.

In a new book, C. Thi Nguyen looks to his personal passions — from video games to yo-yoing — to illuminate the downside of our increasingly gamified world.

33-year-old was under surveillance for some time before returning home from the UAE Dutch police believe they have arrested a man behind the AVCheck online platform - a service used by cybercrims that Operation Endgame shuttered in May.…

Eleven central banks have backed Jerome Powell after the US launched a criminal investigation into the US Fed.

Global growth ‘downshifted’ since Covid pandemic and sub-Saharan Africa particularly affected, report saysBusiness live – latest updatesA quarter of countries in the developing world are poorer than they were in 2019 before the Covid pandemic, the World Bank has found.The Washington-based organisation said a large group of low-income countries, many in sub-Saharan Africa, had suffered a negative shock in the six years to the end of last year. Continue reading...

Experienced Antarctica guides tell Raymond Zhong, our climate reporter, how they set up camp on the Thwaites Glacier so scientists can measure how fast it’s melting. The biggest safety concern? Crevasses.

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Federal parliamentary inquiry hears tax concessions undercut policies, including first home buyer assistanceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGenerous capital gains tax rules have pushed up property prices and damaged housing affordability, the NSW government says, warning the discount benefits wealthy investors at the expense of first-time buyers.NSW Treasury has told a federal parliamentary inquiry into the 50% CGT discount that tax concessions including negative gearing “skew incentives towards property investment” and undercut policies, including first home buyer assistance. Continue reading...

Anthony Albanese has said the AI chatbot generating sexualised images of women and children is ‘abhorrent’ but has an account posting on the siteFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese condemned X’s AI chatbot Grok generation of sexualised images of women and children as “abhorrent”, but don’t expect the prime minister – or seemingly any politician in Australia – to stop using the site any time soon.Albanese condemned the use of generative AI to exploit or sexualise people without their consent, saying on Saturday that Australians deserved better. He added that the online safety regulator would look into it. Continue reading...

Her reimagining of “CBS Evening News” is under heavy scrutiny, and even became a punchline on her own network on Sunday at the Golden Globes.

Wing Cdr Sasha Nash says it is the "opportunity of a lifetime" and hopes to inspire others.

Analysts say cheap energy and storage make sense for bit barns despite policy headwinds Despite the Trump administration's opposition to renewables, solar power will likely remain part of datacenter energy supply mix due to its low cost.…

The Spanish veteran singer is facing sexual assault accusations from a domestic worker and a physiotherapist who describe an atmosphere of harassment in his mansions in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.

Sidelining the democratic opposition and its leader, María Corina Machado, would be a mistake

Court papers filed on Monday show the broadcaster will argue the Florida court lacks "personal jurisdiction" over the BBC.

In an interview with RFE/RL's Radio Farda, Maedeh Soltani, who lives in Germany, confirmed the killing of her uncle, Ali Dehghan Joghan. She said there were so many bodies in Tehran that it took her relatives four to five days to find her 55-year-old uncle.

Donald Trump has announced a 25% tariff on countries trading with Iran after its deadly crackdown on anti-government protests.

Fifty years after her death, the legacy of Agatha Christie and her classic murder mystery stories is as strong as ever. Speaking to FRANCE 24, James Prichard, chairman and CEO of Agatha Christie Limited and the author's great-grandson, says the books' timelessness comes down to the fact that they are "essentially about people" and for better or worse, "we as people have not changed".

“The stakes are too high to look the other way: if the Federal Reserve loses its independence, the broader economy will suffer,:" said one Republican Senator.

Git server flaw that attackers have been abusing for months has now caught the attention of US cyber cops CISA has ordered federal agencies to stop using Gogs or lock it down immediately after a high-severity vulnerability in the self-hosted Git service was added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.…

Jafar Panahi, a renowned Iranian film-maker, is urging the international community to help Iranian people because he says the Islamic Republic has lost its legitimacy and will stop at nothing to survive.

AuraInspector automates the most common abuses and generates fixes for customers Mandiant has released an open source tool to help Salesforce admins detect misconfigurations that could expose sensitive data.…

A rogue roofer who ran over a mother-of-three on a golf course during a police chase has been jailed for 13-and-a-half years for causing her death.

The water watchdog has aired "concern" as 23,000 properties remain affected by outages across Kent and Sussex - a day after a major incident was declared in the two counties.

Dutchman fails to convince judges his trial was unfair because cops read his encrypted chats A Dutch appeals court has kept a seven-year prison sentence in place for a man who hacked port IT systems with malware-stuffed USB sticks to help cocaine smugglers move containers, brushing off claims that police shouldn't have been reading his encrypted chats.…

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US President Donald Trump has told protesters in Iran that "help is on the way," as the death toll after more than two weeks of anti-government protests continues to increase, sparking a global outcry.

Party leader Ed Davey calls for £1.5bn to be spent on ending a "deadly corridor crisis" in the NHS.

Jasper Jones and Runt writer charged after search warrant issued at his Fremantle home on MondayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProminent Australian author Craig Silvey has been charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material.Silvey, 43, had a search warrant issued at his Fremantle home on Monday, 12 January, where detectives allegedly found him “actively engaging with other child exploitation offenders online”. Continue reading...

“Even a total interdiction of Venezuelan drugs is unlikely to produce a detectable reduction of U.S. overdose deaths,” writes Charles LeBaron.

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Europe's largest council delays Fusion reimplementation four years after go-live disaster Birmingham City Council has pushed back the relaunch of its troubled Oracle Fusion ERP system, saying staff need more time to adapt to the vendor's standard processes.…

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Several Venezuelans tell TIME their behavior in recent days has been shaped by fear of their phone being searched

The conditions in Iran today are not comparable to those that precipitated the downfall of the Shah and the triumph of the revolution of 1979.

The weight of state violence isn’t abstract, it’s personal, argues Minneapolis poet Bao Phi.

The US president also imposes a 25% tariff on countries that "do business" with Tehran, while Iran's foreign minister says his country is "ready for war".

In this week's newsletter, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak looks at visa liberalization suspension for Georgian diplomats and EU-Kosovo relations after Brussels easing sanctions on Pristina.

As Trump embraces state capitalism, Democrats should embrace being the party of practical economic stewardship.

Reza Pahlavi, living in exile in the United States, has long marketed himself as a future leader of Iran. His father’s repressive legacy casts a long shadow.

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Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine, striking key energy facilities amid freezing temperatures. The attacks left hundreds of thousands without power and caused widespread damage, killing at least four people.

Two men have been jailed for life after a man was killed in a case of mistaken identity.

Project Nightfall aims to deliver a UK-built long-range strike capability at speed The British government is asking defense firms to rapidly produce a new ground-launched ballistic missile to aid Ukraine's fight against Russia - hardware that might also be adopted by UK's armed forces in future.…

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That “Ricky Gervais: Mortality” won for best comedy sends a message about the lack of respect given to stand-up.

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South Korea appears happy to engage in what some have called “shuttle diplomacy” between its quarreling neighbors—and stands to reap some benefits.

Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed, as days of large demonstrations threaten the regime. Here's what you need to know.

Exclusive: China Labor Watch says people aged 16-18 employed without required special protectionsA labour rights NGO says it has found evidence of worker exploitation in the supply chain of Labubus, the furry toys that took the world by storm last year and which are expected to continue to grow in popularity in 2026.Labubus, toothy gremlins made by the Chinese toy company Pop Mart, have become one of China’s hottest cultural exports. In the first half of 2025 alone, “the Monsters” line of toys, which includes Labubus, generated 4.8bn yuan (£511m) in sales for the Hong Kong-listed company. In August, Pop Mart’s chief executive, Wang Ning, said the company was on track to reach 20bn yuan in revenues in 2025. Continue reading...

The posters bear the message "we belong together", superimposed over a photo of fans taken during his last world tour.

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina are set to begin with an expanding opening ceremony headed by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli who joins pop diva Mariah Carey. The star-studded show will take place at Milan's San Siro stadium on 6 February.

Health editor Hugh Pym revamped his diet after a test suggested his gut health appeared to look five years older than he was

Turns out the voluntary pledge to restrict public sector tendering during Horizon scandal inquiry has loopholes Fujitsu has won a place on a UK government framework despite its commitment not to compete for new public sector contracts during the ongoing inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal.…

The European Union is set to follow through this month on a plan to suspend visa liberalization for all Georgian diplomatic and service passport holders after saying Tbilisi has “violated numerous commitments undertaken during the visa liberalization dialogue.”

Here are the key questions about Iran’s protests, what sparked them, how the government is responding, and why U.S. involvement has become a central issue, answered.

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Satya Nadella's call to accept and embrace desktop brainboxes faces skepticism Software developers have created a PowerShell script to remove AI features from Windows.…

Thousands of people are visiting Japan’s largest light festival known as Nabana no Sato. Taking place some four hours from the capital Tokyo, one of the biggest attractions is a 35-metre-high reconstruction of Mount Fuji.

Eastern region on high alert as authorities try to track animal tearing through villages in Jharkhand after apparently becoming separated from herdForest officials in India are on the hunt for an elephant that has killed more than 20 people in a days-long rampage through the eastern state of Jharkhand.Since the beginning of January, 22 people have been killed by a single-tusked elephant that has been tearing through forests and villages in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. Continue reading...

Some 180 writers, including former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, have withdrawn from the event.

Triggered by soaring prices, inflation, and a plunging currency, Iranians have taken to the streets in what is 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.

Silvey, best known for his novel Jasper Jones, was arrested after police raided his Perth home.

Severn Wye has been shortlisted for the Health Service Journal Partnership Award.

The Family Matters charity in Weymouth works to help parents with babies and children of pre school age.

Tweaks its hardware to run multiple private cloud stacks, and shift between them Lenovo has a hunch that some of you are about to shift to a different hypervisor and has created hardware to make the move easier.…

He Jiankui spent three years in prison after creating gene-edited babies. Now back at work, he sees a greater opening for researchers who push boundaries.

Delhi is world’s second largest purchaser of Russian crude, which is now cheaper than oil from Middle EastRussia is already working to circumvent the latest US sanctions to ensure India can continue to import high levels of cheap Russian crude oil, according to industry analysts.Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, India has become the world’s second largest purchaser of Russian crude oil, which has been heavily discounted due to the impact of western sanctions. Continue reading...

The deal would cut tariffs and include a commitment from Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, the island’s chip giant, to build more manufacturing plants in the United States.

It is currently illegal to share deepfakes, but the law against creating them has not yet come into force.

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Government is fed up with bad actors using digi-cash to fund dodgy deeds India’s government has updated the regulations it imposes on cryptocurrency services providers, as part of its efforts to combat fraud, money laundering, and terrorism.…

Exclusive: Chinese officials are using a ‘highly specific’ interpretation of EU rules to suggest Taiwanese figures should not be granted visas, officials sayChinese officials have been pushing “legal advice” on European countries, saying their own border laws require them to ban entry to Taiwanese politicians, according to more than half a dozen diplomats and officials familiar with the matter.The officials made demarches to European embassies in Beijing, or through local embassies directly to European governments in their capital cities, warning the European countries not to “trample on China’s red lines”, according to the European diplomats and ministries who spoke to the Guardian. Continue reading...

More children in England are in drug and alcohol treatment, but families say many cannot get help.

Vijay draws Gen Z crowds and fan devotion, but analysts question whether movie stardom can convert into votes.

Recruits tell the BBC an ex-teacher who operates on Telegram misled them, saying they could avoid combat.

More bosses are sharing the top job giving them more time for family and breaks.

‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says Coal power generation fell in China and India for the first time since the 1970s last year, in a “historic” moment that could bring a decline in global emissions, according to analysis.The simultaneous fall in coal-powered electricity in the world’s biggest coal-consuming countries had not happened since 1973, according to analysts at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, and was driven by a record roll-out of clean energy projects. Continue reading...

The actor discusses spearheading the Welsh National Theatre and starring in its first production.

Another two NHS hospital trusts, both in Nottinghamshire, have declared critical incidents due to "severe and sustained pressure" on their services.

The strike is raising concerns about how staffing shortages could affect the city's health care system.

Trump is not ruling out a military strike, but some argue that is unlikely to further U.S. goals

He spent two decades hosting the PBS series, during the formative years of personal computing. It was seen in more than 300 cities at its peak.

In SEC filings, Fortinet and Palo Alto show shrinking product margins taking hold. PCs and datacenters aren't the only devices that need DRAM. The global memory shortage is roiling the cybersecurity market, with the cost of firewalls expected to balloon and hit both customers and vendors in the pocketbook in 2026, according to research analysts Wedbush.…

Gang members 'systematically exploited children and young people,' cops say A 21-year-old Swedish man accused of being a key organizer of violence-as-a-service linked to the Foxtrot criminal network, which police say has recruited and exploited minors, has been arrested in Iraq.…

The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta’s work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial intelligence.

A British regulator said it had started a formal investigation into Mr. Musk’s chatbot over the spread of illegal images.

No wonder he's going nuclear Meta has formed a new initiative called “Meta Compute” to oversee the planning, deployment, and operations of its growing fleet of AI datacenters.…

The third season of the Israeli series, rescheduled amid the recent surge of conflicts in the Middle East, finally premieres on Apple TV.