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• Trump refuses to rule out using military to take Panama Canal and Greenland

  07-01-2025 23:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Remarks likely to set off alarm bells around the world as Trump prepares to return to the White House this monthDonald Trump is refusing to rule out using American military force to retake control of the Panama Canal and seize Greenland, citing economic security as a driving factor.Speaking at a Tuesday press conference at Mar-a-Lago, the incoming US president explicitly declined to give assurances against using military or economic coercion when pressed about his plans regarding Panama and Gree
  
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• Donald Trump appears to call son to tell Greenlanders ‘we’ll treat you well’

  07-01-2025 23:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump appeared to call his son, Donald Trump Jr, while he was on a trip to the autonomous Arctic territory on Tuesday, 7 January.
  
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• Desperate search for two Brits who vanished while hiking in Italian mountains

  07-01-2025 23:53 via express.co.uk
  
  Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Samuel Harris, 35, were hiking in the Dolomites in northern Italy and were last in touch with loved ones on January 1
  
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• Man trapped inside driverless car as it spins in circles

  07-01-2025 23:52 via bbc.com
  
  Mike Johns was on his way to the airport when the Waymo robotaxi began circling a parking lot non-stop
  
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• Pacific Palisades fire latest: Over 770 acres burned as ‘life-threatening’ winds force 27,000 residents to evacuate

  07-01-2025 23:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The fast-moving Los Angeles brush fire has been fueled by dangerous fire weather and whipping winds
  
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• Louisiana promises more security for Mardi Gras after terrorist attack left 14 dead

  07-01-2025 23:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  State Attorney General Liz Murrill said measures would be in place throughout the period leading up to the festival’s conclusion on March 4
  
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• TikToker who gained fame for speeding down highways gets sweetheart plea deal for killing six in crash

  07-01-2025 23:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Noah Galle, the son of a prominent attorney, could have faced a 55-year sentence for causing the deadly car crash
  
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• Jimmy Carter funeral latest: Former president lies in state at US Capitol Rotunda

  07-01-2025 23:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dignitaries, including Supreme Court justices and members of Congress, take part in lying-in-state ceremony at Capitol Rotunda
  
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• Rosary over Rogan: Trump ally’s podcast knocked off number one spot by religion show

  07-01-2025 22:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Rosary in a Year podcast held the No. 1 spot on the Apple charts for three days in a row
  
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• Trump says he wants to rename Gulf of Mexico and retake Panama Canal during press conference: Live

  07-01-2025 22:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect held baffling — at times alarming — press event at Mar-a-Lago, wandering from topic to topic and threatening allied nations
  
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• Justin Trudeau latest: Outgoing PM says there isn’t ‘a snowball’s chance in hell’ Canada will join US

  07-01-2025 22:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trudeau announced Monday that he will step down as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister once a successor has been chosen
  
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• Manhattan residents take fitness chain to court over ear-splitting music — comparing it to POW ‘torture’

  07-01-2025 22:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Two Manhattan women claim they haven’t had a decent night’s sleep in a year, as their beds literally start vibrating at 6 a.m. thanks to the “absurdly loud” F45 studio downstairs
  
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• Deadly winter storm forces more than 12,000 flight cancellations and delays with more airport chaos expected

  07-01-2025 22:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  The next round of bitter cold temperatures and winter weather conditions is aimed at the South
  
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• Venezuelan opposition leader says son-in-law kidnapped in Caracas

  07-01-2025 22:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Edmundo González Urrutia, who fled in exile to Spain in September, says son-in-law was seized by ‘hooded men’Venezuela’s Edmundo González Urrutia, who the opposition says won a July presidential election against incumbent Nicolás Maduro, has said that his son-in-law was seized by “hooded men” in Caracas.“This morning my son-in-law Rafael Tudares was kidnapped,” said González on Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• US imposes sanctions on senior Hungarian government minister

  07-01-2025 22:46 via theguardian.com
  
  US treasury accuses Antal Rogán, a close aide of leader Viktor Orbán, as key to ‘system of corruption’The United States has imposed sanctions on a senior member of the Hungarian government for alleged corruption, in a move which Budapest said it would challenge as soon as Donald Trump takes office.The US treasury accused Antal Rogán, a close aide of the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, of using his role to secure financial benefits for himself and his politic
  
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• Trudeau says 'not a snowball's chance in hell' Canada will join US

  07-01-2025 22:34 via bbc.com
  
  The comment follows Donald Trump's threat on Tuesday to use "economic force" to acquire its neighbour to the north.
  
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• Elon Musk will do ‘all sorts of bad s***,’ OpenAI boss claims

  07-01-2025 22:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been engaged in a feud with Elon Musk for seven years
  
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• Jimmy Carter is back in Washington, where he remained an outsider

  07-01-2025 22:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jimmy Carter's state funeral has moved to Washington after observances in his native Georgia
  
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• Pacific Palisades fire latest: Evacuations ordered as brush fire erupts due to ‘life-threatening’ winds in Los Angeles

  07-01-2025 22:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The fast-moving Los Angeles brush fire has been fueled by dangerous fire weather and whipping winds
  
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• Trump has a narrow window to advance his aggressive agenda. He’ll need these right-wing hardliners to push it through

  07-01-2025 22:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Analysis: Trump is angling to dismantle the hurdles that sapped his first-term momentum by calling all corners of the GOP to him
  
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• Palliative care doc pushed girl to fatally hang herself while sexually exploiting minors online: prosecutors

  07-01-2025 22:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  He also directed children to ‘cut’ and ‘choke’ themselves, according to prosecutors
  
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• Jimmy Carter funeral latest: Former president to lie in state at US Capitol Rotunda

  07-01-2025 21:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dignitaries, including Supreme Court justices and Members of Congress, to take part in lying-in-state ceremony at Capitol Rotunda
  
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• Ukraine still fighting for eastern town despite Russian claims of a takeover

  07-01-2025 21:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ukraine says the eastern town of Kurakhove remains partially in their control despite heavy Russian bombing
  
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• Laura Loomer pushes Meta to put her on advisory board to prove it’s ‘serious about ending censorship’

  07-01-2025 21:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hours earlier, Meta announced that it plans to ditch fact-checkers as part of an effort toward ‘restoring freedom of expression’ on Facebook and Instagram
  
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• ‘A snowball’s chance in hell’: Trudeau rejects Trump threat to annex Canada

  07-01-2025 21:33 via theguardian.com
  
  President-elect threatened to use ‘economic force’ to make northern neighbor part of USJustin Trudeau has rejected threats from Donald Trump that the US could use “economic force” to annex its closest ally, saying: “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.“Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner,” Canada’s
  
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• Man accused of setting woman ablaze on NYC subway claims he was too drunk to remember incident

  07-01-2025 21:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 33-year-old said he didn’t remember the incident after drinking alcohol earlier in the day
  
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• High school students walk out of classes over handling of Washington teacher’s alleged sexual misconduct case

  07-01-2025 21:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Despite being arrested in early December 2024, Shadbreon Gatson’s charges have been dropped and an investigation continues while he remains on administrative leave
  
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• Dramatic new twist after Donald Trump says America should take control of Greenland

  07-01-2025 21:19 via express.co.uk
  
  The president-elect previously raised the suggestion during his first term in 2019.
  
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• Trump kicks off rambling press conference by airing grievances — then starts threatening U.S. allies

  07-01-2025 21:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump suggests he could use force — economic or military — to turn American allies into vassal states
  
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• Europe leaders criticise Musk attacks

  07-01-2025 21:13 via bbc.com
  
  Although some of Europe's leaders have found favour with the billionaire, others are worried by his interventions.
  
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• Trump loses last-ditch attempt to stop hush money sentencing

  07-01-2025 21:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  New York appeals court rejects president-elect’s latest move to halt his imminent sentencing date
  
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• A tree is just for Christmas, not for dinner, Belgian food agency warns

  07-01-2025 20:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Message came after northern city of Ghent posted tips for recycling the conifer as a dishAt a time when most people have probably polished off their holiday leftovers, Belgium’s food agency has issued a surprising seasonal health warning: don’t eat your Christmas tree.The message on Tuesday came after the city of Ghent, an environmentalist stronghold in the country’s northern Flanders region, raised eyebrows by posting tips for recycling the conifers on the dinner table. Contin
  
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• Amazon is paying $40 million to license new Melania documentary directed by disgraced Brett Ratner

  07-01-2025 20:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Documentary will offer a ‘behind the scenes’ look at the incoming First Lady’s life
  
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• Hero F-16 pilot 'downs six cruise missiles' launched by Putin forces during horror attack

  07-01-2025 20:12 via express.co.uk
  
  The feat happened in mid-December and is described as a record achievement for a pilot in one sortie
  
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• The Natalia Grace saga: Ukrainian adoptee accused of faking her age shares the next chapter of her bizarre story

  07-01-2025 20:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  The disabled Ukrainian orphan with dwarfism accused of masquerading as a child and trying to kill her adoptive parents spoke out for the first time last year. Now, she’s making new, harrowing claims about what happened next. Andrea Cavallier takes a look at the bizarre case
  
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• Adorable girls' name 'rising faster than any other' - and it's Irish

  07-01-2025 20:05 via express.co.uk
  
  The name is derived from the Irish word for "wild" and is reportedly growing in popularity in England and Wales.
  
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• Bubonic plague fears as warning issued over antibiotic-resistant strains

  07-01-2025 20:03 via express.co.uk
  
  The bubonic plague killed as many as 50 million people across Europe in the 14th century - 50% of its population - in what's known as the Black Death.
  
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• US declares Sudan’s paramilitary forces have committed genocide during civil war

  07-01-2025 19:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Blinken details pattern of ethnic violence in which RSF has killed civilians and blocked access to suppliesThe United States has formally declared that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have committed genocide during the country’s ongoing civil war, marking the second time in less than 30 years that genocide has been perpetrated in Sudan.Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, announced the determination on Tuesday while imposing sanctions on the RSF commander Mohammad Hamdan Daglo &nd
  
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• Strasbourg court finds Greece guilty of ‘systematic’ pushback of asylum seekers

  07-01-2025 19:55 via theguardian.com
  
  In ‘potentially trailblazing’ decision, European court of human rights finds country engaging in illicit deportationsThe European court of human rights has found Greece guilty of conducting “systematic” pushbacks of would-be asylum seekers, ordering it to compensate a woman forcibly expelled back to Turkey despite her attempts to seek protection in the country.In a judgment described as potentially trailblazing, the Strasbourg-based tribunal awarded the complainant damage
  
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• Trump rants about Biden’s offshore 625 million acre drilling ban, ‘That’s like the whole ocean!’ (It’s just 2 percent)

  07-01-2025 19:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  The President-elect’s math was off by large margin during latest wild press conference at Mar-a-Lago
  
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• GOP leaders are moving ahead with the Laken Riley Act. What’s in the bill?

  07-01-2025 19:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Laken Riley was brutally murdered in February while on a run
  
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• ‘Melania is glad to have a babysitter for Donald’: Elon Musk finds a friend in the first lady

  07-01-2025 19:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Melania is glad to have her husband busy with his work,’ a source said
  
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• Justin Trudeau latest: Trump threatens ‘economic force’ to make Canada ‘51st State’ after PM resignation

  07-01-2025 19:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  The race to succeed Trudeau as Liberal Party leader is underway following the Canadian prime minister’s exit over his handling of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed trade tariffs
  
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• Jimmy Carter lies in state after procession to US Capitol

  07-01-2025 19:30 via bbc.com
  
  The former president's coffin was transported to Washington DC from Georgia on Tuesday.
  
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• Facebook lifts restrictions on calling women ‘property’ and transgender people ‘freaks’

  07-01-2025 19:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  The social media giant Meta has loosened its public rules on hate speech as Mark Zuckerberg seeks to curry favour with Donald Trump
  
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• Jess Phillips worries about her safety after Elon Musk social media attacks

  07-01-2025 19:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Safeguarding minister was described as ‘a rape genocide apologist’ by Elon Musk
  
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• Bill Maher calls actor ‘crazy woke’ for refusing to judge women’s traditional dress in Muslim countries

  07-01-2025 19:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  The comedian and host said that liberal-leaning people had now become ‘so tolerant that we tolerate intolerance,’ during a recent episode of his show Club Random
  
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• Shark Tank star says he wants to buy TikTok - but needs Trump’s help

  07-01-2025 19:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kevin O’Leary said he has joined with the People’s Bid for TikTok, a group looking to buy the platform, in the potential multi-billion dollar deal
  
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• Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers

  07-01-2025 19:01 via bbc.com
  
  Meta says its platforms will instead rely on "community notes" from its users, an approach pioneered by X.
  
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• Explosive fertiliser in Ivory Coast harbour nothing to fear, officials say

  07-01-2025 18:58 via bbc.com
  
  Abidjan residents and environmentalists raise concerns after part of the same shipment was dumped in the UK.
  
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