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• Six injured after knife attack at Kurdish demonstration in Antwerp

  22-01-2026 23:59 via theguardian.com
  Incident outside Opera House that left two people in critical condition is not being investigated as terrorism, police saySix people have been injured after a knife attack at a demonstration in Belgium on Thursday evening, police said.Two of the victims were in a critical condition in hospital after the incident in the port city of Antwerp near the Operaplein (Opera Square), police spokesperson Wouter Bruyns said. Continue reading...
  
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• Rural and coastal areas of England to get more cancer doctors

  22-01-2026 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Government says plan will help end postcode lottery in access to diagnostic tests and treatmentHospitals in rural and coastal parts of England will get more cancer doctors to help tackle stark inequalities that mean people in some areas are far more likely to die from the disease.The plan is part of a government drive to end the “patchy” nature of NHS cancer care, which is characterised by wide postcode lotteries in access to diagnostic tests and treatment. Continue reading...
  
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• White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest

  22-01-2026 23:14 via theguardian.com
  Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alterationThe White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a case touted by the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, to make it seem as if she was dramatically crying, a Guardian analysis of the image has found.The woman, Nekima Levy Armstrong, also appears to have darker skin in the altered image. Armstrong was one of three people arrested
  
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• Get out of Greenland mode and stand up for yourself, Zelenskyy tells Europe

  22-01-2026 23:14 via theguardian.com
  Ukraine president accuses EU leaders of waiting for direction from Donald Trump in blistering speech at DavosVolodymyr Zelenskyy has taken aim at Europe in a fiery speech at Davos, accusing leaders of being in “Greenland mode” as they waited for leadership from Donald Trump on Ukraine and other geopolitical crises rather than taking action themselves.The Ukrainian president’s call to arms, targeting some of Kyiv’s top allies, capped a week of extraordinary diplomatic dram
  
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• Gibbs-White fails from the spot as Nottingham Forest pay for errors in Braga

  22-01-2026 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Nottingham Forest’s first European adventure for almost 30 years was supposed to be a hoot but the mood music that accompanied a slender defeat in Braga felt rather alarming. The fact is Forest failed to perform and a stale display was typified by the chain of errors that culminated in the captain, Ryan Yates, scoring an own goal that proved sufficient to earn the hosts victory.A swell of the 2,100 away fans who made the trip to northern Portugal relayed their feelings to Sean Dyche and hi
  
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• Mark Carney says Canada must ‘be a beacon to a world that’s at sea’

  22-01-2026 22:53 via theguardian.com
  In post-Davos speech, Canadian PM jabs at Trump, saying the arc of history ‘can still bend towards progress and justice’Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, said his country must be a “beacon to a world that’s at sea” and that national unity was critical as his government faces a dramatic reshaping of the world political order – and mounting domestic challengesThe national address, given at a historic military fortress in Quebec City, was far narrower i
  
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• Former FTX crypto executive Caroline Ellison released from federal custody

  22-01-2026 22:38 via theguardian.com
  Ellison testified against Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX’s founder and her ex-partner who was sentenced to 25 years in prisonThe Disgraced former cryptocurrency executive Caroline Ellison has been released from federal custody after serving about 14 months for her involvement in the multibillion-dollar FTX fraud scandal. Ellison was previously head of FTX’s associated trading arm and the on-again, off-again romantic partner of the crypto exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried.Ellison, 3
  
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• Starmer’s allies launch ‘Stop Andy Burnham’ campaign to block parliamentary return

  22-01-2026 21:38 via theguardian.com
  Speculation has spread over whether Burnham will attempt to return to pursue a Labour leadership bidKeir Starmer’s allies have launched a “Stop Andy Burnham” campaign to prevent the Labour mayor from returning to parliament after the resignation of a Manchester MP triggered a byelection.Multiple members of the party’s ruling national executive committee (NEC) predicted it would be impossible for Burnham to make it through the selection process given the number of Starmer
  
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• Infantino jokes about British fans’ behaviour at World Cups and defends ticket prices

  22-01-2026 20:49 via theguardian.com
  Fifa chief says he has been ‘hammered’ for 2026 pricesFans’ group tells Infantino to focus on cheap ticketsGianni Infantino made a joke about British football fans’ behaviour and defended ticket prices for this summer’s World Cup in North America during a speech to world leaders on Thursday.Fifa’s president addressed concerns around the staging of this summer’s finals in the US amid rising domestic tensions there, telling the World Economic Forum in Swit
  
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• Trump’s Gaza plan is a rebuff to Israeli extremists, but will soon be put to test

  22-01-2026 20:44 via theguardian.com
  Blueprint presented by Jared Kushner shows unified Gaza run by Palestinians, with Rafah crossing to open next weekAmid the hullabaloo and self-congratulation of Donald Trump’s “board of peace” launch in Davos, his administration laid out specific plans for the short- and long-term future of Gaza, aimed at a lasting peace.The blueprint set out on Thursday was extremely ambitious. It envisages a unified Palestinian-run Gaza, which represents a rebuff to the aims of Israeli extrem
  
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• ‘It has been overwhelming’: Sudanese friends complete 900-mile UK walk

  22-01-2026 20:30 via theguardian.com
  Giel Malual and John Kuei trekked from Dungeness to John o’Groats to raise funds for new schools in SudanWhen Giel Malual set out to walk the length of the UK to raise money to open a school for displaced children from his home country of Sudan, he did not expect the welcome he would receive from the British public.“All the houses that we slept in, all the welcome that we were given, all the warmth and the support, the cheers and the encouragement that we have received, it has been o
  
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• My rookie era: I once feared water and frizz, now I’m embracing my curls

  22-01-2026 20:00 via theguardian.com
  I was surprised by the dormant ringlets springing to life as I hunched over the basin, squishing in conditioner to define each tendrilRead more summer essentialsMy housemate has a special phrase for some of my old photos: “Ima’s whiteface era” – hair seared straight down the middle with brassy blond highlights.Where I grew up, in a regional coastal town, the gold standard was sandy blond beach babe. Continue reading...
  
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• Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media

  22-01-2026 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers sayPolitical leaders could soon launch swarms of human-imitating AI agents to reshape public opinion in a way that threatens to undermine democracy, a high profile group of experts in AI and online misinformation has warned.The Nobel peace prize-winning free-speech activist Maria Ressa, and leading AI and social science researchers from Berkeley, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge and Yale are a
  
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• The Guardian view on Trump’s Board of Peace: an international body in service to one man’s ego | Editorial

  22-01-2026 19:45 via theguardian.com
  It was supposed to give Gaza a future, but the US president is using it to attack the UN, international law and multilateralismOne glance at the logo of the Board of Peace tells you all you need to know. It is the globe and laurels of the UN – only gold, because this is Donald Trump’s initiative, and showing little of the world beyond North America.The charter of the board, formally launched in Davos on Thursday, suggests that this is less America First than Trump Always. It is not &
  
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• The Guardian view on toddlers and screens: more reasons to be fearful of big tech | Editorial

  22-01-2026 19:44 via theguardian.com
  Growing concerns about the impact of smartphones on the youngest children must be addressedThe first UK government guidance on young children’s use of tablets, smartphones and other screens, expected in April, cannot come soon enough. The laissez-faire approach to the boom in social media, handheld devices and other digital technology was arguably nowhere less suitable than when such machines were placed in front of babies. The Department for Education’s ongoing Children of the 2020s
  
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• Gordon Ramsay says tax changes will make restaurants ‘lambs to the slaughter’

  22-01-2026 19:39 via theguardian.com
  Celebrity chef warns UK government’s plans for higher business rates from April ‘simply will not work’The celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has accused the government of cooking up a kitchen nightmare at restaurants across the country with tax changes that he says will make hospitality businesses “lambs to the slaughter”.Ramsay, whose company operates 34 restaurants in the UK including Bread Street Kitchen, Pétrus and Lucky Cat, said the industry was “facing
  
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• Borthwick a contrast to Galthié as he picks England squad from position of strength

  22-01-2026 19:30 via theguardian.com
  France selection for Six Nations caused a huge stir but England’s head coach has no need to spring any shocksSteve Borthwick names his England squad for the Six Nations on Friday and as much as we do not know about the precise makeup of the chosen party, there is plenty that we do. As much fun as it may be to imagine Borthwick rocking up at Twickenham in a sharp navy suit, ice-white trainers and with a few selection bombshells in his pocket, the England head coach is not about to borrow fr
  
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• Ben Jennings on Donald Trump and his ‘board of peace’ – cartoon

  22-01-2026 19:29 via theguardian.com
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• Police block Ukip march through Tower Hamlets over violence fears

  22-01-2026 19:19 via theguardian.com
  Met says allowing protest would risk serious disorder, including from local peopleFar-right Ukip supporters will be stopped from marching through Tower Hamlets for fear of serious violence, including from local people, Scotland Yard has said.The Metropolitan police said it was not a ban, as the march on 31 January calling for mass deportations could take place in another part of London. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump has defused a bomb of his own making. For now | Mohamad Bazzi

  22-01-2026 19:00 via theguardian.com
  After a bombastic speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump backed away from his threat to impose tariffs on European countriesIn the past few days, Donald Trump turned the US presidency into a tool for his personal glory and vengeance. On Saturday, he threatened to impose tariffs of up to 25% on a bloc of European countries until Denmark agrees to sell Greenland to the US. The next day, Trump texted Norway’s prime minister, saying his failure to win the Nobel peace prize was one
  
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• Inquest opens into mysterious death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe

  22-01-2026 18:57 via theguardian.com
  Fourteen-year-old was found dead in a storm drain in June 2020 six days after setting off from home on his bikeSix years after Noah Donohoe’s bike ride across Belfast ended in a tragedy that mystified Northern Ireland, an inquest is seeking answers.Opening statements at Belfast coroner’s court on Thursday marked the formal start of an attempt to fathom what happened to the 14-year-old schoolboy, who left his home on 21 June 2020 and was found six days later dead in a storm drain. Con
  
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• When the news is stranger than fiction | Brief letters

  22-01-2026 18:56 via theguardian.com
  Watching in horror | Nobel prizes | Spell check, please | Delightful country diaries | Perceptions of ‘south’I was surprised that your feature (‘What did I just watch?’ The TV shows that utterly baffle us – but we can’t switch off, 20 January) did not include a mention of the popular show News at Ten. When I started watching this years ago, the plotlines more or less made sense, but recently they’ve become increasingly deranged, particularly si
  
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• Not all efforts to rebuild Aleppo are local | Letters

  22-01-2026 18:56 via theguardian.com
  The Aga Khan Trust for Culture has restored eight key areas of the medieval souk, notes Luis Monréal Your long read article is a powerful account of the impacts of Syria’s civil war on the city of Aleppo (Out of the ruins: will Aleppo ever be rebuilt?, 20 January). However, in stating that “All the reconstruction efforts so far are local”, it overlooks significant international involvement.Since 2018, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has restored eight key areas of
  
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• Jane Arden was a cinematic master of grief-art | Letters

  22-01-2026 18:56 via theguardian.com
  An article about Hamnet reminded Sean Kaye-Smith of the moving film The Other Side of the UnderneathRe Zoe Williams’ thought-provoking article (The crying game: what Hamnet’s grief-porn debate says about women, cinema – and enormous hawks, 16 January), the tensions between grief-art and grief-porn have been around for decades in British cinema, never more so than when Jane Arden’s The Other Side of the Underneath was released in 1973.In addition to being the only British
  
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• Children need protecting from social media – and generative AI | Letters

  22-01-2026 18:56 via theguardian.com
  Dr Madeline G Reinecke says any policy focused on protecting children must broaden its scope beyond traditional social media platforms, while Alexandra Cocksworth says real connections are crucial. Plus a letter from Ali OliverThe government’s consultation surrounding whether to ban social media for under-16s responds to widespread concern about digital harms (UK ministers launch consultation on whether to ban social media for under-16s, 19 January). We in the Neuroscience, Ethics and Soci
  
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• Why did Trump chicken out in Greenland row? | The Latest

  22-01-2026 18:55 via theguardian.com
  The US president has backed down in the row over Greenland after threatening Europe with tariffs and the potential use of military force. After talks with the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, Donald Trump said the 'framework of a future deal' had been agreed for the territory to allow the US to build its military presence there. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian's Europe correspondent Jon Henley  Continue reading...
  
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• UAE ordered to pay £260,000 to trafficking victim exploited by diplomat in London

  22-01-2026 18:51 via theguardian.com
  High court ruling marks first time a foreign state has been held liable for domestic servitude by its envoy on UK soilThe United Arab Emirates must pay more than £260,000 to a victim of human trafficking who was exploited by one of its diplomats in London, the high court has ruled.Lawyers representing the woman said it was unprecedented for a court to order a foreign state to pay for domestic servitude by a diplomat on UK soil. Continue reading...
  
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• Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has administered an almighty smackdown to critical favourites One Battle and Hamnet

  22-01-2026 18:45 via theguardian.com
  Coogler’s vampire thriller swept the Oscar nominations over Chloé Zhao’s tearjerker and Paul Thomas Anderson’s counterculture thriller. This genre-defying drama about the black experience could now rule awards season
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  • Sinners becomes first film in history to earn 16 Oscar nominations
  Agree with them or not, these Oscar nominations deliver a pert slap to the accepted assumptions of awards season. The industry had been expecting landslide
  
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• Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy review – a saucy parade of bouncing bosoms, smirky smokers and a spot of BDSM

  22-01-2026 18:38 via theguardian.com
  The Box, PlymouthRoof-felters, bawdy boozers, off-duty sailors, whip-wielding dominatrixes … this 100th birthday show in Cook’s home town is an exuberant celebration of working-class frivolityGenerally, you get two versions of England in art: it’s either bucolic vistas, rolling hills, babbling brooks and gambolling sheep – or it’s downtrodden, browbeaten, grim poverty and misery. But Beryl Cook saw something else in all the drizzle and grey of this damp old country
  
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• Ubisoft cancels projects and announces restructure in fight to stay competitive

  22-01-2026 18:37 via theguardian.com
  Video game publisher to cancel Prince of Persia remake and close studios after several difficult yearsThe video game publisher behind the Assassin’s Creed series has cancelled six projects including a remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as it fights to stay competitive in the global gaming market.Ubisoft announced a sweeping reorganisation and said it would cancel six games, sending its shares to their lowest level in more than a decade on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• Canada aquarium that threatened to kill its whales wants to sell them to US

  22-01-2026 18:33 via theguardian.com
  Marineland seeks approval to sell belugas to United States after its China export proposal was rejected‘It’s heartbreaking’: how 30 captive beluga whales have become pawns in row over animal crueltyMarineland, the Canadian amusement park and aquarium which has threatened to kill its captive whales, wants government approval to sell the belugas to the United States after its China export proposal was rejected, according to an official and a former trainer.The former tourist attr
  
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• US chess star Daniel Naroditsky’s death was accidental, medical examiner says

  22-01-2026 18:28 via theguardian.com
  Report cites cardiac arrhythmia tied to sarcoidosisDrug use contributory but not fatal, examiner saysAmerican chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died last year after suffering a sudden heart rhythm disturbance, with an underlying heart condition identified as the primary cause, according to a report released by North Carolina medical authorities.The 29-year-old was found dead at his townhome in Charlotte in October 2025. At the time, police said his death was being investigated as a possible ov
  
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• Reform councillors say they will not close Lancashire care homes

  22-01-2026 18:28 via theguardian.com
  Announcement that homes slated for closure will instead receive investment follows months of public outcryReform councillors have said they will not close a group of care homes in Lancashire after months of public outcry.Members of Lancashire county council, where the party won 52 of 84 seats in the May 2025 local elections, announced earlier this week that the homes earmarked for closure would instead receive investment. A protest in Preston on Saturday had attracted hundreds of people. Continu
  
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• Peru’s interim president embroiled in scandal over secret meetings with Chinese businessmen

  22-01-2026 18:20 via theguardian.com
  Opposition lawmakers say they will seek to impeach José Jerí over undisclosed meetings in Lima’s ChinatownPeru’s interim president, José Jerí, has denied lying to the country and claimed he was the victim of a plot to discredit him amid a growing political scandal over his secretive meetings with Chinese businessmen.Jerí, 39, who took office in October after his predecessor Dina Boluarte was forced out, told a congressional oversight committee on We
  
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• ‘Open the gates’: riots, fires and escape attempts as Syrian army takes over IS camp

  22-01-2026 18:18 via theguardian.com
  Director of al-Hawl camp describes chaotic scenes as Kurdish guards fled and government fighters arrived. Will Christou reports from al-HawlThe children crowded the wire fence, waiting for the guard to turn his back, and made a break for it. They pumped their little legs furiously but did not make it far in the squelching mud, and were quickly chased back inside, grinning and joking to their friends in Bosnian as another guard scolded them, his rifle swinging by his side while he wagged his fing
  
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• If the assisted dying bill is killed off by the Lords, let that be the end for this unelected chamber | Polly Toynbee

  22-01-2026 18:18 via theguardian.com
  With filibustering slowing the pace to a crawl, there is no chance the legislation will get through – unless the government shows some backboneThe assisted dying bill is about to die, killed off by a small coterie of peers against the will of the House of Commons and voters who have supported the right to die for decades. Can the government let this happen? Keir Starmer, who has voted in favour of the legislation, needs to summon the spirit of Harold Wilson’s 1960s reforms. He has th
  
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• Feel your feelings and reconnect with past passions: how to recover from burnout

  22-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Recognizing the physical and psychological tells is half the battle, says author Emma GannonHow to start … anything: expert tips for trying something newWhat do you do when you come to a hard stop? When work has got too much, even friendships feel like a drain and you feel like you simply can’t keep going with your life as it currently is?For Emma Gannon, the answer was extreme but non-negotiable: an entire year of nothing – or close to it. Gannon, the London-based author of f
  
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• England fall short as Harry Brook fails to fire in opening ODI defeat by Sri Lanka

  22-01-2026 17:55 via theguardian.com
  Sri Lanka (271-6) beat England (252 all out) by 19 runsKusal Mendis’s unbeaten knock of 93 proves vitalAfter a year in the job, it was on: a first one-day international victory away from home for Brendon McCullum as England’s head coach, a touch of joy in a troubling winter. With Ben Duckett and Joe Root hitting watchful half-centuries, the base was set on a turner, chasing a target of 272.But the discontent continued as 129 for one turned into 165 for six, Sri Lanka’s spinners
  
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• Football Daily | Manchester United the TV show? Bring on the Battle of the Buffet

  22-01-2026 17:46 via theguardian.com
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The last time Manchester United tried to milk a few extra million quid, last summer, the club embarked on an ill-timed and ill-thought out post-season tour of Asia, which quickly turned into a PR farce. The 1-0 defeat against the “Asean All Stars”, a scratch, invitational side that had never previously played together, didn’t help but the tour was plagued by their fatigued, uninterested players looking utterly fed up, some of t
  
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• Heated Rivalry star duo named torchbearers for 2026 Winter Olympics

  22-01-2026 17:45 via theguardian.com
  Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie to join torch relayOpening ceremony set mainly for San Siro stadiumWilliams already in Milan via fashion week appearancesHudson Williams and Connor Storrie, the stars of the hit television series Heated Rivalry, have been named official torchbearers for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.The actors will carry the Olympic flame during the torch relay that concludes in Milan on 6 February, the day of the opening ceremony that will be centered in the city&rsq
  
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• Spanish train drivers call three-day strike after deadly railway crashes

  22-01-2026 17:15 via theguardian.com
  Union is demanding better safety standards for workers and passengers after two collisions this week killed 46Spain’s largest train drivers’ union has called a three-day nationwide strike to demand measures to guarantee the safety of railworkers and passengers after two deadly crashes this week killed at least 46 people, including two drivers.The death toll from Sunday’s collision between two trains near the Andalucían town of Adamuz rose from 43 to 45 on Thursday aftern
  
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• Zach Bryan’s anti-ICE song drew ire from Trump officials. Is country music waking up?

  22-01-2026 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Emerging stars are starting to critique Trump’s immigration crackdown – defying the genre’s legacy of conservatismThanksgiving did not go the way that Frank Ray had anticipated.The country singer had invited his family up from Texas to Tennessee for the holiday, with plans to deep-fry a turkey, explore Nashville, and take in a show at the Grand Ole Opry. But on Thanksgiving morning, Ray received an unsettling call: TSA had flagged his sister’s husband, Juan Nevarez-Porras
  
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• Kangaroos’ giant ancestor probably able to hop despite 250kg weight, scientists say

  22-01-2026 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Research for first time suggests tendon and bones in heavier species would have made bounding possibleGiant 250kg kangaroos that once roamed Australia would probably have been able to hop despite their enormous size, researchers have said.While modern kangaroos are known for their ability to travel large distances by jumping with both hind legs at the same time, it has long been debated whether their extinct relatives would have been so springy. Continue reading...
  
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• It’s already yesterday again: the 20 best time-loop movies – ranked!

  22-01-2026 16:45 via theguardian.com
  From commuters reliving disaster to teens stuck in deja vu – the time-loop movie turns repetition into revelation. We round up the best of this oddly resilient subgenreAn Italian-Spanish remake of Groundhog Day, with a cynical nature presenter doomed to repeat the same 24 hours while reporting on a stork colony in the Canary Islands. The best thing about it is the Italian title: È già ieri (It’s Already Yesterday). Continue reading...
  
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• R&B star Jill Scott: ‘I like mystery – I love Sade but I don’t know what she had for breakfast’

  22-01-2026 16:15 via theguardian.com
  The neo-soul singer and actor answers your questions on being taken to a go-go club as a child, training as an English teacher and getting mistaken for footballer Jill ScottIn a recent interview you gave an invaluable life lesson which involved a go-go bar and your mother’s love. What are your tips for living life between adversities? Integrity411
  My mother’s ex-husband was a questionable man and after he picked me up from elementary school he used to take me to a go-go bar where lad
  
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• Arctic Monkeys release first new song since 2022 to benefit War Child

  22-01-2026 16:14 via theguardian.com
  Opening Night will appear on HELP(2), a charity compilation out in March which also features Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Pulp and moreArctic Monkeys have released Opening Night, their first new song since 2022 album The Car, with proceeds benefiting the charity War Child.Opening Night is taken from HELP(2), a sequel to War Child’s 1995 album Help, which brought together A-list music names to raise £1.2m for children affected by conflict, including Radiohead, Blur, Sinéad O&r
  
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• Sundance 2026: the 10 films not to miss at this year’s festival

  22-01-2026 16:11 via theguardian.com
  The first Sundance without founder Robert Redford and the last to take place in Park City, Utah, will see new films starring Natalie Portman, Ethan Hawke and Courtney LoveThis year’s Sundance film festival will be notable for a major first as well as a major last. It’ll be the first to take place without its founder, Robert Redford, who died last September at the age of 89, and it’ll be the last to take place in Utah, where it has been since the very beginning back in 1978.Emot
  
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• Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images in 11 days, study finds

  22-01-2026 16:11 via theguardian.com
  Estimate made by Center for Countering Digital Hate after Elon Musk’s AI image generation tool sparked outrageGrok AI generated about 3m sexualised images in less than two weeks, including 23,000 that appear to depict children, according to researchers who said it “became an industrial-scale machine for the production of sexual abuse material”.The estimate has been made by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) after Elon Musk’s AI image generation tool sparked int
  
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• Along comes Trump and our emperors have no clothes | John Crace

  22-01-2026 16:11 via theguardian.com
  There’s no shame in not knowing what he’ll say next: neither does he. But that didn’t stop many claiming to make sense of itIn weeks like this, the mask slips somewhat. Politicians love the illusion of control. It’s the special power that differentiates them from us lower orders. They are the ones pulling all the levers. Nothing ever happens that takes them unawares. They are the ones with answers to everything. They need it to be this way. Not just for their own psyches
  
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• The best cold-weather beauty products under £50 (mostly): 24 skin, hair and body essentials for winter

  22-01-2026 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Central heating and chilly temperatures playing havoc? Our beauty expert shares her go-to fixes to hydrate and repair• The best hand creams to soften dry and chapped skinJanuary has brought with it dark days, freezing temperatures and Arctic winds. Combined with drying central heating, your skin and hair may look and feel thoroughly out of sorts.Adding a few extra steps to your routine to hydrate and repair can help, as could some carefully chosen swaps if your skin is particularly parched
  
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