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• Philippe Chancel's rockabilly rebels

  03-02-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  A selection of Philippe Chancel’s rarely seen images of multiracial gang life in 1980s Paris, ahead of a new exhibition at the BarbicanRead Sean O’Hagan on Philippe Chancel’s time with the stylish French anti-racist street gangsAnother Kind Of Life: Photography on the Margins is at the Barbican, London, 28 Feb-27 May Continue reading...
  
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• Australian Open 2026: Sabalenka, Medvedev, Alcaraz and Gauff in action – live

  23-01-2026 03:34 via theguardian.com
  Updates from day six at Melbourne Park
  Women’s and men’s No 1s on Rod Laver Arena
  Any thoughts? Get in touch with an emailSabalenka (1) 5-6 7-6 (7-4) Potapova* Potapova moves ahead. Wowee.Hawkeye shows us that the barest of margins has seen her go long to give up the first point but she brings it back level on the next after an unforced error from Sabalenka. A big forearm winner then gets the Austrian ahead, which is followed by a backhand driven beyond Sabalenka and a big serve tha
  
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• Two dead and six missing after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand

  23-01-2026 02:44 via theguardian.com
  Search-and-rescue teams worked through the night at the campground, but there had been no progress in finding missing people, officials sayNew Zealand is ‘full of grief”, the prime minister has said, after landslides tore through a house and busy campground, leaving two dead and at least six victims still missing.Police said emergency crews were still searching for at least six people, including two teenagers, believed missing beneath the debris of a landslide, which struck a Mount M
  
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• MPs ask Serious Fraud Office to investigate UK home insulation sector

  23-01-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  More than 30,000 households left with defects after ‘catastrophic failure’ of Tory government schemesMembers of parliament have called for the Serious Fraud Office to investigate the UK’s home insulation sector, after thousands of householders suffered ruined homes, big financial losses and months of disruption from the “clear and catastrophic failure” of two Conservative government schemes.More than 30,000 households were left with defects, some of them severe, inc
  
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• Trump sues JPMorgan Chase and Jamie Dimon for at least $5bn

  23-01-2026 00:08 via theguardian.com
  US president alleges JP Morgan stopped offering him banking services in wake of January 6 attackDonald Trump has sued JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, for at least $5bn after accusing America’s largest bank of “debanking” him.The US president alleged that the bank stopped offering him banking services in the wake of the Capitol riot on January 6. Earlier this month, he claimed it had “incorrectly and inappropriately” discriminated against him. Continue readi
  
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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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