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• Three US citizens sue Trump with the ACLU over encounters with ICE agents – live

  16-01-2026 03:34 via theguardian.com
  Lawsuit comes as Minnesota governor Tim Walz urges Trump to ‘turn the temperature down’ after president threatens to invoke Insurrection ActTrump news at a glance: The medal may be in Trump’s hands, but peace prize is not his, Nobel officials sayTrump threatens to use Insurrection Act in MinnesotaPeople affected by the US visa freeze: share your experienceDonald Trump is in Washington today. He’s due to meet with Mariá Corina Machado – Venezuela’s oppos
  
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• Kyrsten Sinema sued by former bodyguard’s ex-wife over ‘alienation of affection’

  16-01-2026 03:29 via theguardian.com
  Heather Ammel says ex-Arizona senator pursued romantic relationship with her husband that led to couple’s breakupKyrsten Sinema, a former US senator from Arizona, had a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail that led to the breakup of the man’s marriage, his ex-wife alleges in a lawsuit seeking at least $75,000 from Sinema.Matthew and Heather Ammel had “a good and loving marriage” with “genuine love and affection” before Sinema interfered,
  
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• Australia news live: ‘increasingly clear’ Ley’s leadership unsalvageable, Wong says as hate speech bill standoff continues

  16-01-2026 03:29 via theguardian.com
  PM says dealing with Coalition like ‘trying to grab smoke’ and tells opposition to put ideas forward on hate speech laws. Follow the latest updates liveFrom criminalising hatred with ‘intent’ to gun buyback: four key parts of Albanese’s omnibus bill explainedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLarissa Waters, the Greens’ leader, also says she’s concerned there has not been enough time to evaluate the legislation, warning there are
  
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• Conservative influencer calls out Trump's credit card cap as proposal that 'socialists' support

  16-01-2026 03:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Conservative influencer and Wharton Business School graduate Arynne Wexler was critical in a new post of President Donald Trump's suggested credit card rate cap, saying it was essentially a socialist policy.Wexler shared the video with her more than 386,000 Instagram followers, and it received over 54,000 views as of Thursday morning.She pointed out that she attended the same business school as Trump and doesn't agree with the president on "everything.""This 10% interest cap is being sold to you
  
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• Trans athlete scandal spotlight back on Minnesota as softball lawsuit returns to court

  16-01-2026 02:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Attorneys representing three Minnesota girls' high school softball players appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit on Thursday, asking the court to intervene in a lawsuit against Minnesota state agencies and Attorney General Keith Ellison for allowing a biological male athlete to compete against girls. The lawsuit, which was filed in spring 2025, was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Eric Tostrud on Sept. 19. But the plaintiffs and their attorneys at Alliance Defending
  
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• Iran protests appear to slow under weight of brutal crackdown

  16-01-2026 02:41 via theguardian.com
  Relative calm in Tehran and authorities say they have no plan to execute protesters but internet shutdown continuesIran’s nationwide protest movement appeared to have slowed on Thursday under the weight of a brutal crackdown by authorities that has left thousands dead and put tens of thousands in prison.In Tehran, Iranians reported relative calm on the streets as the sound of gunfire faded and fires were extinguished – a marked contrast from the weeks before when large crowds confron
  
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• María Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal

  16-01-2026 02:39 via theguardian.com
  The Venezuelan opposition leader did not confirm whether the US president accepted the awardThe Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has said she “presented” her gold Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump after meeting him in the White House, nearly a fortnight after he ordered the abduction of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro.Machado, who received the award last year for her struggle against Maduro’s “brutal, authoritarian state&rd
  
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• WATCH: ICE takes down illegal alien who rammed law enforcement vehicles, nearly running over officer

  16-01-2026 02:38 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an illegal immigrant who the agency said "weaponized" his vehicle by ramming two ICE vehicles, nearly running over an agent.Cuban illegal Robyn Argote Brooks rammed two ICE cars in a San Antonio parking lot in an attempt to evade arrest during a targeted vehicle stop, according to the Department of Homeland Security.Video captured of the incident shows Brooks, who is driving a sedan and is boxed in by agents’ vehicles, defying law enforceme
  
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• Piers Morgan panel erupts in fiery clash after guest is accused of spreading ‘Jihadi Islamist propaganda’

  16-01-2026 02:35 via foxnews.com
  
  A tense debate over Iran turned confrontational on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" after Iranian-born former Canadian politician Goldie Ghamari accused "The Young Turks" host Cenk Uygur of spreading "jihadi Islamist propaganda" during a roundtable on anti-regime protests and U.S. policy.The political commentators appeared on Morgan’s show Tuesday to discuss widespread anti-regime protests in Iran that have resulted in a deadly crackdown by the government and internet blackouts, according to huma
  
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• Kenny Chesney says he does 'a lot of witchcraft' to his body for health benefits

  16-01-2026 02:24 via foxnews.com
  
  While discussing his personal sauna and intermittent infrared sauna use, Kenny Chesney revealed this week he "does a lot of witchcraft stuff to my body.""Cold plunge, heat and ice. I do a lot of IV stuff. I do plasma exchange," the country star told Rob Lowe on his "Literally!" podcast Thursday.He explained that plasma exchange is "really intense, but you feel fantastic."Lowe joked that Chesney should start selling plasma exchanges, saying, "I've got my homework. Kenny Chesney’s plasma exc
  
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• Trump's tariffs could be undone by one conservative doctrine: 'Life or death'

  16-01-2026 02:11 via foxnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court is poised to rule soon on President Donald Trump’s use of an emergency wartime law to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs on most U.S. countries — and which brought to the fore key questions over the "major questions doctrine," or the limiting principle by which courts can, in certain circumstances, move to curb the power of executive agencies.During oral arguments over Trump's tariffs in November, justices honed in on the so-called major questions doctrine —
  
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• Democrats worry 'Abolish ICE' slogan will backfire politically like 'defund the police' did

  16-01-2026 01:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Some Democrats are worried the "Abolish ICE" slogan will become as infamous a liberal slogan as "defund the police," The New York Times reported Thursday.According to the Times, "Some Democrats worry that calls to eliminate the agency are an unwelcome distraction from more pragmatic approaches. They fear that the ‘Abolish ICE’ slogan will age as poorly as ‘Defund the Police’ did."Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., believes that pushing "Abolish ICE" rhetoric "would hurt the cau
  
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• Florida teens buried alive in deadly sand tunnel collapse

  16-01-2026 01:45 via foxnews.com
  
  A Florida community is reeling from the deaths of two teenage best friends who lost their lives while enjoying a day in the sand.George Watts, 14, and Derrick Hubbard, 14, were digging a hole and tunnel in a sandpit near Sportsman’s Park in Inverness, roughly 70 miles north of Tampa, Jan. 11, according to FOX 13. "They were just kids," Corey Edwards, their coach and mentor in the 352 Legends program, told the outlet. "They were just kids doing what we try to tell kids to do, ‘Ge
  
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• Women’s sports on the line as Supreme Court wrestles with defining ‘sex’

  16-01-2026 01:35 via foxnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court this week heard arguments in a landmark pair of cases regarding the future of women’s sports, but the real drama lies in whether the court will choose to answer an increasingly controversial question: What is a woman?The arguments in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. lasted an unusually long time — more than three hours — with tough questioning from the justices to both sides that mostly focused on highly technical legal standards.The national contex
  
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• Massachusetts town faces lawsuit for allowing criminal immigrant, sex offender to renew business license

  16-01-2026 01:28 via foxnews.com
  
  A Massachusetts woman is suing the town of Hopkinton, alleging officials negligently approved a criminal immigrant with a history of workplace sexual violence to operate a business where he later assaulted the plaintiff when she was 16 years old.  The lawsuit, transferred to federal court Jan. 5, names Greek national Petros "Peter" Sismanis, who is in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. According to court documents, Sismanis was convicted in June 2025 for the 2023 sexual
  
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• Alexander brothers accused of cruise ship sex abuse ahead of real estate moguls' trafficking trial

  16-01-2026 01:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Just weeks before a federal jury is scheduled to hear allegations of a two-decade sex trafficking scheme, federal prosecutors have expanded their case against the Alexander brothers, charging two of them with sexually abusing a woman who prosecutors say was physically incapable of saying no.According to a newly filed superseding indictment, twin brothers Oren and Alon Alexander are accused of committing the assault in January 2012 aboard a Bahamian-flagged cruise ship that departed from and retu
  
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• Rights groups hail acquittal after seven years of aid workers prosecuted during Greece refugee crisis

  16-01-2026 01:12 via theguardian.com
  Lesbos court clears aid workers of people smuggling, a move Human Rights Watch called a vindication of their lifesaving activities at seaTwo dozen aid workers, who had faced up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of smuggling migrants into Greece, have been acquitted by a court on Lesbos.The verdict was met with cheers, tears and cries of jubilation as the presiding judge announced the words that would end a seven-year legal ordeal for the humanitarians. All 24 had engaged in rescue work on th
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: HUD launches civil rights probe into Minneapolis over race-based housing priorities

  16-01-2026 01:11 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) opened an investigation into the city of Minneapolis Thursday, alleging the city’s housing policies illegally prioritize resources based on race and national origin, Fox News Digital has learned. "Minnesota has been ground zero for fraud and corruption because it plays a cynical game of racial and ethnic politics," HUD Secretary Scott Turner told Fox News Digital. "This goes against our values as Americans, united by a c
  
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• Carville warns Democrats to avoid talking about trans athletes in women's sports, defunding the police

  16-01-2026 01:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville warned the Democratic Party Thursday it should refrain from talking about transgender athletes competing in women's sports and defunding law enforcement agencies. During Thursday’s episode of "Politics War Room," a listener asked Carville and his co-host, Al Hunt, why Democrats have not been able to create effective messaging like the Trump campaign did in 2024 with an ad depicting then-Vice President Harris supporting sex changes for inmat
  
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• Former Ukrainian PM accused of bribing politicians with US dollars to weaken Zelenskyy's government

  16-01-2026 00:37 via foxnews.com
  
  A former Ukrainian prime minister has been accused of plotting to bribe politicians with stacks of U.S. dollars in a scheme aimed at weakening President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government, a former political advisor has claimed.Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (UNACB) first confirmed Jan. 13 it uncovered an alleged effort by the leader of an unnamed parliamentary faction to offer illegal benefits to lawmakers, according to Reuters.Video released by UNACB showed stacks of U.S.
  
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• Pentagon vows to reform military newspaper Stars and Stripes, remove 'woke distractions'

  16-01-2026 00:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The Department of War announced Thursday it is reforming the long-running military newspaper Stars and Stripes, and questions are being raised about whether it will maintain editorial independence.Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Stars and Stripes will be returning to its "original mission: reporting for our warfighters.""We are bringing Stars & Stripes into the 21st century," Parnell wrote on X. "We will modernize its operations, refocus its content away from woke distractions tha
  
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• Biden DHS's purchase of weapon linked to Havana Syndrome attacks leads House Republicans to demand answers

  15-01-2026 23:57 via foxnews.com
  
  The Biden administration purchased a pulsed energy weapon suspected of being the type that may have caused "Havana Syndrome" which caused a series of mysterious ailments for U.S. diplomats and government workers in Cuba. The weapon was bought at the end of the Biden administration and has since been tested by the Pentagon, Fox News has learned. House Republicans are demanding answers amid reports of the purchase of the device.In a letter to Homeland Security Kristi Noem, House Committee on
  
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• Trump to attend College Football Playoff championship game in Miami with Rubio

  15-01-2026 23:45 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump will return to the sidelines Monday with Secretary of State Marco Rubio for the College Football Playoff championship in Miami, where the Indiana Hoosiers will face the Miami Hurricanes.Trump’s expected attendance was first reported by Axios. Monday’s appearance at the national championship game marks another high-profile outing for the president, who has attended several major sporting events during his second term.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON F
  
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• American hot spot slapped with 'worst' tourist designation in new global analysis

  15-01-2026 23:45 via foxnews.com
  
  A recent report is shining a light on popular destinations considered the "worst" for tourists to visit because they fall short of the hype they've received over the years.  Analysts looked at more than 100 tourist attractions around the world and came up with a list of the "worst" destinations that "underwhelm visitors despite their global fame," according to the report.Stasher, a travel company specializing in luggage storage, released the findings based on Google Reviews ratings, TikTok
  
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• Arizona high school basketball player scores 100 points in just 3 quarters in historic outing

  15-01-2026 23:42 via foxnews.com
  
  It’s hard to have a better night on the basketball court than Arizona high school basketball player Adrian Stubbs did on Tuesday.Stubbs, a guard at Phoenix Maryvale High School, became the first player in Arizona high school basketball history to score 100 points in a game in the team’s 109-25 win over Yuma Kofa High School. Stubbs scored 100 points despite sitting on the bench for the entirety of the fourth quarter.He scored 70 points in the first half, scoring every single point fo
  
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• Victor Davis Hanson reveals serious complications during cancer surgery, adds he is 'recovering well'

  15-01-2026 23:41 via foxnews.com
  
  "Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words" co-host Jack Fowler provided an update from Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson on his recovery weeks after a recent major cancer surgery and some previously unmentioned complications.In December, Hanson, 72, a famed author, scholar and conservative commentator, announced he would have a significant procedure after an alarming biopsy. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shared an update about Hanson's recovery earlier this month, bu
  
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• Trump admin relaunches key council after Biden admin shuttered it: 'Ignorance and arrogance'

  15-01-2026 23:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum reinstated the National Coal Council, comprised of dozens of stakeholders from energy firms, utilities, governmental and tribal interests, saying that no industry affects Americans’ lives more.The council, which will be chaired by Peabody Energy CEO Jim Grech and Core Natural Resources chairman Jimmy Brock, cut its proverbial ribbon at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus four years after then-Pr
  
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• SMU's Boopie Miller sinks half-court buzzer-beater to stun Virginia Tech

  15-01-2026 23:39 via foxnews.com
  
  It took a clutch shot from SMU senior guard Boopie Miller at the buzzer to secure a narrow win over ACC foe Virginia Tech on Wednesday night.The Hokies appeared to have the win in hand in the final seconds, but Miller’s half-court jumper flipped the script. After taking the ball on a full-court inbounds pass, he pushed past a Virginia Tech defender and rose to take the shot.Miller, who entered Wednesday’s contest averaging 20.8 points and 7.9 assists per game this season, capped his
  
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• California college athletics organization faces probe over transgender policy

  15-01-2026 23:36 via foxnews.com
  
  The California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A) is under an investigation over whether its transgender participation policy violated Title IX, officials said Thursday.The Department of Education and the Justice Department’s Title IX Special Investigations (Title IX SIT) Team. The announcement came a day after the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights launched 18 Title IX investigations into school districts across the U.S. and two days after the Supreme Court heard ora
  
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• Mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons sues over Grok-generated explicit images

  15-01-2026 23:35 via theguardian.com
  Ashley St Clair files lawsuit in state of New York over deepfakes that appeared on social media platform X The mother of one of Elon Musk’s children is suing his company – alleging explicit images were generated of her by his Grok AI tool, including one in which she was underage.Ashley St Clair has filed a lawsuit with the supreme court of the state of New York against xAI, alleging that Grok, which is used on the social media platform X, promised to stop generating explicit images b
  
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• Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presents Nobel medal to Trump despite institute ban

  15-01-2026 23:33 via foxnews.com
  
  Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal, describing it as a historic gesture recognizing his commitment to freedom and the fight against tyranny.Machado spoke with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday, when she was asked whether she offered her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump."I presented the president of the United States the medal … the Nobel Peace Prize, and I told him, 'Listen to this, 200 ye
  
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• Opponents label Jenrick a ‘chancer’ and a ‘charlatan’ as he defects to Reform – as it happend

  15-01-2026 23:29 via theguardian.com
  Former shadow justice secretary turns fire on Tories and Labour as he joins Nigel Farage’s partyFull report: Badenoch sacks JenrickNigel Farage, speaking at his press conference in Scotland, has said that “of course” he has had conversations with Robert Jenrick, who was sacked by Kemi Badenoch this morning for planning to defect.UPDATE: Farage said:I have had conversations with a number of very senior conservatives over the course of the last week, the last month. A lot of them
  
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• Trump press secretary launches tirade against reporter who asked about ICE

  15-01-2026 23:27 via theguardian.com
  Karoline Leavitt brands journalist who asked about deaths in ICE custody and killing of Renee Good ‘a leftwing activist’The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, accused a reporter of being a “leftwing activist” during a heated confrontation on Thursday over the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent last week.Beginning his question during the White House press briefing, Niall Stanage, a White House columnist for the Hill, referred to the Trump administration&rsqu
  
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• Judge allows offshore windfarm halted by Trump to resume construction

  15-01-2026 23:22 via theguardian.com
  Setback for president, who has called windfarms ‘losers’, as Empire Wind project allowed to move forwardA federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction, a victory for the developer who said a Trump administration order to pause it would probably kill the project in a matter of days.District judge Carl J Nichols, an appointee of Donald Trump, ruled construction on the Empire Wind project could go forward while he considers the me
  
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• Early peanut exposure in babies tied to sharp drop in food allergy diagnoses

  15-01-2026 23:22 via foxnews.com
  
  Historically, parents were advised to avoid feeding peanuts to babies for the first few years of life, but emerging research has confirmed that introducing them sooner — as early as infancy — could help stave off food allergies.A 2025 study led by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia analyzed medical records from dozens of pediatric practices across the U.S., finding that early introduction of peanuts resulted in a 27% decrease in peanut allergy diagnoses among children and
  
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• US says it reached deal with Taiwan to lower tariffs and boost investments

  15-01-2026 23:07 via theguardian.com
  US to lower tariffs on Taiwanese goods to 15% as chip and tech businesses pledge $250bn spending in US operationsThe US said on Thursday that it had signed a deal with Taiwan to reduce tariffs on goods from the democratic island, while increasing Taiwanese semiconductor and tech companies’ investments in America.The agreement, the US commerce department said, “will drive a massive reshoring of America’s semiconductor sector”. Continue reading...
  
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• Barbs and a betrayal as Jenrick joins Reform after Badenoch gives him boot

  15-01-2026 21:22 via theguardian.com
  Former shadow justice secretary shares stage with Nigel Farage in wake of being summarily sacked by Tory leaderUK politics live – latest updatesRobert Jenrick made a dramatic defection to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK on Thursday, declaring the Conservatives “rotten” and a “failed” party, after being sacked by Kemi Badenoch for plotting against her.In a high-stakes day for the future of the British right, Jenrick became the most senior Tory to switch allegiance to
  
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• NHS limiting ADHD assessments to save money despite soaring demand

  15-01-2026 21:02 via theguardian.com
  FoIs show integrated care boards are curbing assessments but have not told GPs or patients who face long waitsThe NHS is restricting people’s ability to be assessed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in order to save money but not telling GPs or patients, despite soaring demand for the service.More than half of the NHS’s 42 integrated care boards (ICBs) in England have imposed limits on how many people can be assessed for ADHD during 2025-26, freedom of information response
  
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• Andean artist Antonio Paucar wins Artes Mundi prize in Wales

  15-01-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Artist and beekeeper who highlights eco crisis plans to spend £40,000 award on building cultural centre in PeruAn artist and beekeeper from a remote corner of the Andes has won one of the UK’s most prestigious contemporary arts awards and plans to spend the £40,000 prize on building a cultural centre in the Peruvian mountains.Antonio Paucar was declared the winner of the biennial Artes Mundi prize after presenting work ranging from a spiral made of alpaca wool to a video of him
  
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• Spanish police break up gang that used swimmers to hide cocaine on ships

  15-01-2026 20:27 via theguardian.com
  Almost 2.5 tonnes of narcotic seized and 30 people arrested after 15-month investigation into drug-smuggling network Falling price of cocaine forces drug traffickers to reuse narco-submarines, say Spanish policeSpanish police have arrested 30 people and seized almost 2.5 tonnes of cocaine after breaking up a criminal network that used teams of young swimmers to hide the drugs on moving, Europe-bound ships which were then attacked and relieved of their unwitting cargo before reaching port.The 15-
  
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• Treachery and stupidity to the fore as Robert Jenrick defects to Reform | John Crace

  15-01-2026 20:26 via theguardian.com
  Even Nigel Farage looked taken aback by the news Honest Bob was about to join his flock, but he quickly saw the upside UK politics live – latest updatesOne is too many and 1,000 never enough. Addiction is a tricky business. What starts as fun inevitably, insidiously, tears away the soul. And there are signs that Nigel Farage’s press conference habit is getting out of control. He started off at one a week. Then his narcissistic need craved more and more attention. So he upped it to tw
  
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• Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke

  15-01-2026 20:08 via theguardian.com
  Thousands sign petition calling on Iceland’s foreign minister to reject Trump ally Billy Long’s nominationThousands of people have signed a petition expressing anger after Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Iceland reportedly joked that the Nordic country should become the 52nd US state.On Wednesday, hours before top officials from Greenland and Denmark were to meet with the US in the hope of warding off Trump’s threats to seize the Arctic island, the news outlet Po
  
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• Robert Jenrick: from remainer to rightwinger with ruthless reputation

  15-01-2026 20:07 via theguardian.com
  Defection of former Tory minister to Reform is another twist in ambitious politician’s careerUK politics live – latest updatesFor a long time, Robert Jenrick’s transformation from a David Cameron-supporting remainer to an anti-immigration rightwinger did not convince many of his political peers – least of all Nigel Farage.Only last year, the Reform UK leader was describing him as a “fraud” and saying he was sceptical that Jenrick was genuine, dubbing him &ldqu
  
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• G7 threatens more sanctions for Iran amid ’high level of reported deaths and injuries’ - as it happened

  15-01-2026 19:48 via theguardian.com
  This live blog is now closed. For the latest on Iran, read our coverage:Trump says Iran has told him ‘killing has stopped’ as he pulls back from strike threatsFamilies of protesters killed in Iran tell of heartbreakTrump has told Reuters in that Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi “seems very nice” but expressed uncertainty over whether Pahlavi would be able to muster support within Iran to eventually take over.Trump said it is possible the government in Tehran could f
  
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• Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled

  15-01-2026 19:11 via theguardian.com
  $1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease The controversial US-funded study on hepatitis B vaccines among newborns in Guinea-Bissau has been halted, according to Yap Boum, a senior official at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).“The study has been cancelled,” Boum told journalists at a press conference on Thursday morning. Continue reading...
  
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• Eurovision song contest to go on tour to celebrate 70th anniversary

  15-01-2026 19:04 via theguardian.com
  ‘Iconic performers’ will visit 10 European cities, as event reels from boycott over Israel’s 2026 participation The Eurovision song contest will go on its first ever tour to celebrate its 70th anniversary, its organiser has said, as it reels from a boycott due to Israel’s participation.Five countries have pulled out of the contest over Israel’s war in Gaza, leaving 35 to participate in the world’s biggest live televised music event – the fewest since ent
  
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• Gulf states and Turkey warned Trump strikes on Iran could lead to major conflict

  15-01-2026 18:39 via theguardian.com
  US allies’ lobbying appears to have helped persuade president to hold off for now on military assaultSaudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Oman urged Donald Trump not to launch airstrikes against Iran in a last-minute lobbying campaign prompted by fears that an attack by Washington would lead to a major and intractable conflict across the Middle East.The warnings of chaos from the longstanding US allies appear to have helped persuade Trump late on Wednesday to hold off for the moment on a milita
  
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• Opposition candidate Bobi Wine claims ‘massive ballot stuffing’ as Uganda goes to polls

  15-01-2026 17:36 via theguardian.com
  Wine calls for voters to ‘reject the criminal regime’ on tense day of voting as some poll stations remain closed for hoursUganda’s most prominent opposition presidential candidate has accused the government of ballot stuffing and arresting and abducting his party’s officials during Thursday’s general election, which took place against against the backdrop of an internet shutdown.The pop star turned politician Bobi Wine wrote on X: “Internet switched off. Massi
  
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• Prado cannot be like ‘the Metro at rush hour’, says Madrid museum’s chief

  15-01-2026 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Record 3.5 million visited in 2025 and plans are afoot to ensure gallery does not become overburdened like LouvreThe head of the Prado has said the Madrid art museum does not need “a single visitor more” after it welcomed a record 3.5 million people last year, adding that plans are being drawn up to ensure it does not become a victim of its own success like the Louvre in Paris.In 2025 the Prado, which is home to such masterpieces as Velázquez’s Las Meninas and Hieronymus
  
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• ‘Not regulated’: launch of ChatGPT Health in Australia causes concern among experts

  15-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Calls for clear guardrails and consumer education before wider rollout of OpenAI’s health advice platformFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 60-year-old man with no history of mental illness presented at a hospital emergency department insisting that his neighbour was poisoning him. Over the next 24 hours he had worsening hallucinations, and tried to escape the hospital.Doctors eventually discovered the man was
  
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