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• I spent months investigating whether gut health affects ageing - and if I could hack my own gut to age better

  13-01-2026 01:05 via bbc.com
  Health editor Hugh Pym revamped his diet after a test suggested his gut health appeared to look five years older than he was
  
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• Why Michael Sheen put his money on the line for new Welsh national theatre

  13-01-2026 01:01 via bbc.com
  The actor discusses spearheading the Welsh National Theatre and starring in its first production.
  
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• A 'weird' and 'incredible' error - but was Szoboszlai disrespectful?

  13-01-2026 00:45 via bbc.com
  Liverpool beat Barnsley 4-1 in FA Cup fourth round but it was Dominik Szoboszlai's first-half error that had lots of people talking.
  
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• How Australian festival imploded after axing Palestinian author

  13-01-2026 00:41 via bbc.com
  Some 180 writers, including former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, have withdrawn from the event.
  
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• Late goals add shine as Liverpool beat spirited Barnsley in FA Cup

  13-01-2026 00:39 via bbc.com
  Liverpool score two late goals to add shine to their FA Cup third round victory over spirited League One side Barnsley at Anfield.
  
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• Trump announces 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran

  13-01-2026 00:03 via bbc.com
  Trump says the new levy is "effective immediately" as anti-government protests in Iran enter a third week.
  
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• Spurs set to beat Villa to £35m Gallagher

  12-01-2026 22:49 via bbc.com
  Tottenham expect to complete a 40m euros (£35m) deal for former Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher after moving ahead of Aston Villa in the race for the England international's signature.
  
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• Police to no longer have routine access to rape victims' counselling notes

  12-01-2026 22:44 via bbc.com
  Requests to access victims' personal records can only be granted when necessary and proportionate, under new guidance.
  
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• Trump to meet Venezuelan opposition leader Machado at the White House

  12-01-2026 21:51 via bbc.com
  Machado, the winner of 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, had offered to share the honour with Trump,an award the president has long coveted.
  
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• Tories say Zahawi peerage request turned down before defection to Reform UK

  12-01-2026 21:50 via bbc.com
  Zahawi is the latest former Conservative MP to join Nigel Farage's party, as a Tory source claims he had approached Kemi Badenoch seeking a nomination for the Lords.
  
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• Koepka to make PGA return in January under new scheme

  12-01-2026 21:37 via bbc.com
  Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka will make his comeback on the PGA Tour in January under a new returning member programme, following his departure from LIV Golf.
  
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• Americanswers...On 5 Live! What do Americans really think of Donald Trump?

  12-01-2026 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  And does Trump have a plan for Iran?
  
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• Why Alonso's reign is over at Real Madrid

  12-01-2026 20:54 via bbc.com
  After Xabi Alonso's departure as Real Madrid manager, Spanish football expert Guillem Balague looks into where it all went wrong.
  
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• 'They just kept killing': Eyewitnesses describe deadly crackdown in Iran

  12-01-2026 20:54 via bbc.com
  The BBC has received eyewitness accounts of security forces attacking anti-government protesters across the country.
  
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• What a new law and an investigation could mean for Grok AI deepfakes

  12-01-2026 20:38 via bbc.com
  Elon Musk's chatbot is under fire for altering images of women to remove their clothes without their consent.
  
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• UK to bring into force law to tackle Grok AI deepfakes this week

  12-01-2026 20:31 via bbc.com
  It is currently illegal to share deepfakes, but the law against creating them has not yet come into force.
  
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• Macclesfield to host Brentford in fourth round

  12-01-2026 19:56 via bbc.com
  Sixth-tier Macclesfield are rewarded with a home tie against Brentford in the FA Cup fourth round after their shock win over holders Crystal Palace.
  
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• Macclesfield to host Brentford in FA Cup fourth round - see full draw

  12-01-2026 19:56 via bbc.com
  Sixth-tier Macclesfield are rewarded with a home tie against Brentford in the FA Cup fourth round after their shock win over holders Crystal Palace.
  
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• Is Carrick the right man for Man Utd?

  12-01-2026 19:56 via bbc.com
  Michael Carrick is favourite to be named Man United's next interim manager. Simon Stone assesses if he is the right fit for the job.
  
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• The Sadiq Khan Interview

  12-01-2026 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Sadiq Khan speaks to Newscast about crime in London, social media and Europe.
  
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• Former Conservatives joining Reform is not without risk for Farage

  12-01-2026 19:20 via bbc.com
  Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi is the latest - and most senior - figure to defect to Reform UK.
  
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• Lyse Doucet: Iran's rulers face biggest challenge since 1979 revolution

  12-01-2026 18:53 via bbc.com
  The authorities are responding to protests with a ferocious security crackdown and near total internet shutdown.
  
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• UK not as ready as we need to be for conflict, says military chief

  12-01-2026 18:50 via bbc.com
  Sir Richard Knighton refuses to confirm the existence of a £28bn shortfall in defence spending plans.
  
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• 'Miracle baby' born in a tree above Mozambique floodwaters dies aged 25

  12-01-2026 18:39 via bbc.com
  Rosita Salvador Mabuiango's mother was sheltering for days before giving birth perched above the water.
  
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• Landmark Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar heard at top UN court

  12-01-2026 18:35 via bbc.com
  The Gambia accuses Myanmar's leadership of carrying out "brutal and vicious violations" against the Muslim minority group.
  
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• Former Fed chairs condemn criminal investigation into Jerome Powell

  12-01-2026 18:27 via bbc.com
  Three former heads of the central bank say the probe seeks to undermine the Fed's independence and "has no place" in the US.
  
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• Manager Xabi Alonso leaves Real Madrid after eight months

  12-01-2026 18:24 via bbc.com
  Xabi Alonso leaves his position as Real Madrid manager after less than eight months in charge as former Liverpool team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa is appointed as replacement.
  
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• Labour MPs urge minister to reject Chinese mega embassy

  12-01-2026 18:22 via bbc.com
  Nine MPs raise security concerns about the proposed site, just days before the deadline for a decision.
  
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• Why are there protests and what has Trump said about US action?

  12-01-2026 18:00 via bbc.com
  Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed, as days of large demonstrations threaten the regime. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• Watch: Mortuary videos show how deadly Iran crackdown has become

  12-01-2026 17:45 via bbc.com
  BBC Verify has been examining disturbing footage from a mortuary in Tehran, showing scores of bodies. These images could hold clues about what’s happening inside Iran.
  
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• Zahawi failed to secure peerage from Badenoch before Reform UK defection, Tory sources claim – UK politics live

  12-01-2026 16:33 via theguardian.com
  ‘Given he was sacked for his dodgy tax affairs, this was never going to happen,’ says sourceZahawi says he accepts that the Conservatives are to blame for some of the problems facinng the country.Since leaving parliament, I have been reflecting on the successes and failures of my old party’s time in government, and I rue the timidity, even at times the weakness, with which we try to deal with the problems of the country.My analysis is that a huge culprit is the over-mighty bure
  
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• Iran crisis live: foreign minister says country ready for negotiations but also ‘fully prepared for war’

  12-01-2026 16:33 via theguardian.com
  Abbas Araghchi warns adversaries against ‘miscalculation’ as Trump mulls military response to protest crackdown‘The streets are full of blood’: Iranian protests gather momentum as regime cracks downIranian student killed during protests was shot in head ‘from close range’Analysis: Unpredictable Trump weighs up Iranian pleas for help against calls for restraintPeople in Iran: share your views on the current situationIran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, E
  
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• Greenland’s security ‘firmly’ belongs in Nato, says prime minister, after latest Trump threats to take over territory – Europe live

  12-01-2026 16:31 via theguardian.com
  Jens-Frederik Nielsen repeated the government’s statement it would work on strengthening security through NatoThe European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is to travel to Paraquay on Saturday to sign the controversial Mercosur trade deal with a group of Latin American countries this Saturday.The deal with Brazil, Argentina, Uraguay and Paraguay was adopted by member states on Friday, ending 25 years of negotiation and months of wrangling with member states over the final compromi
  
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• Trump annexation of Greenland ‘would be end of Nato’, says Chris Murphy

  12-01-2026 16:30 via theguardian.com
  Democrat also says president is ‘spending no time thinking about the actual crises’ like food aid and health costsDonald Trump’s threat to annex Greenland represents an existential crisis for Nato, senior Democratic US senator Chris Murphy has warned, with the demise of the decades-old alliance of western nations certain to follow any American military intervention.“It would be the end of Nato, right? Nato would have an obligation to defend Greenland,” the Connectic
  
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• Trump regrets not seizing voting machines after 2020 election loss

  12-01-2026 16:18 via theguardian.com
  President says he ‘should have’ used national guard to seize machines in support of false claim that election was riggedDonald Trump has said he regrets not getting the US national guard to seize voting machines after his 2020 election defeat ended his first presidency, as he continues to falsely claim that he won the race. But he has also questioned whether national guard troops would be “sophisticated enough” to pull something like that off.Trump made those remarks in a
  
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• ‘Hundreds more’ federal agents being deployed in Minnesota after killing of Renee Good – US politics live

  12-01-2026 16:06 via theguardian.com
  Kristi Noem says that more officers are being deployed amid protests in several citiesIn response to the news overnight that Donald Trump’s justice department has launched a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, the Senate banking committee’s top Democrat – Elizabeth Warren – has warned that her colleagues should not move forward with the president’s nominee for the role when Powell’s term expires at in May of this year.Warren a
  
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• Man who infected woman with HIV after stopping treatment is jailed

  12-01-2026 16:04 via theguardian.com
  Luke Davis, 31, found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on woman whom he did not tell about diagnosisA man who infected a woman with HIV after he stopped his treatment and did not tell her about his diagnosis has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.Luke Davis, 31, was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on the woman, who described being diagnosed with HIV as a “life sentence”. Continue reading...
  
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• Spanish police seize 10 tonnes of cocaine hidden in ship off Canary Islands

  12-01-2026 16:03 via theguardian.com
  Haul represents country’s largest seizure at sea, with officers digging bales out from vast amount of saltSpanish police have made their largest seizure of cocaine at sea after finding almost 10 tonnes of the drug hidden among a cargo of salt on a merchant ship off the Canary Islands.Detectives and anti-drug prosecutors investigating a multinational criminal group alleged to be exporting “enormous quantities” of cocaine from South America to Europe had identified a suspect ship
  
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• Republican senator vows to block all Fed nominations after DoJ investigates Powell

  12-01-2026 15:55 via theguardian.com
  Thom Tillis says he would oppose any nominee, including upcoming chair vacancy, ‘until legal matter is fully resolved’A Republican senator has vowed to block all Federal Reserve nominations after the justice department opened a criminal investigation into the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, inflaming tensions over the central bank’s independence.Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a member of the banking committee that oversees Fed appointments who is retiring at the end of his term later
  
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• Chaos, crying and poo explosions: baby-friendly comedy clubs take off in Britain

  12-01-2026 15:53 via theguardian.com
  Daytime gigs where parents can bring their infants without fear of judgment are proving a sellout successWhen Nick Page saw the exhaustion of the new mothers arriving at his comedy gig, he suggested turning the hour-long set into a sleepover. He had been joking – but the women enthusiastically agreed.In any other room, a comedian asking the audience to fall asleep would have been career ruining. In the world of baby-friendly comedy clubs, however, it was a masterstroke. Continue reading...
  
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• Actor Timothy Busfield charged with child sexual abuse offense

  12-01-2026 15:53 via theguardian.com
  Emmy-winning actor and director allegedly touched child inappropriately on set of The Cleaning Lady TV seriesAuthorities in New Mexico issued an arrest warrant recently for the director and Emmy-winning actor Timothy Busfield to face a child sexual abuse charge.An investigator with the Albuquerque police department filed a criminal complaint in support of the charge, which says a child reported that Busfield touched him inappropriately. The acts cited in the warrant – issued on Friday &nda
  
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• Family pays tribute to ‘gentlest soul’ taxi driver killed in Bolton head-on collision

  12-01-2026 15:49 via theguardian.com
  Masrob Ali, 54, who died in crash that also claimed lives of three teenagers, described as ‘the kindest man’A taxi driver who was among four people killed in a head-on collision in Greater Manchester was “the gentlest soul” and was not at fault for the crash, his family has said.Masrob Ali, 54, died when his taxi collided with a Seat Leon travelling on the wrong side of a residential road in Bolton shortly before 1am on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• Daughter of taxi driver killed in Bolton crash 'in shock'

  12-01-2026 15:49 via bbc.com
  Humayra Ali says her first thought was the fear her father must have felt before he died in Bolton.
  
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• Minnesota woman dies after shark attack in US Virgin Islands

  12-01-2026 15:41 via theguardian.com
  Arlene Lillis, 56, was escaping midwest winter in Caribbean before losing arm in attack and dying of her injuriesA shark recently killed a Minnesota woman by biting her arm off as she swam off the coast of the US Virgin Islands while on vacation, according to authorities and media reports.Arlene Lillis, 56, was in waters off St Croix’s Dorsch Beach when the rare deadly shark attack occurred at about 4.30pm on 8 January, the Virgin Islands police department said in a statement. Emergency cr
  
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• Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accuses Lagos hospital of negligence after son’s death

  12-01-2026 15:26 via theguardian.com
  Lawyers for Adichie and her husband serve Euracare hospital with legal notice after death of 21-month-oldThe Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accused a Lagos hospital of negligence after the death of one of her 21-month-old twin boys.Nkanu Nnamdi died on 6 January after a brief illness. He was one of twin boys born to Adichie and Ivara Esege, a doctor, in 2024 by surrogacy, eight years after the birth of their first child, a girl. Continue reading...
  
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• Quoting religious text could be defence against Australia’s new hate speech laws, draft bill shows

  12-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Referencing ‘teaching or discussion’ could give exemption from legislation Labor hopes to pass next weekGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeople accused of breaching the Albanese government’s new hate speech laws could argue their conduct was legal because they were quoting from a religious text, draft legislation shows.
  Extracts of the draft bill obtained by Guardian Australia show it will be illegal to publicly promote or incite hatred, or disseminate
  
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• Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce use Gina Rinehart’s private jet to visit flooded parts of Queensland

  12-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Joyce says the pair were saving taxpayer money and ‘I’ve got no problems with that at all’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe One Nation MPs Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce have used a private jet owned by the mining magnate Gina Rinehart to tour flood-affected Queensland communities.Joyce, who defected from the Nationals last month, said the pair were saving taxpayers money by using the Gulfstream G700 plane and a helicopter at the weekend, includin
  
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• British Library acquires archive of rural life writer and essayist Ronald Blythe

  12-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Collection includes workbooks and index cards, and papers that show his research for bestseller AkenfieldOne hundred years of a unique literary rural life will be made available to readers and researchers after the British Library acquired the archive of Ronald Blythe.The author of Akenfield, a globally bestselling account of a Suffolk village in the throes of the agricultural and social revolution at the end of the 1960s, lived and wrote in East Anglia until his death in 2023 at the
  
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• Australia should reconsider alliance with ‘fiercely unpredictable’ US, former foreign ministers say

  12-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Bob Carr says Trump foreign policy presents a ‘colossal challenge’ for Australia and Gareth Evans says the Aukus pact should be reconsideredGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government should urgently reconsider Australia’s alliance with the United States, two former Labor foreign ministers have said, as they voiced alarm over Donald Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela and renewed push to claim Greenland.Speaking to Guardian Au
  
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• WATCH: Guide dog and vision-impaired owner are on a travel mission

  12-01-2026 14:36 via abcnews.go.com
  ABC News' Danny New reports on two best pals who are turning heads at National Parks across the country -- one on two legs.
  
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