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• Capitol riot memories linger on the ground where Trump will take the oath of office

  18-01-2025 23:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  No matter what path Donald Trump takes to the Capitol rotunda before saying his oath of office, he’s guaranteed to pass sites of chaos, violence and destruction wrought by supporters who stormed the Capitol in 2021.
  
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• Preparations underway as much of U.S. braces for below-freezing temperatures and snow

  18-01-2025 23:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Preparations are underway as a cold snap bears down on much of the U.S., bringing below freezing temperatures and snow.
  
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• Israel Defense Forces will receive hostages Sunday with equipped camper trailers and comforting supplies

  18-01-2025 22:36 via foxnews.com
  
  The Israel Defense Forces, in coordination with the Health Ministry, additional government ministries and security authorities, completed final preparations Saturday to receive the first of the hostages being released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip Sunday. The preparations included home-like conditions inside trailers for the hostages to sleep before they head to hospitals to be looked over and all the comforts of home, including baskets of toiletries and fresh clothes. Inside the traile
  
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• Chiefs lead Texans 23-12 in fourth quarter of NFL divisional playoff game

  18-01-2025 21:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  Will Houston QB C.J. Stroud be able to pull the massive upset off against Patrick Mahomes and the two-time defending champions?
  
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• Yoon supporters storm Seoul court after his detainment period is extended

  18-01-2025 21:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Protesters smash windows after officials cite concerns the impeached president could destroy evidence if releasedA South Korean court has extended the detention of the impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol, citing concerns he could destroy evidence linked to his martial law declaration, enraging his supporters, who attacked the court building.Hundreds of pro-Yoon protesters smashed windows and broke down doors to enter the court on Sunday after the decision was announced, chanting the name of the pr
  
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• Netanyahu says Hamas needs to provide names of hostages or risk more fighting

  18-01-2025 20:19 via msnbc.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will resume fighting if it needs to as he demands Hamas supply the names of three female hostages expected to be released. NBC News' Raf Sanchez reports that Netanyahu said both President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump played a role in bringing the ceasefire about.
  
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• Will TikTok ‘go dark’? What to know about the app’s ban as its deadline nears

  18-01-2025 19:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  TikTok is set to "go dark" on Sunday for its 170 million American users after the Supreme Court upheld a law that would ban the app that same day in the United States.
  
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• Deportations, TikTok, Israel-Gaza: Trump weighs in on his Week 1 priorities

  18-01-2025 19:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump said he’s planning to sign a “record-setting” number of executive actions when he takes office.
  
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• ‘I’ll kiss the ground’: chaos feared amid Gaza ceasefire as families head home

  18-01-2025 19:49 via theguardian.com
  Hundreds of thousands are now set to return to whatever remains of their houses or to claim bodies from the rubbleAid agencies in Gaza are bracing for chaotic scenes this week as hundreds of thousands of people try to return to homes in the territory after the expected implementation of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Sunday.Before the ceasefire, which is due to begin at 8.30am local time, Israel has continued to carry out attacks inside Gaza. The local health ministry claimed on Saturda
  
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• Israel-Gaza war live: Netanyahu says ‘if we must return to fighting, we will do that’, citing support from Biden and Trump

  18-01-2025 19:48 via theguardian.com
  PM says US has promised Israel will have the weaponry it needs to return to military campaign if necessaryIn an update on the previous post, the Israeli military said sirens sounded in central Israel on Saturday as it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen.Explosions were heard over Jerusalem on Saturday morning, Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalists reported. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump says he will likely grant TikTok a 90-day reprieve from US ban when he takes office

  18-01-2025 19:29 via theguardian.com
  
  President-elect said he’d probably give the company an extension from US ban the supreme court recently upheldDonald Trump has said he will “most likely” give the Chinese-owned TikTok app a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban in the US after he takes office on Monday morning.The incoming president said on Saturday, in an interview with NBC News, that he was considering the extension on a Sunday deadline laid down for the parent company of the wildly popular app to sell TikTok
  
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• Seventy killed in central Nigeria after fuel tanker flips over and explodes

  18-01-2025 19:17 via theguardian.com
  Those who died had scrambled to take the fuel, which has rocketed in price amid an economic crisisA fuel tanker exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing 70 people who had scrambled to take the fuel.Kumar Tsukwam, the head of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State, said a truck carrying 60,000 litres of gasoline had an accident at about 10am at the Dikko junction on the road linking the federal capital Abuja to the northern city of Kaduna. Continue reading
  
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• Vivek Ramaswamy's interest in running for Ohio governor isn't scaring away other Republicans

  18-01-2025 19:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  CLEVELAND — Vivek Ramaswamy’s move this week toward a run for governor of Ohio did not clear or freeze the Republican field the way someone so closely and visibly aligned with President-elect Donald Trump ordinarily might.
  
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• RFK Jr reportedly sought to block Covid-19 vaccinations at height of pandemic

  18-01-2025 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Trump’s pick to lead US health policy lobbied to rescind 2021 authorization and to deny any future vaccineRobert F Kennedy Jr reportedly sought to block the historic and pioneering new Covid-19 vaccinations in 2021, six months after they began being rolled out at the height of the pandemic when many thousands of people were dying of the virus.In a petition filed with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May 2021, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the $1.8tn Department of Health and
  
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• Trump says he will 'probably' travel to Los Angeles next week

  18-01-2025 18:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump will likely travel to California next week to view the aftermath of the devastating wildfires in greater Los Angeles, he told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in a phone interview Saturday.
  
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• The Art of Dealing With Donald Trump

  18-01-2025 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World leaders prepare for the next president ahead of his inauguration
  
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• Bulldozers kill man in tent in Atlanta clearing homeless camp near MLK’s church

  18-01-2025 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  The city was clearing the area around the Ebenezer Baptist church before the MLK Day celebration on MondayCity workers in Atlanta have killed a man living in a tent while clearing a homeless encampment with construction equipment near Martin Luther King’s famous Georgia church.The death of Cornelius Taylor on Thursday afternoon resulted from an effort to reduce the visibility of people without shelter near the city’s historic Ebenezer Baptist church as an accommodation for crowds exp
  
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• Trump says he will 'most likely' give TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban

  18-01-2025 18:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with NBC News that he will "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban.
  
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• UK to introduce digital driving licences to ‘transform public services’

  18-01-2025 18:11 via theguardian.com
  
  The digital option will be made available through a government app, but will not be mandatoryThe UK is to introduce digital driving licences this year as the government looks to use technology to “transform public services”.The digital version of driving licences will be available in a virtual wallet in a government app, instead of being added to existing Google or Apple wallets. It could be accepted as a form of ID when voting, purchasing alcohol or boarding domestic flights. Contin
  
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• ICE planning major enforcement operation in Chicago after Trump inauguration

  18-01-2025 18:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are planning a major operation targeting immigrants in Chicago after Trump's inauguration, according to a document reviewed by NBC News and a person familiar with the planning.
  
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• Impeached South Korean president argues for his release from custody

  18-01-2025 18:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Yoon Suk Yeol appears in court at hearing to decide on his formal arrest over martial law declarationThe impeached president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, has argued that he be released from custody before a court in Seoul, which is considering whether to grant a request for his formal arrest.His appearance at the Seoul western district court caused chaotic scenes in nearby streets, where thousands of his fervent supporters rallied for hours calling for his release. They clashed with police, wh
  
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• Sadiq Khan warns western democracy at risk from ‘resurgent fascism’ ahead of Trump inauguration

  18-01-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  London mayor calls for stricter laws on harmful online content and takes aim at Elon MuskThe west must face up to a century-defining battle against a resurgent far right that is on the march across the developed world, Sadiq Khan warns today, as he calls on ministers to take on extremism ahead of Donald Trump’s second inauguration as US president.In the most strident rallying call of any senior British politician against the march of the right in the US, France and Germany, the London mayo
  
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• Clean water campaigners claim victory in Windermere sewage case

  18-01-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  United Utilities has dropped legal fight to block access to data on the discharge of treated sewage in Lake DistrictThe water company United Utilities has conceded defeat in its legal battle to block public access to data on treated sewage it is discharging into Windermere in the Lake District.Company officials initially claimed that data from phosphorus monitors at a main sewage treatment works at the lake was not environmental information. The company also wanted to block access to data from C
  
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• Ten people hurt, two seriously, after ski lift collapse at Spanish resort

  18-01-2025 17:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Emergency services say 30 people were involved, of whom 10 were taken to hospital, at Astún in the PyreneesTen people have been hurt, two of them seriously, after a ski lift collapsed at a resort in north-east Spain, hurling dozens of passengers into the snow below.Although initial reports said 35 people had been injured on Saturday at the Pyrenean resort of Astún, in the Aragón region, the figures were later revised down. Continue reading...
  
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• Shutdown at Mexico toxic waste plant after Guardian investigation revealed pollution in nearby homes

  18-01-2025 17:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Mexican officials ordered furnaces to shut down after report on very high levels of pollutants in surrounding neighborhoodRevealed: US hazardous waste is sent to Mexico – where a ‘toxic cocktail’ of pollution emergesAuthorities ordered the shutdown of two furnaces at a Mexican recycling plant that processes hazardous waste exported from the US, after an investigation by the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab that revealed heavy metals contamination in nearby homes and schools.A t
  
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• Seven arrested at London protest against Israel’s war on Gaza

  18-01-2025 17:42 via theguardian.com
  Thousands gather in Whitehall and break through police lines to advance to Trafalgar SquareSeven arrests were made in central London on Saturday as thousands of people gathered to protest Israel’s 15-month war in Gaza, a day after a ceasefire deal was agreed with Hamas.With signs saying “Stop arming Israel” and “Free Palestine”, protesters gathered in Whitehall. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘She would have been in awe of him’: how Laurence Olivier gave Margaret Thatcher private seduction lessons

  18-01-2025 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  New drama, When Maggie Met Larry, reveals exactly how the world’s most famous actor coached the fledgling Iron LadyIn 1972, a nervous Margaret Thatcher went to Laurence Olivier’s London home for a lesson on presentational skills. The most famous actor of the 20th century told the then education secretary to put a book on her head and walk around to improve her deportment. He also advised her to take long confident strides, and to use her eyes to seduce and flirt.The future prime mini
  
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• ‘It’s an absolute travesty’: fears for border wildlife as Trump takes office

  18-01-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Environmentalists are braced for new construction on the president’s signature border wall – and the damage that would wreakDuring Donald Trump’s first presidential term, he began an ambitious and costly border militarization program, including the construction of over 450 miles of wall that severed wildlife corridors and fragmented ecosystems in some of the country’s most remote and biodiverse regions. With his second inauguration on Monday, environmentalists are bracing
  
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• Reform deputy leader Richard Tice splitting time between Skegness and Dubai after partner leaves UK

  18-01-2025 16:33 via theguardian.com
  
  MP says he is totally committed to his constituency after Isabel Oakeshott moved to the Emirates One weekend, it will be the straightforward delights of Skegness seafront; the next, the flashy private beach clubs of Dubai.Richard Tice, deputy leader of Reform UK and its MP for Boston and Skegness, is splitting his time not just between his Lincolnshire ­constituency and the House of Commons, but is also spending time 3,500 miles away in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “We are spreading
  
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• UK’s TV workers exposed to ‘illegal or barely legal’ conditions and traumatic content

  18-01-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Report cites low pay and overwork, and employees complain of receiving no warning before working on disturbing scenes“Illegal or barely legal” working practices are rife in the UK’s TV industry, new research has revealed.Workers in post-production roles, including editors, designers and special effects artists, are regularly being paid below the minimum wage and experiencing “unacceptable” conditions, such as hours spent in dark, unventilated rooms and exposure to t
  
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• Mike Pence expected to attend Trump's inauguration

  18-01-2025 15:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Saturday's events will include a reception for the president-elect and fireworks, according to Trump's inaugural committee's events schedule.
  
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• Indian court finds police volunteer guilty of rape and murder of trainee doctor

  18-01-2025 15:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Case was fast-tracked after crime in Kolkata sparked protests across India amid concern for women’s safetyA police volunteer has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor who was on duty in Kolkata, a crime that sparked protests across India amid concern about violence against women and girls.The outcry over the killing of the 31-year-old physician in August led to the trial being fast-tracked through the legal system. Continue reading...
  
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• Chinese rival app Xiaohongshu is overwhelmed by ‘TikTok refugees’ in US

  18-01-2025 14:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Social media accounts blocked for breaking Beijing rules as millions of users join up before ban takes effectNine invaluable things I’ve learned from TikTokWhen Angelica Oung received the notification that her Xiaohongshu account had been blocked for violating the social media app’s code of conduct, her mind started racing.The only picture she had posted on her account, apart from her profile headshot, was of herself wearing an inflatable polar bear suit, holding a sign saying: &ldqu
  
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• Giorgia Meloni to join far-right figures at Donald Trump inauguration

  18-01-2025 14:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Italian PM’s office confirms she will join foreign politicians including France’s Éric Zemmour in WashingtonItaly’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president, joining other European far-right figures including Éric Zemmour, a one-time French presidential candidate known for his xenophobia.Meloni’s attendance at the event in Washington DC on Monday was confirmed by her office and will be seen as further ceme
  
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• Phil Hammond, a key figure in the fight for justice over Hillsborough, dies

  18-01-2025 14:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Hillsborough Family Support Group pays tribute to man whose 14-year-old son Philip was killed in the disasterA key figure in the fight for justice after the Hillsborough disaster has died, the campaign group has announced.Phil Hammond, whose teenage son was killed in the tragedy, was remembered as a “very kind, fair, honest and humble man” by members of the Hillsborough Family Support Group (HFSG) which Hammond chaired, battling for truth and justice over how his son and 96 others di
  
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• Uncharted territory for the WHO if Trump withdraws US membership

  18-01-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  WHO is ‘critical in protecting US business interests’, says CEO of firm that may see lean years if Trump carries out vowThe World Health Organization (WHO) could see lean years ahead if the US withdraws membership under the new Trump administration. Such a withdrawal, promised on the first day of Donald Trump’s new administration, would in effect cut the multilateral agency’s funding by one-fifth.The severe cut would be uncharted territory for the WHO, potentially curtail
  
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• ‘Discovered’ diaries of British socialite Unity Mitford reveal Hitler relationship

  18-01-2025 13:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Diaries, believed to be genuine, chronicle 139 pre-war meetings between antisemitic aristocrat and Nazi leaderThe diaries of an antisemitic British socialite who was obsessed with Adolf Hitler and struck up a personal relationship with the Nazi leader have been discovered, according to the Daily Mail.The leather-bound journals, which had been lost to historians and unseen for eight decades, appear to reveal the extent of Unity Mitford’s relationship with the dictator. Continue reading...
  
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• Deep freeze expected to bring bitter cold temperatures to the US

  18-01-2025 13:47 via today.com
  Millions are bracing for a polar vortex that’s expected to bring bitter cold temperatures across the U.S. NBC’s Angie Lassman tracks the forecast.
  
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• ‘You can’t be pro-billionaire and pro-working class’: Biden’s labor chief on return of Trump

  18-01-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Julie Su, acting labor secretary, fears many of Biden’s pro-worker policies will be undone by the new administrationEven as Donald Trump says he will battle for America’s workers, the acting secretary of labor, Julie Su, is voicing fears that Trump will undo many of Joe Biden’s pro-worker policies, which include protecting workers from extreme heat and extending overtime pay to millions more workers.In an interview with the Guardian, Su said that Trump might fall far short on d
  
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• Trump’s promise of mass deportations has migrants preparing for the worst

  18-01-2025 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  As President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on Monday, families worry he will fulfill his campaign promise by ordering sweeping deportations across the country.
  
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• China’s hackers have run wild during the Biden administration. Can Trump rein them in?

  18-01-2025 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  China hacking threat
  
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• Former Trump aides are warning newbies: Buy legal insurance or risk a hefty bill

  18-01-2025 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  As Republicans gear up for new jobs in the second Trump administration, people who worked for President-elect Donald Trump the first time around are dispensing advice about a must-buy item for those coming to Washington.
  
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• Exploring Greenland's majestic history as President-elect Trump shines spotlight on island nation

  18-01-2025 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Before President-elect Trump took a shine to it, Greenland was already on the radar of the cruise ship industry with many vessels choosing picturesque Greenlandic towns for their ports of call. One of the ports is Qaqortoq, the largest town in southern Greenland.Sailing from Iceland, the ship followed in the footsteps of Eric the Red, a Norseman who settled this area in 982. As Eric was exiled from Iceland, he made his home here and called it Greenland. Some 80% of the island is covere
  
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• ‘All hands on deck’: Bird flu in US poultry puts state cooperation to the test

  18-01-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Unusually late migration season means poultry operations may continue to see H5N1 outbreaks, officials sayMaryland has detected bird flu among three different commercial poultry flocks in the past week, marking the state’s first outbreak in more than a year. The discoveries come shortly after the establishment of a joint command with Delaware following the latter state’s detection of H5N1 in two other poultry operations.Although the deadly bird flu has circulated in North America sin
  
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• British man admits stabbing partner to death in Italy

  18-01-2025 11:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Michael Whitbread, 75, is on trial in Lanciano for murder of fellow Briton Michele Faiers, 66, in October 2023A British man living in Italy has admitted stabbing his partner to death, claiming he did it after she accused him of cheating on her.Michael Whitbread, 75, told a court he could not remember how many times he stabbed fellow Briton Michele Faiers, 66, in October 2023. Continue reading...
  
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• Gunman shoots dead 2 Supreme Court judges in Iran's capital before turning gun on himself, state media says

  18-01-2025 11:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Two Iranian Supreme Court judges were shot and killed while a third judge was wounded Saturday. The incident happened in Tehran on Saturday, according to the judiciary's Mizan news website.The judiciary identified the judges who were killed as ayatollahs Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini.RUSSIA TO SEAL PARTNERSHIP TREATY DAYS BEFORE TRUMP TAKES OFFICEThe gunman killed himself after shooting the judges outside the Supreme Court, the website said.A bodyguard of one of the judges was also wound
  
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• Celebrity boyfriend outed as an AI scam and a lawmaker’s fighting words

  18-01-2025 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump inauguration attendance, woman scammed by AI Brad Pitt AI, Rednote surges before TikTok shutdown, L.A. wildfire winds, Bad Bunny announcesresidency, insurance nonrenewals
  
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• Cease-fire between Israel, Hamas to go into effect Sunday morning, Qatar says

  18-01-2025 10:46 via foxnews.com
  
  The cease-fire between Hamas and Israel is expected to go into effect on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. local time, according to Qatar’s foreign ministry.Qatar’s foreign minister Majid al-Ansari urged people to exercise caution when the cease-fire goes into effect and to wait for instructions from officials. This is the second cease-fire achieved during the war.Israel’s Cabinet approved the deal early Saturday morning for a cease-fire in Gaza that would include the release of dozens of ho
  
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• ‘A watershed moment’: how will Labour play Trump 2.0?

  18-01-2025 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Starmer open to second state visit for Donald Trump, amid worries about tariffs and recent setbacks to political relationshipDavid Lammy was visiting Washington last May when he realised Donald Trump was likely to win the presidential election. The soon-to-be foreign secretary held meetings with the Democrat and Republican campaigns – and found himself admiring the latter.The slickness and professionalism of Trump’s 2024 operation, with its sharp messaging making inroads with black a
  
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• Tuscany among top 10 cheapest summer holiday destinations for 2025

  18-01-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Italian region comes surprise eighth place and has plenty of budget package deals available, according to Which?January is the best month to book a summer holiday – and this year there is a surprise budget option: Tuscany. According to Which?, the central Italian region is among the cheapest package holiday destinations for 2025.Researchers analysed almost 6,000 package holidays from three of the UK’s biggest tour operators, Jet2holidays, Tui and easyJet Holidays. Tuscany, more usual
  
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