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• Syrian fighters execute 35 in three days, war monitor says

  26-01-2025 23:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities have arrested dozens of people accused of taking advantage of the chaos in Syria to settle old scoresFighters affiliated with Syria’s new leaders have carried out 35 summary executions over 72 hours, mostly of Assad-era officers, a war monitor has said.The authorities, installed by the rebel forces that toppled longtime president Bashar al-Assad last month, said they had carried out multiple arrests in the western Homs area over unspecified “violations”. Continue re
  
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• Australia news live: Minns condemns vandalism of NSW police monument; Victorians brace for searing heat

  26-01-2025 21:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Police launch investigation over defacement of wall of remembrance in the Domain. Follow today’s news livePeter Dutton says Holocaust education an important missionIn his statement for International Holocaust Day, Peter Dutton, the opposition leader, drew parallels between current anti-semitism and the Holocaust.The weight of history will be especially felt by survivors and their families this International Holocaust Remembrance Day with 2025 marking the 80th Anniversary of the liberation
  
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• Met officer who took on knife-wielding suspect commended for bravery

  26-01-2025 21:07 via theguardian.com
  
  PC Morgan Younger ran towards man at London petrol station, disarmed him and restrained him till back-up cameA police officer who “raced” towards a knife-wielding suspect and single-handedly tackled and disarmed him as he was trying to stab another man has been commended for his bravery.PC Morgan Younger had stopped at a petrol station on Lee High Road in Lewisham, south-east London, intending to buy a drink on Saturday afternoon at about 3pm. Continue reading...
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Hamas says Israel is violating ceasefire by blocking Palestinians’ return to northern Gaza

  26-01-2025 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Israel delays removal of troops, accusing Hamas of breaking terms of deal by failing to release civilian hostageTrump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territoryConditions are “not yet in place” for the safe return of Lebanese citizens to southern Lebanon, according to a joint statement by the UN special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, and Unifil’s head of mission and force commander Lt. Gen. Aroldo Lázaro.In a post
  
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• Donald Trump and Keir Starmer agree to meet ‘soon’ in 45-minute phone call

  26-01-2025 20:57 via theguardian.com
  Conversation on Sunday was the two leaders’ first call since the inauguration of the new US presidentPresident Donald Trump and the prime minister, Keir Starmer, have spoken over the phone and agreed to meet “soon”.The two leaders spoke for 45 minutes on Sunday in their first call since Trump’s inauguration. Continue reading...
  
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• Immigration raids in Chicago begin days after ‘border czar’ claimed officials were ‘reconsidering’

  26-01-2025 20:55 via theguardian.com
  Ice confirms ‘enhanced targeted operations’ in a city on edge after Trump officials warned of enforcement actionsUS federal authorities have begun immigration raids in Chicago, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) statement confirmed on Sunday, just days after incoming “border czar”, Tom Homan, said officials were “reconsidering” after details were leaked to the press.In a statement, Ice said its agents, along with the FBI, ATF, DEA, CBP and the US Mar
  
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• Republican concerned for Pompeo after Trump pulls security detail amid Iran threats

  26-01-2025 20:44 via theguardian.com
  Former secretary of state has faced threats from Iran since since he took hard-line stances on the Islamic RepublicThe Ohio Republican Mike Turner said on Sunday’s Face the Nation he is “very concerned” for former secretary of state Mike Pompeo after Donald Trump revoked his security detail earlier in the week.Pompeo and his top aide, Brian Hook, who have faced threats from Iran since they took hard-line stances on the Islamic Republic during Trump’s first administration,
  
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• Trump announces retaliatory measures after Colombia blocks military deportation flights from U.S.

  26-01-2025 20:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would impose sweeping retaliatory measures against Colombia, including tariffs and visa sanctions after the nation denied entry to two U.S. military deportation flights.
  
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• Reeves: third Heathrow runway would be hard decision but good for growth

  26-01-2025 20:40 via theguardian.com
  Chancellor expected to unveil new building projects and revise planning rules to stimulate UK economyRachel Reeves has given her strongest hint yet that she will back a third runway at Heathrow airport, arguing that she is willing to make difficult decisions while pursuing economic growth.The chancellor is poised to make a significant speech this week where she will outline her plans to boost the British economy by radically altering planning rules and accelerating building projects. Continue re
  
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• Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko set to win 7th term as opposition calls election a farce

  26-01-2025 20:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of his three decades in power.
  
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• DNA testing leads to new murder charge in nearly 50-year-old cold case of slain Honolulu teen

  26-01-2025 20:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nearly five decades after her partially clothed body was discovered on the second floor of her Honolulu high school, modern DNA testing has led to an arrest that could solve the cold case murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara.
  
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• Trump’s Gaza proposal rejected by allies and condemned as ethnic cleansing plan

  26-01-2025 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  US president has suggested Palestinians should leave Gaza for neighbouring countries to ‘just clean out’ whole stripMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump’s proposal that large numbers of Palestinians should leave Gaza to “just clean out” the whole strip has been rejected by US allies in the region and attacked as dangerous, illegal and unworkable by lawyers and activists.The US president said he would like hundreds of thousands of people to move to nei
  
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• 13 UN peacekeepers, allied soldiers dead in Congo as M23 rebels make gains in key city

  26-01-2025 19:47 via foxnews.com
  
  The international airport in Goma was evacuated and commercial flights temporarily grounded on Sunday as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces raged around eastern Congo's key city, leaving at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead and displacing thousands of civilians.The M23 rebel group has made significant territorial gains along the border with Rwanda in recent weeks, closing in on Goma, the provincial capital that has a population of around 2 million and is a
  
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• Trump’s anti-DEI order yanks air force videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female pilots

  26-01-2025 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Official cites review of course curriculum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, where new recruits get basic trainingDonald Trump’s order halting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives has led the US air force to suspend course instruction on a documentary about the first Black airmen in the US military, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, a US official said on Saturday.The famed Black aviators included 450 pilots who fought overseas in segregated units during the second world war. Their suc
  
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• Review to criticise Prevent over Axel Rudakubana and his interest in violence

  26-01-2025 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Counter-terrorism scheme should have accepted more help to deal with the Southport killer despite following policyPrevent’s assessment of the danger posed by Axel Rudakubana followed policy at the time, an official review will find but it will criticise the scheme for rejecting extra help to tackle his interest in violence.This week the government is expected to publish the review into Prevent’s handling of the three referrals of Rudakubana, the last of which was three years before h
  
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• Two Van Gogh paintings to be shown in London for first time

  26-01-2025 19:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Works created in hospital after ear mutilation incident to be shown at Courtauld Gallery next monthTwo Vincent van Gogh paintings created in the months after the Dutch artist mutilated his ear will be exhibited in London for the first time.The works, The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles and The Ward in the Hospital at Arles, would appear at the Courtauld Gallery from next month, the Art Newspaper reported. Continue reading...
  
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• Eagles lead Commanders 27-12 in the NFC Championship

  26-01-2025 19:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  After an exhilarating divisional round of the NFL postseason last weekend, the NFC and AFC Championship games are set.
  
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• Eagles lead Commanders 14-12 in the NFC Championship

  26-01-2025 19:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  After an exhilarating divisional round of the NFL postseason last weekend, the NFC and AFC Championship games are set.
  
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• Belarus exit poll puts Lukashenko on 87.6% of vote in presidential election

  26-01-2025 18:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Putin ally projected to easily secure seventh term in election that US and EU have said could not be free or fairAlexander Lukashenko is firmly on track to win a seventh five-year term as Belarusian president with 87.6% of the vote in Sunday’s election, according to an exit poll broadcast on state television.Lukashenko, a close ally of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has been in power in the country since 1994. Continue reading...
  
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• Man held on suspicion of attempted murder of police officer in Greater Manchester

  26-01-2025 18:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Police arrest 19-year-old after officer seriously injured by car driven ‘at speed’ towards her in CheadlePolice have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after an officer was seriously injured when a vehicle was driven “at speed” towards her in a car park in Greater Manchester on Saturday night.The incident took place at a retail park on Wilmslow Road in Cheadle. Continue reading...
  
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• The framing of the shrew: California students photograph mammal never caught on film

  26-01-2025 18:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Three young scientists set traps to capture and film species of special concern in move that can help conserve the shrewIn a 7,000ft-high marshy spot in the cold, rugged eastern Sierra mountains, two groups of mammals scurried around at night. One was going about their normal nocturnal routine of hunting worms. The other was hoping for a glimpse of an elusive creature: the Mount Lyell shrew, the only known California mammal never photographed alive.The three young student scientists faced a tigh
  
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• Lukashenko says he has ‘no regrets’ about Belarus helping Russia to invade Ukraine

  26-01-2025 18:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Autocrat makes comment about support for ‘older brother’ Putin as Belarusians vote in ‘sham’ presidential electionBelarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko said he had “no regrets” about allowing Russia to use his country to invade Ukraine, amid condemnation of the “sham” presidential vote almost certain to extend his 31 years of authoritarian rule.Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said on Sunday that the vote was a “bitter
  
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• China’s top diplomat to visit UK in February for talks with David Lammy

  26-01-2025 18:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Source says purpose of Wang Yi’s visit is to hold first UK-China strategic dialogue since 2018China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, is due to visit the UK next month for talks with the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, the Guardian has learned.The Foreign Office (FCDO) is drawing up plans to host the Chinese foreign minister in mid-February, according to three people briefed on the plans. The FCDO declined to comment. Continue reading...
  
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• GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham: We talk about mass deportation but 'we don't have the resources'

  26-01-2025 18:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham: We talk about mass deportation but 'we don't have the resources'
  
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• Two men killed by falling trees during Storm Éowyn

  26-01-2025 18:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Man, 19, died after car struck in Scotland and 20-year-old man killed in Ireland, as Met Office issues further warningsTwo people were killed by falling trees during the record-breaking gusts of Storm Éowyn, which also damaged property and led to widespread power cuts across the UK and Ireland.The deaths were confirmed as the Met Office issued more wind and rain weather warnings, which are in place until Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• JD Vance defends Trump’s January 6 pardons as Graham says it could spur more violence

  26-01-2025 18:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Senator Lindsey Graham says pardoning violent offenders is a ‘mistake’ and could spur more violenceJD Vance on Sunday tried to offer a rationale to a record number of executive orders and controversial policy shifts enacted by Donald Trump during the first five days of the latter man’s second presidency, claiming without evidence that the moves “accomplished more than Joe Biden” and his administration did in the last four years.But one of those moves – Trump&r
  
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• Israeli troops kill more than 20 in Lebanon and one in Gaza as residents try to return

  26-01-2025 17:51 via theguardian.com
  
  People shot at attempting to get back to their homes, with Israel accusing Lebanese army and Hamas of violating dealsMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli forces opened fire on people trying to return to their homes under ceasefire agreements for Lebanon and Gaza, killing more than 20 people in Lebanon and one Palestinian in Gaza.Israeli authorities also ordered the UN agency for Palestinian refugees to vacate its hub offices in East Jerusalem by Thursday, before a total ban on operatio
  
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• Third of young adults in UK ‘unable to name Auschwitz or any Nazi death camps’

  26-01-2025 17:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Lack of knowledge about Holocaust identified as well as level of denial and disinformation seen on social mediaA third of young adults in the UK are unable to name Auschwitz or any of the other concentration camps and ghettoes where the crimes of the Holocaust were committed, according to a study.Other growing gaps in knowledge – especially among those aged 18-29 – were also identified, as part of a major international survey in countries including the US and UK. Continue reading...
  
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• In ‘Hail Mary’ move, ICC prosecutor files surprise application as Senate set to vote on sanctioning court

  26-01-2025 17:47 via foxnews.com
  
  In a move that some critics say was intended to influence the Trump administration and Congress, Karim Khan, controversial prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC), filed applications for arrest warrants against Taliban senior leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Taliban chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani for crimes against humanity.The timing of the move came as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on a bill to sanction the ICC over its request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Ministe
  
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• CIA now backs lab leak theory to explain origins of Covid-19

  26-01-2025 17:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis released by new director, John Ratcliffe, suggests the agency believes totality of evidence makes a lab originThe CIA now believes the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released on Saturday that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion.The finding is not the result of any new intelligence, and the report was completed at
  
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• Latvia investigating ‘significant’ damage to undersea fibre optic cable

  26-01-2025 17:28 via theguardian.com
  
  PM says damage is probably result of external influence and vessel suspected of involvement is under investigationAn undersea fibre optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, probably as a result of external influence, Riga has said, adding that its navy had dispatched a patrol boat to inspect a vessel suspected of involvement.Two other vessels in the area were also subject to investigation, Latvia’s navy said. Continue reading...
  
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• Comedian Josh Jones exits Dancing on Ice after injury

  26-01-2025 17:17 via bbc.com
  
  The comic and skating partner Tippy Packard "will be greatly missed" after an early exit from the competition.
  
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• Sen. Lindsey Graham says Trump's pardons for violent Jan. 6 defendants were 'a mistake'

  26-01-2025 17:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sen. Lindsey Graham says he thinks Trump pardoning violent Jan. 6 defendants was 'a mistake'
  
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• Trump says he wants Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza

  26-01-2025 16:54 via bbc.com
  
  The comments will outrage Palestinians in Gaza, for whom it is their home.
  
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• Sen. Adam Schiff says Trump 'broke the law' by firing 18 inspectors general

  26-01-2025 16:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Sunday blasted President Donald Trump for his decision to fire 18 inspectors general late Friday night and accused the president of breaking the law.
  
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• Wynne Evans apologises for 'inappropriate' comment at Strictly tour

  26-01-2025 16:36 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC says it had made it "very clear" to the opera singer that it didn't tolerate the behaviour.
  
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• Confident, organised, still freewheeling: Trump 2.0 has learned from past

  26-01-2025 16:31 via bbc.com
  
  Donald Trump’s first week in office shows he has returned with a plan - and knows how to avoid some of the chaos of his first term.
  
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• Lebanon says 15 killed by Israeli forces after withdrawal deadline missed

  26-01-2025 16:07 via bbc.com
  
  It comes as the deadline passes for Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters to withdraw from southern Lebanon.
  
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• Reeves urges platforms to remove violent content viewed by Southport killer

  26-01-2025 16:04 via bbc.com
  
  Material seen by Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana should be removed by tech firms, the chancellor says.
  
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• Amid charred hills and lingering questions, investigators seek cause of Palisades Fire

  26-01-2025 15:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Investigators are piecing together the cause of the wildfire that claimed 11 lives, destroyed thousands of structures, and may be linked to a smaller blaze just days earlier.
  
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• Chancellor hints at support for third runway at Heathrow

  26-01-2025 15:49 via bbc.com
  
  An announcement is expected next week, as part of major speech on plans to boost the economy.
  
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• Israeli forces kill 15 people in south Lebanon as residents try to return, Lebanese authorities say

  26-01-2025 15:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Israeli forces killed 15 people in Lebanon on Sunday as a deadline for their withdrawal passed and thousands tried to return home, Lebanese authorities said.
  
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• Trump says he wants to 'clean out' Gaza and move Palestinians to Jordan and Egypt

  26-01-2025 15:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has asked the king of Jordan to take in more Palestinians, adding that Palestinians should leave the Gaza Strip to “clean out” the enclave.
  
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• Sen. Graham: Trump’s pardons for violent Jan. 6 rioters were 'a mistake’

  26-01-2025 15:15 via nbcnews.com
  In an interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says he fears President Donald Trump’s blanket pardon of violent Jan. 6 rioters will incite more violence and suggests re-examining the presidential pardon power.
  
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• From Doge to Smoge, Peter Dutton’s Coalition is an eerie echo of Trump (and Musk’s) America

  26-01-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Dutton’s cabinet reshuffle added the shadow minister of government efficiency role to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s position – but it sounds a bit familiarGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn 22 January, Gina Rinehart said: “If we are sensible, we should set up a Doge [Department of Government Efficiency] immediately, reduce government waste, gov­ernment tape and regulations.”Mere days later, on 25 January, Peter Dutton appointed Jacinta Na
  
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• S Korean president charged with insurrection over martial law attempt

  26-01-2025 14:50 via bbc.com
  
  The unprecedented indictment means the South Korean president faces decades in prison if convicted.
  
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• Is this a Rachel Reeves reset?

  26-01-2025 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plus, President Trump says Keir Starmer is doing a “very good job”
  
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• UK hit with high winds as Storm Herminia rolls in

  26-01-2025 14:43 via bbc.com
  
  Fresh weather warnings come after a second person is confirmed to have died in Storm Éowyn.
  
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• Report: GOP lawmakers pressured to get behind Trump nominees

  26-01-2025 14:32 via today.com
  Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist to discuss the reports that Republicans lawmakers may face pressure to get behind the remaining Trump cabinet nominees.
  
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• Merciless Sinner wins back-to-back Melbourne titles

  26-01-2025 14:32 via bbc.com
  
  Jannik Sinner underlines his position as the world's best men's player with an imperious win over Alexander Zverev to retain his Australian Open title.
  
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