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• Trump says he’d ‘love to fire’ Jerome Powell in latest attack on Fed chair

  29-12-2025 23:45 via theguardian.com
  Trump also repeated false claims about renovation costs for the Fed headquarters during a Monday press conferenceDonald Trump launched another attack against Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Monday, calling the central banker a “fool” and once again suggesting he would like to fire him.Trump launched his latest attack on Powell during a press conference with Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, repeating false claims about the cost of a renovation of the central ba
  
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• The problem Republicans face after Trump's departure

  29-12-2025 23:36 via nbcnews.com
  As Republicans face a future without President Trump, NBC News' Ryan Nobles explains on "Here's the Scoop" how they may experience a similar fate as the Patriots did after the departure of Tom Brady.
  
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• ‘Only Trump can stop Russia’: Millions face freezing winter, Ukraine energy executive warns

  29-12-2025 23:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid will continue without President Trump stepping in, Ukraine’s top energy executive has warned, as millions risk a freezing winter without power.DTEK's Maxim Timchenko spoke out as Ukraine braced for further Russian drone and missile attacks on energy infrastructure and a day after Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the third time to bring an end to the nearly four-year war."Yesterday’s meeting gave us renewed hope. But o
  
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• Jair Bolsonaro undergoes second procedure to treat persistent hiccups

  29-12-2025 23:07 via theguardian.com
  Former Brazilian president underwent a phrenic nerve block while temporarily released from prison for surgeryJair Bolsonaro underwent a second “phrenic nerve block procedure” on Monday to treat persistent hiccups.The treatment went well and the former Brazilian president’s condition is stable, according to his medical team. Continue reading...
  
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• Authorities identify the two victims of New Jersey helicopter crash: ‘They were always together’

  29-12-2025 23:05 via theguardian.com
  Kenneth Kirsch, 65, and Michael Greenberg, 71, died after the Sunday middair collision near Hammonton airportTwo men who died after their helicopters collided midair in New Jersey over the weekend both earned their private pilot licenses over a decade ago and would often have breakfast together at a cafe near the crash site before taking to the skies from the local airport.Authorities on Monday identified the two New Jersey men as Kenneth Kirsch, 65, and Michael Greenberg, 71. Witnesses told pol
  
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• How Supreme Court justices respond to decline in trust

  29-12-2025 22:49 via nbcnews.com
  NBC News' Laura Jarrett joins "Here's the Scoop" to discuss the decline of Americans' trust in the judicial system and how the Supreme Court justices are trying to mitigate this perception through their opinions.
  
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• George Clooney ditches Hollywood culture for France, gains citizenship with wife and twins

  29-12-2025 22:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Actor George Clooney, along with his wife Amal Alamuddin Clooney, and their two children, have become French citizens.The couple and their 8-year-old twins, Ella and Alexander, were granted citizenship, according to a naturalization decree.The couple has been living in France with their children after uprooting the family to get away from the culture of Hollywood, the Academy Award-winning actor and director said in October. AMANDA SEYFRIED BAILS ON 'TRICKY' HOLLYWOOD FOR QUIET FARM LIFEIn
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene says she was ‘naive’ for believing Trump is man of the people

  29-12-2025 21:55 via theguardian.com
  Greene gives lengthy interview with New York Times days before stepping down as congresswoman for GeorgiaMarjorie Taylor Greene, now just days away from stepping down as a congresswoman for Georgia, has said in her latest mea culpa interview that she “was just so naive” for believing that Donald Trump was a man of the people.In a lengthy interview with the New York Times that examines her break with the president after years of devotion, Greene explained that a series of minor ruptur
  
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• HBO's "The White Lotus" to film season four in France.

  29-12-2025 21:09 via nbcnews.com
  While HBO has announced that its popular series, "The White Lotus," is set to be filmed in France, the iconic show has yet to confirm an official hotel for its setting. NBC News' Daniele Hamamdjian reports.
  
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• Trump vows to 'knock the hell out of' Iran if nuclear program is rebuilt again after high-stakes meeting

  29-12-2025 20:40 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States and Israel have already destroyed Iran’s nuclear program and warned that Tehran would face renewed military action if it attempts to rebuild, as new reports allege the regime is pursuing chemical and biological warheads for its ballistic missiles.Speaking at Mar-a-Lago alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump issued a blunt warning to Tehran over its nuclear and missile ambitions."Now I hear that Iran is trying to
  
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• Zelenskyy accuses Russia of trying to sabotage peace talks with ‘typical Russian lies’

  29-12-2025 20:35 via theguardian.com
  Russia’s claim it foiled drone attack on Putin residence shows ‘they do not want to finish this war’, Ukrainian president saysVolodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of trying to sabotage peace talks and preparing to bomb government buildings after the Kremlin said it had foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on Vladimir Putin’s residence.Zelenskyy described the claim as “typical Russian lies” following his two-hour meeting on Sunday with Donald Trump in Florida. He
  
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• Netanyahu meets Trump in US amid fears of Israeli regional offensives

  29-12-2025 20:33 via theguardian.com
  Israel’s PM travels to Mar-a-Lago as US administration reported to be running out of patience over Gaza ceasefireBenjamin Netanyahu met Donald Trump at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday amid growing fears Israel could launch new offensives against regional enemies, potentially plunging the Middle East further into instability.High on the agenda will be the ceasefire in Gaza, which in October halted the devastating two-year-long war. Though the terms agreed for
  
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• George Clooney and wife Amal granted French citizenship

  29-12-2025 20:06 via theguardian.com
  The actor said privacy laws protecting children from paparazzi were a key factor in the family’s decisionGeorge Clooney has been granted French citizenship, along with his wife Amal Clooney and their two children, according to an official decree in France’s government gazette.The publication confirms an ambition Clooney alluded to early in December when he praised French privacy laws that keep his family shielded from paparazzi. Continue reading...
  
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• China condemns Israel's recognition of Somaliland as independent state

  29-12-2025 19:55 via bbc.com
  Israel's move is a breakthrough in Somaliland's decades-long quest for international recognition.
  
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• At least 13 people killed and 98 injured in train derailment in Mexico

  29-12-2025 19:48 via theguardian.com
  Train accident in Oaxaca is likely to raise criticisms about public works projects from the previous administration At least 13 people were killed when a train derailed in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, in an accident which is likely to revive opposition criticisms of the speed and dealings with which the country’s government builds its flagship public works projects.The incident took place on the Interoceanic Train, which was built to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the narrowes
  
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• Beyoncé is now a billionaire, Forbes reports

  29-12-2025 19:40 via nbcnews.com
  Beyoncé is now a billionaire, Forbes reports
  
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• Ukraine war: Zelenskyy denies Russian accusation that Putin’s residence was attacked by Ukrainian drones – as it happened

  29-12-2025 19:08 via theguardian.com
  Zelenskyy says Moscow trying to derail peace talks progress, as Russian foreign minister claims Ukraine targeted president’s home in NovgorodThe Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists this morning that Moscow agreed with Donald Trump’s assessment that talks to end the war were in their final stage.As a reminder, Trump said a draft agreement to end the war was nearly “95% done”. “I really think we are closer than ever with both sides,” he said, tho
  
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• Mother and two children die in Boxing Day blaze

  29-12-2025 19:02 via bbc.com
  One man, a serving police officer, escaped the fire but his wife and their two children died in the blaze.
  
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• Ukraine denies drone attack on Putin's residence

  29-12-2025 19:00 via bbc.com
  Russia has accused Ukraine of targeting a presidential residence, which President Zelensky called "typical Russian lies".
  
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• Search underway for teen gone missing on Christmas Eve

  29-12-2025 18:59 via nbcnews.com
  Search underway for teen gone missing on Christmas Eve
  
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• US pledges $2bn for humanitarian aid, but tells UN 'adapt or die'

  29-12-2025 18:51 via bbc.com
  The pledge was welcomed by the UN, but comes after previous major cuts to US funding for humanitarian operations.
  
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• Bunting says son, 13, receiving online abuse

  29-12-2025 18:39 via bbc.com
  World number four Stephen Bunting says his son has been the victim of online abuse after Bunting's exit from the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship.
  
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• Missing Texas teen believed to be in 'imminent danger'

  29-12-2025 18:36 via bbc.com
  Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, was last seen leaving her house on Christmas Eve morning.
  
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• More than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain in 2025

  29-12-2025 18:31 via theguardian.com
  Tighter border controls caused arrivals to decline sharply but forced people on to more dangerous routes, activists sayMore than 3,000 people died trying to reach Spain by sea over the past year, a sharp fall from the previous 12 months.However, activists cautioned that the drop reflected tighter border controls that have forced migrants to take increasingly dangerous routes. Continue reading...
  
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• US struck ‘big facility’ in Venezuela, Trump claimed without offering details

  29-12-2025 18:30 via theguardian.com
  Trump alleged that US forces hit ‘very hard’ in what would mark his team’s first land strike on Venezuela if confirmedDonald Trump has claimed that US forces struck a “big facility” in Venezuela last week – but the president did not specify what it was, or where, and the White House has not commented further.“We just knocked out – I don’t know if you read or you saw – they have a big plant, or a big facility, where the ships come from.
  
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• Zelenskyy denies Russian claim that Ukraine attacked Putin residence

  29-12-2025 17:56 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushed back Monday against claims by senior Kremlin officials that Kyiv attacked Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence, calling the allegation a "complete fabrication."Yuri Ushakov, a top foreign policy aide to Putin, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, made the claims in separate statements published on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official Telegram channel, alleging Ukraine carried out a drone attack on a Russian presidential
  
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• Anthony Joshua injured in fatal Nigeria car crash

  29-12-2025 17:53 via bbc.com
  The British heavyweight boxer suffered minor injuries in the crash which killed two people, near Lagos.
  
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• Germany’s far-right AfD invited to join Munich Security Conference 2026

  29-12-2025 17:25 via theguardian.com
  Move comes after party’s exclusion for last two years was lambasted by JD Vance at this year’s event The Munich Security Conference (MSC) has invited lawmakers from Alternative für Deutschland to join its annual gathering of top international defence officials in February after shutting out the far-right party for the last two years.The reversal, which was confirmed by organisers, came after the US vice-president, JD Vance, lambasted the AfD’s exclusion in a blistering spe
  
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• British-Egyptian dissident apologises for tweets as Tories push for UK deportation

  29-12-2025 17:13 via bbc.com
  Shabana Mahmood is facing growing calls to revoke the citizenship of Alaa Abdel Fattah after the emergence of social media posts.
  
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• Man shot dead by police after two-vehicle crash

  29-12-2025 17:12 via bbc.com
  Officers say the suspect is reported to have left the scene holding a handgun.
  
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• Passengers on stranded cruise ship to be flown back to Australia

  29-12-2025 17:00 via bbc.com
  The Coral Adventurer was on its first trip since the death of a passenger when it ran aground on a coral reef off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
  
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• Zelenskyy claims Trump said US will consider giving Ukraine decades of security guarantees

  29-12-2025 16:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy indicated in a post on X that Ukraine would like to have 30, 40 or even 50 years of security guarantees from the U.S. and that President Donald Trump said the U.S. will consider it.Zelenskyy met with Trump in Florida on Sunday, as his nation remains locked in a deadly, protracted war against Russia, and the U.S. administration aims to help broker peace.In a Monday post on X, the president of the embattled Eastern European nation indicated that Trump had "c
  
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• Iran reportedly developing chemical, biological missile warheads as protests spread over collapsing economy

  29-12-2025 16:52 via foxnews.com
  
  Iran is reportedly developing chemical and biological warheads for its ballistic missiles, even as the country faces mounting domestic unrest fueled by a collapsing currency and soaring inflation, according to an exclusive report published by Iran International on Sunday.The outlet, citing unnamed military and security sources, reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has accelerated work on unconventional missile payloads alongside upgrades to command-and-control systems. If
  
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• Star quarterbacks falter as 49ers eye home Super Bowl - best of week 17

  29-12-2025 16:30 via bbc.com
  Our pick of week 17 looks at Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts' flaws, the Steelers' diminishing play-off hopes and the 49ers' home Super Bowl dream.
  
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• Man Utd sign Germany international Schuller

  29-12-2025 16:22 via bbc.com
  Manchester United have signed Germany international Lea Schuller from Bayern Munich until June 2029.
  
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• What did Alaa Abd el-Fattah say in past social media posts and why is there a backlash?

  29-12-2025 16:13 via theguardian.com
  British-Egyptian activist has apologised over tweets appearing to condone violence against Zionists and policeThe human rights campaigner Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s past social media posts have led to a widespread backlash since his return from detention in Egypt on Friday. What has happened? Continue reading...
  
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• Kate Bush 'heartbroken' over friend missing at sea

  29-12-2025 16:11 via bbc.com
  Matthew Upham and another man went missing in the sea in Devon on Christmas Day.
  
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• SoftBank to acquire DigitalBridge for $4bn in move to deepen ties to AI

  29-12-2025 16:05 via theguardian.com
  Acquisition would further expand SoftBank’s investments in artificial intelligence as it tries to center itself in the boomSoftBank Group will acquire digital infrastructure investor DigitalBridge Group in a deal valued at $4bn, the companies said on Monday, as the Japanese investment firm looks to deepen its AI-related portfolio.The acquisition would expand SoftBank’s exposure to digital infrastructure as the Japanese conglomerate is positioning its portfolio to focus on artificial
  
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• Police at reservoir after light aircraft crash

  29-12-2025 15:36 via bbc.com
  Police remain at the scene after reports a small aircraft entered the water on Sunday.
  
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• Hospitals warned end-of-life care crisis threatening treatment

  29-12-2025 15:24 via bbc.com
  A rising number of patients in hospitals could affect the level of treatment carried out this winter, a group of regional NHS leaders have been told.
  
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• Kosovo prime minister wins snap election to end political deadlock

  29-12-2025 15:12 via theguardian.com
  Albin Kurti’s emphatic victory strengthens mandate for domestic reforms including welfare expansionKosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti has won an emphatic election victory, marking a resurgence for the nationalist leader and ending a political deadlock in Europe’s youngest state.The win in Sunday’s snap election strengthens Kurti’s mandate to push through domestic reforms, including welfare expansion and higher salaries for public workers, although he faces signifi
  
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• China launches live-fire drills around Taiwan simulating blockade of major ports

  29-12-2025 14:40 via theguardian.com
  Taipei condemns exercise that Chinese army calls ‘a stern warning’ against separatist and external forcesChina has launched live-fire military drills around Taiwan, simulating a blockade of major ports, attacking maritime targets, and fending off international “interference”, in what it calls a warning to “separatist” forces in Taiwan.The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) – the military wing of the ruling Communist party in China – sent its navy
  
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• Time is right to change Man Utd formation - Amorim

  29-12-2025 14:31 via bbc.com
  Head coach Ruben Amorim says if he had changed Manchester United's formation because of media pressure it would have been "the end" for him.
  
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• Boss of Everyman cinema chain departs weeks after profit warning

  29-12-2025 13:48 via bbc.com
  The upmarket cinema chain faces a leadership shake-up weeks after it cut its revenue forecasts.
  
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• 'It has the X-factor' - the view from the House of Commons public gallery

  29-12-2025 13:38 via bbc.com
  Who would choose to spend the day watching MPs talking? We spent a day in the visitors' gallery to find out.
  
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• Pothole claims up 90% in three years, says RAC

  29-12-2025 12:24 via bbc.com
  Research from the motoring group also finds that only one in four claims results in a payout.
  
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• Influx of cheap Chinese imports could drive down UK inflation, economists say

  29-12-2025 12:19 via theguardian.com
  As Trump’s tariffs take effect, Britain is likely alternative destination for cars, telecoms and sound equipmentBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK is poised for an influx of cheap Chinese imports that could bring down inflation amid the fallout from Donald Trump’s global trade war, leading economists have said.After figures showed China’s trade surplus surpassed $1tn (£750bn) despite Washington’s tariff policies hitting exports to the US, the Bank of England
  
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• Japanese town reeling from year of record bear encounters

  29-12-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Bears are becoming a growing problem in some of Japan’s urban areas as they are forced to venture further in search of foodIt came as no surprise, least of all to the residents of Osaki, that “bear” was selected as Japan’s kanji character of the year earlier this month.The north-eastern town of 128,000 people is best known for its Naruko Onsen hot springs, autumn foliage and kokeshi – cylindrical dolls carved from a single piece of wood. But this year it has made th
  
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• From Gaza to Iran: What’s at stake in Trump-Netanyahu Mar-a-Lago talks?

  29-12-2025 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago on Monday afternoon, with talks expected to focus on renewed tensions with Iran and the possibility of advancing to additional stages of the Gaza peace plan.Before meeting with the president, Netanyahu is slated to meet with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday morning.Dr. Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, told Fox News Digital that President T
  
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• Thailand accuses Cambodia of breaking newly signed ceasefire deal

  29-12-2025 11:38 via bbc.com
  The ceasefire took effect at noon local time (05:00 GMT) on Saturday.
  
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