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• Russian missiles leave dozens wounded in Kharkiv

  02-01-2026 23:23 via nbcnews.com
  Russian missiles leave dozens wounded in Kharkiv
  
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• How K-beauty went from a viral trend to an economic powerhouse

  02-01-2026 23:20 via bbc.com
  Inside the K-beauty industry that has made South Korea a major player in worldwide beauty market.
  
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• BBC settles with 7 October survivors for filming home ‘without permission’

  02-01-2026 23:08 via theguardian.com
  Jewish family say crew did not seek consent to film inside their home days after it was wrecked by Hamas in southern IsraelThe BBC has said it has reached a settlement with a Jewish family who survived Hamas’s 7 October attacks in southern Israel after a news crew filmed inside their destroyed home.The reporting team, which included senior correspondent Jeremy Bowen, entered the Horenstein family’s home in the days after the attacks in 2023. Continue reading...
  
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• WATCH: Do pet-friendly policies belong in the workplace?

  02-01-2026 22:55
  Erika Skinner, author of “Pets are Family,” breaks down the discourse around companies allowing pets into the office.
  
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• Protests spread across Iran as regime threatens US forces as 'legitimate targets' after Trump warning

  02-01-2026 22:39 via foxnews.com
  
  As nationwide protests continued to spread across Iran on Friday, the regime’s hardline Parliament speaker warned the U.S. that American forces and bases in the region would be considered "legitimate targets" if Washington intervenes in the country’s ongoing political unrest.Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf made the comments after President Donald Trump said earlier Friday that the U.S. would take action if Iran uses force against demonstrators. It comes as protests entered
  
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• Authorities find body of missing 4-year-old Alabama boy

  02-01-2026 22:34 via nbcnews.com
  Authorities find body of missing 4-year-old Alabama boy
  
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• Will Smith sued by violinist over claims of retaliation

  02-01-2026 22:32 via nbcnews.com
  Will Smith sued by violinist over claims of retaliation
  
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• WATCH: Lava flows on Mount Etna on New Year's Day

  02-01-2026 21:43
  A drone captured stunning footage of lava flowing from a fissure on Italy's Mount Etna on New Year's Day.
  
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• Ukraine tricks Russia into paying $500K bounty for fake hit on Putin opponent: report

  02-01-2026 21:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine orchestrated a fake hit on one of Russia's enemies who has fought alongside Ukrainian forces, tricking the Kremlin into paying out a $500,000 bounty Kyiv used to fund its war effort. The subject of the supposed Dec. 27 assassination was Denis Kapustin, also known as "White Rex," the leader of the right-wing Russian Volunteer Corps, a group fighting for the overthrow of Vladimir Putin, Metro UK reported. However, Kapustin is alive despite claims from the Ukrainian Armed Forces l
  
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• What images and videos tell us about why Swiss bar fire spread so quickly

  02-01-2026 21:28 via bbc.com
  How the blaze took hold with such ferocity, killing at least 40 people and leaving many more critically injured, is now a key focus for officials.
  
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• Drake accused of using an online gambling platform to inflate play counts of his music

  02-01-2026 21:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Superstar rapper Drake has been accused in a federal class-action RICO lawsuit of using the online sweepstakes casino Stake.us to boost the play counts of his music across the major streaming platforms
  
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• Firefighters rescue dog from frozen pond in Rhode Island

  02-01-2026 21:12 via nbcnews.com
  Firefighters rescue dog from frozen pond in Rhode Island
  
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• US’s first registry of domestic abusers takes effect in Tennessee

  02-01-2026 21:09 via theguardian.com
  ‘Savanna’s law’ named after woman killed by ex-boyfriend, who had extensive record of domestic violence allegationsA state law creating the first registry of people convicted of domestic abuse in the US took effect Thursday in Tennessee.Named after Savanna Puckett, a woman who was shot to death by her ex-boyfriend in January 2022, “Savanna’s law” requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to maintain a database of people who have been convicted of or plead
  
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• Earthquake interrupts Mexican president's press conference

  02-01-2026 20:35 via nbcnews.com
  Earthquake interrupts Mexican president's press conference
  
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• Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO

  02-01-2026 20:06 via nbcnews.com
  Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO
  
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• Teenage girl educated in Britain among the missing after Crans-Montana fire

  02-01-2026 19:54 via theguardian.com
  Charlotte Niddam, 15, went to school in Hertfordshire and her family have not heard from her since the blazeA teenager educated in Britain is among those missing after a deadly fire in a Swiss ski resort.Charlotte Niddam, 15, lived in Bushey, Hertfordshire, until recently and attended Immanuel college, a private Jewish secondary school in the town. The school issued a statement on Friday saying it was “praying for a miracle for Charlotte”. Continue reading...
  
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• Tommy Lee Jones' daughter found dead in California hotel

  02-01-2026 19:51 via nbcnews.com
  Tommy Lee Jones' daughter found dead in California hotel
  
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• How did a YouTuber stop federal funding to Minnesota?

  02-01-2026 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  And can Zohran Mamdani keep up the momentum as New York mayor?
  
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• WATCH: Ohio police search for suspect after dentist, wife found murdered at home

  02-01-2026 19:33
  Ohio authorities are searching for a suspect after a dentist and his wife were found murdered inside their home earlier this week.
  
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• ‘Suspension of entry into the US’, paparazzi – and wine: three other reasons George Clooney moved to France

  02-01-2026 19:21 via theguardian.com
  A UK government warning that Amal Clooney risks US sanctions over her role in the issuing of an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister is key among reasons the couple have sought French citizenshipThe exodus from Hollywood to shores not presided over by Donald Trump has been busy and loud. Ellen DeGeneres, Robin Wright and Courtney Love moved to England; Rosie O’Donnell opted for Ireland; Eva Longoria, Spain. Other Trump critics, including Richard Gere, Lena Dunham and Ryan Gosling,
  
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• WATCH: Woman dies in suspected mountain lion attack in Colorado

  02-01-2026 18:57
  Officials are investigating what's believed to be the state's first deadly mountain lion attack in more than 25 years.
  
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• Mother searches for missing son after ski resort fire

  02-01-2026 18:55 via nbcnews.com
  Mother searches for missing son after ski resort fire
  
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• Anthony Joshua’s driver charged with dangerous driving after fatal crash in Nigeria

  02-01-2026 18:54 via theguardian.com
  British boxer was injured in collision that killed his personal trainer Latif Ayodele and strength coach Sina GhamiNigerian police have charged Anthony Joshua’s driver with causing death by dangerous driving after a fatal crash that killed two people.Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was also charged with driving without a valid driving licence and “driving without due care and attention, causing bodily harm and damage to property”. He is due to appear in court on 20 January. Contin
  
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• FBI offers details about New Year's Eve terror suspect

  02-01-2026 18:51 via nbcnews.com
  FBI offers details about New Year's Eve terror suspect
  
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• Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons

  02-01-2026 18:10 via theguardian.com
  The fate of the woman who left the UK at 15 in search of Islamic State raises wider questions about citizenshipWhile many aspects of UK political polling have shifted drastically since 2019, the public’s view on Shamima Begum has remained largely fixed: a big majority do not want the now 26-year-old woman back in the UK.In 2019, Sajid Javid, then home secretary, stripped the Londoner of her UK citizenship on the grounds that she was a security threat, having travelled as a schoolgirl with
  
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• WATCH: Inside the search for diamonds in Arkansas

  02-01-2026 16:24
  "GMA" takes you inside Arkansas' famous Crater of Diamonds State Park, one of the state’s top attractions.
  
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• Flu patient numbers in English hospitals fall for second straight week

  02-01-2026 15:31 via theguardian.com
  Medical director says NHS ‘far from complacent’ as cold snap bites with average of 2,676 flu patients a day on wardsThe number of people in hospital with flu in England has fallen for the second week in a row, NHS figures show, as England’s top doctor said the health service was “far from complacent” as a cold snap takes hold.An average of 2,676 flu patients were in hospital each day during the week ending 28 December, down 13% from 3,061 the previous week. Continue
  
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• Ørsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze

  02-01-2026 15:27 via theguardian.com
  Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer seeking to overturn White House decision to suspend work on a $5bn wind farm projectEurope’s biggest offshore wind developer is taking the Trump administration to court over its decision to suspend work on a $5bn project on the north-east US coast.Denmark’s Ørsted filed a legal challenge on Thursday against the White House’s decision 10 days ago to suspend the lease for its Revolution Wind site as part of a sweeping move hal
  
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• Maduro urges Trump to abandon ‘illegal warmongering’ and start ‘serious talks’

  02-01-2026 15:14 via theguardian.com
  Venezuelan president warns of a ‘forever war’ similar to Iraq after US counterpart claims first land strike on dockThe Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump to abandon his “illegal warmongering” and begin “serious talks” with his administration as mystery continued to surround a purported pre-Christmas CIA airstrike on the South American country.Speaking during an hour-long TV interview, Maduro declined to confirm reports of the appa
  
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• Colorado authorities suspect mountain lion attack after woman found dead near trail

  02-01-2026 15:03 via theguardian.com
  Other hikers had reported seeing the animal near the body and scared it away ‘by throwing rocks’ at itAuthorities in Colorado are investigating a suspected fatal mountain lion attack after a woman was found dead on a hiking trail in Colorado on Thursday.In a news release on Thursday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) said that hikers reported seeing a mountain lion near a person lying on the ground on the Crosier Mountain trail in unincorporated Larimer county at around 12.15pm local
  
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• Real estate agents under the microscope in Australian-first privacy ‘compliance sweep’

  02-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Businesses including pubs and car rental companies targeted to check if they use ‘power asymmetry’ to gather personal data and keep it too longGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastReal estate agencies who ask for phone numbers at open houses, car dealerships that keep driver licences on file, and pubs and bars that scan IDs for entry will be targeted by the privacy regulator in its first “compliance sweep” of dozens of businesses.The crackdown by the
  
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• Aboriginal woman’s death in custody in NT prompts calls for independent investigation

  02-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Police say woman’s death in Tennant Creek appeared to be the result of a medical episode, but Aboriginal legal service says internal investigation is ‘not sufficient’Warning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Northern Territory’s peak Aboriginal legal service has called for an independent investigation after a 44-year-old Aboriginal mother of five died at the Tennant Creek
  
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• Swiss ski resort fire: it could take days to identify all victims, investigators say

  02-01-2026 14:54 via theguardian.com
  About 40 people died in Crans-Montana bar fire, with images and witness accounts suggesting room’s ceiling was key factorSwitzerland resort fire – latest updatesInvestigators have said it could take days to name all the victims who died in the fire that tore through a crowded bar in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana, as images and witness accounts emerged suggesting the room’s ceiling was a key factor in the blaze.About 40 people were killed in the fire that engulfed the town&r
  
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• Officials race to identify mostly young victims of deadly Swiss Alps bar fire

  02-01-2026 14:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Swiss authorities on Friday began the grim task of identifying the mostly young victims of a deadly New Year’s Eve bar fire that killed around 40 people and injured more than 100 at a ski resort in Crans-Montana.Italian authorities said the death toll could be as high as 47, Reuters reported, citing information provided by Swiss officials. Several Italian nationals were reportedly among the dead, injured or still missing.The fire tore through the Le Constellation bar in the Alpine resort t
  
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• 2025 was UK’s warmest and sunniest year on record, says Met Office

  02-01-2026 14:36 via theguardian.com
  Mean temperature for year was 10.09C, surpassing 2022 record, and 1,648.5 hours of sunshine were recorded2025 was the UK’s warmest and sunniest year on record, the Met Office has confirmed.The UK’s three hottest years on record have now all been in this decade, which meteorologists say is proof of a rapidly changing climate. All of the top 10 warmest years have happened in the past two decades. Continue reading...
  
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• 2025 was UK’s hottest and sunniest year on record, says Met Office

  02-01-2026 14:36 via theguardian.com
  Mean temperature for year was 10.09C, surpassing 2022 record, and 1,648.5 hours of sunshine were recorded2025 was the UK’s warmest and sunniest year on record, the Met Office has confirmed.The UK’s three hottest years on record have now all been in this decade, which meteorologists say is proof of a rapidly changing climate. All of the top 10 warmest years have happened in the past two decades. Continue reading...
  
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• Switzerland resort fire live: ‘horrific’ injuries leave some survivors still unidentified; new image appears to show moment bar caught fire

  02-01-2026 14:35 via theguardian.com
  More than 100 people still in hospital after fire in Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana that killed at least 40; first victim named as Emanuele GaleppiniItaly’s ambassador to Switzerland Gian Lorenzo Cornado has said that all bar five of the 112 injured have been identified now, reports Reuters. Swiss officials are yet to give an update on this and have not shared the names of any victims or injured.Six Italians are still missing and 13 hospitalised, he added. Three Italians were repatr
  
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• Bitterly cold weather expected in UK as up to 10cm of snow settles in some areas

  02-01-2026 14:28 via theguardian.com
  Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice in place, with latest warnings reaching into MondayBitterly cold weather is expected to grip the UK over the weekend with as much as 10cm of snow already in some areas.A number of yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place, with the latest warnings reaching into Monday, while amber snow warnings for northern Scotland are in place until midday on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• Iranian officials warn Trump not to cross ‘red line’ over threats to intervene in protests

  02-01-2026 14:10 via theguardian.com
  US president’s posts that US will come to the rescue of protesters prompt warnings of ‘regret-inducing response’Donald Trump has threatened to intervene in Iran if its government kills demonstrators, prompting warnings from senior Iranian officials that any American interference would cross a “red line”.In a social media post on Friday, Trump said that if Iran were to shoot and kill protesters, the US would “come to their rescue”. He added “we are
  
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• Uber rewrites contracts with drivers to avoid paying UK’s new ‘taxi tax’

  02-01-2026 14:08 via theguardian.com
  Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT requirement, although change is not permitted in LondonUber has swerved paying millions of pounds to the UK exchequer under Rachel Reeves’s new “taxi tax” after the ride-hailing app rewrote contracts with its drivers.The move came as rules announced in November’s budget took effect, which adjusted how VAT is payable on minicab fares and would have resulted in the whole Uber fare becoming s
  
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• What happened in the Crans-Montana bar fire in Switzerland – visual guide

  02-01-2026 14:07 via theguardian.com
  While the cause of the disaster is still under investigation, videos and photos suggest the blaze spread quicklySwitzerland is reeling from one of its worst tragedies after a fire ripped through an Alpine bar during a New Year’s Eve celebration, leaving more than 40 people dead and dozens of others with serious burn injuries.While the cause of the disaster in the Crans-Montana luxury ski resort is still under investigation, video, photos and reports from witnesses suggest the blaze spread
  
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• ‘It’s our turn’: gun-safety advocates are riding a ‘seismic’ wave to US legislatures

  02-01-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  A once-toxic topic is helping survivors and relatives of victims get elected to enact the laws they helped draftA new generation of young political leaders is gaining power in the US by using their personal experience with gun violence to push for reforms they say the US is ready for.Their ascent is part of a nearly decade-long shift, from gun violence prevention being a third-rail issue in politics that was rarely spoken about on campaign trails, to one that candidates, most of them Democrats,
  
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• China threatened to cancel key trade talks after UK minister’s Taiwan visit in June

  02-01-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: diplomats had to scramble to contain fallout with Beijing after Douglas Alexander’s trip to TaipeiChina threatened to cancel high-level trade talks with the UK earlier this year over a government minister’s visit to Taiwan, the Guardian can disclose.Beijing told the British government it would pull its first trade and economic dialogue with the UK in seven years after Douglas Alexander, then a trade minister, travelled to Taipei in late June. Continue reading...
  
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• Mamdani pledges ‘new era’ for New York and vows to govern ‘audaciously’

  02-01-2026 13:40 via theguardian.com
  New mayor gives speech at inauguration and rescinds all orders signed by Eric Adams after corruption indictmentZohran Mamdani vowed to “reinvent” New York City in a speech on his first day as mayor, promising “a new era” for America’s largest city and an ambitious start to his term of office.The 34-year-old political star and democratic socialist, who a year ago was a virtually unknown state assemblyman, is the city’s first Muslim mayor, the first of south Asi
  
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• Crans-Montana fire survivors treated in burns units across Europe

  02-01-2026 13:35 via theguardian.com
  Some of the injured taken to Belgium, France and Germany while Swiss officials try to identify the deadSwitzerland resort fire – latest updatesSurvivors of the catastrophic bar fire in the upmarket Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana are being cared for in special burns units across Europe, while investigators say many of the dead were so badly burned that it could take days or weeks to identify them.About 40 people were killed and 115 injured when the blaze ripped through a New Year’s
  
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• Swiss ski resort fire: many of injured in life-threatening condition, say officials

  02-01-2026 13:32 via theguardian.com
  About 40 people died in Crans-Montana bar fire, with investigators saying it could take days to identify all victimsSwitzerland resort fire – latest updatesInvestigators have said it could take days to identify all of the victims who died in the fire that tore through a crowded bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana as a local official said many of the injured were in a life-threatening condition.About 40 people were killed in the blaze that engulfed the town’s Le Constellation
  
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• Digested week: My resolution, for the world, is sunken living rooms

  02-01-2026 13:16 via theguardian.com
  They’re cosy, civilised and different without disturbing things too much. Let’s do this!At last. I have been waiting a year for this moment. I must apologise to you all. Twelve months ago, in this very organ, nay in this very diary, I noted that we were now in the hazy, lazy, crazy days between Boxing Day and new year and thus wished you all a happy “Christmas perineum”. It should have been, of course, “Merryneum”. It has been bothering me ever since. I can on
  
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• Sewage in drinking water blamed for at least 10 deaths in India’s ‘cleanest city’

  02-01-2026 13:14 via theguardian.com
  Hundreds hospitalised in Indore after public toilet built above water pipeline appears to have let sewage into supplySewage-contaminated drinking water is being blamed for killing at least 10 people, including a baby boy, and sending more than 270 others to hospital in Indore, ranked India’s “cleanest city” for the last eight years.Residents of a congested, lower-income neighbourhood in Indore, Madhya Pradesh’s commercial capital, had been warning authorities for months a
  
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• Seattle police arrest armed man during New Year's Eve celebration

  02-01-2026 13:11
  Police in Seattle arrested a 21-year-old man armed with a shotgun, pistol, and carrying rounds of ammunition near the Space Needle during a New Year’s Eve celebration.
  
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• AI disclosure in healthcare: What patients must know

  02-01-2026 13:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Artificial intelligence is quickly reshaping healthcare. It now supports diagnostic imaging, clinical decision tools, patient messages and back office workflows. According to the World Economic Forum, 4.5 billion people still lack access to essential care, and the global health worker shortage could reach 11 million by 2030. AI could help close that gap.However, as AI becomes more embedded in care, regulators are zeroing in on a simple question. Should patients be told when AI plays a role in th
  
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