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• 'Soft targets' vulnerable

  23-03-2016 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  CNN Justice Reporter Evan Perez explains what a "soft target" is and why it is so vulnerable to terrorism.
  
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• Jack Smith says Donald Trump is ‘person most responsible’ for January 6 Capitol riot during House testimony – US politics live

  22-01-2026 19:44 via theguardian.com
  Former special counsel says he opted not to charge president with insurrection as he gives evidence during tense hearing about investigationsJack Smith testifies evidence showed Trump crimes in 2020 election effortThe committee is taking a recess for members to vote on the House floor. A reminder that today we’re expecting a vote on Department of Homeland Security funding bill that dozens of Democrats have vowed to vote against.The top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, Jamie Raski
  
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• Macron says Europe’s unity worked against Trump’s threats as EU leaders arrive for emergency summit – latest updates

  22-01-2026 19:43 via theguardian.com
  EU meeting in Brussels will discuss volatile situation with US in wake ofTrump’s recent moves around GreenlandZelenskyy’s speech looks to be slightly late, as Indonesia’s president Prabowo Subianto is still speaking.Don’t worry: I’m keeping an eye on this for you.“Hardly any details are known yet about the proposed Greenland deal. But we need them in order to decide how to proceed with the implementation of the EU-US trade deal. @EP_Trade will revisit the issu
  
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• Gordon Ramsay says tax changes will make restaurants ‘lambs to the slaughter’

  22-01-2026 19:39 via theguardian.com
  Celebrity chef warns UK government’s plans for higher business rates from April ‘simply will not work’The celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has accused the government of cooking up a kitchen nightmare at restaurants across the country with tax changes that he says will make hospitality businesses “lambs to the slaughter”.Ramsay, whose company operates 34 restaurants in the UK including Bread Street Kitchen, Pétrus and Lucky Cat, said the industry was “facing
  
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• UK not ready to sign up to Donald Trump’s ‘board of peace’, says Yvette Cooper

  22-01-2026 19:36 via theguardian.com
  Foreign secretary says Britain supports president’s Gaza plan but there are concerns around involvement of PutinUK politics live – latest updatesDavos live – latest updatesBritain will not join Donald Trump’s “board of peace” on Thursday, Yvette Cooper has said, citing concerns about Russian involvement.The foreign secretary said the UK strongly supported the US president’s 20-point plan for Gaza, which he is seeking to draw attention to at the World Eco
  
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• Trump claims world ‘richer, safer’ than year ago at launch of his ‘board of peace’

  22-01-2026 19:35 via theguardian.com
  US president holds signing ceremony at World Economic Forum amid concerns new body seeks to replace UNDonald Trump has claimed the world is “richer, safer and much more peaceful than it was just one year ago” as he hosted a launch event for his “board of peace” initiative at the World Economic Forum in Davos.At a signing ceremony for the new organisation, the US president said it would be “one of the most consequential bodies ever created in the history of the world
  
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• Powerful winter storm to bring heavy snow across much of US this weekend

  22-01-2026 19:35 via theguardian.com
  Storm expected to hit from south Rockies and plains into mid-south on Friday before spreading eastA powerful winter storm is set to sweep across much of the US this weekend, bringing potentially record-breaking cold, heavy snow and ice that forecasters warn could cause hazardous conditions, potential power outages and travel disruptions.The storm is expected to bring “widespread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain” from the south Rockies and plains into the mid-south beginning on Fri
  
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• Trump sues JPMorgan Chase and Jamie Dimon for at least $5bn

  22-01-2026 19:33 via theguardian.com
  US president alleges JPMorgan stopped offering him banking services in wake of January 6 Capitol riotDonald Trump has sued JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, for at least $5bn after accusing America’s largest bank of “debanking” him.The US president alleged that JPMorgan stopped offering him banking services in the wake of the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. Earlier this month, he claimed it had “incorrectly and inappropriately” discriminated against him. Con
  
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• JD Vance accuses Minneapolis protesters who confront ICE agents of ‘cowardly bullshit’

  22-01-2026 19:28 via theguardian.com
  Vice-president urged protesters to take grievances to ballot box instead of hindering immigration enforcement effortsJD Vance on Thursday urged protesters to take their grievances to the ballot box rather than confront federal agents in the streets, dismissing protesters in Minneapolis who have physically blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicles and thrown objects at agents as engaging in “cowardly bullshit”.During an appearance at a factory in Toledo, Ohio, on Thur
  
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• Toronto man posed as pilot to rack up hundreds of free flights, prosecutors say

  22-01-2026 19:22 via theguardian.com
  Dallas Pokornik accused of using fake ID to fool airlines in case likened to Hollywood thriller Catch Me If You CanA Toronto man posed as a pilot for years in order to fool airlines into giving him hundreds of free flights, prosecutors have alleged, in a case that has prompted comparisons to the Hollywood thriller Catch Me If You Can.Authorities in Hawaii announced this week that Dallas Pokornik, 33, had been charged with wire fraud after he allegedly fooled three major US carriers into giving h
  
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• Boeing jet gifted to Trump by Qatari royal family to be delivered by summer

  22-01-2026 19:20 via theguardian.com
  Controversial gifted jetliner described as a ‘flying palace’ is anticipated to be used as new Air Force One planeThe Boeing 747-8 jetliner gifted to the Donald Trump administration by the Qatari royal family is set to be delivered to Trump by this summer.Confirming the anticipated use of the aircraft as the new Air Force One jet, an air force spokesperson told the Guardian: “The Air Force remains committed to expediting delivery of the VC-25 bridge aircraft in support of the Pr
  
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• Police block Ukip march through Tower Hamlets over violence fears

  22-01-2026 19:19 via theguardian.com
  Met says allowing protest would risk serious disorder, including from local peopleFar-right Ukip supporters will be stopped from marching through Tower Hamlets for fear of serious violence, including from local people, Scotland Yard has said.The Metropolitan police said it was not a ban, as the march on 31 January calling for mass deportations could take place in another part of London. Continue reading...
  
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• Get out of Greenland mode and stand up for yourself, Zelenskyy tells Europe

  22-01-2026 19:06 via theguardian.com
  Ukraine president accuses EU leaders of waiting for direction from Donald Trump in blistering speech at DavosDavos live – latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has taken aim at Europe in a fiery speech at Davos, accusing leaders of being in “Greenland mode” as they waited for leadership from Donald Trump on Ukraine and other geopolitical crises rather than taking action themselves.The Ukrainian president’s call-to-arms, targeting some of Kyiv’s top allies, capped a week
  
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• Labour’s Andrew Gwynne resigns paving the way for return of Andy Burnham as an MP– as it happened

  22-01-2026 19:02 via theguardian.com
  PM declines to say whether he supports Burnham standing as Gwynne steps down Andy Burnham may have a new route to parliament after the MP Andrew Gwynne reached a settlement with the Commons that would allow him to retire and call a byelection, Pippa Crerar, Jessica Elgot and Josh Halliday report.In her Sky News interview this morning, Kemi Badenoch also said she was opposed to the UK joining President Trump’s board of peace if Vladimir Putin is a member. She said:We should not be, certainl
  
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• Two men charged over UK funeral firm collapse that left 46,000 ‘out of pocket’

  22-01-2026 18:59 via theguardian.com
  Richard Wells and Neil Debenham charged with conspiracy to defraud over collapse of Safe Hands pre-paid schemeTwo men have been charged after a fraud investigation at a pre-paid funeral firm that left tens of thousands of people “out of pocket” when it collapsed.About 46,000 customers lost the money they had saved up to pay for their funeral when Safe Hands went bust in 2022. Continue reading...
  
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• Inquest opens into mysterious death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe

  22-01-2026 18:57 via theguardian.com
  Fourteen-year-old was found dead in a storm drain in June 2020 six days after setting off from home on his bikeSix years after Noah Donohoe’s bike ride across Belfast ended in a tragedy that mystified Northern Ireland, an inquest is seeking answers.Opening statements at Belfast coroner’s court on Thursday marked the formal start of an attempt to fathom what happened to the 14-year-old schoolboy, who left his home on 21 June 2020 and was found six days later dead in a storm drain. Con
  
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• Greenland says red lines must be respected as Trump says US will have ‘total’ access to island

  22-01-2026 18:52 via theguardian.com
  Island’s PM says sovereignty is non-negotiable after Trump claimed agreement would give US full access with ‘no end, no time limit’Europe live – latest updatesGreenland has demanded its red lines on sovereignty be respected after Donald Trump claimed an agreement with Nato would give the US full and permanent access to the Arctic island, the object of an increasingly bitter months-long dispute.Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland’s prime minister, said on Thursday he di
  
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• UAE ordered to pay £260,000 to trafficking victim exploited by diplomat in London

  22-01-2026 18:51 via theguardian.com
  High court ruling marks first time a foreign state has been held liable for domestic servitude by its envoy on UK soilThe United Arab Emirates must pay more than £260,000 to a victim of human trafficking who was exploited by one of its diplomats in London, the high court has ruled.Lawyers representing the woman said it was unprecedented for a court to order a foreign state to pay for domestic servitude by a diplomat on UK soil. Continue reading...
  
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• French navy intercepts suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker in Mediterranean

  22-01-2026 18:49 via theguardian.com
  Emmanuel Macron says the oil tanker was boarded and searched ‘subject to international sanctions’ The French navy has intercepted a Russian tanker in the Mediterranean suspected to be part of the “shadow fleet” that enables Russia to export oil despite sanctions.“This morning, the French navy boarded and searched an oil tanker from Russia, subject to international sanctions and suspected of flying a false flag,” President Emmanuel Macron said on X. Continue re
  
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• Crockett accuses liberal podcast hosts of racial motive in criticism of her Texas Senate bid

  22-01-2026 18:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said podcasters and comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang were saying "the quiet part out loud" in their criticism of her Senate bid, suggesting the statement was about her race."I really do think that the host said the quiet part out loud, which basically was: If a White man couldn’t do it, then why would a Black woman even have the audacity to think that she could?" Crockett said in an interview in January, according to the Washington Post. "I don’t k
  
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• Trump was 'looking for ways to stay in power,' Jack Smith tells House committee

  22-01-2026 18:47 via abcnews.go.com
  President Donald Trump broke the law, former special counsel Jack Smith told committee members Thursday at an appearance before the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee.
  
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• House jams Senate by attaching repeal of Jack Smith provision to $1.2T funding package

  22-01-2026 18:43 via foxnews.com
  
  The House of Representatives is moving to jam the Senate by attaching a repeal of the upper chamber's Arctic Frost repayment measure to a funding bill that's key to averting a partial government shutdown.A Senate GOP-led measure allowing Republicans in the upper chamber to sue the federal government for up to $500,000 if their phone records were seized by ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith is still causing heartburn in the House.House lawmakers voted unanimously Thursday to roll back that measure, as
  
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• DAVID MARCUS: New York Dems pull dirty districting trick as 'aw shucks' Indiana GOP folds

  22-01-2026 18:38 via foxnews.com
  
  New York City has only one Republican member of Congress, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, who represents Staten Island, the city's only red borough, and parts of South Brooklyn that are purple. An absurd and obviously partisan judicial ruling on Wednesday has put the seat at risk.This isn’t just political hardball, it's a fastball to the face. But too many Republicans are too "principled," or too scared, to retaliate.State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman, who was not only appointed by far-
  
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• Murder rate drops to lowest level since 1900 across major US cities nationwide

  22-01-2026 18:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Murders across the U.S. dropped last year to a historic low, according to researchers, marking a dramatic turnaround after violent crime surged in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and as left-wing leaders espoused ideas like defunding their police departments and releasing repeat offenders without bail.The Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) report weighed crime statistics from 40 cities that have reported monthly data for the past eight years. It found 11 of 13 crime categories dropped in 202
  
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• Canada aquarium that threatened to kill its whales wants to sell them to US

  22-01-2026 18:33 via theguardian.com
  Marineland seeks approval to sell belugas to United States after its China export proposal was rejected‘It’s heartbreaking’: how 30 captive beluga whales have become pawns in row over animal crueltyMarineland, the Canadian amusement park and aquarium which has threatened to kill its captive whales, wants government approval to sell the belugas to the United States after its China export proposal was rejected, according to an official and a former trainer.The former tourist attr
  
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• Washington Dem pushes bill to bar recent ICE hires from future police jobs, slamming Trump's 'occupying force'

  22-01-2026 18:25 via foxnews.com
  
  A Democratic lawmaker in Washington state introduced a bill this week called the ICE Out Act of 2026, which would prohibit state law enforcement agencies from hiring anyone that has taken a job as a sworn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term. The legislation was introduced by state Rep. Tarra Simmons, who served time for three felony convictions for possession of controlled substances and retail theft in 20
  
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• Peru’s interim president embroiled in scandal over secret meetings with Chinese businessmen

  22-01-2026 18:20 via theguardian.com
  Opposition lawmakers say they will seek to impeach José Jerí over undisclosed meetings in Lima’s ChinatownPeru’s interim president, José Jerí, has denied lying to the country and claimed he was the victim of a plot to discredit him amid a growing political scandal over his secretive meetings with Chinese businessmen.Jerí, 39, who took office in October after his predecessor Dina Boluarte was forced out, told a congressional oversight committee on We
  
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• Phil Collins now requires 24-hour medical care following years of mounting health issues

  22-01-2026 18:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Phil Collins says years of health setbacks have left him dependent on round-the-clock medical care.The musician says he’s now under 24-hour care after a brutal stretch of health crises that included five knee surgeries, kidney problems and a long hospital stay."It’s an ongoing thing," Collins told BBC Two’s Zoe Ball in a new interview, per Variety. "I have a 24-hour live-in nurse to make sure I take my medication as I should do. I’ve had challenges with my knee — I
  
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• EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss ‘new reality’ of relations with US

  22-01-2026 18:11 via theguardian.com
  While Donald Trump has dropped his threats to annex Greenland, for now, emergency EU meeting will go ahead to discuss volatile situationEU leaders are gathering in Brussels to discuss the volatile “new normal” in transatlantic relations, after weeks of escalating threats from Donald Trump over Greenland that were suddenly dropped over a vague deal on Arctic security.An emergency EU summit was hastily convened earlier this week after the US president announced he would impose 10% tari
  
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• Poll shows which party has the edge ahead of midterm elections for Congress

  22-01-2026 17:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Democrats hold a slight advantage heading into the midterm elections in a new poll from The New York Times and Siena University.The poll found that 48% of registered voters would support a Democratic candidate if the midterm elections were held today, compared to just 43% for a Republican candidate. The poll also showed skepticism toward President Donald Trump's policies, with 47% of registered voters saying they "strongly disapprove" of how he is handling his job as president.The poll surveyed
  
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