51 minutes ago As Trump enters the fray, the danger is that a nationalist Europe will fragment, not stick together | Nathalie Tocci

Rightwing leaders such as Meloni and Orbán set themselves up as Trump whisperers – but they only want to preserve their own interests A far-right wind is blowing across the Atlantic. While the rise of the populist right in Europe predated Donald Trump’s re-election, far-right parties, leaders and governments across Europe are being bolstered by his imminent return to power, and by Elon Musk’s rising political star. There is some hope that Trump’s presidency could have a unifying effect on Europe – and on issues such as defence policy, I believe it might.Trump’s apparent disregard for international law, sovereign borders and the US’s Nato allies with his ludicrous threat, even before his second term begins, to annex Greenland by force, drew a swift and unified reaction from France, Germany and Spain, whose leaders made it clear that they are, as you would expect, appalled and standing with Denmark. Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said Trump’s remarks had triggered “incomprehension...

Politics

11 hours ago California fires live: Governor Newsom suspends environmental laws to allow rebuilding in fire zones

At least 16 people have been killed so far as death toll expected to rise, Los Angeles county sheriff says Full story: stronger winds threaten further destruction, officials warnPoliticians quibbling as LA burns: Newsom’s latest beef with TrumpDetails emerge about the LA fire victimsA video shows a fire tornado spotted in the Palisades blaze:As is noted in our news report on the California wildfires, at least 20 arrests have been made for looting. Officials have imposed a mandatory curfew in evacuation zones as well as in the city of Santa Monica, which is next to Pacific Palisades. Continue reading...

Society

18 hours ago 'We're with you': Supermarket giant Morrisons backs farmers' protests against Labour's inheritance tax raid in fresh blow for Rachel Reeves

In a video posted on social media, the grocery chain told Britain's farmers it shared their concerns about the impact of Labour's action, adding: 'We're with you.'

Economics

12 hours ago Manuel Ugarte issues strong message after Manchester United response vs Arsenal

Manchester United defeated Arsenal on penalties to book a tie with Leicester City in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Sunday

Sport

50 minutes ago Your car repair costs are set to soar even HIGHER in 2025, motoring experts warn

2025 is looking to be an even more expensive year for car repairs, new data warns, with experts concerned that drivers will shun repairs and maintenance to avoid bills.

Events

1 hour ago Cameron Diaz walked away from Hollywood 10 years ago – her return is worth celebrating

A decade after leaving acting behind, the star of ‘There’s Something About Mary’ and ‘Charlie’s Angels’ has un-retired for a new Netflix film. Might she now be afforded some respect, asks Adam White

Culture

22 hours ago Travel expert says you can avoid 'overpriced' item at airport with 'life

A travel expert has shared something you should never buy in the airport when you're waiting to fly - but she did suggest a reasonable alternative you can take

Transport

51 minutes ago Ange Postecoglou makes Arsenal vow as Tottenham avoid FA Cup upset against Tamworth

Tottenham needed extra-time to beat non-league Tamworth in the third round of the FA Cup and Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou is confident it will not have impact on their upcoming clash with rivals Arsenal

Politics

19 hours ago Legendary comedian Eric Morecambe's trademark glasses fetch £20,000 at auction

The trademark glasses were synonymous with his comedic persona - and he would quirkily raise and lower them on stage, usually in response to his comic partner Ernie Wise.

Economics

12 hours ago Alejandro Garnacho sent clear Man United transfer demand as Napoli fans take drastic action

Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho has been linked with a transfer away from the club in the January window

Sport

2 hours ago California governor accuses Musk of ‘encouraging looting’ with misleading LA fires claim

Factually incorrect posts shared by Elon Musk on his social media site claim California governor Gavin Newsom decriminalised looting

Events

96 minutes ago Australian Open 2025: Sinner, Swiatek and Gauff through, Kyrgios and Djokovic to come on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Joey via emailAnother multi-deuce service game for Coco Gauff, but this time it goes Sofia Kenin’s way. We’re back on serve on RLA in a match already averaging seven minutes per game. Gauff has served five aces and four double faults in an erratic opening. Kenin is just keeping the ball in play and showing that resilience from the baseline that became her trademark five years ago.20-year-old American Alex Michelsen has taken the first set off 12th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, breaking the Greek’s serve in the 12th game. It would be no surprise if the 2023 finalist became the first major casualty of the tournament. Continue reading...

Politics

19 hours ago Chinese investment of £600 million in UK ‘a start’, says Cabinet minister

Science Secretary Peter Kyle said the Chancellor has returned from China with ‘solid commitments for investment’.

Economics

15 hours ago Arsenal vs Manchester United LIVE: FA Cup latest score and updates as Fernandes strikes but Dalot sent off

Holders United are aiming to avoid failing their defence of the trophy at the first hurdle

Sport

4 hours ago The council bosses who failed victims of the Rotherham grooming gang: How senior leaders have pursued roles as government advisers, bankers

The independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation condemned senior officials who 'underplayed' the scale of the 'appalling' abuse against girls as young as 11.

Events

1 hour ago Pope’s pick for Washington archbishop sets stage for conflict with Trump, experts say

Appointment of progressive Robert McElroy comes as rightwing Catholics wield significant influence in US capitalWhen the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, sought to shut down a Catholic charity that was was providing shelter and aid to undocumented migrants at the border, the San Diego cardinal, Robert McElroy, took a robust public stand against the attempt.“The state of Texas is using governmental pressure to curtail the work of the Church in one of its most fundamental obligations: to feed the hungry, to shelter the homeless, and to provide drink to the thirsty,” McElroy said in a statement at the time. “No government can morally tell us to abandon or limit this mission.” Continue reading...

Politics

26 hours ago ‘A welfare state with a budget on the right side of zero’: Iceland’s youngest

Kristrún Frostadóttir, who entered politics just four years ago, speaks to the Observer about feminism, the far right and reopening talks on joining the EUNearly 45 years ago, Iceland made history by producing the world’s first elected female president of a country, setting it on a path to being the global feminist frontrunner it is today.Since then it has had multiple female presidents and prime ministers, but it wasn’t until three weeks ago, when social democrat Kristrún Frostadóttir took office, that the country’s two top positions were both held by women at the same time. It comes after Halla Tómasdóttir became Iceland’s second female president in August. Continue reading...

Economics

16 hours ago Arsenal vs Manchester United LIVE: FA Cup latest score and updates as opener ruled out

Holders United are aiming to avoid failing their defence of the trophy at the first hurdle

Sport

5 hours ago Chuck D pleads for people to stop using Public Enemy’s Burn Hollywood Burn on videos of LA fires

The 1990 protest track ‘has nothing to do with families losing everything they have’ says the rapper, hitting out at TikTok and Instagram videosFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPublic Enemy’s Chuck D has asked people to stop using the rap group’s song Burn Hollywood Burn as a soundtrack on videos of the California wildfires, saying it has “nothing to do with families losing everything they have”.The rapper issued the statement on the weekend in response to several videos uploaded to TikTok and Instagram that use the 1990 Public Enemy song over footage of the wildfires, which have killed at least 24 people, destroyed more than 12,300 buildings and displaced more than 200,000 people so far.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Events

1 hour ago SNP must make lifesaving dental checks available to everyone, Labour say

Dentists made more than 1,000 cancer-related referrals in 2023-24

Politics

29 hours ago This £22m school opened in September. So why are staff now facing redundancy and being told state of the art facilities may never be used?

The 'much needed' Ysgol Robert Owen, funded by the Welsh Government and Powys Council, has empty places and is making cuts five months after opening

Economics

19 hours ago Tamworth vs Tottenham LIVE! FA Cup match stream, latest score and goal updates today

Spurs out to avoid third-round upset against non-League opponents

Sport

10 hours ago Pedestrian tragically killed after horrific lorry crash on M6 sparks huge emergency response

The fatal incident closed the motorway near Wigan on Sunday (January 12)

Events

2 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Sinner in action as Swiatek eases through and Tsitsipas stunned on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Joey via emailAnother multi-deuce service game for Coco Gauff, but this time it goes Sofia Kenin’s way. We’re back on serve on RLA in a match already averaging seven minutes per game. Gauff has served five aces and four double faults in an erratic opening. Kenin is just keeping the ball in play and showing that resilience from the baseline that became her trademark five years ago.20-year-old American Alex Michelsen has taken the first set off 12th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, breaking the Greek’s serve in the 12th game. It would be no surprise if the 2023 finalist became the first major casualty of the tournament. Continue reading...

Politics

11 hours ago JD Vance slams ‘incompetent’ California government as Gavin Newsom battles wildfire conspiracy theories

California governor slams ‘delusional’ Trump while incoming VP highlights fire hydrants failing on firefighters

Events

2 hours ago Readers' Letters: SNP politicians more interested in being 'celebrities'

A reader suggests senior SNP politicians are more interested in courting celebrity than serving their constituents

Politics

12 hours ago OAP, 69, dies after being hit by a Volkswagen in an Asda car park: Heroic bystanders leapt into action to try to save his life

An investigation has been launched by police after the 69-year-old man was certified dead at the scene of the incident, which took place at the Dock Road branch of ASDA.

Events

13 hours ago Trump attacks Newsom over emergency response as Trudeau hits back at 51st state comments: Live

President-elect claimed politicians in California were unable to put out raging fires – elevating his longstanding feud with Newsom

Events

3 hours ago Swinney is taking control of the NHS because he knows it is his Government's weakness

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says Swinney has presided over a remarkable turnaround for the SNP, but voters may still punish him over public services.

Politics

14 hours ago Child tragically dies in 'sledding accident' after being found by police in frozen pond

A child out sledding with their mother and grandmother is feared to have slid down a hill and was unable to avoid splashing into a frozen pond and died in North Carolina, US

Events

3 hours ago The SNP government is failing patients and staff feel worn out and demoralised

Record View says it's encouraging that John Swinneyhas taken charge of the way his government runs the NHS, but they must cut waiting times, improve staffing levels and ease the pressure.

Politics

15 hours ago California fires could be costliest disaster in US history, says governor

Gavin Newsom accuses Trump of spreading disinformation after president-elect calls emergency response ‘incompetent’

Events

3 hours ago Scottish Labour MP encourages colleagues to speak out and 'hold UK Government to account'

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Leishman said backbench Labour MPs have to "make sure that the values and the ideals and the principles of the Labour Party are enacted in Government."

Politics

15 hours ago Watch live: Los Angeles County officials give wildfire update as death toll rises

Watch live as Los Angeles County officials give an update on the deadly wildfires today (12 January) as California governor Gavin Newsom described the tragedy as the worst natural disaster in US history.

Events

4 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Sinner and Swiatek in action as Tsitsipas stunned on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Joey via emailAnother multi-deuce service game for Coco Gauff, but this time it goes Sofia Kenin’s way. We’re back on serve on RLA in a match already averaging seven minutes per game. Gauff has served five aces and four double faults in an erratic opening. Kenin is just keeping the ball in play and showing that resilience from the baseline that became her trademark five years ago.20-year-old American Alex Michelsen has taken the first set off 12th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, breaking the Greek’s serve in the 12th game. It would be no surprise if the 2023 finalist became the first major casualty of the tournament. Continue reading...

Politics

16 hours ago Keir Starmer ‘will act on findings of Tulip Siddiq investigation regardless of outcome’

Minister hits back after Tories call for PM to sack anti-corruption minister at centre of Bangladesh property rowKeir Starmer will act on the findings of an independent investigation into Tulip Siddiq’s conduct regardless of the outcome, a cabinet minister has said, as Kemi Badenoch called for her to be sacked.Badenoch, the Conservative leader, accused the prime minister of appointing “his personal friend as anti-corruption minister and she is accused herself of corruption”, after the Bangladesh government raised serious concerns about Siddiq’s links to the regime of Sheikh Hasina, her aunt. Continue reading...

Events

5 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Sinner and Swiatek in action, Gauff through on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Jonathan via emailAnother multi-deuce service game for Coco Gauff, but this time it goes Sofia Kenin’s way. We’re back on serve on RLA in a match already averaging seven minutes per game. Gauff has served five aces and four double faults in an erratic opening. Kenin is just keeping the ball in play and showing that resilience from the baseline that became her trademark five years ago.20-year-old American Alex Michelsen has taken the first set off 12th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, breaking the Greek’s serve in the 12th game. It would be no surprise if the 2023 finalist became the first major casualty of the tournament. Continue reading...

Politics

16 hours ago Gavin Newsom is slammed for car crash interview as he furiously tries to shift blame for LA fires

Governor Gavin Newsom has given a list of possible reasons for how the wildfires in Los Angeles got so out of control while also denying he's been pointing the finger at others in an interview.

Events

5 hours ago Man City showcase latest crop of stars as Pep Guardiola seeks to avoid Cole Palmer repeat

Manchester City utilised a host of their young talents against Salford City with James McAtee, Davin Mubama and Nico O'Reilly all scoring in the rampant FA Cup win

Politics

16 hours ago Tamworth 'robbed' vs Tottenham thanks to Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola as 'FA Cup is dying'

Tottenham Hotspur have managed to avoid an almighty upset in the third round of the FA Cup - but some fans think their opponents Tamworth were robbed of a replay

Events

5 hours ago Government 'will start flogging your health data' in new move to 'turbocharge' Labour's growth plans with AI

Ministers are getting ready to open up the UK's store of NHS data to large tech companies in a bid to place the country at the centre of the worldwide AI revolution.

Politics

16 hours ago Sweden to contribute up to 3 warships to reinforced NATO presence in the Baltic

Sweden's government says the country will contribute up to three warships to a NATO effort to increase the alliance’s presence in the Baltic Sea as it tries to guard against sabotage of underwater infrastructure

Events

5 hours ago ANDREW NEIL: We're ruled by the most useless government in living memory. Elon Musk threatens their monopoly... bring it on!

Elon Musk and Dominic Cummings are in cahoots to upend British politics as we've known it, bringing down Keir Starmer in the process.

Politics

17 hours ago Jimmy White issues Ronnie O'Sullivan update after Rocket pulls out of The Masters

Ronnie O'Sullivan will not defend his Masters title after withdrawing from the tournament, with Jimmy White issuing an update on his friend as the action got under way

Events

6 hours ago Labour ministers are urged to urgently crackdown on LED headlights that dazzle other drivers

The Government is being urged to commission an independent study into the issue after a survey found nine in 10 drivers think at least some headlights on cars on the road today are too bright

Politics

17 hours ago Rescuing strangers, cooking for firefighters: LA residents find ‘hope among the ashes’

The kindness of strangers allowed two men to escape the deadly Palisade fire, while businesses and non-profits gear up to assist evacuees Many things went wrong for Aaron Samson on Tuesday morning. But a few lucky breaks – and the kindness of two strangers – allowed him and his 83-year-old father-in-law, Ron, to escape the deadly Palisades fire as it swiftly closed in around them.After getting an alert about the impending wildfire on his phone, Samson sprang into action at Ron’s home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, where the retired cardiologist had lived for nearly 50 years. Samson grabbed clothes and medication for his father-in-law, who has Parkinson’s disease and was recovering from a recent surgery, and texted his own wife and kids, who were back home in Berkeley. Continue reading...

Events

7 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Gauff, Swiatek and Sinner in action on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Jonathan via emailStefanos Tsitsipas reached the final here in 2023, and made three semi-finals in the four years before that. His form has nosedived since, plummeting from third in the world to 12th, with only two tournament victories in that time.He has the full throated support of Melbourne’s massive Greek community out on John Cain Arena this morning, but he has his work cut out against 20-year-old rising star Alex Michelsen who has vaulted from 601 in the world to 41st in just two years.Since her much-discussed break with coach Brad Gilbert after her disappointing US Open performance (losing to fellow American Emma Navarro, who is the eighth seed in Australia), Gauff’s record is an extraordinary 18-2 since the US Open. With new coach Matt Daly, Gauff has ironed out much of the issues with her forehand and serve and is playing a brand of highly confident tennis. Further, the fact that Gauff is o...

Politics

18 hours ago £39m Russian superyacht owned by key Putin aide STILL on lockdown in London 'prison'

The £39m superyacht Phi, owned by a Russian property tycoon, was seized by the UK government back in 2022 - and remains imprisoned in Canary Wharf, covered in unsightly scaffolding

Events

7 hours ago UK manufacturers increase pressure on government over industrial strategy

Despite gloomy outlook on business costs, executives report ‘heightened optimism’ about investment

Politics

18 hours ago Urgent cyber attack warning as couples' sex toys 'could be weaponised by hackers'

Remote-controlled sex toys could be 'weaponised' by hackers as they don't use encrypted connections with smart phones, according to a concerning new government report

Events

7 hours ago Minister seeks to ease road safety concerns over brighter LED headlights

Motorists say they are feeling the strain of brighter headlights ‘more than ever before’, according to the AA.

Politics

18 hours ago Ange sees Tamworth vs Tottenham FA Cup clash off to bizarre start as he's hit with 'sacked in the morning' chants

The Spurs boss will be looking to avoid an all-time great FA Cup giant-killing against non-league Tamworth

Events