2 hours ago Celtic in Kyogo exit talks, Rangers loan agreed, Hearts ins and outs, Hibs eye ex

Scottish Premiership transfer round-up

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7 hours ago Arsenal fans spot 'illegal' move in Liverpool goal and moan 'I thought we were cheaters'

Arsenal fans were left fuming after Liverpool snatched what could be a vital point in the title race against in-form Nottingham Forest with what has been described as an 'illegal' tactic

Society

6 hours ago US inflation ticks up in December and remains above Fed’s 2% target rate

Consumer price index rose at annual rate of 2.9% and while Trump promised to cut prices he now says it will be hardInflation ticked up across the US last month, according to the last report on consumer prices under the Biden administration.Donald Trump has promised to bring prices down for millions of Americans. But while price rises have slowed sharply since their post-pandemic peak of 9.1%, the pace of inflation remains higher than the Federal Reserve’s target rate of 2% per annum. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Arsenal transfers news: Huge signing expected after offer for forward is snubbed

Arsenal are in desperate need of a new forward following Gabriel Jesus' injury lay-off but the Gunners have seen a first bid rejected for a top target

Sport

70 minutes ago What do the Los Angeles fires tell us about the coming water wars? | Judith Levine

Will water soon be a marketable commodity or a priceless public good?There’s a scene in the film Mad Max: Fury Road where the evil ruler Immortan Joe, gazing down from a cliff upon his parched, emaciated subjects, turns two turbines, and water gushes from three gigantic sluices. The wretched masses surge forward to catch the deluge in their pots and bowls. And as imperiously as he opened the gates, Joe shuts them. “Do not become addicted to water,” he roars. “It will take hold of you.” But, of course, he already has taken hold of them by withholding, essentially, life.We don’t have to await the dystopian future for the water wars to begin. The struggle over water, between private interests and the public good, the powerful and the weak, is raging now. From Love Canal to Flint, Michigan; Bolivia to Ukraine to Tunisia; budget-cutting, privatization, corporate malfeasance and climate crises are conspiring to create political violence, mass migration, property damage and death. Continue...

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79 minutes ago ‘Homecoming’ show for artist Frank Auerbach to be held at Berlin gallery

Exclusive: First show of figurative painter’s work to be displayed in city he fled in 1939 to escape Nazi regimeFrank Auerbach is to be the subject of what has been billed as a homecoming show in Berlin, at which some of his final paintings will be displayed in the city he fled as a child.Auerbach, who died in November last year, never had a show in the city of his birth, which he left due to persecution by the Nazis. Both of his parents were later killed in Auschwitz. Continue reading...

Culture

29 hours ago Leo Woodall stars as ‘the world’s greatest mind’ in new thriller – here’s where to watch

Eight-part conspiracy thriller Prime Target premieres globally on 22 January – here’s the trailer

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3 hours ago Lara Trump eviscerated online after asking ‘how climate change is the reason’ for devastating LA fire conditions

‘These are the people who want to scrap the Department of Education,’ one social media user asked

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8 hours ago I’m a climate scientist and my house in LA burned down. My work has never been more real

I feel like I am safe in saying that we are not thriving on our changing planet – and we will not in the coming decadesMy house in Altadena burned down in the wildfires on Wednesday. It all happened quickly. On Tuesday around 7pm, my wife and daughters went to a hotel as a precaution. I left the house with the dogs when the mandatory evacuation order came in around 3am. As best as I can put the timeline together, our home burned down around the same time that the sun came up, and I was able to drive in and see the damage around 2pm.Neighbors that went in after said it looked like a “war zone”. I have never been in a war zone thankfully, but I didn’t think so. There was nothing violent or chaotic about it. No one stopped me from driving in. There were no sirens. I stood alone – no one else around – in front of my house that was at that point just a fireplace and chimney. The house across the street was about halfway done with burning down, and the house behind ours had just started t...

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8 hours ago PMQs live: Starmer faces Badenoch after surprise inflation fall boosts under

The Consumer Prices Index figure fell to 2.5%, still above the Bank of England’s 2% target

Economics

34 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal told Vlahovic fee; Chelsea target Bayern swap; Liverpool reject £70m bid

January window hotting up as Premier League sides eye big deals

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1 hour ago Miliband blasts Farage and Tories for turning net zero into a ‘culture war’

The energy secretary appealed for cross-party unity on net zero just hours after it was revealed Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attended the launch of a climate change denying lobby group

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4 hours ago Leo Woodall is totally transformed in trailer for Apple TV+’s twisty new conspiracy thriller

Netflix star Leo Woodall is set to lead the cast of upcoming AppleTV+ series Prime Target, a conspiracy thriller that sees the actor in a very different role to Dexter Mayhew.

Culture

7 hours ago 'I'm a tattoo artist – these are the areas of the body I will never ink'

A tattoo artist has shared the areas of the body she refuses to work on, for a number of different reasons – and admitted she has one strict rule for strangers that friends getting inked don't have to follow

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26 hours ago Despair among climate campaigners as Heathrow Airport smashes annual flights record

Climate campaigners have been left speechless and infuriated by Heathrow Airport's announcement of a record breaking year, with 83.9 million passengers travelling through the airport in 2024

Society

9 hours ago UK politics live: Surprise inflation fall eases pressure on Reeves as markets predict interest rate cut

The Consumer Prices Index figure fell to 2.5%, still above the Bank of England’s 2% target

Economics

37 hours ago Transfer news LIVE: Rashford exit delay, Arsenal target Barcelona star, Liverpool latest

Marcus Rashford's move from Manchester United to AC Milan is now more complicated because of Kyle Walker and Arsenal have joined the race to sign Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo

Sport

1 hour ago Rachel Reeves warned not to target farmers for a second time as she searches for spending cuts

Labour told not to take money from flood defences and farm schemes in wake of inheritance tax raid in the Budget

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32 hours ago This is why a Greater Manchester artist is celebrating a Stockport car park

A new exhibition is bringing a piece of Stockport history to the heart of the Manchester

Culture

7 hours ago Major banks are abandoning their climate alliance en masse. So much for ‘woke capital’ | Adrienne Buller

The scope of the Cop26 net zero banking alliance may have been limited, but the exodus of six US banks signifies a seismic political shiftLast week, as flames began tearing through greater Los Angeles, claiming multiple lives and forcing more than 100,000 people to evacuate, JP Morgan became the sixth major US bank to quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) since the start of December. A smaller story, certainly, but the departure of top US banks from the NZBA in the weeks since Donald Trump’s re-election nonetheless speaks to a seismic political shift prompting major financial institutions to turn away from the climate-related commitments they made in the optimistic years after the Paris agreement.The NZBA is a voluntary network of global banks committed to “align lending and investment portfolios with net zero emissions by 2050”. It is part of the umbrella Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), which counts among its membership dozens of “alliances” covering the variou...

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28 hours ago A Swedish artist's model house could soon find a permanent home on the moon

A Swedish artist is about to have the dream of a lifetime fulfilled: a little red model house he created will be launched into space this week and if all goes according to plan put on the surface of the moon

Society

12 hours ago UK politics live: Boost for Reeves as inflation falls after No 10 refuses to rule out emergency budget

The Consumer Prices Index figure fell to 2.5%, still above the Bank of England’s 2% target

Economics

37 hours ago Transfer news LIVE: Rashford's Man Utd exit, Arsenal target Barcelona star, Liverpool latest

Marcus Rashford's move from Manchester United to AC Milan is now more complicated because of Kyle Walker and Arsenal have joined the race to sign Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo

Sport

2 hours ago Italian police accused of making female activists remove underwear and do squats

Climate activists say they were subjected to degrading treatment during questioning in Brescia on MondayItaly’s interior minister has been urged to open an investigation into police in the northern city of Brescia amid allegations that seven female climate activists were made to take off their underwear and perform squats during questioning.The activists were among 22 people brought to Brescia’s main police station on Monday morning after officers interrupted a protest held outside the Italian aerospace and defence firm Leonardo’s factory. Continue reading...

Events

7 hours ago ‘The fight is existential’: Cameroon’s anglophone leaders lead a revolution from behind bars

Julius Ayuk Tabe and other ‘Ambazonian’ activists speak from a prison where they still call for an independent stateSisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe has already served seven years of his life sentence at the Yaoundé principal prison in Cameroon, but he is not ready to budge an inch in the political beliefs that landed him there. “The fight for homeland is existential and non-negotiable – being part of the struggle is a calling and not a vocation,” he tells the Guardian.The 59-year-old computer engineer and former president of a breakaway state is still fighting his revolution from jail. As Cameroon’s civil conflict festers, his quest remains the freeing of his anglophone community from what he sees as the shackles of a francophone Cameroonian state. Continue reading...

Politics

16 hours ago Omar Marmoush surprise transfer decision vindicated as £60m Man City talks continue

The latest Manchester City transfer news as Omar Marmoush of Eintracht Frankfurt remains the target of a £60m January deal

Economics

4 hours ago The inside track on Yousef Salech, the unknown Cardiff City target who is 'dangerous'

The Bluebirds appear to be closing in on their first January transfer signing and we sought the lowdown on the 22-year-old

Events

8 hours ago Celebrity chef announces 'very tough decision' to close Edinburgh restaurant

Celebrity chef Tom Kitchin has made the 'very tough decision' to close one of his Edinburgh restaurants after two years, explaining he had 'no option' amid rising financial costs.

Politics

19 hours ago Investors urged to back climate adaption and resilience as roadmap unveiled

Experts urge investors to prepare for a hotter world as US firms increasingly turn away from environmental, social and governance initiatives.

Economics

6 hours ago What is the Heartland Institute? Inside the climate change denying think tank supported by Nigel Farage

The US-based lobby group has made extreme statements sceptical of climate change - and illustrated their point with pictures of the Unabomber

Events

10 hours ago Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attend launch of climate denial group led by ex

The group boasts that it is ‘the world’s most prominent think tank supporting scepticism about man-made climate change’

Politics

23 hours ago Harry Maguire 'saves Man Utd millions' as Ruben Amorim ditches £70m transfer target

Harry Maguire has enjoyed an impressive Manchester United resurgence under new boss Ruben Amorim and it appears that he is now ready to abandon a lucrative deal eyed by his chiefs

Economics

8 hours ago Big oil pushed to kill bill that would have made them pay for wildfire disasters

Legislation has new life in wake of Los Angeles catastrophe but US fossil-fuel industry is already mobilizing against itIn the year preceding the devastating Los Angeles county wildfires, big oil fiercely lobbied to kill a “polluter pay” bill that moved through the California senate and would have forced major fossil fuel companies to help cover the costs of climate disasters.Fossil-fuel industry lobbying in California spiked to record levels during the 2023-24 legislative session, and the polluter pay bill was among the most targeted pieces of legislation, a Guardian review of state lobby filings found. Continue reading...

Events

12 hours ago William Tell review – limbs fly as Claes Bang’s medieval hero rallies a Swiss army

A classy cast plays it straight in this enjoyably daft action epic about the crossbow sharpshooter forced to shoot an apple from his son’s headNick Hamm lets rip with some gonzo Game of Thrones craziness in his retelling of the William Tell myth with a blue-chip cast. Limbs get chopped off in a style I haven’t seen since the days of Monty Python’s Black Knight. It’s the story of the 14th-century Swiss folk hero and crossbow artist, a peaceful farmer and huntsman who has endured continual tyranny and humiliation at the hands of his Austrian Habsburg masters, and finally rises up against them on a coward-of-the-county basis; the flashpoint being made to shoot an apple from his son’s head for the sneering amusement of the Habsburg nobleman Gessler.It’s adapted by Hamm from the 1804 play by Schiller (not many action movies can boast that), but gives Tell a Muslim wife and adopted son that Schiller didn’t imagine; a flashback reveals this to be the result of Tell’s experiences in the Cru...

Politics

29 hours ago Arsenal 'set to sign' Liverpool transfer target but £51m star won't arrive until summer

Arsenal are reportedly on the verge of completing a deal to sign Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi, who has been heavily linked with a move to the Premier League

Economics

10 hours ago Why do civilians often die in Nigerian military strikes that target rebels?

The Nigerian military has mistakenly killed hundreds of civilians in airstrikes targeting armed groups in the nation’s conflict-battered north over the years

Events

13 hours ago Ruben Amorim handed unlikely Viktor Gyokeres boost as he eyes dream Man Utd transfer

Manchester United are interested in signing Sporting's Viktor Gyokeres and they have been handed a boost after Bayern Munich decided to focus on another forward target in Chelsea's Christopher Nkunku

Politics

29 hours ago Arsenal 'set to sign' Liverpool transfer target Martin Zubimendi as £51m star picks rivals

Arsenal are reportedly on the verge of completing a deal to sign Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi, who has been heavily linked with a move to the Premier League

Economics

10 hours ago Escalating armed conflict is most urgent threat for world in 2025, say global leaders

World Economic Forum says responses from experts in business, politics and academia also highlight climate crisisGlobal leaders have said that escalating armed conflict is the most urgent threat in 2025 but the climate emergency is expected to cause the greatest concern over the next decade, according to the World Economic Forum.Ahead of its yearly gathering in the Swiss ski resort of Davos next week, the WEF asked more than 900 leaders from business, politics and academia about the risks that most concern them. Continue reading...

Events

19 hours ago Britain's pothole hotspots: Interactive map reveals the areas where roads are worst blighted by craters

Interactive graphics reveal the shocking extent of Britain's pothole problem - and scientists think climate change is to blame.

Politics

32 hours ago Major coffee chain announces rule change to target annoying customer habit

The new rules reverse the policy put in place in 2018, after two Black men were arrested

Economics

11 hours ago Stand up and be counted: six ways to protest that will make your voice heard

The current wave of marches and activism around the world is the largest in documented history, giving scientists the chance to study what makes for a successful campaignOn 27 September last year, three climate activists were arrested for throwing soup over Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh at the National Gallery. The Just Stop Oil protest landed on the national front pages. But will the action help further the activists’ cause to end fossil fuels?Scientists are beginning to find answers to this question. The number of protests more than tripled between 2006 and 2020 and researchers are working out which tactics are most likely to change public opinion, influence voting behaviour, change policy or even overthrow political regimes. Continue reading...

Events

21 hours ago Jota rises to peg back Nottingham Forest after Wood gives Liverpool early scare

Just when it seemed nothing was dropping for Liverpool in a captivating contest, Arne Slot turned to his substitutes’ bench midway through the second half and exhibited his seemingly golden touch. Kostas Tsimikas and Diogo Jota entered, the former teeing up the latter at a corner to equalise courtesy of their first touches. It was Liverpool’s first shot on target and the first goal Nottingham Forest had conceded in more than 500 minutes of action.For Forest, this is a simply a ride supporters do not want to step off. This was another resounding display under Nuno Espírito Santo, another impressive step in an extraordinary season and a point lifts them to second, six points behind the pacesetters, who also have a game in hand. On this evidence, we may just have a title race, especially with both Chelsea and Manchester City dropping more points. Continue reading...

Politics

12 hours ago Celtic have travel sickness bug amid dubious Yang appraisal as Rangers target climbs off sickbed for 'heroic' team

Key takeaways from Dens Park thriller

Events

24 hours ago Lanarkshire MSP accuses Scottish Government of presiding over “terrifying” A&E waiting times

Meghan Gallacher's remarks come after monthly A&E waiting times for November showed that only 55.5 per cent of patients in NHS Lanarkshire were seen within the government’s four-hour target.

Politics

15 hours ago Illegal release of four lynx 'could be start of rogue rewilding campaign'

EXCLUSIVE: Nature expert warns frustrated 'guerrilla' activists may have decided to 'take law into their own hands'.

Events

25 hours ago Celebrated artwork will be removed from an Iowa park as its creator ends fight to preserve the work

A nationally known outdoor artwork will be removed from a Des Moines park pond under a settlement

Politics

16 hours ago ‘The entire community is just gone’: inside the Los Angeles wildfires – podcast

Gabrielle Canon reports from Los Angeles on the wildfires destroying homes and communitiesAs the Los Angeles wildfire spread closer to his home, George Elmaraghi was anxiously waiting for an evacuation order. “When I saw the fire, from our backyard, almost parallel to our house, I was like, OK, we gotta go.” George’s home in Altadena was destroyed in what is now the city’s most destructive wildfire. That fire is still burning and George and his family, along with 150,000 other displaced people, are now grappling with trauma, homelessness, insurance claims – and the ultimate decision of whether to rebuild or walk away. For Gabrielle Canon, the Guardian’s extreme weather correspondent, this unprecedented fire must be understood as a compound climate disaster: the disastrous end result of a chain of events exacerbated by the climate crisis.Gabrielle explains to Michael Safi why popular anger is growing around the Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass, and unpacks the potential climate crisis i...

Events

25 hours ago Greek hotels could be forced to make big change to their pools this summer

The changes would be in response to climate change

Politics

18 hours ago Martin Zubimendi's true thoughts on failed Liverpool move amid shock transfer U

Arsenal have made their move for long-term target Martin Zubimendi, but the midfielder came very close to joining Liverpool back in the summer before a deal collapsed

Events

27 hours ago Culture minister pledges to clamp down on repeats of "the Oasis moment" that ripped off fans

Daily Record praised as Culture minister Chris Bryant pledges to cut the deception out of profiteering "dynamic pricing" tactics used by Ticketmaster and acts like Oasis

Politics

19 hours ago Climate change is driving Britain's pothole crisis as figures reach a five year high

A Freedom of Information request to local authorities found they received nearly 1 million (952,064) reports of potholes between January and November 2024 – the equivalent of 3,122 reports each day.

Events

31 hours ago Traitors winner Meryl Williams says teenagers’ comments made her hide on train

She said living with dwarfism means she is an easy target because people ‘notice you straight away’.

Politics

20 hours ago Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived

Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have been cited for anticipating a world wracked by climate change, racism and economic disparity

Events

35 hours ago Marilyn Manson: A timeline of the allegations against the controversial rock star

Controversial artist is accused of abuse by more than a dozen women

Politics

21 hours ago Tottenham: Ange Postecoglou backs Dominic Solanke to hit new level with transfer 'help'

Postecoglou is wary of overloading Solanke as Spurs target a new forward this month

Events

35 hours ago ‘We are crying for rain’: Suriname’s villages go hungry as drought bites

After the worst rains in decades, rivers are drying up and crops failing, leaving people in the interior without clean water or healthcare, and cutting transport linksJohn Adjako lets out a deep sigh when his thoughts turn to his income as a boatman. It has been dwindling for the past few months during the drought in the Upper Suriname region where he lives and where his boat is one of the dozens moored each day at the Atjoni jetty.December generally sees a surge of local passengers and tourists heading to the interior of Suriname, a country on the north-east coast of South America, where the Amazon meets the Atlantic Ocean. Continue reading...

Politics

37 hours ago England squander big chance as Australia defend meagre total in Women’s Ashes ODI

Second ODI: Australia, 180, beat England, 159, by 21 runsJones innings not enough as hosts claim two pointsSo near and yet so far. England did all the hard yards in the second Women’s Ashes ODI at Melbourne on Tuesday, wiping Australia out for 180 after inducing one of their worst ever batting collapses – eight Australian wickets lost for 49 runs.Then, after wobbling to 125 for eight, England somehow managed to stagger to within 22 runs of their target, courtesy of a patient rearguard 47 not out from Amy Jones and the determination of England’s Nos 10 and 11. Lauren Filer and Lauren Bell survived 29 balls between them as Jones tried her level best to play her role as the senior batter and see her side over the line. Continue reading...

Politics

28 hours ago Vandals target Ayr football club as youths slammed for going on wrecking spree

Officials say the damage could have been much worse if the culprits were not caught in the act.

Events

42 hours ago Almost 10,000 images of tennis balls plunge up to 90% in value as Australian Open appears to ditch NFTs

Ball artworks were worth about $278 in 2022, falling steeply to as low as $25 on NFT exchange OpenSeaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNearly 10,000 images of balls have plunged up to 90% in value after Tennis Australia appears to have walked away from its non-fungible token (NFT) program three years after it began selling the artworks to punters.Launched at the peak of hype around NFTs, the Australian Open’s Artball program allowed keen fanatics to buy 6,776 ball artworks sold as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that are linked to 19cm x 19cm plots on the court at Melbourne Park. In 2023, the Open had an additional 2,454 NFTs on offer. Continue reading...

Politics

28 hours ago Just Stop Oil activists aged 66 and 77 charged with criminal damage after spraying '1.5 is dead' on Charles Darwin's headstone at Westminster Abbey

Alyson Lee, 66, and Diane Bligh, 77, are set to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court next month after painting the words '1.5 is dead' in orange paint on the 19th century biologist's grave.

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