The Village People, the group behind iconic hit YMCA, think their song will help heal divides in the USA after a backlash about their decision to perform it at Donald Trump's inauguration

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Trump’s nominee to lead the interior department will tell senators that he supports expanding drilling on public lands, a reversal from Biden’s policy In his final days in office, Joe Biden is expected to outline steps to better protect the United States from hackers linked to rivals like Russia and China, the Guardian’s Joseph Gedeon reports:The Biden administration is making a final push to fortify America’s cyber defenses against mounting threats from China and Russia, issuing a sweeping cybersecurity executive order just days before leaving office that aims to tackle vulnerabilities from outer space to consumer electronics. Continue reading...

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Air fryer deals tend to be a bit sparse during January - but this one we spotted is too good not to share

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The boyhood fan looks to be inching towards a sensational move back to Celtic Park

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Rashford, 27, is currently being frozen out of the Manchester United first team by Ruben Amorim after admitting last month that he is ready to leave his boyhood club.

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Excellent performances from Eve Myles and Dougray Scott illuminate a series that’s not afraid to get much darker than the average streaming thriller

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The president-elect’s pose says: here’s a man you can’t get rid of easily. The new vice-president’s says: ‘Can you believe this?’It’s possible that you have seen far more of Donald Trump’s face than you’d like in recent months. But if you haven’t, then I’ve got great news: the president-elect’s official portrait has now been released. This morning, Trump’s transition team shared official portraits of the incoming president and his vice president-elect, JD Vance, before their inauguration next week. “Official Portraits Released – And They Go Hard ????” an accompanying statement from the Trump team proclaimed.So just how hard do they go? You can rate them for yourself, but Trump’s somewhat untraditional pose is certainly trying to project “tough guy”. He’s got one eye squinted menacingly and a grim, defiant look on his face. The pose is strikingly similar to his famous mugshot from 2023. Continue reading...

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Discover the secrets to living a longer, healthier, and happier life, inspired by the traditions of the world’s longevity capital.

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Project involves building luxury hotel complex at small abandoned military base on island off Albanian coast

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Gunners ready to splash more cash as huge deal agreed

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Roy Keane has reignited a four-year feud with pop legend Sir Rod Stewart after the singer originally labelled the Man Utd hardman a 'bully' over an on-air bust up with Jamie Carragher

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‘The number one reason why he got elected, he said, was because of the immigration and the border issue,’ DeSantis says of Trump

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Netanyahu, with Trump waiting in the wings, has no interest in lasting peace. From these beginnings must come political change – and a reckoning At last! The yearned-for Israel-Hamas ceasefire-for-hostages deal is finally happening. It is welcome. Like thin ice covering deep waters, it is scarily fragile, prone to crack under the slightest pressure. And it is desperately, lethally overdue. Tens of thousands of Palestinians, and many Israelis, have died since last May, when US president Joe Biden first set out the parameters of this agreement. Civilians are still being killed in Israeli airstrikes that have actually intensified since the two sides grudgingly initialled the deal in Qatar.Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere are naturally relieved these merciless Israeli bombardments will soon stop. But celebrations are tempered by fears about the future, and by deep grief and anger over the still terrifying present and immediate past. According to Gaza health ministry figures, more than...

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The feature may signal how Nintendo is getting ready for a wave of third-party games, including Call of Duty

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The outgoing president was right, in his farewell address, to warn of the dangers posed by the billionaires around the tableAristocrats are “the most difficult Animals to manage, of anything in the whole Theory and practice of Government. They will not suffer themselves to be governed,” John Adams warned, writing after his presidency. Banning titles was insufficient; a few would still be distinguished by birth or, especially, wealth. The problem was not just their ability to buy political favours but the grip that their money had on people’s minds.Economic and political power entwine everywhere. Fear of the rich’s outsized influence has existed throughout US history. Yet at times the relationship becomes especially stark and threatening. On Wednesday, Joe Biden evoked the 19th-century Gilded Age and the robber barons – who crushed competitors, exploited workers, bought judges and politicians, and flaunted wealth – in his warning against oligarchs. Continue reading...

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Former House Speaker has a notoriously frosty relationship with Trump, who has mocked her as ‘Crazy Nancy’

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The Air Wand keeps your hair sleek and frizz-free as it shortens the drying time with powerful air speed, shoppers also loved the tools for styling options

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Today’s fluff has a thousand-yard stareAs the fallout from Arsenal’s absurdly wasteful FA Cup defeat to Manchester United – and Gabriel Jesus’s season-ending injury – rolls on, the gossip machine has gone into overdrive trying to identify someone who can put away their chances. While Benjamin Sesko is the name on everyone’s lips, it wouldn’t be a transfer window without them being linked with Dusan Vlahovic.The tea in Italy is that Juventus are willing to cash in their chips. The Serbia striker’s contract runs to 2026 and negotiations are apparently at a standstill, meaning the Bianconeri have limited opportunities to recoup their investment, and with Randal Kolo Muani on his way from Paris Saint-Germain they have a ready-made replacement, so it all makes sense, possibly. Continue reading...

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Where you store fat, as opposed to how much you have, may be a bigger risk factor for colon cancer, a study published in JAMA Network Open from researchers in Germany has warned.

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President-elect says Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight will report to him on movie business

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H&M's 'dressing gown coat' has been reduced from £75 to £35 and it's the perfect combination of chic and comfortable as shoppers praise it for being 'beautiful' and 'good quality'

Economics

US secretary of state Antony Blinken says he is ‘confident’ ceasefire will happen; Israeli cabinet to convene on Friday morning to ratify the dealThe devastating impact of 15 months of war on GazaHow Trump loomed over Gaza ceasefire negotiationsKey mediator Qatar said that 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would be released in the first stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the war in the Palestinian territory.Israel earlier said it would release about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in the first stage of a Gaza truce agreement, Israeli and Palestinian sources reported Tuesday. Continue reading...

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A one-off documentary will air on BBC One as part of EastEnders 40th anniversary celebrations and will feature stars of the long-running soap from episode one to the present day

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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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After disasters like the wildfires in Los Angeles happen, much of the rebuilding work is done by Latino immigrant workers, many in the country illegally

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Scott Bessent also tells US senators to extend tax cuts or face ‘economic calamity’

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U.S. inflation likely worsened last month on the back of higher prices for gas, eggs, and used cars, a trend that could make it less likely that the Federal Reserve will cut its key interest rate much this year

Economics

Disasters have long led to misinformation as people grasp for control, but the consequences can be life and deathThe Hollywood sign was not on fire. Firefighters weren’t using women’s purses to put out fires. A fish is not responsible for the blazes. The Los Angeles fire department didn’t see big budget cuts. The fires were not started deliberately as some kind of mass plot related to high-speed rail or the 2028 Olympics. Firefighting efforts did not include spraying a mood stabilizer into the air to put locals into a trance. Diversity measures are not to blame.Fires are still burning in Los Angeles, and with them has come a near-constant stream of rumors, half-truths, conspiracy theories and outright lies. Natural disasters have long led to the spread of misinformation as people try to make sense of destruction and grasp for control when the world around them is destroyed. In the aftermath of the disaster, a lot is still unknown: what caused it, what could have prevented it, who co...

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Presenter Kelly Cates' future at Sky Sports was believed to be up in the air after it was confirmed that she would be one of three replacements for Gary Lineker on Match of the Day

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The Prime Minister used yesterday's Cabinet meeting to outline his aim of striking a 'partnership' with America under Mr Trump to 'advance our economic growth'.

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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawlI don’t know if anyone else has noticed this but everything seems to be going down the tubes quite fast. And not fun tubes, like at a waterpark. The “ending in shit” kind. The issues are complicated, the reasons diverse, but there are a few culprits who have been making themselves extremely visible.Alongside those holding political office, tech gragillionnaires (I had to invent a new number) like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg obviously wield huge global influence with their computers and numbers and whatnot. There has been a lot written about them and there will be more, as they continue to shape the world and win favour with Donald Trump. Big, scary, probably ruinous things lie ahead. But I’m here to discuss the smaller part. The insult to injury, the sprinkling of salt in the wound. Continue reading...

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Donald Trump wants to make Hollywood “bigger, better and stronger” and has chosen Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone to help

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The Traitors US season three is set to debut in the UK so when is it going to air?

Economics

After years of speculation, and constant leaks in recent months, Nintendo has finally revealed the successor to the Nintendo Switch console.

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More than a dozen Democratic state attorneys general said Thursday they plan to defend two gun regulations now being challenged in court, including one banning devices that enable semiautomatic guns to fire more quickly

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Eaton fire tore through Altadena, burning buildings and killing many. Its residents are only now taking in the scale of devastationA week after wildfires tore through the community of Altadena, the smell of destruction still hangs in the air. The acrid smoke seeped into the walls of homes that survived the Eaton fire, which burned 7,000 buildings and killed at least 15 people.On Woodbury Road, where unblemished homes stand in between blackened lots of charred rubble, the devastation overwhelms the senses. The houses that haven’t completely collapsed offer glimpses of life before disaster arrived – pitchers and mugs in a cabinet, all a deep black, a bed still standing, a scorched bicycle and children’s toys. Continue reading...

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Duties remain unclear for the three actors, who are Trump supporters and are no strangers to controversyDonald Trump has tapped three of his longstanding celebrity supporters – Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone – to purportedly make Hollywood “stronger than ever before” as “special ambassadors” to the movie capital.The president-elect announced the new appointments, whose duties remain unclear, on Truth Social on Thursday, four days before his inauguration. “It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone, to be Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California,” he wrote. Continue reading...

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As images of the war flooded social media and news reports, disillusioned ex-military personnel increased their efforts to pressurise the administration to stop arming IsraelOf the protesters who were forcibly bundled out of the hearing for Donald Trump’s defence secretary nominee Pete Hegseth at the Senate’s armed services committee on Tuesday, two were notable for their jackets.With “US military” stitched over one breast pocket and their surnames on the other, Greg Stoker and Josephine Guilbeau are among thousands of veterans who have become a loud and visible presence in America’s anti-war movement. Continue reading...

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Manchester United winger Marcus Rashford has admitted he is ready for a new chapter away from Old Trafford

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Air raid sirens and explosions rang out minutes after Starmer laid a wreath with President Zelensky at the Wall of Memorial in central Kyiv

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‘These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest,’ Trump says

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President-elect says estranged first term veterans like Mike Pence, John Bolton and Nikki Haley will not be welcomed back in latest Truth Social diatribe

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Trump ally says he has reached deal with election workers he defamed and will not have to turn over key possessions Rudy Giuliani’s trial over whether he must turn over his Florida condo and other prized possessions to former Georgia election workers whom he defamed was delayed on Thursday after the former New York mayor failed to show up in court.Giuliani later shared on X that he had “reached a resolution of the litigation with the plaintiffs that will result in a satisfaction of the plaintiffs’ judgment”. Continue reading...

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Officials are calling the decision to register rarely-contacted islanders for local elections a historic step. But rights groups say it is a ‘publicity stunt’ to cover up a much bigger problem. Maroosha Muzaffar reports

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James Bowley fired by Millsaps College in Mississippi for telling class after Trump’s victory that he needed ‘time to mourn’

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Final sign-off for ceasefire deal delayed after Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Hamas of ‘reneging’ on parts of agreementThe devastating impact of 15 months of war on GazaHow Trump loomed over Gaza ceasefire negotiationsRelatives of hostages welcome ceasefirePalestinians express joy over ceasefire dealKey mediator Qatar said that 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would be released in the first stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the war in the Palestinian territory.Israel earlier said it would release about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in the first stage of a Gaza truce agreement, Israeli and Palestinian sources reported Tuesday. Continue reading...

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Lorraine Kelly was left looking awkward as Paul Whitehouse and his wife had a tiff

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Doug Burgum claims American reliance on renewable energy will hinder national security and boost China

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Supreme Court is reviewing the legality of legislation that would force TikTok to be sold or be banned

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The Justice Department is rescinding its protocol for federal executions that allowed for single-drug lethal injections with pentobarbital

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Glastonbury headliner Stewart, 80, lashed out at former Manchester United skipper, Keane, 53, during a blistering on-air rant in December 2021. Now, Keane has hit back, more than three years later.

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At midday on Monday, Washington time, Joe Biden will be put out of his misery. Not a moment too soon, for the free world.

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Outgoing president tells nation new age of ‘robber barons’ in danger of eroding hard-won freedoms in last address from White House before making way for successor

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President-elect says estranged first-term veterans like Mike Pence, John Bolton, and Nikki Haley will not be welcome in White House

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Jonathan Reynolds said Donald Trump’s presidency could be a ‘challenging time’ for trade.

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