2 hours ago Biden frets over fraying ‘guardrails,’ sad about failure to sell wins in final TV interview

President said he fears he ‘almost spent too much time on the policy, not enough time on the politics’

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9 hours ago Urgent hunt for baby and two children who have vanished with their parents

Police are now appealing to the public to help trace the family as officers hope to find them well.

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3 hours ago JAN MOIR: My policeman dad hated thieves with a passion. Not like today's coppers, who write off £500,000 burglaries at a stroke

Last month internet entrepreneur Paul Birch and his wife had £500,000 of goods stolen from their Surrey home. The thieves were caught on camera.

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93 minutes ago Dad of Celtic fan killed on motorway after boarding wrong bus 'investigates death himself in hunt for answers'

John Burns, 22, died after he was struck by multiple vehicles on the M6 near Carlisle on September 14 last year.

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3 hours ago Queensland woman seeks protective custody after being accused of poisoning child to grow social media following

Sunshine Coast mother, 34, appears in court charged with giving her one-year-old unauthorised prescription medicationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA lawyer for a Queensland woman accused of poisoning her one-year-old girl with unnecessary medications to gain a social media profile is seeking protective custody for his client due to the publicity.The 34-year-old from the Sunshine Coast, who cannot be identified, appeared in Brisbane magistrates court on Friday wearing a long green police watchhouse top and green pants.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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9 hours ago Concern ‘growing’ for family with young children reported missing in Edinburgh

Anyone with information urged to contact police

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11 hours ago World Bank says the global is economy is growing steadily, but not fast enough to help ease poverty

The world economy is growing steadily in the face of global conflict, protectionist trade policies and high interest rates

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3 hours ago Civil rights investigation finds pattern of excessive force by Louisiana State Police

The Louisiana State Police for years have used excessive force during arrests and vehicle pursuits

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3 hours ago ALISON BOSHOFF: Kevin Spacey to lay bare his sex addiction in $150m lawsuit

In 2017, actor Anthony Rapp said that when Spacey was 27 and he was 15, the actor made a pass at him. Spacey was dropped from season six of the Netflix hit show House Of Cards.

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14 hours ago Interior secretary nominee Burgum to back expanded oil and gas drilling on public lands – live

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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12 hours ago Man admits ploughing car into Buckingham Palace causing £24,000 in damage

Johnny Scott, 26, smashed his car into the gates of Buckingham Palace whilst in a 'fidgety and dazed' state - before armed police arrived on scene and arrested him

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3 hours ago Melbourne brawl that left two men dead began with birthday party argument, police say

Neighbours told to stay inside as police seek information on stabbing deaths of two men from same familyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo men died in a brawl at a birthday party on that spilled on to the streets in Melbourne’s outer south-eastern suburbs, police say.Detectives said the two men, aged 23 and 54, who were from the same family, were involved in a brawl involving about 20 people. Police alleged some left the scene before police arrived.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Grooming inquiry timetable will bring ‘fundamental change’, say campaigners

Yvette Cooper said that the Government would lay out a clear timetable by Easter for implementing the recommendations in the IICSA’s final report.

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13 hours ago Toyota's truck division Hino to pay $1.6 billion as part of emissions scandal

A Toyota subsidiary has agreed to pay more than $1.6 billion and plead guilty for violations related to the submission of false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel consumption data to regulators and the illicit smuggling of engines into the United States

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4 hours ago Cocaine seizures see huge 52% surge in record haul of more than 28 tons for the ­UK Border Force and police

More than 28 tonnes of cocaine was seized last year in a record haul for Border Force and police.

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8 hours ago Premier League forced to release statement after Man United penalty claim against Southampton

Manchester United transfer news as VAR decided against awarding United a penalty after the ball struck the arm of Kyle Walker-Peters

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15 hours ago Police hunt men with bolt cutters who stole £21k worth of designer bags from boutiques in London and Surrey

Detectives appeal for information after latest raid which has left retailers across the capital in fear

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5 hours ago Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to die underground as authorities attempted to force them to surrender during a monthslong standoff

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13 hours ago Kiena Dawes' desperate 10 attempts to escape evil boyfriend Ryan Wellings

Kiena Dawes ended her life following a two-year campaign of vile abuse from her partner Ryan Wellings, which saw her report her abuser to the police multiple times and ask for help from a charity

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20 hours ago Interest rates 'to be cut within weeks' as weak GDP figures deal new blow to Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee is expected to cut interest rates in early February

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5 hours ago A man with a stick killed 2 homeless people in Miami in an 'unprovoked' attack, police say

Two people in Miami are dead following what law enforcement officials say was an “unprovoked” attack on four homeless people by a man wielding a stick

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13 hours ago Kiena Dawes: Brutal fiancé learns his fate after young mum takes her own life

Ryan Wellings was found guilty of assault and controlling and coercive behaviour against girlfriend Kiena Dawes - but he was cleared of her manslaughter at Preston Crown Court

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24 hours ago Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries

Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisisThe global economy could face 50% loss in gross domestic product (GDP) between 2070 and 2090 from the catastrophic shocks of climate change unless immediate action by political leaders is taken to decarbonise and restore nature, according to a new report.The stark warning from risk management experts the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) hugely increases the estimate of risk to global economic wellbeing from climate change impacts such as fires, flooding, droughts, temperature rises and nature breakdown. In a report with scientists at the University of Exeter, published on Thursday, the IFoA, which uses maths and statistics to analyse financial risk for businesses and governments, called for accelerated action by political leaders to tackle the climate crisis.This article was amended on 16 January 2025. The headline of an earlier version said that economic growth could fall by...

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5 hours ago Calorie labels? They're nuts! New warnings on food only stop us eating the equivalent of... TWO ALMONDS

But the most extensive real-world findings to date suggest the policy is 'no silver bullet', with an average reduced intake of just 11 calories per 600-calorie meal.

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14 hours ago Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury breaks silence after pleading guilty to punching man in street

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has broken his silence after pleading guilty to punching man in a late night street attack.

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30 hours ago Endangered cats rehomed after sanctuary boss guilty of animal welfare offences

The 28 big and small cats are being looked after by Hertfordshire Zoo and The Big Cat Sanctuary as they try to rehome them.

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6 hours ago ‘Big oil’s negligence’: LA residents call on fossil fuel industry to pay for wildfire damages

Experts say climate crisis was likely responsible for a quarter of the dryness that fueled the fires’ rapid spreadAs Los Angeles’s deadly wildfires continue to burn, a group of survivors is taking aim at the industry most responsible for fueling climate disasters: fossil fuels.Residents impacted by the blazes lamented during a Thursday conference call losing their homes and communities and called for litigation and policies that could force big oil to pay for the damages. In the coming days, lawmakers will introduce legislation with that aim in mind. Continue reading...

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14 hours ago UK government confirms new inquiries into grooming gangs focusing on ethnicity

Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, will ask police forces to re-open 'cold cases' related to child sexual exploitation and abuse

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6 hours ago More questions raised about address where deadly London Police shooting took place

More questions raised about address where deadly London Police shooting took place  WKYT

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15 hours ago ‘TARIFFS all the way!!!’: EU mulls carrots and sticks to counter Trump on trade

Bloc may ward off incoming president’s threats by buying more US goods, or impose its own tariffs in retaliationIf there is one thing the EU knows about Donald Trump, it is that he loves tariffs. The incoming president has said “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary” and has threatened to impose them on US allies around the world.On the campaign trail he proposed tariffs of 10-20% on imports from all countries, with a 60% rate reserved for China. Once elected, he tweeted that the EU must buy more US oil and gas “otherwise it is TARIFFS all the way!!!” This week, he announced he would create an “external revenue service” on the day of his inauguration. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Sara Sharif's father and stepmother to lodge appeal against sentences for murder

Sara Sharif's father, stepmum and uncle have all made an application to appeal against their sentences - after being found guilty of torturing the 10-year-old to death in August 2023

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15 hours ago Australian social media influencer charged with poisoning her baby girl

Police say the baby could have become ’gravely ill’ and also possibly died had she stayed in the woman’s care

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7 hours ago Family of Sara Sharif to lodge appeal against sentences for her murder

Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool were jailed for life for Sara’s murder last month, with minimum terms of 40 years and 33 years respectively.

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15 hours ago Trump nominees for treasury, interior secretary and EPA chief to face senators – live

Four more of Donald Trump’s nominees have confirmation hearings today after senators have grilled Pam Bondi and Pete Hegseth this weekDoug Burgum, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the interior department, will tell senators at his confirmation hearing today that he supports expanding oil and gas drilling on public lands, Reuters reports.That will mark a reversal from Joe Biden’s attempts to stop petroleum exploration on public lands as part of his administration’s strategy to reduce the United States’s carbon emissions. Here’s more on what Burgum will promise, from Reuters:The comments signal a coming sharp turn in policy after President Joe Biden attempted for years to restrict oil and gas drilling by reducing federal lease auctions and banning future development in vast areas of federal offshore waters as part of a strategy to fight climate change.“Today, America produces energy cleaner, smarter and safer than anywhere in the world. When energy production is restricted in America, i...

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7 hours ago Elderly woman dies on Christmas Day following crash with unmarked police car

The crash with Staffordshire Police’s unmarked Skoda Octavia happened in early December

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16 hours ago Mike Amesbury MP is kicked out by Labour after pleading guilty to sucker

The Runcorn & Helsby MP had already been suspended by the party after extraordinary CCTV footage emerged of him 'sucker-punching' father Paul Fellows.

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7 hours ago Kiena Dawes 'has paved way for future abusers to be held liable' after harrowing suicide

While Ryan Wellings was found not guilty of Kiena Dawes' manslaughter, his prosecution could help set a precedent for more domestic abuse suspects being charged over victims' deaths in cases of suicide, expert Dr Kirsty Welsh says

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16 hours ago Ed Davey urges King Charles to strike a 'pageantry for weaponry' deal with Donald Trump: Lib Dem leader tells monarch not to invite US President to Britain until he supports Ukraine

Ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration as US President on Monday, Sir Ed claimed Britain should use the 'leverage' of a state visit to influence American foreign policy.

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7 hours ago Missing twin sisters: Six mysteries that need solving in Aberdeen disappearance including 'noises'

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti disappeared without a trace in Aberdeen in early January, and a number of mysteries have cropped up in the case as police continue their desperate search

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16 hours ago 'It was either me or him and I won,' British retiree says after beating back mugger

An 84-year-old British man armed only with a pair of trousers beat back a mugger half his age who tried to rob him at a laundry in the north of England

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7 hours ago Police: Woman performed illegal medical procedures in New London apartment

Police: Woman performed illegal medical procedures in New London apartment  WTNH.com

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17 hours ago Starmer finds alleged spiking on parliamentary estate ‘incredibly concerning’

Parliamentary authorities have said they are treating the matter extremely seriously.

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8 hours ago Urgent warning as 'six suspicious males' spotted after 'attempted abduction' of schoolgirl

Police in Manchester received reports of six 'suspicious males' following an 'attempted abduction' of a schoolgirl and a second incident on the same day when a year seven pupil was 'lunged' at nearby

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17 hours ago Mike Amesbury is kicked out the Labour Party after pleading guilty to sucker

Mike Amesbury has been expelled from the Labour party after pleading guilty to assaulting a constituent.

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8 hours ago Police issue urgent warning after six reports of 'suspicious males' following 'attempted abduction'

Police in Manchester received six reports of 'suspicious males' following an 'attempted abduction' of a schoolgirl and a second incident on the same day when a year seven pupil was 'lunged' at nearby

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17 hours ago Former football club chairman bailed on £10m stadium loan inquiry fraud charge

Ex-Northampton Town chairman David Cardoza appeared before a judge alongside property developer Howard Grossman and two other men.

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9 hours ago Police warning over 'immense threat' of Satanist terror group targeting children online

Cameron Finnigan, 19, (pictured) of Horsham, West Sussex,  pleaded guilty to encouraging suicide, possessing a terrorism manual, and indecent images of a child.

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18 hours ago Police ask for help identifying flasher who bears remarkable resemblance to Russian leader Vladimir Putin

Officers want to speak with the despot's bald-headed doppelganger after man exposed himself days before Christmas to a number of people at The White Hart in Bicester, Oxfordshire.

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9 hours ago Old Etonian who tried to throw his estranged partner down a 240ft well before she 'fought for her life' is found guilty of attempted murder

Douglas Clifton Brown assaulted Camilla Welby during a car journey before driving to an estate his family had owned for generations and attempting to drag her towards the disused well.

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18 hours ago Pete Hegseth confirmation hearing highlights Republicans’ servility to Trump | Moira Donegan

Defense secretary nominee is incompetent and seems to have no redeeming qualities – but his appointment looks assuredIn some ways, the secretary of Defense nomination of Pete Hegseth was always meant as a domination exercise, a way of making Senate Republicans humiliate themselves for Donald Trump’s approval.Hegseth has white supremacist tattoos and what is reportedly a pretty severe drinking problem: one friend told the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer that they once saw him order three gin and tonics at a breakfast meeting. In 2017, a woman went to the emergency room – and then the police – after what she said was a rape by Hegseth; he later paid a settlement and had her sign an nondisclosure agreement. (Hegseth claims the encounter, which took place while he was married to his second wife and had just had a child with the woman who would become his third, was consensual and denies all wrongdoing.) He wrote a book, The War on Warriors, which seems to consist mainly of his gripes about the ...

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10 hours ago First picture of Scots OAP as police probe her "unexplained" death at home

Susan Sergison's death has shocked local residents in Hamilton.

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