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[description] => From gutting federal agencies to funding freezes for Democratic cities and states to sending the National Guard and ICE agents around the nation, Trump has shown himself to be the strongman many didn’t know they were electing president.
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[description] => The US snatched Nicolás Maduro but, frozen out by Trump, anti-government activists are unsure how to proceedAs the harsh reality sets in that Venezuela’s authoritarian regime remains essentially unchanged even without Nicolás Maduro, activists who have spent years fighting for the country’s return to democracy are unsure about what the next steps should be.They agree that the country should very soon either hold new elections or install the retired diplomat Edmundo González – widely believed to have won the 2024 election – but neither option appears to be on the White House’s agenda at the moment. Continue reading...
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[description] => Museveni’s opponent, Bobi Wine, alleges that members of polling staff were kidnapped and called for peaceful protestsYoweri Museveni, has won the Ugandan election and his seventh term with more than 70% of the vote, state election authorities have said, amid an internet shutdown and claims of fraud by his opponent.His opponent, a youthful musician known as Bobi Wine, condemned what he called “fake results” and alleged that members of polling staff were kidnapped, among other election irregularities. He called for peaceful protests to pressure the authorities to release what he called the “rightful results”. Continue reading...
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[description] => Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal’s words have become a rallying cry against Trump’s immigration crackdown“You don’t want this smoke,” Rochelle Bilal, Philadelphia’s sheriff, warned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during an 8 January press conference. Her words have since become a rallying cry for resistance to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. At the conference with Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s district attorney, and city council members, Bilal spoke out against the 7 January fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. “We stand here today with all those who stand against the made-up, fake, what you can call ICE, professional law enforcement,” she said at the conference. “I don’t call them none of that. I call them made-up, fake, wannabe law enforcement. Because what they do is against not only legal law, but the moral law.”Bilal is part of a growing body of elected officials who are speaking out against the Trump administ...
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[description] => Guardian analysis shows electricity bills were up 6.7% last year, and much higher in some states, and gas bills up 5.2%Trump’s failed energy bill pledge leaves US households struggling: ‘It’s obscene’Donald Trump has comprehensively failed to meet a key election promise to slash Americans’ energy bills in half within the first year of his presidency, with power prices instead surging across the US.The average household electricity bill in the US was 6.7% more expensive in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to a Guardian analysis of data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the Department of Energy’s statistical arm. The increases meant that, on average, US households paid nearly $116 more across 2025 than they did in 2024. Continue reading...
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[title] => Carrick has dream start as Mbeumo and Dorgu give Manchester United derby delight
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[title] => Are electrolyte drinks good for you? Here's what experts say
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[description] => Healthy or hype? we try out the products and services that claim to improve your life, to see if they actually work
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[title] => Scottish Labour: Why Anas Sarwar faces election disaster unless he apologises over gender debate
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[title] => Barbeary shows class as Bath score nine tries to race into Champions Cup last 16
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[description] => Bath 63-10 EdinburghTwo tries for Cokanasiga while front-rowers all scoreScotland’s fly-half Finn Russell had spoken about his desire to claim the pre-Six Nations bragging rights at the expense of several good mates in the Edinburgh squad. There was never the slightest doubt his wish would be granted as Bath eased to a comprehensive nine-try victory that guarantees pool winner status plus a home knockout draw in the last 16 and, potentially, beyond.On this occasion, Russell also had the luxury of an armchair ride behind a Bath pack who took an early grip on the contest and never let go. Even if Edinburgh had turned up in north-east Somerset with their best side, as opposed to resting a few senior men, they would have been hard pressed to put too many dents in the black-shirted tanks and electric sprinters parked up opposite. Continue reading...
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[title] => Ugandan election descends into violence with opposition leader captured and at least seven 'supporters' killed as President Museveni closes in on landslide victory
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[title] => Uganda’s opposition leader ‘taken by army’ as Museveni nears re
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[description] => Bobi Wine flown to unknown location, his party says, hours after security forces allegedly killed 10 of his campaignersThe Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was taken from his house and brought to an unknown location on Friday, his party said as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide re-election.Wine’s National Unity Platform party said on Friday evening in a post on X that an army helicopter had landed in his compound in the capital, Kampala, and “forcibly taken him away to an unknown destination”. Continue reading...
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[title] => Chinese EVs are making inroads in North America. That worries industry experts
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[description] => Opposition leader taken by army helicopter to unknown location, his party says, hours after security forces allegedly kill 10 campaign staffThe Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was taken from his house and brought to an unknown location on Friday, his party said as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide re-election.Wine’s National Unity Platform party said on Friday evening in a post on X that an army helicopter had landed in his compound in the capital, Kampala, and “forcibly taken him away to an unknown destination”. Continue reading...
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[title] => Will Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform convince wavering Tories to jump ship?
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[description] => Nigel Farage’s warning that MPs have until May – the date of the English local elections – has prompted fears of more departures, write Kate Devlin and David Maddox
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[title] => CIA chief visits Maduro successor as Machado vows to become Venezuela’s president
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[description] => John Ratcliffe meets Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas less than two weeks after his agents helped to oust her precedessorThe CIA chief whose agents reputedly played a key role in abducting Nicolás Maduro has flown to Venezuela to meet his successor as the sidelined opposition leader, María Corina Machado, vowed she would become the country’s first elected female president.Machado’s comments were broadcast on Friday, a day after she handed her Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump in recognition of what she called a principled and decisive move against Maduro, whom US special forces snatched on 3 January. Continue reading...
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[title] => Reform UK’s London mayor candidate condemned for burqa stop and search remarks
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[description] => Laila Cunningham accused of endangering Muslims after saying: ‘If you’re hiding your face, you’re hiding it for a criminal reason’Reform UK’s mayoral candidate for London has been accused of endangering Muslims after she said women wearing the burqa should be subject to stop and search.Laila Cunningham, who was announced as Reform’s candidate for the 2028 mayoral elections last week, said no one should cover their face “in an open society”, adding: “It has to be assumed that if you’re hiding your face, you’re hiding it for a criminal reason.” Continue reading...
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[title] => Ugandan opposition MP says security forces stormed home killing 10 people
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[description] => Muwanga Kivumbi says campaign staff shot dead after elections expected to extend President Yoweri Museveni’s ruleA senior member of the Ugandan opposition has said security forces stormed his house early on Friday morning and shot dead 10 members of his campaign team after a general election that was expected to result in President Yoweri Museveni extending his nearly four-decade grip on power.Muwanga Kivumbi, of the National Unity Platform (NUP), told Reuters the incident happened at about 3am local time when security forces “broke the front door and began shooting” inside a garage where the people were waiting for the results of the election for his parliamentary seat to be announced. “It was a massacre,” he said. Continue reading...
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[title] => Donald Trump says he may put a tariff on ‘countries that don’t go along with Greenland’ – Europe live
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[description] => US president further steps up threats after US special envoy to Greenland says Trump is ‘serious’ about his plans to control islandMeanwhile, Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto does not seem to be convinced about the merits of European military deployments to Greenland.Speaking to journalists, he wondered “what a hundred, two hundred, or three hundred soldiers of any nationality could do” in Greenland. “It sounds like the beginning of a joke.”“It’s not a competition to see who sends the military around the world.”“A part of me is not sure how much of this is a distraction, to try and take the attention of the American people away from some very real issues that we have in the United States right now.The cost of living is a real concern for Americans [and] Donald Trump got elected saying he was going to address the cost of living. Continue reading...
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[description] => Former Conservative minister who has joined Reform responds to allegations of lying from his former leaderUK politics live – latest updatesThe “arsonists” who tanked the reputation of the Conservatives are still in charge of the party, Robert Jenrick has said as he and the Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, trade blows a day after his dramatic defection to Reform UK.Giving his first interview since his announcement on Thursday, the former shadow justice secretary said the Conservatives had not changed since the election, while defending himself against allegations of lying from his former party leader. Continue reading...
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[title] => Early results show Museveni leading Uganda election amid reports of violence
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[description] => Veteran president holding off main challenger Bobi Wine after campaign marred by violence at opposition ralliesThe veteran Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, held a commanding lead in early presidential election results announced on Friday, as conflicting accounts emerged of violence after the vote.Museveni, who is 81 and has ruled Uganda since seizing power in 1986, is seeking a decisive victory after a campaign marred by violence at opposition rallies. Continue reading...
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[title] => Early results show Museveni in lead in Uganda election as violence reported
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[description] => The right is unafraid to show its might on the world stage – meanwhile the prime minister is tinkering with potholes. That just about sums up the centre-leftLast weekend, as the world wondered whether Donald Trump would swipe Greenland, Keir Starmer made his own big geographic intervention: he published a map of which councils were fixing potholes.Yes, potholes. Yes, a map. Barely 18 months into office, with crucial elections just ahead and his party lagging behind the ragtag troops of Nigel Farage and even Kemi Badenoch, this was how Team Starmer kicked off 2026. To be fair, as the young people say, the map is colour-coded.Aditya Chakrabortty is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
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[title] => Rightwing leaders endorse Viktor Orbán in Hungarian election campaign video
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[description] => Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and France’s Marine Le Pen among figures showing support for Hungary’s prime ministerRightwing leaders from around the world have come together to endorse Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, hinting at the symbolism that the country’s elections hold for global far-right movements even as the populist leader lags in the polls.A campaign video published online by Orbán this week includes endorsements from nearly a dozen leaders including Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini, France’s Marine Le Pen and Germany’s Alice Weidel. Continue reading...
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[title] => Elon Musk’s xAI datacenter generating extra electricity illegally, regulator rules
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[description] => Win for Memphis activists who say ‘Colossus’ facilities add extra pollution to already overburdened communitiesA US regulator ruled on Thursday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company had acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power massive data centers in Tennessee.xAI has been fighting for a year and a half over truck-sized gas turbines the company had parked near its Colossus 1 and 2 facilities, arguing to local authorities that the electricity-generating turbines were exempt from requirements for air quality permits. Continue reading...
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[title] => White House defends Trump’s ‘joke’ about canceling 2026 elections: latest
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[title] => I respect Kemi, but there is no chance she can win the election... Farage is the way forward, says Robert Jenrick
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[title] => White House defends Trump’s ‘joke’ about canceling 2026 elections: Live updates
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[title] => ‘Absolutely no detail’: experts alarmed as Trump unveils healthcare plan
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[description] => Months after Trump spoke of ‘concepts of a plan’, framework offers few specifics – and could stall in CongressDonald Trump has finally unveiled his long-awaited framework for healthcare affordability, almost a year and a half after announcing during a pre-election presidential debate that he had the “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform.The short document, titled the Great Healthcare Plan, provides four headline objectives, but few specific details as to how they will be achieved. Continue reading...
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[title] => Karoline Leavitt labels reporter a ‘hack’ as she blows up over questions on ICE and Trump’s election threats
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[title] => What Hungary’s election could mean for Europe as Orbán faces toughest test
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[title] => Multimillionaire leader of Reform in Scotland refuses to reveal net worth
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[description] => Newly-appointed Malcolm Offord, who became a Tory life peer in 2021, plans to stand for Holyrood in MayUK politics live – latest updatesThe multimillionaire financier who has been made leader of Reform UK in Scotland has refused to say how wealthy he is, claiming that is a private matter.Malcolm Offord, formerly a Conservative party life peer, was unveiled by Reform’s leader, Nigel Farage, as the party’s first Scottish leader, 10 weeks before a Scottish parliament election in which Reform is expected to win up to 18 seats. Continue reading...
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[title] => Inside Maduro's 'hell on Earth' jail with 'white room' torture chamber where enemies were raped and electrocuted
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[title] => Why big oil giants may not rush to buy into Donald Trump’s Venezuelan vision
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[description] => It may well be safer, easier and cheaper for US companies to procure whatever oil the US economy needs at homeThere are a few reasons that Donald Trump – now self-anointed acting President of Venezuela, as well as the United States – might be so excited about appropriating Venezuela’s oil.Trump may be counting on some boost from cheap oil to the US economy: he is obsessed with the price of gas. As the midterm elections approach, he has become concerned about unemployment. Deeply imprinted memories of scarcity during the oil crises of the 1970s may prime his belief that cheap oil cures it all. Continue reading...
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[title] => More than 20 England council elections likely to be delayed until 2027
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[description] => Campaign beset by violence with supporters of rival candidate Bobi Wine teargassed and detainedUgandans are preparing to vote in an election that is expected to result in Yoweri Museveni extending his nearly four-decade grip on power in the east African country, after a campaign beset by violence.Security forces have frequently clamped down on supporters of Museveni’s main opponent, Bobi Wine, by teargassing and shooting bullets at events and detaining people. Authorities have also arrested civil society members and suspended rights groups. On Tuesday, they shut down internet access and limited mobile phone services countrywide. Continue reading...
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