7 h. ago White House press secretary tells CBS ‘we’ll sue your ass off’ if it edits Trump interview

Karoline Leavitt was recorded warning network to put out new interview with president in full and without editsDonald Trump’s White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was recently recorded warning CBS News to broadcast a new interview with the president in full and without edits – or “we’ll sue your ass off”.Trump “said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full,’” Leavitt told CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil after he had interviewed the president, according to an audio exchange first reported on by the New York Times. The 13-minute exclusive segment aired on Tuesday, months after CBS’ parent company Paramount agreed to pay Trump $16m over its editing of an unrelated interview ahead of the 2024 election that vaulted him to a second presidency. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago 'He invited me in to use his charger, what happened made me so scared I couldn't leave my house'

'His lawyer obviously was trying to prove that I was lying... I felt like no matter what I said, no one would believe me'

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16 h. ago Boy fighting for life after shark attack leaves him with 41 'serious' wounds to leg near Sydney Opera House

The boy, understood to be 13-years-old, has been rushed to hospital in a critical condition.

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17 h. ago Avoid January energy bill price rises with simple change through online service

Price cap increase leaves households facing higher bills until April 2026 when £150 government support arrives.

Economics

30 h. ago Amanda Holden 'forgets to put on underwear' as she makes saucy confession

TV star Amanda Holden admitted she often forgets to put knickers on when she leaves the house. The revelation came on her breakfast radio show alongside Jamie Theakston

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33 h. ago How Trump’s promise to slash energy bills in half has failed across the US

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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34 h. ago As Trump's deadline for a cap on credit card rates looms, banks have only questions and no answers

President Donald Trump has demanded a 10% cap on credit card interest rates by January 20

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60 h. ago Divorced artist loses fight to keep £1.5m north London home she claimed her ex

Hsiao Mei-Lin, 54, has been ordered to leave the Tufnell Park house by next year

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3 d. ago Venezuela’s opposition leader gives her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump

María Corina Machado leaves White House meeting without the US president’s backing to be her country’s next leader

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3 d. ago Karoline Leavitt labels reporter a ‘hack’ as she blows up over questions on ICE and Trump’s election threats

White House press secretary labels reporter a ‘left-wing hack’ when asked for his opinion about the killing of Renee Good

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3 d. ago Trump latest: Venezuela’s opposition leader meets with Trump at White House after she vowed to share Nobel Peace Prize

During White House press briefing, Karoline Leavitt said the meeting between Trump and Maria Corina Machado had just started

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3 d. ago Trump latest: Venezuela’s opposition leader arrives at White House after she vowed to share Nobel Peace Prize

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is expected to brief the press in the afternoon as well

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4 d. ago ‘It’s pretty grim’: Tunbridge Wells residents struggle through several days without water – again

South East Water blames bad weather as pubs are forced to close, toilets overflow and people go without showersAs the residents of Tunbridge Wells trudged down their sodden high street in the pouring rain, the idea that they had run out of water – for the second time in just a few weeks – seemed farcical.At the end of November the local water treatment centre, which had been flagged as at risk by the regulator in 2024, was forced to shut down, leaving 24,000 households without water for two weeks. The Drinking Water Inspectorate later said this outage was foreseen and was due to a lack of maintenance at the site. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Pete Wicks reveals he was knocked unconscious in a horrific alcohol

Pete Wicks has revealed that he was knocked unconscious after a horrifying alcohol-fuelled fall on Christmas Day, which left him unable to leave his house for a week. 

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6 d. ago London in grip of worst new homes crisis since Second World War, warns damning new report

The housing shortage is leaving many Londoners having to pay sky-high rents or take out big mortgages to buy a property

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6 d. ago ‘My village’s water supply is so bad I can’t leave the house without having to fill up water bottles’

A Kent resident said she fills her bath and kettle with water in case she comes home to find she has no mains water amid shortages

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6 d. ago Afghan women in the UK: amplifying their voice – a photo essay

Over four years have passed since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. Claudia Janke’s photographic series features 7 Afghan women who have found safety in the UK after escaping at great personal risk. She worked using an Instant Box Camera, the only type of camera allowed under the Taliban’s first regime, reclaimed for the these women to amplify their voicesSince the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the regime has imposed sweeping restrictions on the rights of women and girls, with devastating consequences for society. Girls are barred from attending school beyond the sixth grade, and women are prohibited from working, appearing on television, leaving the house alone, and singing or speaking in public. They have been systematically erased from public life.A recent UN Women report underscores the scale of this repression. The Afghanistan Gender Index 2025 reveals, among other findings:No female representation in national or local decision-making bodies.A co...

Culture

7 d. ago Welsh households urged to leave taps dripping slightly as temperatures plummet

Plumbing experts recommend leaving taps dripping slightly during cold weather to prevent issues that can cost around £200 to repair

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7 d. ago Households urged to leave taps dripping this week as temperatures drop

Leaving taps dripping during the winter could help prevent bigger issues as the temperatures drop

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7 d. ago ‘You feel violated’: how stalkers outsource abuse to private investigators

Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds PIs have been hired as part of harassment campaigns and in some cases have tracked women to domestic violence refugesAs Laura stood in the court witness box, preparing to tell magistrates about her ex-husband’s obsessive nature, she flicked through the prosecution’s evidence file and saw the photographs. One of her leaving the house, another of her driving her car on the motorway. They had been taken by a professional. Staring at the grainy images, she felt numb.Laura’s ex-husband had hired a private investigator to put her under surveillance. On two occasions she had been trailed, with the PI taking photographs of her as he went. Her ex-husband was later sanctioned with a stalking protection order, but the man he hired to facilitate his harassment was never even questioned. Continue reading...

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