4 h. ago Don’t dignify Trump with talk of a ‘new world order’ – there’s nothing new or ordered about this chaos | Aditya Chakrabortty

The US president’s grotesque theatrics on the world stage are an opportunistic distraction from his falling domestic ratingsOf all the commandments for living under Donald Trump, the first is always this: don’t believe him. Nothing he says can be taken at face value; everything should be fed into a polygraph. Those of scrupulous courtesy can wrap it up in red ribbon, or uncork that aphorism about how the man must be taken seriously but never literally. All the same, scratch a Trump promise and underneath will glint a pretext. Scrutinise his grand plans and you find only shabby tactics.The Manhattan Democrat turns into a Florida-dwelling Republican; the troll who demanded Barack Obama’s birth certificate will hem and haw over releasing the Epstein files. From real-estate deals to Trump University, all that this guy swears is solid gold soon settles into so much bullshit.Aditya Chakrabortty is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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9 h. ago US oil companies warn they will need guarantees to invest in Venezuela

Donald Trump to hold more talks with industry bosses as president flexes power over energy markets

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9 h. ago US oil groups warn they will need guarantees to invest in Venezuela

Donald Trump to hold more talks with industry bosses as president flexes power over energy markets

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10 h. ago Serial rapist David Carrick among Met Police officers not properly vetted before joining force

Carrick, who was given 37 life sentences for his crimes, was not properly vetted in 2017, with checks failing to reveal an allegation of domestic abuse against him

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10 h. ago Two serial rapists among police officers not properly vetted

A report found 131 Metropolitan Police officers and staff who were not fully checked went on to commit crime or misconduct.

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10 h. ago Met Police diversity push let sex predators & violent offenders serve in force after overturning vetting failures

A POLICE diversity drive let sexual predators and violent offenders serve as officers or support staff, a review reveals. The Metropolitan Police approved applicants from minority groups who failed vetting, just to boost its recruitment targets under former PM Boris Johnson. They included rapist Cliff Mitchell, who is now serving 17 and a half years...

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10 h. ago Oil giant in talks with Trump administration to expand Venezuela operating license

These talks unfold as Washington and Caracas advance negotiations to supply up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil to the United States

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15 h. ago The Guardian view on Britain and Europe: time to move together, faster and further | Editorial

The chaos that Donald Trump is causing in the world makes the case for continental solidarity and explicit repudiation of Brexit divisions Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for 2026 was to talk more about the domestic issues that concern British voters. Donald Trump knocked that plan off course. US intervention in Venezuela inevitably demanded the prime minister’s attention, as did this week’s summit of Ukraine’s allies, the “coalition of the willing”, in Paris. Progress towards agreeing security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a peace deal with Russia was overshadowed by Mr Trump restating his ambition to wrest control of Greenland from Denmark. The dust had not settled when American special forces boarded a Russian-flagged oil tanker in European waters, ostensibly to enforce a blockade against Venezuela.Prime ministers have to multitask, but under these circumstances it is understandable if Sir Keir’s mind has been filled with foreign affairs. He should be used to this by now. Mr Trump’...

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15 h. ago Stephen Miller is fashion obsessed and agreed with Trump joke that he wants everyone to look like him, report says

‘We would talk about the difference in fabrics for seasons,’ a former Trump administration official said of the deputy chief of staff

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17 h. ago Mike Johnson says ‘nobody’ is talking about military action in Greenland

Trump has repeatedly talked about the United States taking over Greenland despite criticisms from Denmark

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20 h. ago Pedestrian, in his 30s, dies after being hit by police vehicle on 999 call on near Borough Market

The Metropolitan Police officers behind the wheel of the car were responding to an emergency 999 call when the tragic collision occurred.

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44 h. ago MAGA congressman’s office under investigation over allegations against chief of staff

Rep. Mike Collins is facing House Ethics Committee probe after his chief of staff was accused of paying intern with whom he was allegedly romantically involved

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44 h. ago Top NHS doctor is accused of sexually assaulting two women at a London hospital

Yew Meng Aw-Yong, 59, who was the medical director for the Metropolitan Police Service, is alleged to have assaulted the women at Hillingdon Hospital, west London.

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66 h. ago Man who fell from wall after being tasered by police now confined to wheelchair

Leonard Sandiford said he remembered being hit in the neck or back and waking up in hospital about two months later.

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3 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel credits Donald Trump as he accepts Critics Choice award

Jimmy Kimmel mocked Donald Trump whilst accepting Best Talk Show at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards.

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4 d. ago Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall

The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflictThe overthrow and reported capture by invading US forces of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s hardline socialist president, will send a shiver of fear and consternation around the world. The coup is illegal, unprovoked and regionally and globally destabilising. It upends international norms, ignores sovereign territorial rights, and potentially creates an anarchic situation inside Venezuela itself.It is chaos made policy. But this is the world we now live in – the world according to Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer 'wants to talk to Donald Trump' about Venezuela strikes

The PM says the UK was not involved

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5 d. ago Maduro urges Trump to abandon ‘illegal warmongering’ and start ‘serious talks’

Venezuelan president warns of a ‘forever war’ similar to Iraq after US counterpart claims first land strike on dockThe Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump to abandon his “illegal warmongering” and begin “serious talks” with his administration as mystery continued to surround a purported pre-Christmas CIA airstrike on the South American country.Speaking during an hour-long TV interview, Maduro declined to confirm reports of the apparent US attack, which would be the first on Venezuelan soil since Trump began his five-month campaign of military pressure in August. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Man charged on suspicion of trespassing twice on Kensington Palace grounds

The royal residence is sometimes home to the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children.

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7 d. ago Trump riffed on Ukraine’s ‘beautiful’ women during peace talks and called former Miss Ukraine to speak with Zelensky, report says

Trump’s side conversation about Ukrainian women ultimately lowered the ‘temperature’ of peace talks with Zelensky, an official claimed

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