10 h. ago Greenland protests pictured as Trump threatens tariffs if UK opposes takeover plans

US President Donald Trump has vowed to obtain Greenland by any means necessary and has refused to rule out military action to take the island by force - despite people on the island slamming the suggestion

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46 h. ago Renewed calls for Aung San Suu Kyi to be released after she completes 20 years ‘buried alive’ in Myanmar detention

Myanmar’s democracy icon has now spent two decades incarcerated or under house arrest. Shweta Sharma reports on another grim milestone for a country wrecked by brutal military rule and embroiled in a spiralling civil war

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3 d. ago Trump says he has received assurances ‘killing in Iran is stopping’

President declines to rule out military action after Washington evacuated personnel from Qatar command centre

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5 d. ago NATO chief says the Arctic is now 'a priority' after Trump said 'we'll have Greenland one way or another'

The US president has rocked the 32-nation alliance by refusing to rule out military force to seize the autonomous territory of fellow NATO member Denmark.

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6 d. ago Life on Greenland as islanders slam 'nuts' Trump and vow to defend freedom

Donald Trump, supported by the might of the US military, has set his sights on Greenland and has refused to rule out using force to take the island

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6 d. ago Former Republican chair says US institutions yielded to Trump, ‘the bully’

Michael Steele argues law firms, universities and media capitulated with startling speed and voters want accountabilityThe biggest surprise of Donald Trump’s first year back in office is how quickly America’s institutions capitulated to “the bully”, said Michael Steele, a former chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) turned arch critic.But with the midterm elections for Congress looming, Steele predicts a resounding Democratic victory amid a hunger among voters to hold the president and his allies accountable for threatening democracy. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Myanmar junta holds second phase of election widely decried as a ‘sham exercise’

UN and many western countries as well as human rights groups say that in the absence of a meaningful opposition the election is neither free, fair nor credibleVoters in war-torn Myanmar queued up on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second stage of a military-run election, following low turnout in the initial round of polls that have been widely criticised as a tool to formalise junta rule.Myanmar has been ravaged by conflict since the military ousted a civilian government in a 2021 coup and detained its leader, Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking a civil war that has engulfed large parts of the impoverished nation of 51 million people. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Rubio to meet with Danish officials to discuss Greenland after refusing to rule out military action

Trump doubles down on threats to take over mineral-rich Arctic island, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark, a Nato country

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1 week ago Rubio downplays threat of military invasion of Greenland and instead pushes plans to buy the island

In recent days, Donald Trump and Stephen Miller have escalated desires to acquire Greenland and refused to rule out military invasion

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1 week ago Reform UK councillor branded 'heartless' and 'ruthless' over eviction of family from property

EXCLUSIVE: Reform's first elected councillor in Scotland has been criticised over the eviction.

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1 week ago 11 best electric toothbrushes, tried and tested by a tech critic

Not all electric toothbrushes are created equal – but which one is worth your money? I’ve found out

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1 week ago White House refuses to rule out using US military to 'acquire Greenland'

The statement, which said "utilising the US military is always an option," comes days after US commandos seized President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from their home while they slept

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1 week ago Venezuela latest: Opposition leader Machado vows to return and demands elections despite Trump criticism

The U.S. President said the White House needs to ‘fix’ Venezuela before allowing it to hold elections

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2 w. ago 'Coward' Keir Starmer warned his 'party before people' move to axe local elections will block investment worth 'billions' to struggling economy

Labour has pushed back votes to 2027 in four areas that were due to gain a directly-elected mayor in 2026 in what critics said was a 'dictatorial' move.

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on the new Monroe doctrine: Trump’s forceful approach to the western hemisphere comes at a cost | Editorial

Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today, how US foreign policy has dramatically – and alarmingly – turned towards Latin America and the CaribbeanDonald Trump is not generally noted as a student of history. Yet over the past year, his decisive reorientation of US foreign policy towards the Americas has revived a playbook dating back two centuries, to the fifth president, James Monroe. Now the 47th is doubling down. An anti-interventionist is having second thoughts. Remarks that sounded at first like bad jokes or random outbursts from the presidential id have become more sinister through repetition or accompanying actions. Only a fool would take all of Mr Trump’s comments literally – but they should certainly be taken seriously.He has refused to rule out using military force to take control of Greenland and repeatedly floated the idea of making Canada the 51st state. He threatened to seize the Panama canal. He has imposed swing...

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2 w. ago Photos show Myanmar holding its first election since the military seized power

Voters in Myanmar cast ballots in the first phase of the country’s general election Sunday. The polls are being held under military rule during a civil war. Critics argue the election is a facade to legitimize military control under the pretense of civilian rule.

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2 w. ago Polls close in first phase of Myanmar elections widely condemned as a sham

Turnout appears to be low in vote in which most candidates seen as allies of military junta and large areas excluded by warPolls have closed in conflict-racked Myanmar, ending the first phase of an election that has been widely condemned as a sham designed to legitimise the military junta’s rule.The military has touted the vote as a return to democracy almost five years after it seized power in a coup, ousting the country’s then de-facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, detaining her and sparking a spiralling civil war. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Myanmar elections: voting begins under junta stranglehold with Aung San Suu Kyi banned

War with opposition groups means large areas are excluded from poll, while recent law prohibits criticising a process regarded internationally as a shamPolling stations have opened in some areas of conflict-racked Myanmar for an election that has been widely condemned as a sham designed to legitimise the military junta’s rule.The most popular party is banned from running in the election, and large areas of the country will be completely excluded because they are under the control of anti-junta groups or racked by fierce fighting. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Myanmar will hold its first general election in 5 years as criticism of the military rule mounts

Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an election framed by the ruling military as a return to multi-party democracy

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