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Zelenskyy meeting with Trump expected to take place on Thursday – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T18:03:08+00:00

Adviser to Zelenskyy says he in Kyiv, not Davos, and meeting will not be today as Trump suggested earlierFormer Nato secretary general and former Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned that the “time of flattery has ended” as Europe needs to step up its response to Trump’s threats over Greenland – but still look for off-ramps to avoid escalation whereever possible.Speaking to BBC News this morning, he warned that a US attack on Greenland “would be the end of Nato,” and push Europeans to urgently step up its defence in its own right, regardless of the US.“I think those three areas w

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Britain facing ‘catastrophe’ because of children being addicted to social media, peers told – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T18:00:43+00:00

House of Lords debate amendments to bill that would ban children under the age of 16 from having social media We’re not far off PMQs. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.There will be two statements in the Commons after PMQs. At 12.30pm Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, will give one about the warm homes plan, and about an hour later Emma Reynolds, the environment secretary, will give one on the water white paper. Continue reading...

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Davos live: Denmark welcomes Trump ruling out force to take Greenland but cautions ‘challenge is still there’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:59:54+00:00

Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the US president delivered a speech to world leadersTrump steps up demand to annex Greenland but rules out using forceMiddle powers assemble? Trump disorder prompts talk of new liberal alliancesQ: Is the US worried that institutional investors in Europe might pull out of the US Treasury market, such as pension funds in Denmark?Bessent brushes this aside, sayingThe size of Denmark’s investment in US Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant.It is less than $100 million.They’ve been selling Treasuries for years. I’m not concer

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Starmer toughens rhetoric on Trump and decries pressure over Greenland

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:59:10+00:00

PM also accuses Kemi Badenoch of supporting efforts by the US president to ‘undermine the government’s position’UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has noticeably hardened his rhetoric towards Donald Trump, telling the Commons that the US president’s condemnation of the Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius was intended to weaken the UK’s resolve over Greenland.In a sometimes angry exchange with Kemi Badenoch at prime minister’s questions, Starmer denounced the Conservative leader’s use of Trump’s words to push back against the Chagos deal, saying the president had not been sincere in h

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Supreme court justices appear skeptical about Trump’s push to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:58:57+00:00

Conservative justice Brett Kavanaugh says that precedent set by firing Cook could ‘weaken, if not shatter’ Federal Reserve’s independenceUS supreme court considers Trump’s bid to fire Lisa Cook from Fed boardHouse Republicans are starting a push on Wednesday to hold former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, opening the prospect of the House using one of its most powerful punishments against a former president for the first time.The contempt proceedings are an initial step toward a criminal prosecu

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Francia, i sospetti di ingerenze Usa nel processo a Le Pen

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-21T17:56:03+00:00

La segretaria generale della Commissione nazionale consultiva dei diritti dell’uomo, ha riferito di aver ricevuto nel maggio scorso due emissari dell'amministrazione Usa, su richiesta dell'ambasciata americana a Parigi, per raccogliere elementi in grado di dimostrare che la leader di estrema destra sia vittima di un caso giudiziario politicamente orientato

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Seven more countries agree to join Trump's Board of Peace

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:49:01+00:00

Seven Muslim-majority countries publicly accept an invitation to Trump's new organisation, joining Albania, Bahran, Hungary, Morocco and Israel.

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Gaza : trois journalistes, dont un collaborateur de l’AFP, tués par une frappe israélienne

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-21T17:46:17+00:00

Une trêve précaire est en vigueur depuis le 10 octobre à Gaza entre Israël et le Hamas, que les deux camps s’accusent mutuellement de violer. Depuis l’entrée en vigueur du ‍cessez-le-feu, plus de 470 Palestiniens et trois soldats israéliens ont été tués.

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Olivia Dean and Lola Young lead 2026 Brit award nominations

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:45:44+00:00

Singer-songwriters each receive five nominations at British music industry’s flagship awards – where Jarvis Cocker will return 30 years after Michael Jackson incidentOlivia Dean and Lola Young have cemented their breakthroughs to the front rank of British pop by topping the nominations for the 2026 Brit awards.The singer-songwriters earned five nominations each. Dean is nominated for artist and album of the year, pop act, and has two chances at winning song of the year for Man I Need and Rein Me In, the latter thanks to a guest spot with Sam Fender. Continue reading...

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Prince Harry accuses Daily Mail publisher of wanting to drive him ‘to drugs and drink’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:42:34+00:00

Duke of Sussex says Associated Newspapers has made Meghan’s life ‘an absolute misery’ and alleges it used unlawful means to secure storiesPrince Harry has accused the publisher of the Daily Mail of wanting to drive him “to drugs and drinking” by placing his life under surveillance, as he told the high court that it continues to “come after” him and his wife.The Duke of Sussex was on the verge of tears as he said Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) had continued to make Meghan Markle’s life “an absolute misery” during his litigation against it. Continue reading...

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Los mexicanos Lanza Atelier diseñarán el Serpentine Pavillion 2026: es una estructura de ladrillo ondulado que "vivorea" en los jardines de Kensington

Source: Clarin · Published: 2026-01-21T17:40:45+00:00

Isabel Abascal y Alessandro Arienzo son los más recientes de una lista de celebridades encabezada por Zaha Hadid.La importancia del Pabellón se debe a que permite a arquitectos de renombre y emergentes experimentar con nuevas ideas, materiales y tecnologías.El Pabellón se construirá con ladrillos de arcilla, resaltando la artesanía vernácula y la capacidad elemental de la arquitectura para unir a la gente.

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EU parliament blocks US trade deal after Trump’s tariff threat

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:37:40+00:00

Brussels to host emergency summit to discuss options including ‘nuclear deterrent’ of retaliatory sanctionsThe European parliament has formally suspended the ratification process on its US trade deal, in protest against Donald Trump’s threat to impose 10% tariffs on EU exports unless the bloc agrees he can take over Greenland.The pause is the strongest material response the EU has shown so far to what several leaders last week called blackmail. Continue reading...

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Snow, ice and subzero temperatures to sweep across US this weekend

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:34:34+00:00

The storm will stretch 2,000 miles from south-west to east, disrupting travel and threatening power outagesA vast winter storm is set to descend across much of the US starting on Friday, sweeping snow, ice and brutal cold across nearly 2,000 miles from the south-west to the east coast and affecting more than 200 million people.The system is expected to disrupt travel, bring down trees and power lines, and create the risk of prolonged power outages, followed by dangerously cold air. Continue reading...

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U.S. Pivot in Syria Leaves an Old Ally in the Lurch

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:31:25+00:00

A Kurdish force that helped defeat the Islamic State is collapsing as the Trump administration turns to back the new Syrian government.

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Super Saliha

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:30:00+00:00

A Tunisian man turns his dying mother’s cancer treatment into a celebration of love, devotion, care and resilience.

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Farage says Trump should respect Greenlanders’ wishes but territory would be safer under US control – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:29:19+00:00

Reform UK leader says territory would be ‘more secure’ if part of the US but Trump should respect their right to self-determination We’re not far off PMQs. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.There will be two statements in the Commons after PMQs. At 12.30pm Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, will give one about the warm homes plan, and about an hour later Emma Reynolds, the environment secretary, will give one on the water white paper. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, Groenland : l’ambition de Donald Trump concernant l’île autonome « reste intacte », estime le Danemark

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-21T17:29:18+00:00

Bien que le président américain ait exclu, mercredi à Davos, une intervention militaire au Groenland, « cela ne fait pas disparaître le problème », a jugé le ministre des affaires étrangères danois. « On ne négocie pas des êtres humains. On peut commercer entre des personnes, mais on ne négocie pas des personnes », a-t-il martelé.

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EN DIRECT, Davos : Donald Trump affirme qu’il a conçu « le cadre d’un futur accord » sur le Groenland avec le chef de l’OTAN

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-21T17:29:18+00:00

Donald Trump s’est exprimé à l’issue d’une entrevue avec Mark Rutte, le secrétaire général de l’OTAN, à Davos. En conséquence, le président américain a dit que, si l’accord se concrétisait, il renoncerait à la hausse des droits de douane prévue au 1ᵉʳ février, sans donner plus de détails sur ledit « futur accord ».

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World would be a ‘better place’ if US took over Greenland, says Nigel Farage

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:25:11+00:00

Reform leader says he believes in nation states even though he appears to support Trump annexing US neighbour The world would be a “better, more secure place” if America took over Greenland, Nigel Farage said at Davos, while insisting that he still believed in the sovereignty of nation states.During a panel at the World Economic Formum’s “America House” in the Swiss ski resort on Wednesday, the Reform UK leader said he had “no doubt” that the world would be safer if a “strong America was in Greenland “because of the geopolitics of the High North, because of the retreating ice caps and because

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‘Treated like shirkers’: German unions cry foul over Merz’s sick-note crackdown

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:23:30+00:00

Opponents say proposal to end sick notes issued over phone would fill up doctors’ waiting rooms unnecessarilyA German proposal to end the right to get short-term sick leave from a doctor over the telephone as a means of cracking down on skiving has met with outcry from labour groups and the medical profession.Germans enjoy some of the most generous employee illness policies in Europe, a fact the conservative chancellor, Friedrich Merz, says is undermining efforts to kickstart the EU’s biggest economy, whose growth has largely stalled since 2022. Continue reading...

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Watch: How was Trump's Davos speech received?

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:22:33+00:00

The BBC's Faisal Islam was in the room when President Trump told his audience that he would not use force in Greenland, but also launched a long argument for why the US should own it.

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IMTEX FORMING 2026 showcases metal forming, manufacturing technologies

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-21T17:13:56+00:00

The exhibition showcases presses, robotics, automation, additive manufacturing and artificial intelligence, alongside concurrent events such as Tooltech and Digital Manufacturing

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Middle powers assemble? Trump disorder prompts talk of new liberal alliances

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:09:57+00:00

As Mark Carney, Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen decide ‘to live in truth’, what will it take for Starmer to call out Trump?Davos live – latest updatesDonald Trump has told the Davos economic forum “without us, most countries would not even work”, but for the first time in decades, many western leaders have come to the opposite conclusion: they will function better without the US.Individually and collectively, they have decided “to live in truth” – the phrase used by the Czech dissident Vaclav Havel and referenced by the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, in his widely praised speec

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India de-licenses lower 6 GHz spectrum to boost Wi-Fi services

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-21T17:02:30+00:00

The move allows licence-free use for low-power indoor and very low-power outdoor wireless access, including Wi-Fi networks, on a shared basi

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En Ouganda, Bobi Wine, principal opposant, menacé de mort par le fils du président Museveni

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-21T17:02:25+00:00

« Je lui donne 48 heures pour se rendre à la police. Passé ce délai, il sera traité comme un hors-la-loi », a déclaré Muhoozi Kainerugaba. La répression est généralisée après le scrutin du 15 janvier, qui a vu Yoweri Museveni être réélu pour un septième mandat.

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LIVE: Marseille vs Liverpool – UEFA Champions League

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-01-21T17:01:12+00:00

Follow our live build-up with full team news coverage before our text commentary stream of the league phase match.

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