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Trump waters down criticism of UK’s Chagos Islands deal after call with Starmer

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:48:57+00:00

US president says deal, which he previously described as act of ‘great stupidity’, was ‘best’ PM could makeDonald Trump has watered down his criticism of the UK’s plan to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, saying the deal was the “best” Keir Starmer could make.The US president had described ceding sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory, which includes the Diego Garcia military base, as an “act of great stupidity” only last month. He also claimed the deal was one of many “national security reasons” why the US should acquire Greenland. Continue reading...

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Barclays reportedly cuts ties with lobbying firm co-founded by Peter Mandelson

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:37:49+00:00

Vodafone also reviewing its contract with Global Counsel after revelations of former minister’s links to Jeffrey EpsteinBarclays has reportedly cut its ties with the lobbying firm co-founded by Peter Mandelson, after intense scrutiny of the founders’ dealings with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Vodafone has also said it is reviewing its contract for public affairs services with Global Counsel, which Mandelson co-founded in 2010 after Labour lost the general election. Continue reading...

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Democrats’ 10 demands to ‘rein in’ ICE – the full list of proposed reforms

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:36:46+00:00

Party says it will not back funding bill without reforms on – among other things – masks, ID and judicial warrantsFollowing the fatal shootings of American citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis last month, Democrats have refused to support long-term funding for the Department of Homland Security unless Republicans agree to reforms on the tactics of federal agents carrying out Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.“The American people rightfully expect their elected representatives to take action to rein in ICE and ensure no more lives are lost,” Senate minority le

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How the Epstein scandal has shaken the British government to its core

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:33:59+00:00

Anger at former US ambassador Peter Mandelson’s relations with the child sex offender threatens to topple the prime ministerIt was the one scandal that Donald Trump seemed unable to shake. No matter his best efforts to convince his supporter base that there was nothing to see here, the demands for the administration to release every document it had on the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein only grew.Yet even after the most shocking revelations in the latest drop about Trump’s inner circle – involving everyone from Elon Musk to the Maga honcho Steve Bannon to the commerce secretary, Howard Lutn

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Крупнейшие гостиничные сети прекратили сотрудничество с «Яндекс Путешествиями»

Fonte: Vedomosti – All Articles · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:25:17+00:00

Работающие в России гостиничные операторы перестали предлагать номера в своих отелях на площадке «Яндекс Путешествия», сообщает Российский союз туриндустрии (РСТ). Это связано с повышением с 1 февраля 2025 г. базовой комиссии с 15% до 17%.

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Крупнейшие гостиничные сети прекратили сотрудничество с «Яндекс.Путешествиями»

Fonte: Vedomosti – All Articles · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:25:17+00:00

Работающие в России гостиничные операторы перестали предлагать номера в своих отелях на площадке «Яндекс.Путешествия», сообщает Российский союз туриндустрии (РСТ). Это связано с повышением с 1 февраля 2025 г. базовой комиссии с 15% до 17%.

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In sticking by Trump, Republicans and rightwing evangelicals have made a devil’s pact

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:17:10+00:00

Trump might not embody Christian values yet is the religious right’s chosen instrument to turn the tide against liberal, godless AmericaThey had come to say a prayer for the father, the son and the holy ghost.The father was Donald Trump who, despite sending federal militias to roam Minneapolis, threatening to invade Greenland and telling lies by the dozen, remains the lord and saviour of the religious right. Continue reading...

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The way, the Trump and the lies: prayer breakfast displays US right’s devil’s pact

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:17:10+00:00

Trump might not embody Christian values yet is the religious right’s chosen instrument to turn the tide against liberal, godless AmericaThey had come to say a prayer for the father, the son and the holy ghost.The father was Donald Trump, who, despite sending federal militias to roam Minneapolis, threatening to invade Greenland and telling lies by the dozen, remains the lord and saviour of the religious right. Continue reading...

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Resignations, denials and excuses: Epstein fallout hits some harder than others

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:15:15+00:00

While the US president’s many mentions in the Esptein files seem to have no consequences, in the UK Starmer could be the first world leader to fallAll around Europe, the political and business elite are facing an inquest on what blinded so many to think it was permissible to consort with a known sex trafficker. As the 3m emails and 1,800 photos released on Friday by the US Department of Justice start to percolate across the continent and through to national media, questions about the moral fibre of this elite are starting to be asked at markedly different levels of intensity.Squirming business

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Той самий шарм, але без натовпу туристів: названо 8 островів Греції, які варто відвідати

Fonte: UNIAN (General) · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:11:00+00:00

Популярні острови Греції вражають неймовірними краєвидами, але багато туристів можуть завадити відпочинку, але є менш відомі місця.

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Той самий шарм, але без натовпу туристів: названо 8 островів Греції, які варто відвідати

Fonte: UNIAN (General) · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:11:00+00:00

Популярні острови Греції вражають неймовірними краєвидами, але багато туристів можуть завадити відпочинку, проте є менш відомі місця.

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Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:02:27+00:00

Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to probe deals blockedLabour should halt public contracts with the US tech company Palantir, opposition politicians have said, amid growing concern at the lack of government transparency over dealings with the company and Peter Mandelson.Since 2023, Palantir has secured more than £500m in contracts with the NHS and the Ministry of Defence, while it employed Global Counsel, the lobbying firm founded by Mandelson. Emails released by the US Department of Justice show Mandelson sought help from Jeffrey Epstei

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Iran is betting that Trump does not have a plan for regime change

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:01:58+00:00

Although weakened by airstrikes, sanctions and domestic unrest, Tehran is surprisingly bullish before talks with USWhen it comes to Iran and Donald Trump, there is so much bluff, backed by military hardware, that the truth rarely makes an incontrovertible appearance.Nevertheless, it appears that a bullish Iran is going into negotiations with the US on Friday adopting maximalist positions that do not seem greatly different to those it adopted in the five rounds of talks before the negotiations were abruptly halted by the surprise Israeli attack on Iran last June. Continue reading...

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Bonobos can play make-believe much like children, study suggests

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:00:47+00:00

An ape was able to identify the location of imaginary objects in pretend scenarios, researchers findWhether it’s playing at being doctors or hosting a toy’s tea party, children are adept at engaging in make-believe – now researchers say bonobos can do it too.While there have been anecdotal reports of apes using imaginary objects, including apparently dragging pretend blocks across the floor, experts say it is possible such instances have other explanations. Continue reading...

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Magic Beach by Alison Lester named Australia’s best children’s picture book

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:00:46+00:00

Lester’s 1990 classic about the wonders of nature wins Guardian Australia poll ahead of Possum Magic in second placeAlison Lester interview: ‘Everything I do looks a bit like a stuffed toy’Children on their favourite picture book: ‘I also like that the dad cries’Magic Beach by Alison Lester has won Guardian Australia’s poll to find Australia’s best children’s picture book of all time.More than 100,000 votes were cast after polling opened on 27 January. Aside from the first day, when Possum Magic by Mem Fox and illustrator Julie Vivas took an early lead, Magic Beach was the most voted for book

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‘Part of our biological toolkit’: newborn babies can anticipate rhythm in music, researchers find

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T19:00:45+00:00

Brain activity suggests newborns can detect and predict patterns relating to rhythm, study saysNewborn babies can anticipate rhythm in pieces of music, researchers have discovered, offering insights into a fundamental human trait.Babies in the womb begin to respond to music by about eight or nine months, as shown by changes in their heart rate and body movements, said Dr Roberta Bianco, the first author of the research who is based at the Italian Institute of Technology in Rome. Continue reading...

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How We Know Iran Crushed Protests with Lethal Force

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T18:59:17+00:00

The New York Times collected and analyzed hundreds of videos of a crackdown on anti-government protests that Iranians shared despite an internet blackout. Sanjana Varghese explains how the Visual Investigations team at The Times verified them.

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How penis injections became a Winter Olympic talking point

Fonte: BBC News - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T18:44:26+00:00

The World Anti-Doping Agency could investigate if evidence emerges that male ski jumpers are injecting their penises in a bid to improve sporting performance.

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Покинуте туристичне місце, колись улюблене багатими та знаменитими, тепер "застигло" у часі

Fonte: UNIAN (General) · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T18:41:00+00:00

Хоча в'їзд для туристів заборонений, деякі з тих, хто там жив, змогли повернутися в кілька районів курорту після відкриття пунктів пропуску між північчю і півднем у 2003 році.

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Trump offers revised account of Tulsi Gabbard presence at FBI raid in Georgia

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T18:31:49+00:00

Shifting explanations of Gabbard’s presence at election center intensifies scrutiny of role she played in operationDonald Trump on Thursday offered a new and shifting account of why Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was present last week at an FBI raid of an election center in Georgia, saying she went at the urging of the attorney general Pam Bondi.“She took a lot of heat two days ago because she went in at Pam’s insistence,” the US president said at the National Prayer Breakfast, a high-profile event of political and religious leaders. “She went in and she looked at votes

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Trump offers contradictory account of Tulsi Gabbard presence at FBI raid in Georgia

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T18:31:49+00:00

Shifting explanations of Gabbard’s presence at election center intensifies scrutiny of role she played in operationDonald Trump on Thursday offered a new and shifting account of why Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was present last week at an FBI raid of an election center in Georgia, saying she went at the urging of the attorney general Pam Bondi.“She took a lot of heat two days ago because she went in at Pam’s insistence,” the US president said at the National Prayer Breakfast, a high-profile event of political and religious leaders. “She went in and she looked at votes

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Trump administration issues rule that makes it easier to fire federal workers

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T18:30:22+00:00

New rule to be published in the Federal Register on Friday would strip job protections for 50,000 federal employeesThe Trump administration is seeking to finalize its overhaul of the federal government’s civil service system through a rule issued this week by the office of personnel management (OPM) to strip job protections from 50,000 civil service employees.Under the rule, the president would have the authority to fire and hire an estimated 50,000 career federal employees. Continue reading...

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Rape allegation against ex-Barclays CEO Jes Staley was raised in US Epstein investigation

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T18:29:14+00:00

Newly unsealed files claim the banker, who has denied any wrongdoing, forced a woman to touch his genitalsUS prosecutors reviewed allegations of rape and bodily harm against the former Barclays boss and former JP Morgan banker Jes Staley, according to newly unsealed files linked to the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Multiple documents in the Epstein files cite serious allegations of sexual misconduct against Staley, including that he forced a woman to touch his genitals during a massage before raping her, and left “bloody marks” on the arms of a woman he called “tinkerbell”. Continue readi

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Cuba open to talks with US ‘without pressure’ after months of Trump threats

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T18:26:26+00:00

Miguel Díaz‑Canel says Cuba is willing to engage Washington amid the island’s deepening economic crisisAfter months of threats from Donald Trump, the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, has said that his government is willing to talk to the United States, just so long as it is “without pressure”.Standing in front of a life-sized photograph of Fidel Castro carrying a rifle during the 1959 revolution, Díaz-Canel, the 65-year-old president, said on Thursday that his island nation had been subject to an “intense media campaigns of slander, hatred and psychological warfare”. Continue reading...

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Ukraine-Russia Talks End With Little Progress and Hints of Impasse

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T18:24:13+00:00

American negotiators trumpeted plans for a prisoner swap, but that was small recompense for months of diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration.

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Louvre Museum crown left crushed but 'intact' after raid

Fonte: BBC News - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T18:19:53+00:00

The Paris museum issues the first pictures of the crown since the theft, saying it was left "badly deformed".

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru win second WPL title with Mandhana, Voll heroics

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T18:17:38+00:00

Skipper Smriti Mandhana led the charge with a scintillating 87 off 41 balls, while Georgia Voll contributed 79 in a 165-run partnership, anchoring RCB’s record chase of 204.

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En Serbie, la justice dans le collimateur du président Aleksandar Vucic

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-02-05T18:15:23+00:00

Le chef de l’Etat a promulgué une réforme qui devrait rentrer en vigueur dans les prochains jours pour contrer des enquêtes pour corruption mettant en cause plusieurs ministres de son parti.

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