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Tariffs and oil Trump's main focus during Davos address
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Tariffs and oil Trump's main focus during Davos address

President boasts new 'golden age' and will meet Putin 'soon'

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January 24, 2025
'Every day my children ask where's Daddy? Is he dead?"
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'Every day my children ask where's Daddy? Is he dead?"

Bel Trew in Jerusalem and Nedal Hamdouna in Gaza speak to those desperately searching for loved ones under the rubble

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January 24, 2025
'He is an archetype of every populist leader to come'
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'He is an archetype of every populist leader to come'

As biopic 'Mussolini: Son of the Century' arrives, its director Joe Wright talks to Craig McLean about the importance of understanding the charismatic fascist behind the bloodshed

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January 24, 2025
The biggest surprises of this year's Oscar nominations
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The biggest surprises of this year's Oscar nominations

Louis Chilton lists the egregious snubs and unexpected nods

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January 24, 2025
Independent hailed for its film about Suu Kyi in prison
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Independent hailed for its film about Suu Kyi in prison

The Independent has been hailed for shining a light on the continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi by a brutal military regime in Myanmar.

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January 24, 2025
Joyful scenes as Thailand legalises same-sex marriage
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Joyful scenes as Thailand legalises same-sex marriage

Hundreds of couples have been married in Bangkok as Thailand became the first country in southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage.

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January 24, 2025
Trump accused of using AI to write up executive orders
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Trump accused of using AI to write up executive orders

Legal experts are blaming Donald Trump's suspected use of artificial intelligence for the often \"slipshod\" language of his multitude of executive orders.

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January 24, 2025
Commons was misled over Chagos, claims Labour MP
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Commons was misled over Chagos, claims Labour MP

Lammy made statements that 'do not appear to be true'

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January 24, 2025
Emilia Perez becomes most nominated non-English film in the history of the Oscars
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Emilia Perez becomes most nominated non-English film in the history of the Oscars

Netflix's musical drama about a transgender mobster has broken Oscar records to become the most nominated film not in the English language.

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January 24, 2025
Sinner sees off De Minaur to ease into the final four
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Sinner sees off De Minaur to ease into the final four

Jannik Sinner continued his quest for consecutive Australian Open titles with a clinical deconstruction of Alex de Minaur in the last of the men's singles quarter-finals.

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January 23, 2025
Arsenal relocate shooting boots and near last eight
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Arsenal relocate shooting boots and near last eight

Arsenal do as much as they can, which means it is close to impossible for anyone else to do enough to prevent their safe passage into the Champions League last eight.

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January 23, 2025
Flawed City battered by better, faster, stronger PSG
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Flawed City battered by better, faster, stronger PSG

Now Manchester City are found on the wrong side of the dotted line.

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January 23, 2025
Trump calls for Putin to do a deal’ to end Ukraine war
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Trump calls for Putin to do a deal’ to end Ukraine war

US president Donald Trump has called on Russian president Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the nearly three-year-old war Russia launched against Ukraine, and is threatening to impose further sanctions on Moscow if the Russian leader does not acquiesce.

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January 23, 2025
The perfect opponent for Inoue may not even exist
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The perfect opponent for Inoue may not even exist

Naoya Inoue may be the pound-for-pound best boxer in the world.

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January 23, 2025
Royal Navy tracks Russian spy ship in English Channel
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Royal Navy tracks Russian spy ship in English Channel

A Russian spy ship is being tracked by the Royal Navy after sailing through the English Channel, John Healey revealed yesterday, issuing a stark warning to Vladimir Putin that the government is watching Russian activity in UK waters.

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January 23, 2025
Reeves under pressure due to jump in borrowing costs
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Reeves under pressure due to jump in borrowing costs

Chancellor Rachel Reeves's financial headache has been inflamed by a surprise jump in borrowing in December when it leapt to a four-year high of nearly £18bn.

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January 23, 2025
Prince gets full apology’ as he settles case against NGN
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Prince gets full apology’ as he settles case against NGN

Lawyers described the settlement as a monumental victory’

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January 23, 2025
Supermarket giants hit out at Reeves's tractor tax plan
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Supermarket giants hit out at Reeves's tractor tax plan

Rachel Reeves’s plans for a family farm tax” have suffered a major blow after the supermarket giant Tesco called on her to halt the policy.

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January 23, 2025
Drug marketplace founder is latest pardon by Trump
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Drug marketplace founder is latest pardon by Trump

Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling illegal drugs and other contraband goods like hacking equipment and stolen passports.

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January 23, 2025
Man admits triple slaying of BBC commentator's family
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Man admits triple slaying of BBC commentator's family

A man who fatally shot his ex-girlfriend and her sister with a crossbow before stabbing their mother to death has pleaded guilty to their murders - but denied raping his former partner.

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January 23, 2025
Bishop asks Trump to have mercy on trans children’
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Bishop asks Trump to have mercy on trans children’

President hits back that nasty’ cleric owes nation an apology

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January 23, 2025
What has the OBR revealed about Reeves’s tractor tax?
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What has the OBR revealed about Reeves’s tractor tax?

Tesco, Lidl and the Co-op, three of Britain’s biggest retailers, have joined calls for Rachel Reeves to abandon her inheritance tax raid on farmers, claiming that the UK’s future food security is at stake”.

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January 23, 2025
At least 10 killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
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At least 10 killed during Israeli raid in West Bank

Jordan warns the region could 'explode' after the offensive

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January 23, 2025
Prince of Principles facing trouble after day in the sun
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Prince of Principles facing trouble after day in the sun

As Prince Harry leaves the High Court with a public apology and substantial damages from Rupert Murdoch's tabloid, Tessa Dunlop considers the price he's still having to pay...

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January 23, 2025
'Renters are treated like an income stream, not people'
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'Renters are treated like an income stream, not people'

London's letting market has become like a property version of the 'Hunger Games', where only the strongest and most desperate find an affordable place to live,

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January 23, 2025
Can The Night Agent break Netflix's season two curse?
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Can The Night Agent break Netflix's season two curse?

The spy series had a relatively obscure cast and a pulpy story - yet it became one of the streamer's most successful shows. Maybe it has what it takes to thrill again,

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January 23, 2025
Government-backed train ticket seller to be launched
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Government-backed train ticket seller to be launched

A new online train ticket retailer is to be created, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced in a surprise reversal of a proposal dropped by the previous Conservative government.

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January 23, 2025
GLASS ACT
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GLASS ACT

Aidy Smith on stylish wine glasses worth raising a toast to

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January 23, 2025
Girls, 13, repeatedly raped by 'predators' in Rochdale
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Girls, 13, repeatedly raped by 'predators' in Rochdale

A group of men subjected two young girls to \"appalling\" sexual exploitation over the course of several years in Greater Manchester, which saw them plied with alcohol and drugs and repeatedly raped, a court has heard.

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January 23, 2025
Trump charges ahead with his vision of a Maga future
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Trump charges ahead with his vision of a Maga future

As always with Donald Trump, caricature is the easy route. It takes some chutzpah and self- regard to deliver a line like I was saved by God to make America great again”.

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January 22, 2025