The Guardian - January 08, 2025

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January 08, 2025

Trump refuses to rule out seizing Greenland

Donald Trump yesterday refused to rule out using military force to retake control of the Panama Canal and seize Greenland, citing economic security as a driving factor.

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Morning coffee protects heart health, study finds

People who get their coffee hit in the morning reap benefits not seen in those having it later, according to the first major study into the health benefits of the drink at different times.

2 mins

Dismay as factchecking ditched on Facebook in 'free speech' drive

Zuckerberg describes Trump re-election as 'cultural tipping point'

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Cash usage up for third year in a row, Nationwide data shows

The pandemic was supposed to usher in a cashless society, and many businesses have gone card-only - but Britons are finding it hard to let go of notes and coins.

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It's not Australian: Albanese throws shade on cabana users hogging best beach spots

Australia's prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has weighed in on a drama unfolding on the country's beaches, declaring that beachgoers who use portable shade structures to claim a patch of sand are going against the nation's spirit of equality.

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader, dies aged 96

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right Front National, who sent shock waves through the country when he made it to the second round of the presidential election in 2002, has died aged 96.

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A Provocateur Whose Unabashed Racism Paved the Way for the Populism of Today

In an age of more deliberately divisive extremism peopled by the likes of Trump, Le Pen's rhetoric might have worked

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Ketamine may be reclassified as class A drug after increase in illegal use

Ketamine could be reclassified as a class A drug by the Home Office after illegal use was reported to have reached record levels last year.

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Schools in England face 'death by a thousand cuts', warn heads

Schools in England are facing \"death by a thousand cuts\", headteachers have warned, after a leading economics thinktank said rising costs are likely to outstrip funding in the coming year despite recent injections of additional money.

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'Xenophobic' Jenrick 'alien cultures' comment condemned

Tories have privately accused Robert Jenrick of stoking divisions to fuel his own leadership ambitions, as community groups condemned the shadow justice secretary for describing Britons of Pakistani origin as \"people from alien cultures\".

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'Of course I worry' Phillips' fears over abuse by Musk

Elon Musk knows \"absolutely nothing\" about protecting women and girls, Jess Phillips has said after the billionaire called her a \"rape genocide apologist\" and an \"evil witch\".

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Chameleon ex-minister now bends reality live on air as Useful Idiot for the X billionaire

You can tell that Elon Musk must have overstepped the mark when even Kemi Badenoch has taken a break from tweeting her support for the ketamine-riddled billionaire.

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'A long way to go' What black voters think of Labour's first six months

In Toxteth, a fast-gentrifying area of Liverpool that has for decades been the nucleus of the city's 300-year-old Black community, Saeed Olayiwola considered how the Labour government compared with the Conservatives. \"I don't see much that sets them apart at the moment,\" Olayiwola said.

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Tulip Siddiq Bangladesh demands bank details of UK anti-corruption minister

Anti-money laundering officials in Bangladesh have demanded the bank account details of Tulip Siddiq, the UK anti-corruption minister, in the latest escalation of the inquiries into her family's financial interests.

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Reform Farage paid £189,000 for promoting gold company

Nigel Farage was paid £189,000 last year as a brand ambassador for a gold company, taking his total income since July's election to just under £600,000.

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Police appeal for information after boy, 14, fatally stabbed on London bus

A 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich, south-east London, in the middle of the afternoon yesterday.

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Apple will update AI tool after inaccurate summaries of news

Apple has said it will update an artificial intelligence feature that has issued inaccurate news alerts on its latest iPhones, including that a man accused of killing a US insurance boss had shot himself and that the tennis star Rafael Nadal had come out as gay.

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London the only major UK city that is ageing, thinktank finds

Post-Brexit migration patterns and falling birth rates mean London is the only major UK city getting older, according to new analysis.

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Vinyl and streaming lead the way in record-breaking year for UK music

Music lovers spent a record £2.4bn on streaming subscriptions and physical music last year as the British music industry finally recovers from the digital revolution that ushered in rampant online piracy and the slow death of the CD.

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AI helps increase breast cancer detection rate in first real-world test

The use of AI in breast cancer screening increases the chance of the disease being detected, researchers have found, in what they say is the first real-world test of the approach.

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McDonald's Fired 29 Staff After Harassment Claims, MPs Told

The chief executive of McDonald's has said 29 people have been dismissed in the past year after allegations of sexual harassment.

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Black police chief denies 'racist' group chat messages, hearing told

The Metropolitan police's Black Police Association head was part of a group chat where \"racist\" jokes about east Asian people and a video mocking Katie Price's disabled son, Harvey, were shared, a misconduct hearing was told.

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Peter Yarrow, of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86

Peter Yarrow, a vocalist with the US folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died aged 86.

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Some states not acting in good faith on climate, says expert

The international effort to avert climate catastrophe has become mired by misinformation and bad faith actors and must be fundamentally reformed, according to a UN expert.

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Pair of British hikers missing in Dolomites since New Year's Day

A search is under way for a pair of British hikers in the Dolomites who have been missing since New Year's Day.

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'Thousands gone' Hero pub owner counts cost after flood water wrecks restaurant

As Cimi Kazazi stood in the middle of his flood-damaged bar and restaurant in the Leicestershire village of Great Glen, he struggled to find the words to describe the devastation.

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At long last orders Guests snowed in at highest pub in UK free on fourth day

It was the moment they had waited four days for. A tractor appeared on the horizon, bringing the possibility of escape for most of the 33 people snowed into the Tan Hill Inn, Britain's highest pub.

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Bristol Old Vic theatre school to scrap degree course amid financial pressures

One of the UK's most celebrated drama schools, which counts the Oscar-winners Olivia Colman, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jeremy Irons among its alumni, is to scrap its undergraduate degrees because of a range of financial challenges.

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Hamster and a fake leg among items left on Northern trains

A prosthetic leg, an ironing board and a hamster are among the things passengers have left on Northern trains.

1 min

Afghans killed by SAS described as 'flat-packed', inquiry hears

Afghans who were killed by members of the SAS in Afghanistan were described dismissively as having been \"flat-packed\" according to revealing testimony given by a former member of the elite force's sister unit to a public inquiry.

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'Get on my land' The access-friendly farmers boosting the right to roam

When Debra and Tom Willoughby first arrived at their tenant farm in Nottinghamshire, they tried to reroute a bridleway that runs through their farmyard.

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Ministers hope 'new deal' can help to reset relationship with industry

The government is aiming to reset its relationship with farmers with what it describes as a \"new deal\" for the industry.

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Scottish man killed while serving as medic in Ukraine

A Scottish man has been killed while serving on the frontline with the Ukrainian army, his family has said.

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Director's exit is latest plot twist at under-fire society of literature

The director of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL) will leave to \"pursue new career opportunities\" after a year in which the society's management has faced intense scrutiny.

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Man charged with stalking Shirley Ballas

A man has been charged with stalking the Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas.

1 min

Fatherhood is a rarity for humpback whales in South Pacific, study finds

As few as 7% of male humpback whales in the breeding grounds around New Caledonia in the South Pacific may have fathered offspring, a study has found.

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Ex-Bank of England governor weighs up run to replace Trudeau as Canada's PM

The former Bank of England governor Mark Carney, a climate-focused economist who became the first non-Briton to run the Bank, is considering entering the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada's prime minister.

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Sudan militias have committed genocide during civil war, US rules

The US has formally declared that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed genocide during the civil war, marking the second time in less than 30 years that genocide has been perpetrated in the country.

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'Trump vows to 'make Greenland great again' as Donald Jr pays a visit

Donald Trump Jr touched down in Greenland yesterday, hours after his father reiterated his interest in taking control of the Arctic autonomous territory and pledged to \"make Greenland great again\".

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Minister warns of rising threat 10 years after Charlie Hebdo terror attack

The threat of a terrorist attack on France is being fuelled by social media and has never been greater, the country's interior minister has said 10 years after gunmen killed 12 people in an attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine.

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'Proud to be Syrian': passengers delight as Damascus airport reopens

International flights have resumed at Damascus airport for the first time since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, including the first direct flight from Doha, Qatar, in 13 years, greeted by a party atmosphere in the arrivals hall.

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Two prisoners on death row reject Biden's clemency action

Two of the 37 federal prisoners whose death sentences were commuted to life in prison without parole last month by Joe Biden are refusing to accept the action.

1 min

Far-right Austrian party invites centre right to be junior partner

The leader of Austria's anti-immigration, pro-Kremlin Freedom party has said he intends to invite a mainstream centre-right party for coalition talks, potentially paving the way for the far right to rule the country for the first time since the second world war.

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Technology expert takes a round trip as self-driving taxi goes loopy

A tech entrepreneur based in Los Angeles became trapped in a malfunctioning self-driving car for several minutes last month, causing him to nearly miss a flight, he said.

1 min

Greece guilty of illegal asylum seeker pushbacks, ECHR rules

The European court of human rights has found Greece guilty of conducting \"systematic\" pushbacks of would-be asylum seekers, ordering it to compensate a woman forcibly expelled back to Turkey despite her attempts to seek protection in the country.

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'Robinson Crusoe', evicted after 32 years on island, dies aged 85

Mauro Morandi, an Italian man nicknamed \"Robinson Crusoe\" by the media after living alone on a paradise island for more than three decades, has died at the age of 85.

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Chinese-owned ship suspected of damaging undersea cable off Taiwan

Taiwanese authorities are investigating a Chinese-owned vessel that is suspected of damaging an undersea internet cable.

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Largest recorded funnel-web spider named a 'Hemsworth'

First there was Colossus, then Hercules...now, Thor.Among the Australian Reptile Park's tributes to the gods, one is newly pre-eminent, bearing the title of \"Hemsworth\".

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Rise in borrowing costs could force further spending cuts

Rachel Reeves could be forced to make fresh cuts to public spending at her March \"spring forecast\" as a rise in government borrowing costs puts the chancellor at risk of breaking her own fiscal rules.

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Food price inflation up to 3.7% in December

Food price inflation jumped to 3.7% last month, the highest level since March, helping to fuel a bumper season for supermarkets.

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Next to raise prices by 1% to offset £67m rise in costs

Next has said it will increase prices by 1% this year to help offset a £67m rise in wage costs driven by budget tax changes, which it expects will slow UK sales growth this year.

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Supply chain issues 'could push prices up by 20%'

The price of household staples including food and drink could climb by as much as 20% this year if challenges with sourcing and transporting goods continue, an industry body has said.

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Luxury tights brand Wolford says sorry for delivery delays

The luxury tights brand Wolford has apologised after heavy criticism from customers over delays to orders and refunds, admitting its delivery services were overstretched.

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Rolls-Royce to invest £300m in expanding Goodwood factory for luxury upgrades

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has said it will invest £300m in expanding its Goodwood factory in West Sussex to meet the growing demand for bespoke upgrades, after the luxury carmaker recorded its third-highest annual sales in 2024.

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Mark Carney: Bank chief who could be Canada's PM

Mark Carney, who has said he is considering a run to replace Justin Trudeau as the Canadian prime minister, spent seven years as the Bank of England governor.

1 min

Willis brothers prove resilience is key in harsh world of rugby

Sometimes people forget the most priceless quality in a rugby player.

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Feyi-Waboso injury adds to Borthwick's problems

Steve Borthwick has mounting headaches over his back-three contingent before the Six Nations with Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, George Furbank and Ollie Sleightholme all sidelined with injuries.

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Lawrence deserves plaudits for playing streetwise way

Comment Bath centre should not be sorry for stopping match against Northampton after innocuous clash of heads

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Djokovic and Murray offer glimpse of a thrilling union

Our verdict as one-time rivals undertake first slam practice session as player and coach in front of select audience

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Lopetegui in limbo as Potter demand stalls Hammers deal

Julen Lopetegui is in limbo after West Ham's move to replace their manager stalled over Graham Potter's demand for a two-and-a-half-year contract.

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Everton owners right to be looking at manager options, says Dyche

Sean Dyche has said Everton's new owners should be exploring managerial options because he has not won enough games this season to keep the pressure off.

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City target Frankfurt forward Marmoush

Manchester City are targeting Eintracht Frankfurt's Omar Marmoush to bolster Pep Guardiola's forward line, though signing him this month will be difficult owing to the Bundesliga club's challenge for a Champions League place.

1 min

Transfer roundup Palace and Ipswich battle for £20m Doak

Crystal Palace and Ipswich are set to test Liverpool's resolve to keep Ben Doak by making improved bids worth £20m for the Scotland forward.

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Postecoglou backs Son and says even Salah would struggle at Spurs

Manager points to lack of creativity in team as reason for South Korean's poor form

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Tesla, Twitter ... and the Reds? Musk eyes deal

The father of the world's richest man, Elon Musk, claims his son would be interested in buying Liverpool.

1 min

Liverpool have not stolen a single point, claims Slot

Arne Slot believes Liverpool have shown they possess the quality and depth to sustain a quadruple challenge and avoid the tail-off that Jürgen Klopp's side had last season.

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Isak and Gordon pounce to put Newcastle firmly in driving seat

The irony will surely not be lost on Mikel Arteta. On a night when his side were hoping to put one foot in the Carabao Cup final, it was Alexander Isak - a striker that the Arsenal manager has long coveted - who did the damage as Newcastle secured a famous victory.

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Cunha ban cut for offering to buy victim new glasses

Matheus Cunha had a ban for scuffling with an Ipswich staff member reduced after the Wolves forward offered to buy the man a new pair of glasses.

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Arsenal hold Rosicky talks over sporting director role

Tomas Rosicky is a leading contender to become Arsenal's sporting director, although any return to his former club would probably be put on hold until the end of the season.

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United Ponder January Sales Club Open to Mainoo and Højlund Offers

Manchester United will listen to serious offers for any of Ruben Amorim's squad, including Kobbie Mainoo, Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Højlund, who were previously deemed untouchable.

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