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A senior Iranian official has warned that the country will treat any attack “as an all-out war against us” ahead of the arrival of a US aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the region. The warning and surge in US military presence comes almost two weeks after Donald Trump urged...
Ukraine says the Paralympics should not have lifted its ban on Russia – disputing its claim it is no longer clear that sport is being used to promote the war. Only Russians entered as neutrals are allowed at the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. But the Paralympics could now see athletes fro...
When Dr Ronan Lee spoke to members of the Rohingya community, he heard “blood-curdling accounts” of killings and sexual violence allegedly carried out by Myanmar’s security forces. They described how hundreds of villages were burned to the ground, with Myanmar’s military treating...
A former Olympic snowboarder accused of drug trafficking and setting up the murder of a federal witness, has been arrested, the head of the FBI has said. Ryan Wedding, a Canadian who competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, was held in Mexico on Thursday night, FBI director Kash Patel sai...
The co-owner of the Swiss bar where 40 people died in a fire has been released on bail. Jacques Moretti, who ran Le Constellation with his wife Jessica, was arrested on 9 January following the blaze in the early hours of New Year’s Day. A court originally ordered him to be detained for three month...
Veterans and their families, Downing Street and MPs have reacted with fury after Donald Trump claimed NATO troops – including those from Britain – stayed “a little off the frontlines” in Afghanistan. In an interview with Fox News in Davos, the US president repeated his criticism,...
Prince Harry has joined Sir Keir Starmer in criticising false claims by Donald Trump that British and NATO troops were not on the frontline in Afghanistan. The Duke of Sussex, who undertook two tours of Afghanistan, said British “sacrifices deserve to be spoken about truthfully and with respect...
Switzerland has been neutral ground in the heart of Europe for more than 500 years. This week, Davos provided a safe space for a full-frontal assault on the continent’s economic and political model that will be felt long after the canapes are cleared. The World Economic Forum has always relied on...
Stars of the runway and the screen have said farewell to fashion designer Valentino at a church service in Rome. The biggest names in fashion – including Donatella Versace, Tom Ford and Maria Grazia Chiuri – gathered in the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli on Friday for the funeral. Th...
Over 1,000 non-US NATO troops died in Afghanistan and at least double that number were seriously wounded in supporting US policy there. It is for this reason that many in the UK have condemned Donald Trump, who claimed during the war in Afghanistan that NATO troops stayed “a little off the frontli...
Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators are taking part in the first trilateral talks since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The three-way security discussions in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, are part of efforts to reach a deal to end the war. Currently, the talks are being described...
After the damage done by the American president in Davos – and make no mistake, it was significant, with alliances further ruptured – he has now managed to amplify it with comments that are as disrespectful as they are false. To suggest that coalition forces fighting with the Americans in Af...
The US and China have signed off on a deal for TikTok’s Chinese owner to hand over the company’s American division to investors backed by Donald Trump. It means the US version of TikTok will become majority-owned by a group of investors that includes American tech giant Oracle, California-ba...
Donald Trump has been criticised for claiming NATO troops stayed “a little off the front lines” in Afghanistan. In an interview with Fox News in Davos, the US president repeated his criticism of NATO, saying he was not “sure” the alliance would “be there if we ever needed t...
Analysis: What we know about the ‘trilateral meeting’ On the face of it, a trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi tomorrow would be a significant development. It would be the first time the Russians, Ukrainians and Americans are in the same room. But we still don’t know what will be discussed...
The Kremlin has confirmed the first trilateral peace talks between the US, Ukraine, and Russia will take place in Abu Dhabi today. The confirmation of Russian attendance at the meeting was announced after Vladimir Putin met with Donald Trump’s peace envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner...
When it was announced, four months ago, the idea of a Board of Peace seemed wholly entwined with the future of Gaza. Since then, things have changed. Now, the board has taken on a more expansive view. Perhaps it was always planned like that, but in Davos its ambitions became more overt, its scope much ....
Volodymyr Zelenskyy dropped a barrage of truth bombs on his European allies about their collective failure to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin and be respected by his US counterpart, Donald Trump. Invoking the spectacle of Bill Murray’s classic comedy, Groundhog Day, at a speech in Dav...
The remains of dozens more people killed in an inferno at a shopping centre in Pakistan have been found, bringing the total number killed to 67. The fire at the multi-storey Gul Plaza in the country’s largest city of Karachi was extinguished late last Sunday, nearly 24 hours after it broke out. By...
Nigerian bandits who kidnapped more than 150 churchgoers are demanding 17 motorbikes in return. It comes after attackers raided three different churches in conflict-hit Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria, on Sunday. They seized 177 people – before 11 managed to escape. It marks one of the largest mas...
A commuter train has crashed into a construction crane in southeastern Spain, the fourth rail incident in the space of a week. Emergency services in the Murcia region said four people suffered minor injuries as a result of the incident near the port city of Cartagena. A spokesperson added the train...
A gunman is reported to be at large in an Australian town following shootings that killed three people and wounded one. Police were called to two addresses in Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales, after 4pm on Thursday (7am in the UK). Two couples, a man and woman, had been shot in each location within minu...
A boat carrying 25 French tourists has capsized off the coast of Oman, killing three, local police have said. The three tourists drowned when the boat tipped over two-and-a-half nautical miles from Oman’s capital city of Muscat. Royal Oman Police said a tour guide and a boat captain were also on t...
Donald Trump says “a lot of great people” want to join his Board of Peace – but some world leaders are clearly worried the controversial initiative could undermine the United Nations. Originally envisioned as a small group that would oversee the ceasefire in Gaza, it has morphed into s...
A former police officer has been acquitted of criminal child-endangerment charges related to his role in the flawed law enforcement response to the 2022 Uvalde school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Adrian Gonzales, 52, who was a member of the Uvalde school district police departm...
Rescue efforts are under way to free people buried under rubble after landslides hit a campsite and house in New Zealand. They were triggered by heavy rains across the east of the North Island that cut power to thousands of homes, closed roads and caused widespread damage. Emergency services were called...
European governments and their diplomats here in Washington are as relieved as they are exasperated by this extraordinary Greenland show and latest act which played out in the Swiss Alps over the past 24 hours. There is no “framework of a deal”. Not yet. Donald Trump may claim there is, but...
Donald Trump’s grandstanding on Greenland betrays a disdain for NATO that means this crisis for the alliance is far from over despite his sudden climbdown. Governments in London, Paris, Berlin, and Copenhagen may well be breathing a sigh of relief that a historic rupture with Washington over the A...
Donald Trump has said everyone is “very happy” after claiming a deal is in the works over the future of Greenland – and scrapping a threat to impose tariffs on European allies. An emergency EU leaders summit is set to go ahead today despite the US president’s announcement in Dav...
US troops have transferred 150 Islamic State (IS) prisoners from Syria to Iraq under plans that could see 7,000 detainees moved across the border. The new Syrian government under President Ahmed al Sharaa has been trying to reassert its control over the whole country, leading to clashes with the Syrian...
👉 Follow Trump100 on your podcast app 👈 After productive talks with NATO, the threat of tariffs on European countries who opposed Donald Trump’s plan to purchase Greenland is being dropped by the US president. It followed Donald Trump entering the lion’s den in Davos, Switzerland. In a ke...
Matches at this summer’s World Cup are set to see more incidents sent for VAR reviews – but referees have been told to be quicker to stop frustrating fans with long delays. Players will also face more clampdowns on time-wasting as the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the inde...
Israeli forces have killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, local hospital officials have said. Those killed included two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman. It was one of the deadliest days in the enclave since a ceasefire began in October. Image: Smoke rises from Gaza. Pic: Reuters Pales...
The situation between the US and European allies over Greenland looks at risk of boiling over after an explosive few days. A handful of military personnel have landed on the icy territory over the past week, variously described as an exercise or an effort to show Donald Trump they are serious about the...
The world order is in the “midst of a rupture”, leaders have warned – telling how international law is being “trampled underfoot” and “imperial ambitions are resurfacing”. The row over the US President Donald Trump’s desire to annex Greenland – and h...
Attacks by Donald Trump against his NATO allies over Greenland, the Chagos islands and the future of global security have sidelined critical plans to secure new support for Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, was expected to attend a gathering of world leaders in the Swiss ski resort...
Nigerian troops have freed 62 hostages – and killed two militants in a separate operation – as part of an ongoing offensive against armed gangs, the army has said. Army spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba said troops stormed a known bandit hideout in Zamfara after receiving report...
South Korea’s former prime minister has been sentenced to 23 years in prison on charges relating to the failed martial law declaration in 2024. Han Duck-soo was found guilty on charges including insurrection, and the court considered him instrumental in carrying out former president Yoon Suk Yeol...
Elon Musk has said he could buy Ryanair amid an ongoing public spat with the budget airline’s boss Michael O’Leary. The two have clashed numerous times over the past few days, resulting in Mr Musk asking his X followers if he should buy Ryanair and “restore Ryan as their rightful ruler...
A man has been sentenced to life in prison for assassinating former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, according to public broadcaster NHK. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, admitted to killing the conservative leader at a rally with a homemade weapon on 8 July 2022. Two gunshots were heard as Mr Abe was speaking...
A train driver has been killed and 37 people injured after a commuter train derailed near Barcelona. A retaining wall “collapsed on to the tracks”, causing the incident, the region’s civil protection agency said on social media. The accident occurred just two days after a train collisi...
“You’ll find out.” That was the ominous reply from Donald Trump when asked how far he would go to wrest control of Greenland. He offered the warning at the end of a long and rambling White House news conference on Tuesday, ahead of crunch talks with European leaders in Davos, Switzerla...
“The beat is pounding as he delivers a verse, in a home-made studio built in the closet. I’m not here on a trial run – I’m going to reach the peak – streets, nights, beats, they’re my oxygen.” The person at the microphone is a 17-year-old boy, with a dream of so...
A driver charged in connection with a fatal crash in Nigeria, which killed two passengers and injured boxer Anthony Joshua, has appeared in court. Joshua, a two-time world champion, was travelling in the back of a black Lexus SUV when it struck a stationary truck on a major road, near Nigeria’s la...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed a vice premier over a factory modernisation project in a rare public rebuke ahead of a ruling party congress, state media has reported. Mr Kim blamed Yang Sung Ho, a vice premier in charge of the machine-building industry, for causing what he called “...
The United Nations has accused Israel of “an unprecedented attack” after diggers started demolition work at a compound used for decades by UNRWA, the UN agency that provides support to Palestinian refugees. Heavy machinery smashed through structures on the site, including a former barracks b...
The number of people killed in a high-speed train crash in Spain could rise in the coming hours as cranes begin moving the wreckage. Another body was found overnight – taking the total number to 41 – following Sunday’s collision in Cordoba province. Interior minister Fernando Grande-M...
Sir David Beckham has refused to answer questions on his relationship with his son at the World Economic Forum in Davos. On Tuesday, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham broke his silence about his estrangement from his parents, saying in a post on social media he does not want to reconcile with his family. Asked abo...
Donald Trump has slammed the UK’s decision to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in a deal that includes a formal transfer of Diego Garcia, home to a key US military base. The US president said giving away the land was “an act of great stupidity”, adding that the UK took the decisio...
A surfer has become the latest victim of a shark attack in Australia – the fourth off Sydney in just three days. Officials in New South Wales said the shark attacked the man’s surfboard while out at sea in Point Plomer, north of Sydney, at around 9am on Tuesday (10pm on Monday in the UK). .....
