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California governor says world leaders are ‘played’ by the US president and urges them to stop rolling over Europe live – latest updates Gavin Newsom, the governor of California , has decried Europeans for their “complicity” in failing to stand up to Donald Trump’s demands that he be allowed to buy or annex Greenland . Newsom , a frontrunner among Democratic candidates for president in 2028, told…

Neighbouring states warned of chaos if IS prisoners were freed from camp they regard as hotbed of extremism Kurdish-led forces in Syria have announced a withdrawal from a detention camp in north-east Syria housing tens of thousands of Islamic State-linked detainees, as Syrian government forces continued to advance in the region. The fate of al-Hol, which houses among others the most radical of fo…

Culture secretary ‘minded to’ intervene and ask Ofcom whether the £500m deal harms media plurality The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, intends to ask the UK’s media and competition watchdogs to examine the proposed £500m takeover of the Telegraph titles by the owner of the Daily Mail. Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) agreed a deal in November to buy the titles, in a move that will create a right-…

Comedian, 50, appeared via video link from US over charges of rape and sexual assault in relation to two women Russell Brand has appeared in a UK court via video link from the US charged with two further sexual offences, including rape. The 50-year-old comedian was charged in December with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault in relation to two women. The two alleged offences took pl…

Judge rules homeland security can insist lawmakers provide week’s notice of intention to inspect facilities The Trump administration won a legal victory on Monday that temporarily allows it to keep elected officials out of immigration detention camps, while it advanced two other court actions in support of its surge into Minnesota. A federal judge in Washington DC ruled that the homeland security…

Democrats lead legislative charge to block imposition of tariffs as some Republicans break from Trump Lawmakers from both parties promised legislative action to block Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs against European allies on Monday, though Republicans willing to publicly break with the president on Greenland remain in short supply. Senator Peter Welch, a Democrat, announced plans to introduce …

Ex-nurse, who is serving 15 whole-life prison terms, was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more The former nurse Lucy Letby will face no new charges, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced. Letby, 36, is serving 15 whole-life prison terms after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others in the year to June 2016. Continue r…

Church leaders cite Greenland threats, Venezuela action and aid cuts as undermining human dignity and peace Three cardinals in the US Catholic church have criticized the Trump administration ’s foreign policy, saying its push to obtain or otherwise seize Greenland , recent military action in Venezuela , and cuts to humanitarian aid risk “destroying international relations and plunging the world i…

Increasingly unpopular at home, a president obsessed by his legacy has turned his scattergun on the world stage One year into the second Trump administration, an actual US foreign policy remains just a nice idea. Instead, the world has been forced to adapt to the world according to Donald Trump: one increasingly shaped by his erratic shifts and unpredictable decisions, his fury at perceived sligh…

Russia says it is seeking to ‘clarify all the nuances’ of offer it claims Washington has made before responding The Kremlin has announced that Vladimir Putin has been invited to join Donald Trump’s “board of peace”, set up last week with the intention that it would oversee a ceasefire in Gaza. The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists on Monday that Russia was seeking to “clarify …

Exclusive: Experts also alarmed I-CAN tool – a three-hour interview – may be conducted by people with no allied health background Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The head of Australia’s peak body of psychologists and disability experts have warned the NDIS’s new assessment tool hasn’t been tested on a variety of disability types – including diverse autistic needs – wh…

Gonzalo Sánchez, armed with tools and a quad bike, ferried rescuers and victims after collision near Córdoba A lottery ticket seller in southern Spain has been hailed as a hero after he spent about six hours ferrying rescuers and victims around on his quad bike after the train collision that killed at least 41 people and injured dozens of others. Gonzalo Sánchez, 43, was at home in the small town…

Shorter attention spans would make it hard for director to tell ‘deeply connective’ stories, say colleagues on 80th birthday A film-maker as unique as David Lynch would struggle to emerge in present-day Hollywood because of audiences’ shorter attention spans and the influence of social media on their ability to concentrate, according to collaborators of the director. Lynch, who died in January 20…

ChongLy ‘Scott’ Thao of Minnesota says agents pointed guns at his family, and his four-year-old grandson watched and cried Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a US citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by the Associated Press. Chon…

European Commission president also appears to call US president’s trustworthiness into question Europe live – latest updates Business live – latest updates The European Commission president has called Donald Trump’s planned new tariffs an error and questioned how far he can be trusted, as the US president said there was “no going back” on his goal to control Greenland. Ursula von der Leyen said a…