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Jeff Landry says US president is serious about acquiring the territory as US politicians make show of solidarity with Denmark Fear – but little preparation – as threat of invasion looms Donald Trump’s special envoy to Greenland has said a deal for Washington to take over the island “should and will be made” as a US congressional delegation visited Copenhagen in a show of support. Governor Jeff La…

Tourists keen to see island where couple exchanged vows, seven-star hotel where they stayed and paths trodden by their celebrity guests For the residents of Venice who travel daily through the city’s waterways, the small wooden floating jetty outside the Gritti Palace hotel is nothing special, “no different to a London underground stop,” as Igor Scomparin, a tour guide, puts it. But for a certain…

Moderators accuse social media firm of unfair dismissal after it fired hundreds in UK just before vote to form union TikTok moderators have accused the social media company of “oppressive and intimidating” union busting after it fired hundreds of workers in the UK, beginning the process just before they were due to vote on forming a union. The moderators wanted to establish a collective bargainin…

Judge finds Durham trust violated nurses’ dignity and created intimidating environment by allowing use of single-sex space A group of nurses who complained about a trans colleague using single-sex changing rooms at work suffered harassment, an employment tribunal judge has ruled. The judge found the nurses’ dignity was violated and they encountered “a hostile, intimidating, humiliating and degrad…

Pair will be absent ‘for short period’ from vocational trainer, whose charity is under investigation by Charity Commission The two most senior executives at City & Guilds have been put on leave shortly after a scandal over millions of pounds of bonuses triggered a Charity Commission investigation into the vocational training body. The chief executive, Kirstie Donnelly, and the chief financial off…

Todolí foundation produces varieties from Buddha’s hands to sudachi and hopes to help citrus survive climate change It was on a trip with a friend to the east coast of Spain that the chef Matthew Slotover came across the “Garden of Eden”, an organic farm growing citrus varieties he had never heard of. The Todolí Citrus Foundation is a nonprofit venture and the largest private collection of citrus…

US president also calls for return of final Israeli captive’s remains from group, which has refused to give up weapons Donald Trump has issued a fresh ultimatum to Hamas, adding to calls for the group’s disarmament as the second phase of the US-brokered ceasefire with Israel begins, even as key elements of the first phase remain unfulfilled. In a late-night post on social media on Thursday, Trump…

Trend of mini-me dressing – wearing same clothes as one’s children – has extended to four-legged friends Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian are some of the many who have long indulged in mini-me dressing – wearing the same clothes as their children – but now the trend is being extended to people’s four-legged companions too. The dog clothing market is soaring and this winter it is coats that are topping …

Any Lucía López Belloza was detained at Boston’s airport in November and flown to Honduras two days later The Trump administration apologized in court for a “mistake” in the deportation of a Massachusetts college student who was detained trying to fly home to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgiving. But the administration still argued that the federal government error should not affect her …

Former president convicted for coup plot to take advantage of law that knocks four days off jail term for each book read Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyers appear to have been reading up on the country’s penal code and have found a way to help their client reduce the 27-year prison sentence he received last year for plotting a coup: reading books. There is only one problem: the former far-right Brazilian p…

US president criticised for accepting medal awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado Political leaders in Norway have condemned the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s “absurd” decision to present her Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump, accusing the US president of being a “classic showoff” who takes credit for other people’s work. The Nobel laureate gave …

As hospitals scramble and country reaches record-breaking rates of illness, officials cast doubt on flu shot’s necessity As the US reaches record-breaking rates of illness and hospitals scramble to care for flu patients, officials have stopped fully recommending the flu shot, casting doubt on the necessity and effectiveness of the vaccine . “We are in the midst of a very severe flu season,” said …

Washington Post says local medical examiner found ‘asphyxia’ to be cause of Geraldo Lunas Campos’s death. Plus, how Trump’s dismantling of federal agencies has impacted children with cancer • Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The death of a man who was being held at a federal detention camp in Texas in early January may be investigated as a homicide after the…

Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power plants as severe frost set in have been described as ‘crimes against humanity’ Outside the main pumping station for Bucha, three engineers, bundled up in parkas, are working on the emergency generator keeping the Ukrainian city supplied with water. One holds a heat gun to the generator’s filter in an effort to unfreeze it, his face reddened by blowing snow and a…

Minnesota governor Tim Walz urges president to ‘stop this campaign of retribution’ as he threatens to deploy military Hello and thank you for joining us on the US politics live blog. Tensions remain high in Minneapolis in the aftermath of the killing of Renee Good by a federal agent. About 3,000 immigration officers are either continuing their operations in Minnesota or are en route to deploy in …