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President-elect will be sentenced for his 34 felony convictions on 10 January, Judge Juan Merchan rulesA judge on Friday set Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush-money case for 10 January – little over a week before he is due to return to the White House – but promised not to jail him.Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial in New York, denied the...

Speaking at party conference, its leader calls reports of tech mogul’s potential $100m donation ‘somewhat overexaggerated’Nigel Farage has hailed Elon Musk as a “hero” and said he was “very pleased he’s backing our party”, but he called reports that the tech mogul was preparing to donate $100m (£80m) to Reform UK “somewhat overexaggerated”.Speaking at Reform’s East Midlands conference on Friday night, the party leader...

‘Harsh day’ of bombardments with several children among dead, says Gaza’s civil defence agency Gaza’s civil defence agency said about 30 people were killed in Israeli bombardments on Friday, as Hamas said indirect negotiations for a truce in the war were set to resume in Qatar.The Israeli military said three rockets targeted its territory from the Gaza Strip, the latest in a flurry of...

Surprise move by Neos raises doubts about viability of forming centrist government excluding far rightThe smallest of three parties in talks to form Austria’s next government has unexpectedly quit the negotiations, throwing into disarray an effort to form a centrist ruling coalition without the far-right Freedom party (FPÖ).The surprise move by the liberal Neos party raised serious doubts about the future of the coalition...

Skylar Dalziel’s hard drives showed access to about 290,000 tracks from artists also including Shawn Mendes, police sayA dark web dealer who stole unreleased music from the likes of Coldplay, Shawn Mendes and Bebe Rexha has been given a suspended 21-month jail sentence.Skylar Dalziel, 22, made tens of thousands of pounds after accessing the copyrighted tracks by illegally accessing cloud storage accounts linked to...

Union calls for regular health checks for 600 Grenfell firefighters after many developed long-term conditionsThe government “needs to seriously look” at the effects of toxic smoke inhalation on firefighters who served at the Grenfell Tower fire, a minister has said.The comments from Andrew Gwynne, the health minister, came after the Guardian disclosed that more than a quarter of firefighters who battled against the fire...

Those close to PM worry voters are running out of patience and want reforms to directly help publicKeir Starmer to unveil radical NHS changes to cut waiting timesKeir Starmer has at last managed a family holiday, but by next week the Madeira sun may already feel a distant memory as he embarks on a policy blitz that could be crucial in deciding his government’s...

Choice of Thilo Mischke, author of Around the World In 80 Women, for ARD’s flagship arts show criticisedMore than 100 prominent German writers and artists have signed an open letter refusing to appear on one of Germany’s top culture programmes on public television after the broadcaster announced a new host who has been accused of sexism and racism in his writing.ARD said in late...

Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and povertyMore than 2,200 people either died or went missing in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe in search of refuge in 2024.The figure, cited in a statement from Regina De Dominicis, the regional director for Europe and central Asia for the UN’s children’s agency,...

Vice-president Sara Duterte is facing an investigation over her alleged threat to kill Ferdinand Marcos Jr The Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has removed his vice-president, Sara Duterte, from the national security council (NSC) a month after she allegedly plotted to kill him, according to an executive order released on Friday.The order, signed on Monday by Lucas Bersamin, a lawyer and the Philippines’ executive...

Jean-Noël Barrot and Annalena Baerbock call for peaceful transition in highest-level western visit since Assad’s fallThe foreign ministers of France and Germany have said they want a new relationship with Syria and a peaceful, inclusive transition during the highest-level western visit to Damascus since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime last month.Jean-Noël Barrot and Annalena Baerbock, the first EU ministers to travel to the...

Heritage Foundation officials were due to outline their conservative blueprint at Australian embassy, correspondence showsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe rightwing thinktank behind Project 2025 – cast as a playbook for Donald Trump’s second presidential term – was scheduled to brief Australian ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd, on the manifesto months before last year’s election, documents reveal.The Heritage...

Families Like Ours has become national talking point but some scientists say events depicted could not happenFeaturing scenes of huge crowds boarding ferries, protest and desperation as six million Danes become climate refugees and life as they know it rapidly collapses, the new TV series by the Oscar-winning director Thomas Vinterberg is a potential “look into the future”, he says.Familier som vores (Families Like...

Civilian and armed groups in conflict-ridden state of Manipur using SpaceX’s satellite internet, sources sayElon Musk’s satellite-based Starlink – currently unlicensed for use in India – is being used by militant groups in the conflict-ridden state of Manipur to circumvent government internet shutdowns, fighters and security sources have said.The satellite internet service provider, operated by Musk’s SpaceX company, is not permitted to legally operate...

Thousands of traders face ruin after blaze razes two-thirds of Accra’s Kantamanto, which receives an estimated 15m used clothes from global north each weekA huge cleanup operation is taking place after a fire devastated one of the world’s biggest secondhand clothes markets.Thousands of traders’ stalls were destroyed in the blaze that started at about 10pm on 1 January and consumed large sections of Kantamanto...

Paetongtarn Shinawatra made required wealth declaration to national anti-corruption commissionThailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, has declared £324m in assets including a collection of 217 designer handbags and 75 luxury watches in submissions on her wealth to a government body.Paetongtarn, daughter of the billionaire ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, took office in September, the fourth member of the powerful family to lead Thailand. Continue reading...

Yoon Suk Yeoul has vowed to ‘fight to the end’ as he resists attempts to hold him accountable amid political crisisSouth Korean anti-corruption officials attempting to arrest the country’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, must know by now what he meant by his repeated vows to “fight to the end”.In the month since his calamitous declaration of martial law, Yoon, along with most of...

Anti-corruption officials say they faced human wall of 200 presidential personnel at his official residenceInvestigators abandon attempt to arrest South Korean presidentInsurrection is one of the few criminal charges from which a South Korean president does not have immunity.Yoon’s lawyers have said the arrest warrant was illegal and invalid because the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials did not have the authority under South...

Keith Lees, 72, evaded warrant for almost 18 months in relation to alleged murder, and is accused of trying to bite policeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man is behind bars and will likely face extradition after his arrest over a woman’s alleged murder more than two decades ago.Keith Lees, 72, remains in custody after spending about 18 months...

Police continue investigation into child’s body found after firefighters put out blaze in BoortGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA regional community is mourning an “unimaginable tragedy” after a three-year-old boy was found dead following a caravan fire.Emergency services were called to Lake View Street in Boort, north-central Victoria, at about 5.50pm on Thursday after reports a caravan had caught...

Warrants for the arrest of Codye Thomson and Kaine Thomson-Gleeson have been issued over the killing of 23-year-old in CabooltureGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo brothers wanted for an alleged shooting murder north of Brisbane last month are now on the run after they were released after being questioned last month, according to Queensland police.Police named 29-year-old Codye Thomson...

Edmundo González Urrutia had fled to Spain after Nicolás Maduro declared victory in July electionsVenezuelan authorities have announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of exiled opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who insists he beat President Nicolás Maduro at the polls.Police published on social media a photo of the previously little-known ex-diplomat with the word “wanted” under the image. Continue reading...

Experts say sighting of orca in Puget Sound with second deceased calf is ‘devastating’ for ailing populationAn apparently grieving killer whale who swam more than 1,000 miles (1,600km) pushing the body of her dead newborn has lost another calf and is again carrying the body, a development researchers say is a “devastating” loss for the ailing population.The Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said...

Director general of Gaza police among 11 reportedly killed in al-Mawasi encampment, designated a civilian safe zoneIsraeli airstrikes killed at least 43 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 11 people in the sprawling al-Mawasi tent encampment designated as a humanitarian safe zone for civilians.Among those killed in the al-Mawasi strike was the director general of Gaza’s police department, Mahmoud Salah, and his...