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• Ex-Patriots coach Jerod Mayo played cards with players on flight home following double-digit loss: report

  09-01-2025 01:45 via foxnews.com
  
  The New England Patriots fired coach Jerod Mayo after just one season on Monday, and a report on Wednesday revealed telling details about his first year as NFL head coach and what the lead up to that decision looked like. The Patriots closed out the season with a win over AFC East rivals, the Buffalo Bills, but it wasn’t enough for owner Robert Kraft to want to stick with Mayo. "After the game I informed Jerod Mayo that he will not be returning as the head coach of the
  
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• Starmer to keep saying Truss crashed economy despite legal letter, No 10 suggests – UK politics live

  09-01-2025 14:08 via theguardian.com
  
  PM’s spokesperson asks whether Truss ‘will write to millions of people who felt her economic record pushed their mortgage bills up’Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, is responding to the UQ about borrowing costs.He says there is a long-standing convention that the government does not comment on movements in the financial markets, and that will not change today, he says.The Debt Management Office’s gilt sales operations continue to see strong demand, with t
  
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• White powder sent to Belgian PM’s office identified as poison strychnine

  09-01-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Aide of Alexander De Croo hospitalised after opening letter containing potentially fatal poisonA white powder in a letter that hospitalised an aide to Belgium’s prime minister, Alexander De Croo, has been identified as strychnine, a poison that can be fatal.The Brussels prosecutor’s office revealed on Wednesday the nature of the substance that was sent last November to government buildings, including the office of De Croo. Continue reading...
  
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• EPA to require municipal waste incinerators monitor for toxic emissions

  09-01-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  New rule hailed as major step toward reining in source of local toxic air pollution that hits low-income neighborhoodsThe EPA plans to require the nation’s municipal waste incinerators to monitor for dangerous air emissions, a move environmental groups have hailed as a major step toward reining in a staggering source of localized toxic air pollution that most frequently hits low-income neighborhoods.Municipal incinerators’ stacks often spew hazardous pollutants like dioxins, particul
  
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• Jimmy Carter funeral: thousands of mourners to gather at Washington national cathedral – latest updates

  09-01-2025 13:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Former president’s funeral service to be held at Washington national cathedral before he is laid to rest in GeorgiaRepresentative Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, paid tribute to Jimmy Carter in an opinion piece yesterday:Jimmy Carter represented politics at its highest calling. He reminded me of my grandfather, Amarnath Vidhyalankar, an Indian freedom fighter who served in jail as part of Gandhi’s independence movement. They both shared a commitment to standing up for principl
  
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• California fires live: five killed and landmarks threatened as flames spread to Hollywood Hills

  09-01-2025 13:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials said they were dealing with five major fires, which have destroyed almost 2,000 structures and forced 130,000 people to evacuateFull report: wildfires spread to hills above Hollywood BoulevardVisual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires?Five people have died in the Eaton fire in Altadena, an increase from the two reported deaths earlier today, Los Angeles county sheriff Robert Luna told ABC Los Angeles station KABC.Here are som
  
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• UK weather: new yellow weather warnings for ice issued for large parts of UK

  09-01-2025 13:50 via theguardian.com
  Ice warnings extended for majority of Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and large parts of east of England as temperatures set to drop as low as -20C overnightTell us how you have been affected by snow, ice and rain in the UKAn NHS trust is preparing to cancel operations, urgently discharge 140 patients and restrict admissions to help it cope with “extreme winter pressures”.The Gloucestershire acute trust declared a “critical incident” on Wednesday as hospitals in England
  
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• Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg sentenced after admitting domestic abuse

  09-01-2025 13:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Hogg given community payback order with supervisionSentence for 32-year-old is an ‘alternative to custody’The former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg will be supervised for a year as an alternative to jail after he admitted abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years.He pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his ex-partner, Gillian Hogg, when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court on 4 November. He admitted shouting and swearing, tracking her moveme
  
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• National Gallery pulls all-nighter for Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers final weekend

  09-01-2025 13:10 via theguardian.com
  Tickets for night-time slots on 17 January go on sale as gallery opens for 24 hours for second time in its historySome of the country’s greatest artists, including Lucian Freud, David Hockney and Francis Bacon, used to visit the National Gallery during the early hours of the morning for inspiration. Now, art lovers have the opportunity to follow in their footsteps during a rare, all-night opening for the gallery’s Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers exhibition this month.The London gallery an
  
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• M&S reports strong festive sales but says tax rises will lead to cost cuts

  09-01-2025 13:03 via theguardian.com
  Sales at food halls rise 8.9% over Christmas, with 23 December its biggest-ever day of food tradingMarks & Spencer has hailed a “good Christmas” with strong sales of food but warned it would have to find new ways of to cut costs in the face of the government’s tax increases.The UK retailer said sales at established food halls rose 8.9%, making its the top-performing high street grocer over Christmas, according to the analysts Kantar. Equivalent clothing, home and beauty pro
  
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• Immigration groups ‘doing everything we can’ amid Trump deportation threat

  09-01-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As the incoming president pledges a crackdown, activist groups anticipating migrant raids are preparing to resistAlmost immediately after Donald Trump took office in 2017, he directed his administration to begin rounding up and deporting immigrants living in the country without authorization. He implemented a travel ban that caused chaos at airports, leaving families, students and scholars stranded. He also attempted to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) program, which shields
  
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• Extremism in US military is ‘sleeping danger’ says author of Pentagon report

  09-01-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  New Year’s Day attacks by US service members highlight threat, says Bishop Garrison who led DoD investigationThe decorated combat veteran who led the Biden administration’s efforts to counter extremist activity in the US military has warned there could be further domestic attacks by individuals with current or past military ties if the Pentagon fails to take the threat seriously.Both of the deadly incidents on New Year’s Day were carried out by discharged or serving members of
  
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• Five people killed as firefighters struggle to contain LA blazes | First Thing

  09-01-2025 12:27 via theguardian.com
  Fires have consumed area the size of San Francisco. Plus, Trump shares video calling Netanyahu a ‘deep, dark son of a bitch’Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.The wildfires tearing through Los Angeles have killed at least five people and burned almost 2,000 homes and buildings, with more than 130,000 people placed under evacuation orders.How close are they to putting the fires out? Here are the latest figures as of shortly after midnight in Lo
  
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• Kurdish general urges Trump to leave US troops in north-east Syria

  09-01-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: SDF leader says removal of 2,000-strong force would leave door open for Islamic State resurgenceThe leader of the Kurdish forces that control north-eastern Syria has called on Donald Trump to maintain a US military presence in the region, warning that a retreat would risk a resurgence of Islamic State in the country.Gen Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said IS had increased its strength in the desert after seizing arms from the collapsed Assa
  
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• European imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia at ‘record levels’

  09-01-2025 11:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Rystad Energy releases data days after Ukraine stopped flows of Russian gas through its pipelinesEurope bought a record amount of liquefied natural gas from Russia last year, data shows, despite EU efforts to ditch the fossil fuels funding Putin’s war chest.Ships carrying 17.8m tonnes of ultra-cold Russian gas docked in European ports in 2024, up by more than 2m tonnes from the year before, according to analysts Rystad Energy. Continue reading...
  
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• Two lynx captured after being illegally released in Scottish Highlands

  09-01-2025 11:21 via theguardian.com
  
  The wild cats were humanely trapped using cameras near baited traps and are in quarantineTwo lynx that were illegally released into the Scottish Highlands have been captured overnight and are said to be in good health.Police had issued a warning to the public on Wednesday evening not to approach the wild cats, after several sightings in the Drumguish area, near Kingussie. Continue reading...
  
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• Venezuela tumbles deeper into dictatorship with Nicolás Maduro set to extend 12-year rule

  09-01-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Global democratic leaders pledge a boycott as exiled opposition leader vows to return to challenge ceremonyVenezuela’s tumble into authoritarianism is poised to enter an even harsher new phase this week with Nicolás Maduro set to extend his 12-year rule despite widespread suspicions that he stole last year’s presidential election.The man widely believed to have won that vote – retired diplomat Edmundo González – fled abroad to escape a draconian post-electio
  
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• Mozambique opposition leader returns after post-election violence

  09-01-2025 10:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Venâncio Mondlane went into self-imposed exile after disputed elections in October, saying he feared being assassinatedMozambique’s opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has returned to the country from self-imposed exile, saying he is ready for talks with the government after claiming October’s elections were stolen from him.In large dark sunglasses, Mondlane dropped to his knees as he exited the arrivals door of Maputo’s international airport and appeared to be pr
  
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• Man extradited to Queensland from NSW over alleged 1997 murder of former partner initially ruled as suicide

  09-01-2025 09:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Keith Lees charged with murdering Meaghan Rose whose body was found at the base of cliffs at MooloolabaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 72-year-old man has been extradited to Queensland and charged with the alleged murder of his former partner almost 28 years ago.Keith Lees was arrested in Dural, in Sydney’s north-west, last week after spending about 18 months on the run and was handed over to Queensland police on Thursday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s
  
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• Hiker says ‘I cannot thank everyone enough’ – as it happened

  09-01-2025 07:25 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closedHiker who left muesli bars in Kosciuszko hut praises Hadi Nazari’s survival skillsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 1% of Northern Territory population imprisoned as record jail numbers predicted to climbPolice watch houses in the Northern Territory are being repurposed as long-term prison cells as record imprisonment numbers push the system to breaking point. Continue reading...
  
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• Rachel Reeves heads to China to build bridges, but a new golden era of relations is impossible

  09-01-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Seeking business partners post-Brexit is sound policy, but even in these darker geopolitical times the UK will ultimately side with the USRachel Reeves will fly with a delegation of City grandees to China this week as Labour seeks closer economic links with Beijing as part of its quest for growth.With the outlook increasingly rocky at home after a run of soft economic data, the chancellor is sorely in need of a positive story to tell. Continue reading...
  
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• Wales trails behind most European countries in arts and sports funding, report finds

  09-01-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Cross-party Senedd report finds Wales is third from bottom in spending on culture and sports, with Iceland biggest spenderIt is known as the land of song and as one of the world’s most passionate sporting nations.But a report has concluded that despite its proud heritage, Wales is languishing behind almost all other European countries in terms of spending on recreational, sporting and cultural services. Continue reading...
  
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• Hiker who left muesli bars in Kosciuszko hut praises Hadi Nazari’s survival skills

  09-01-2025 05:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Sherman left two muesli bars in national park’s most remote hut while Nazari was lost in wilderness – along with a short logbook message: ‘enjoy’Berries, creek water and two muesli bars: how missing hiker survived in KosciuszkoFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney hiker Sherman left two Uncle Tobys muesli bars inside a hut in dense bush on the side of a steep range in the Kosciuszko national
  
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• Mornington Peninsula beach box’s $910,000 to $1m listing higher than median Melbourne home

  09-01-2025 05:10 via theguardian.com
  
  High asking price for boat shed a contrast to struggling housing market in the region, expert saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA beach box on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula has gone on the market with an asking price of up to $1m – higher than the median value of a home in Melbourne.The owners of Beach Box 28, on Shelley beach in Portsea, are selling the blue boat shed with a price guide of $910,000
  
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• Sydney teenager allegedly used AI to create deepfake pornography of students

  09-01-2025 04:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Police are investigating after schoolboy allegedly circulated images of female students using fake social media accountsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenage boy at a south-western Sydney high school has been reported to police after allegedly using artificial intelligence platforms to create pornography featuring other students.The student is alleged to have created explicit deepfake images of female students a
  
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• Andrew Forrest fires back at ExxonMobil’s claims of ‘smear campaigns and lawfare’

  09-01-2025 04:29 via theguardian.com
  Iron ore billionaire says he is ‘personally delighted’ at lawsuit as fossil fuel giant has ‘opened themselves up to cross-examination’ in a US courtFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian mining magnate Andrew Forrest is among a group accused of orchestrating “smear campaigns and lawfare” against the global oil and gas sector “for politics, publicity, and private gain&rdq
  
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• SEAN HANNITY: These officials have failed the people of California

  09-01-2025 04:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Sean Hannity discusses how California officials are responding to the wildfires plaguing residents on "Hannity." SEAN HANNITY: Mayor Bass, Governor Newsom, the federal government, they have all failed the people of California. Much of the dry brush all across Southern California has not been cut back for quite some time. They have a science. It's called forestry. You have control burns. You prevent fires like this from happening. The L.A. Fire Department, they are understaffed
  
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• Silent on arrival: LA Mayor Karen Bass refuses to answer questions for her absence as wildfires ravage city

  09-01-2025 04:06 via foxnews.com
  
  An expressionless Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass refused to answer reporters' questions after being pressed on her initial absence as wildfires raged across her jurisdiction. "Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning? And do you regret cutting the Fire Department budget by millions of dollars, Madame Mayor?" Sky News reporter David Blevins asked as Bass waited to deplane Wednesday following her trip to Ghana. "Have you absolutely nothing to say to th
  
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• Silent on arrival: LA Mayor Karen Bass refuses to answer questions for absence as wildfires ravage city

  09-01-2025 04:06 via foxnews.com
  
  An expressionless Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass refused to answer reporters' questions after being pressed on her initial absence as wildfires raged across her jurisdiction. "Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning? And do you regret cutting the Fire Department budget by millions of dollars, Madame Mayor?" Sky News reporter David Blevins asked as Bass waited to deplane Wednesday following her trip to Ghana. "Have you absolutely nothing to say to th
  
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• Palisades wildfire: Candace Cameron Bure fears families, small businesses will not recover from devastation

  09-01-2025 03:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Candace Cameron Bure shared her fears that Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood will struggle to recover after a wildfire devastated the upscale area.The Palisades Fire, which was fueled by strong Santa Ana winds and ignited in the Santa Monica Mountains late Tuesday morning, has already consumed more than 15,000 acres and destroyed over 1,000 buildings, Fox Weather reported Wednesday.  Bure, who lived in the Pacific Palisades for over three decades, told Fox News Digital she was "be
  
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