
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says Trump’s peace agreement could be signed at Davos next week if terms agreed
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
Ukrainian delegation is en route to the US for talks on security guarantees

‘Coercive’ Trump-led US health deals could cause global abortion access to collapse, charities warn
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
Special Report: Leading NGOs fear the deals in Africa – offering financial assistance in exchange for things like mining rights and access to health data – are worded vaguely enough for the US to impose restrictions on reproductive rights

Florida man accused of throwing hundreds of nails into roads almost 30 times
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
Felix Uresti, 51, was arrested after being caught in the act of throwing the hardware into a road in Valrico, around 15 miles east of Tampa

Son of British couple detained in Iran fears they have been abandoned by UK as regime packs jails with protesters
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
Joe Bennett has been campaigning for the release of Lindsay and Craig Foreman who are being held in a filthy, overcrowded prison

Zelensky declares state of emergency for Ukraine’s energy sector as temperatures drop
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
Some 200,000 people in Kyiv have been left without power as temperatures drop to -20C

Jimmy Kimmel trolls Trump after taking Nobel Peace Prize medal from the actual winner: ‘It’s like a pacifier’
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
The talk show host also poked fun at the meagre gift that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Machado was given by the president in return

What is happening in Iran? Internet blackout continues after widespread anti-regime protests
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
Donald Trump continues to threaten Iran’s Islamic regime with military action

Woman wakes up to find python coiled on her chest: ‘Oh baby, don’t move’
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
Brisbane resident ushers massive snake out without calling in professional help

Mystic Nigel has seen the future: a country run by his cabinet of taxidermied Tories | Marina Hyde
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

Say what you will about Trump, but unlike Starmer he knows his own power – and how to use it | Aditya Chakrabortty
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

By seeking to defuse domestic tensions over Gaza, West Midlands police ended up making matters worse | Gaby Hinsliff
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

I never thought I’d see an asylum hotel on fire, or worry about my staff’s safety. The past five years changed that | Enver Solomon
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into 'great spaces' found a new advocate in Trump? | Brendan Simms
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

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An expulsion, a smirking leader and now a defection: it’s episode one, series one of the Farage/Jenrick show | Zoe Williams
Posted on Thursday January 15, 2026

I know the terrible cost of speaking out in Iran – and I beg the world to stand with those speaking out now | Nasrin Parvaz
Posted on Thursday January 15, 2026

Ben Jennings on Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform UK – cartoon
Posted on Thursday January 15, 2026

The Guardian view on Robert Jenrick's defection: Britain's right is in a crisis of its own making | Editorial
Posted on Thursday January 15, 2026