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Trump's outreach to Putin marks stark shift from Biden administration policy; Trump demands AP use "Gulf of America" or lose access to White House events

13th February 2025 03:57
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Inflation accelerated in January, CPI report finds; John Dickerson on Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration

13th February 2025 03:47
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Elon Musk's X to pay about $10 million to settle Trump lawsuit over account suspension

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta recently said it would pay $25 million to settle a similar lawsuit by President Donald Trump.

13th February 2025 03:40
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China’s coal power habit undercuts ‘unprecedented pace’ of clean energy

Minimum quotas for purchase of coal power and new project approvals threaten major advances in renewable energy production, thinktanks say

China’s energy production is putting coal and renewables in competition with each other, according to a new analysis that found continuing approval of coal-fired projects in 2024 undermined the “unprecedented” surge in clean energy production.

The analysis of China’s 2024 energy production – released on Thursday by two thinktanks, the Global Energy Monitor and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) – found China’s major advances in energy production were being held back by a commitment to coal power.

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13th February 2025 03:11
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2 Navy pilots rescued after fighter jet crashes in San Diego Harbor

The two Navy pilots ejected from the plane, which crashed in the San Diego Harbor shortly after 10 a.m. local time.

13th February 2025 02:52
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Judge allows federal worker "buyout" plan to proceed; applications are closed

A federal judge lifted a previous order pausing the program Wednesday. Soon afterward, the Office of Personnel Management announced the program was closed.

13th February 2025 02:51
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John Dickerson on Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration

A key question behind Elon Musk's remake of the federal government is whether he's moving so fast the baby might get thrown out with the bathwater. John Dickerson discusses.

13th February 2025 02:40
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Why US-Russia prisoner swaps can take years of back-channel negotiations

Another American being held in Russia was released as part of negotiations to free her and two others from Belarus, according to the White House. This comes after the release of American teacher Marc Fogel, who touched down on U.S. soil after being in a Russian prison for nearly four years for possession of marijuana. These negotiations are a diplomatic tightrope, which can often take years of back-channel conversations. Roger Carstens, President Biden's chief hostage negotiator, joins to explain.

13th February 2025 02:37
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Miami Beach warns "you have to play by the rules" ahead of spring break season

The city of Miami Beach has announced new measures aimed at reducing spring break violence and chaos. But as Manny Bojorquez reports, not everyone is happy about the changes.

13th February 2025 02:33
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When student scores fell, these NYC schools took a new approach to teaching

Only 30% of eighth graders across the U.S. are proficient in reading, according to new data. But in the Diocese of Brooklyn, almost 70% of students currently in eighth grade are thriving in both English and math.

13th February 2025 02:29
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California insurance plan asks private insurers for $1bn after wildfires

Private plans, such as State Farm, required to give to Fair plan so all residents have access to fire insurance

California’s home-insurance safety net does not have enough money to pay all of the claims from damage caused by the Los Angeles wildfires and has asked private insurers to contribute $1bn toward those claims.

All private insurers operating in California are required to contribute to the Fair plan, a plan of last resort established so all Californians would have access to fire insurance. More than 450,000 California homeowners got their insurance through the Fair plan in 2024 – more than double the number in 2020. As of 4 February, the plan had received more than 4,700 claims from the Palisades and Eaton fires, almost half of which were for “total losses”.

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13th February 2025 02:27
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Inflation accelerated in January, CPI report finds

Inflation accelerated in January, rising 3% on an annual basis, indicating that the Federal Reserve's push to drive inflation down to a 2% annual rate has stalled out, at least temporarily. Martin Baccardax joins to discuss.

13th February 2025 02:26
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How the 2009 Colgan Air disaster became a turning point for U.S. aviation

Coverage of the recent mid-air collision brought up painful memories for John and Marilyn Kausner, whose daughter Elly was among those killed in the last major U.S. air disaster.

13th February 2025 02:25
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Ukraine war briefing: Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine, say European ministers

If we can’t join Nato we must build our own, says Zelenskyy; Russian trial begins over explosion that crippled Kerch bridge. What we know on day 1,086

Nothing about ending Russia’s war against Ukraine should be decided without the Ukrainians, European ministers said on Wednesday. “Ukraine and Europe must be part of any negotiations,” a joint statement of seven countries and the European Commission said. John Healey, the British defence secretary, told Sky News: “It’s the Ukrainians that are doing the fighting. It’s for them to decide when to start talking and on what terms.”

As ministers from France, Britain, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain and the European Commission met with Ukraine’s foreign minister in Paris on Wednesday, the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, said a return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders was unrealistic and the US did not see Nato membership for Kyiv as part of a solution to the war.

Hegseth’s comments were followed by a call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, after which Trump said their teams had agreed to start negotiations immediately and he would meet the Russian president in Saudi Arabia. The US president underlined he was “OK” with Ukraine being barred from Nato and cared little if Russia kept the land it had invaded. When asked if any European countries would be involved in peace talks, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “I don’t have any European nations who are involved currently to read out for you.”

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine would need the US to help it build up an army as big as that of Russia as a “Plan B” if it could not join Nato. “If Ukraine is not in Nato, it means that Ukraine will build Nato on its territory,” Zelenskyy said in an interview with the Economist published on Wednesday.

Ukraine said it had detained a high-ranking official within its own security services who was allegedly working for Russia. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said that its head, Vasyl Maliuk, personally carried out the arrest and that Zelenskyy was informed of the operation, codenamed “rat”.

Eight men went on trial in Russia on Wednesday charged with a “terrorist act” over the deadly explosion that tore through the illegal Kerch Bridge built by Russia from its territory to occupied Crimea in Ukraine. The truck bomb collapsed two highway sections of the bridge, fully and then partly closing it for months, and killed four people. The accused are being tried in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don at a military court with hearings held behind closed doors.

Ukraine will need help from partners to import additional gas amid constant Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian gas facilities, deputy energy minister Roman Andarak said on Wednesday.

The US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that a critical minerals deal between Kyiv and Washington could leave Ukraine with “a security shield” once the war with Russia is over. After meeting Bessent in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said Ukraine and the US were drawing up a “new document on security, economic cooperation, and resource partnership” and he hoped to sign an agreement at the Munich security conference beginning on Friday.

Britain said on Wednesday it would give Ukraine military aid worth £150m including drones, tanks and air defence systems.

China is helping Russia’s military drone production by becoming a hub for the smuggling of critical western components for Moscow’s armed forces, Estonia’s foreign intelligence said in its annual national security report published on Wednesday. About 80% of such components reaching Russia now come from China, it said. Previous Ukrainian reports have suggested 60%. A spokesperson for China’s embassy in Tallinn told Reuters the “accusations” were “without any substantial evidence by an unreliable institution … China never provides weapons to the parties to the crisis and strictly controls the export of dual-use articles.”

The previous Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, has accused Zelenskyy of having Ukraine’s national security and defence council adopt “unconstitutional, politically motivated” sanctions against him. Poroshenko, who heads the largest opposition bloc in Ukraine’s parliament, did not disclose terms of the sanctions. Zelenskyy, who won the 2019 poll by a landslide against Poroshenko, said in his nightly video address that the council had approved decisions that would be made public on Thursday. He made no reference to Poroshenko.

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13th February 2025 02:25
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New York school implements new teaching approach to combat falling test scores

Only 30% of eighth graders across the U.S. are proficient in reading, according to data released last month by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. But in the Diocese of Brooklyn's schools, almost 70% of students currently in eighth grade are thriving in both English and math. Meg Oliver reports.

13th February 2025 02:22
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Trump demands AP use "Gulf of America" or lose access to White House events

The Associated Press says its reporters have been blocked from covering White House events over its continued use of "Gulf of Mexico" instead of "Gulf of America." President Trump renamed the body of water through an executive order last month.

13th February 2025 02:19
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Bondi announces lawsuit against New York over immigration enforcement

The immigration lawsuit against New York is Bondi's first major announcement as attorney general.

13th February 2025 02:18
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Egg prices shot up 15% in January as retailers limit customer purchases

The bird flu is still wiping out poultry flocks, leading to supply shortages. Here's when egg prices could come down, experts say.

13th February 2025 02:12
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How the deadly 2009 Colgan Air plane crash became a turning point in U.S. aviation

The crash was the 14th fatal crash of a U.S. airliner in 15 years, and families of the deceased led the calls to reform airline safety. Sixteen years later, the recent midair collision ended the longest safety streak without a commercial airliner crash in the U.S. Meg Oliver reports.

13th February 2025 02:11
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Iowa farmer has a waiting list for eggs amid shortage: "It's been pretty intense"

The Labor Department says inflation ticked up to 3% last month compared to a year ago. The increase was largely driven by the rising costs of rent, gasoline and groceries -- especially eggs, which are now facing a shortage tied to an outbreak of avian flu. Lana Zak spoke to an Iowa farmer who's meeting the challenge head on.

13th February 2025 01:59
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Trump's outreach to Putin marks stark shift from Biden administration policy

President Trump held a lengthy phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and directed members of his national security team to "immediately" begin negotiations aimed at ending Russia's war with Ukraine. Trump and Putin also agreed to meet in person in Saudi Arabia. As Weijia Jiang reports, it marks a stark shift from Biden administration policy.

13th February 2025 01:55
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Top-ranking NIH official forced to retire under Trump administration

Dr. Lawrence Tabak was the health research agency's second-in-command.

13th February 2025 01:47
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Judge rules Trump can downsize federal government with worker buyouts

Legal victory for Republican president is significant progress following string of courtroom setbacks

A federal judge has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation program.

It was a significant legal victory for the Republican president after a string of courtroom setbacks.

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13th February 2025 01:46
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Grenade thrown into Grenoble bar injures 12, say French authorities

Officials say six people are in a critical condition after blast, which they do not believe is terror-related

Twelve people were wounded when a grenade was thrown into a bar in the city of Grenoble in south-eastern France, officials said on Wednesday.

The attacker entered the bar, which was packed with customers, and threw a grenade before fleeing without saying a word, said prosecutor Francois Touret-de-Courcy. Investigators had not yet identified a motive but did not believe it was a terrorist attack

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13th February 2025 01:34
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Trump says the U.S. will 'own' Gaza — what that could mean for the Middle East

The Gaza Strip – ground zero of Israel's war with Hamas – is only about twice the size of Washington, DC. It has about 25 miles of coastline along the Mediterranean Sea, with a population of about 2 million people.

Last week, President Trump proposed relocating those people to other countries in the region, like Egypt and Jordan.

Trump has said the Palestinians would not be allowed to return: UN officials and others say Trump's plan would amount to ethnic cleansing. Despite domestic and international concerns that the U.S. is empire building, Trump continues to double down on his plans for the U.S. to "own" Gaza.

Trump says the U.S. is going to take over Gaza, though he offers few specifics. What could the proposal mean for Palestinians and the broader Middle East?

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13th February 2025 00:53
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Reddit shares plunge after Google algorithm change contributes to miss in user numbers

Reddit reported better-than-expected results, but the company issued disappointing user numbers.

13th February 2025 00:48
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Trump froze a bribery law that previously hit suppliers for Elon Musk's Tesla

President Donald Trump has told Attorney General Pam Bondi to look at past cases by the Justice Department involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

13th February 2025 00:32
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Trumps Begins Working to End the War Between Russia and Ukraine

President Trump had separate phone calls with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine on the same day. Following the calls, Trump posted on social media that both leaders want peace and he said that he wanted negotiations on ending the war between Russia and Ukraine to begin immediately. We hear about what this could mean from NPR's White House correspondent. We also hear about how the U.S. relationship with NATO is expected to change under Trump.

13th February 2025 00:32
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Judge declines to block Trump administration's resignation offer to federal employees

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's offer to federal employees to resign now in exchange for pay and benefits through September can go forward.

13th February 2025 00:04
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At least one U.S. citizen released from Belarus, Trump official says

Adam Boehler, the U.S. envoy for hostages, disclosed the release Wednesday.

13th February 2025 00:03
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Champions League: Feyenoord edge out Milan, Club Brugge defeat Atalanta

  • Igor Paixão’s strike downs Rossoneri in Rotterdam
  • Controversial penalty gives Brugge late success

Feyenoord held out for a 1-0 win at home against Milan in their Champions League playoff first leg after scoring the only goal of the game in the third minute.

Igor Paixão cut in from the left and saw his speculative low drive sneak past Mike Maignan at the near post. Milan drew a blank in response to leave them with work to do in their home fixture.

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13th February 2025 00:02
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Trump's plan to scrap the penny spikes interest for coin collectors

Collectors said the value of certain pennies could rise if the U.S. Treasury stopped manufacturing the coin.

12th February 2025 23:41
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Dozens of CFPB workers are fired as the agency remains shuttered

Dozens of employees at the bureau were fired by email on Tuesday night amid a stop-work order and closure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters.

12th February 2025 23:40
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Kennedy Center board votes to elect Trump as new chair

President accepts ‘great honor’ after terminating Biden appointees and installing loyalist as interim leader

Donald Trump has been named the chair of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC following a vote by its board on Wednesday.

The center, which receives federal funding, is one of America’s leading arts venues with a huge cultural profile in America’s capital and has long enjoyed bipartisan support.

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12th February 2025 23:40
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Trump says he has spoken to Putin and agreed to negotiate Ukraine ceasefire

US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth says Ukraine would have to cede territory, alarming Kyiv and European allies

Donald Trump has said that he and Vladimir Putin have agreed to begin negotiations to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine, later adding that it was unlikely Kyiv would win back all its territory or join Nato if a deal is to be reached.

Trump said that he was “OK” with Ukraine not having Nato membership and that it was “unlikely” that Ukraine would take much land back in the negotiations.

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12th February 2025 23:35
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Cisco pops on increased full-year revenue forecast

Cisco topped analysts' estimates and lifted its full-year guidance due in part to orders for artificial intelligence infrastructure.

12th February 2025 23:32
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Work on up to 12 new towns in England to begin by next election, says Starmer

About 100 potential locations identified as government vows to sweep away red tape to get them built

Up to 12 new towns will be under construction by the next election after 100 potential locations in England were identified as part of Keir Starmer’s promise to deliver the largest housebuilding programme since the postwar era.

Each new town will have the potential for at least 10,000 homes with accompanying infrastructure, as the government promised to sweep away red tape and overcome environmental objections to get them built.

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12th February 2025 23:30
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Musk’s ‘efficiency’ agency site adds data from controversial rightwing thinktank

Website of ‘Doge’ includes information published by thinktank CEI, which claims to fight ‘climate alarmism’

Flanked by Donald Trump in the Oval Office this week, Elon Musk claimed his much-vaunted, but ill-defined, “department of government efficiency” (Doge) was providing “maximum transparency” on its blitz through the federal government.

Its official website was empty, however – until Wednesday, when it added elements including data from a controversial rightwing thinktank recently sued by a climate scientist.

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12th February 2025 23:30
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John Lithgow set to play Dumbledore in Harry Potter TV series – reports

Actor reportedly in final negotiations to follow up performance in Oscar-nominated hit Conclave with key role in much-anticipated HBO series

John Lithgow is nearing a deal to star as Professor Albus Dumbledore in HBO’s hotly anticipated Harry Potter series, sources told Deadline and Variety.

HBO did not confirm any casting for the show based on JK Rowling’s bestselling books. “We appreciate that such a high-profile series will draw a lot of rumor and speculation,” the network said in a statement to Deadline. “As we make our way through pre-production, we will only confirm details as we finalize deals.”

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12th February 2025 23:21
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A second winter storm brings cold, rain and snow to millions

Heavy West Coast rain means mudslides threaten fire-ravaged California. Millions of Americans elsewhere get snow, rain, extreme cold and some tornadoes.

12th February 2025 23:07
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Maeda gives Celtic Champions League hope but Kane wins first leg for Bayern

For 78 minutes, Bayern Munich performed like a team who were irritated at having to play an extra two games before taking a place in the Champions League’s last 16. The return leg next week looked ­little more than a box-ticking exercise.

What happened next was as ­curious as it was intriguing. ­Daizen ­Maeda’s header afforded Celtic hope to the extent that they actually ­finished as the stronger side. ­Bayern, once so vastly superior, started to rock. Vincent Kompany’s team will still be the heavy favourites to progress from this playoff but Celtic will believe they can cause a shock.

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12th February 2025 23:03
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Everton’s Tarkowski thwarts Liverpool as final Goodison derby ends in brawl

Four goals, four red cards, one mass brawl plus enough controversy, fury and entertainment to elevate the fixture way above the Premier League norm; the Merseyside derby bid a fitting farewell to Goodison Park.

David “Mystic” Moyes had predicted the 120th and final Goodison derby would, by the nature of an emotionally charged occasion, be explosive. James Tarkowski triggered a detonator under the old place. The Everton captain volleyed in a stunning 98th-minute equaliser to ensure Liverpool went seven points clear in the title race rather than nine.

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12th February 2025 23:01
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New board elects President Trump chair of Kennedy Center

"It is a great honor to be chairman of the Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We will make the Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!" Trump said.

12th February 2025 22:37
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Trump freezes U.S. law banning bribery of foreign officials

Although President Trump can't overturn the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, experts say he can change how it is enforced.

12th February 2025 22:31
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A hidden Picasso painting from the early Blue Period is revealed by new technology

Experts analyzing the painting have several theories about why this unidentified woman has remained submerged for more than a century.

12th February 2025 22:16
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How Trump is reshaping the Kennedy Center, moving away from "woke culture"

President Trump is changing the composition of the Kennedy Center's board — and wants to change the types of performances the center shows.

12th February 2025 22:14
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Belarus frees three detainees including US citizen and journalist

Journalist with US-funded broadcaster among those in release hailed by ambassador as ‘big day for team America’

Belarus has released three detainees including a veteran journalist for a US government-funded broadcaster and a US citizen, the White House said on Wednesday.

The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed the release on Wednesday of three people including “one American and two individuals from Belarus, one of whom worked for Radio Liberty”. The released American has not been identified.

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12th February 2025 22:01
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Man missing for 20 years found in Utah reservoir

Steven Willard Anderson, 46, who went missing in 2004 has been found inside a submerged car in a Utah reservoir.

12th February 2025 21:56
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CVS shares pop 15% on big earnings beat, even as high medical costs drag down insurance unit

It caps off the first full quarter with David Joyner, a longtime CVS executive, as CEO of the troubled retail drugstore chain.

12th February 2025 21:55
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As judges block broad actions, White House says courts causing constitutional crisis

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that judges blocking Trump administration actions were causing a constitutional crisis.

12th February 2025 21:51
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Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal lands

Kathleen Sgamma to oversee Bureau of Land Management, agency that manages quarter-billion acres of public land

Donald Trump has nominated a longtime oil and gas industry representative to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land concentrated in western states.

Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Colorado-based oil industry trade group Western Energy Alliance, was named Bureau of Land Management director, a position with wide influence over lands used for energy production, grazing, recreation and other purposes. An MIT graduate, Sgamma has been a leading voice for the fossil fuel industry, calling for fewer drilling restrictions on public lands that produce about 10% of US oil and gas.

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12th February 2025 21:46
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Advocates ask court to give migrant detainees at Guantanamo access to lawyers

A group of advocates filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to require the Trump administration to give migrant detainees at Guantanamo Bay access to lawyers.

12th February 2025 21:41
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Viral AI video depicts celebrities protesting Ye's antisemitic remarks

Scarlett Johansson, one of the celebrities depicted in the AI-generated video, has spoken out against the "misuse of AI."

12th February 2025 21:40
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Nightclub bouncer jailed over plot to blackmail Michael Schumacher

Racing star’s former bodyguard passed sensitive data to Yilmaz Tozturkan and his son, German court heard

A nightclub bouncer who was part of a plot to blackmail Michael Schumacher for £12m has been jailed after being convicted of conspiring with two other men to obtain private footage of the motor racing legend.

Yilmaz Tozturkan, 53, was sentenced to three years in prison, while his son, Daniel Lins, 30, an IT expert, was given a six-month suspended sentence.

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12th February 2025 21:28
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Google defends scrapping AI pledges and DEI goals in all-staff meeting

Exclusive: Google executives gave employees details on dropping the company’s promise against weaponized AI and nixing diversity goals

Google’s executives gave details on Wednesday on how the tech giant will sunset its diversity initiatives and defended dropping its pledge against building artificial intelligence for weaponry and surveillance in an all-staff meeting.

Melonie Parker, Google’s former head of diversity, said the company was doing away with its diversity and inclusion employee training programs and “updating” broader training programs that have “DEI content”. It was the first time company executives have addressed the whole staff since Google announced it would no longer follow hiring goals for diversity and took down its pledge not to build militarized AI. The chief legal officer, Kent Walker, said a lot had changed since Google first introduced its AI principles in 2018, which explicitly stated Google would not build AI for harmful purposes. He said it would be “good for society” for the company to be part of evolving geopolitical discussions in response to a question about why the company removed prohibitions against building AI for weapons and surveillance.

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12th February 2025 21:27
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States aim to cut energy costs for low-income households with community solar projects

Some states are trying to lower electricity costs for low-income households through community solar projects. One solar project in Oregon aims to lower residents' energy bills by up to 45%.

12th February 2025 21:19
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Belarus has released 3 from prison, including an American and a journalist

Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was one of those released from a Belarusian prison after more than three years. The released American has not been named publicly.

12th February 2025 21:16
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Apple brings its TV streaming service to rival Android platform

Apple TV+'s Android release on Wednesday is Apple first major subscription service launch for Google's platform in 10 years.

12th February 2025 21:00
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Hopes for more Fed rate cuts dim as Powell notes hot CPI means 'we're not quite there yet'

A Fed interest rate cut won't be coming until at least September, if at all this year, following a troubling inflation report Wednesday.

12th February 2025 20:52
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Mitch McConnell says Trump's trade war will raise prices: 'Tariffs are bad policy'

Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump have had a rocky relationship since their falling out over Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

12th February 2025 20:38
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U.S. to send cybercriminal Alexander Vinnik to Russia in prisoner swap

The deal will see Alexander Vinnik returned to Russia in a swap for American teacher Marc Fogel.

12th February 2025 20:36
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Execution date set for inmate who says death sentence is "long overdue"

Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after more than a decade of issues.

12th February 2025 20:33
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Semi-automated offside aid for VAR to be trialled in FA Cup fifth round

  • PGMOL happy with improvements to delayed technology
  • Seven of eight FA Cup ties are at Premier League grounds

Semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) is to be trialled in the FA Cup fifth round next month with a view to it being introduced in the Premier League before the end of the season.

The Guardian has learned that the Football Association has agreed to run an experiment with the new technology, which has been delayed because of teething problems in the testing process.

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12th February 2025 20:30
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Prebiotic soda brand Olipop valued at $1.85 billion in latest funding round

Olipop's annual sales surpassed $400 million in 2024 as competition heats up with rivals such as Poppi.

12th February 2025 20:28
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Trump is the most lawless president in American history | Robert Reich

If Trump simply ignores the high court, is that the end of law?

He is the most lawless president in American history.

As Donald Trump’s law-breaking continues, America’s last defense is the federal courts.

It appears that OMB sought to overcome a judicially imposed obstacle without actually ceasing the challenged conduct. The court can think of few things more disingenuous.

It has become ever more apparent that, to our president, the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals. The rule of law is, according to him, something to navigate around or simply ignore, whether that be for political or personal gain.

Within the past few years … elected officials from across the political spectrum have raised the specter of open disregard for federal court rulings. These dangerous suggestions, however sporadic, must be soundly rejected.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His newest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com

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12th February 2025 20:27
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The Guardian view on spending cuts: behold the grim return of slash-and-burn government | Editorial

Spending public money carefully is a virtue in itself, but running down the public sector can cause huge problems later on

Slash-and-burn government is back in vogue. Whether it is Elon Musk and his engineers taking the axe to US agency spending, the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, wishing she had her own mini-Musk, or Sir Keir Starmer complaining about the “tepid bath of managed decline”, the complaint is that bureaucracy is bloated and needs to be cut down to size.
We’ve heard such charges before. For some it is ideologically driven: they believe that the state is inherently inefficient and that only businesspeople know how to make money count. For others it is prompted by the expansion of government in response to crises ultimately caused by state undercapacity, not overreach. They were wheeled out in the 2010s, after rich states stepped in to save the banks and prop up the economies. Then came the Covid pandemic, in which rich states stepped in to save employees (through such measures as furlough) and support businesses.

Last time, it was David Cameron’s team who styled themselves as “disruptors” and brought in the businessman Philip Green as an “efficiency guru”. This time it’s Donald Trump. Yet, measured as a proportion of all US workers, the US federal government workforce is smaller than it was just after the second world war, when Mr Trump was born. And shifting its work to costlier private-sector operations has not been a boon.
One of the great parables of the consequences of an outsider hacking away at a complex organisation is contained in a history of Britain’s trashy cable channel, Live TV. The authors, Chris Horrie and Adam Nathan, give a picture of what happened when the lifelong print journalist Kelvin MacKenzie suddenly got to be boss. Not understanding many of the technicalities of television, he would apparently charge into the studio gallery while programmes were going out live and demand staff answer his questions. “Who are you? What do you do? … If you can’t tell me in 20 seconds … you’re out.” If the programme fell off air after they’d been given the boot, he would plead with them to come back.
Even Live TV’s viewers are unlikely to have been gravely distressed by its inadequacies. But government touches everyone’s lives, and in the most serious manner.

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12th February 2025 20:14
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NASA rover captures images of "mother-of-pearl" clouds on Mars

The clouds contain carbon dioxide and only form high in Mars' atmosphere.

12th February 2025 20:06
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Arab mediators scramble to save Gaza ceasefire as Israel bolsters troop numbers

Both sides accuse other of violating terms of truce, but Hamas says there are ‘positive signals’ hostage exchange will go ahead

Arab mediators are scrambling to save the Gaza ceasefire as the Israeli military bolsters troop and tank deployments to the strip’s periphery in advance of the possibility the truce breaks down this weekend.

A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to “discuss ways to end the current crisis”, the Palestinian militant group said. Meanwhile, Egyptian and Qatari mediators were working “intensively” to compel Israel to address Hamas’s new demands before Saturday’s scheduled release of three Israeli hostages, Egypt’s state-run al-Qahera television reported.

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12th February 2025 19:55
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CVS CEO defends pharmacy middlemen, accuses drugmakers of 'monopolistic' practices

CVS CEO David Joyner's comments come as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and President Donald Trump have signaled interest in cracking down on PBMs. 

12th February 2025 19:37
The Guardian
Anatomy of a Tifo: City’s Madrid jibe makes confused super club look small | Barney Ronay

Rodri banner is a worrying sign for an organisation that is slightly losing its own strict and impressive sense of order

It can be a fun exercise during Manchester City games to imagine the contents of Pep Guardiola’s inner monologue, the stream of consciousness inside that whirring cranium as he strides his touchline, arms revolving, dressed these days in flowing Jedi robes, skater trainers and guru scarf, like a bald indie-Gandalf.

Most of the time Guardiola seems to be worrying about tiny details, correctively raging at shape, positioning and pressing patterns, muttering things like Jack, Jack, NO JACK, NO JACK. YES JACK. Who knows? Maybe he’s just wondering if he should have worn the quilted over-gown after all.

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12th February 2025 19:18
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From Blitz to Gladiator II: the Oscar-aiming films that missed this season

This year’s nominations were led by smaller, less expected films like The Brutalist, Anora and Emilia Pérez, which left bigger bets in the cold

While films such as Wicked and Dune: Part Two amassed multiple Oscar nominations this year, the Academy’s ongoing embrace of the smaller, less conventional movie pushed a number of more traditional contenders out. From the long-awaited sequel to a best picture winner to an inspirational boxing drama to a music biopic starring an Oscar favourite, here are some of the more primed picks that failed to register:

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12th February 2025 19:11
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Saturday Night Live is bad, actually

The 50-year-old comedy sketch show lauded for underdog humor has a history of conservatism and a soft spot for powerful people – just ask former host Donald Trump

In case you happen to have missed the giant Post-it notes bearing cast member names hanging from buildings around New York City, or the fawning retropectives that have hit the internet in the past couple of weeks, the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, America’s most beloved sketch comedy TV show, is upon us; with a star-studded anniversary special scheduled for this Sunday.

The press thus far has mostly consisted of breathless praise. SNL, gushed New York magazine, “feels unbound by time, as if it had always existed and always will”. The New Yorker said it had “reinvented television”.

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12th February 2025 19:00
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Lars von Trier admitted to a care centre following Parkinson’s diagnosis

Danish film-maker made public his condition in 2022, aged 66

Danish film-maker Lars von Trier, who has Parkinson’s disease, has been admitted to a care centre, his production company said on Wednesday.

One of the biggest names in contemporary auteur cinema, Von Trier has directed more than 14 feature films, often disturbing and violent.

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12th February 2025 18:55
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Senate advances RFK Jr.'s nomination to lead HHS, teeing up final vote

The Senate voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, teeing up a final vote on his confirmation.

12th February 2025 18:55
The Guardian
Goya to Impressionism review – three salmon steaks blow the soppy jugs and flowers away

Courtauld Gallery, London
Is there an ulterior motive to this drearily grand exhibition of paintings borrowed from a Swiss collection? Could it be to show how vastly superior the Courtauld’s own works are?

The bland title of this show reads a bit like a confession, in terms of how little it has to say. Goya to Impressionism – so? Why do we need to see the troubled Spanish painter of war and witchcraft juxtaposed with soft scenes by Renoir and Sisley? No reason, except they all belong to a collection whose home in Winterthur, Switzerland, is closed for renovation, meaning the Courtauld can borrow them as a job lot. The trouble is that the Oskar Reinhart Collection is too similar to the Courtauld’s own to be an overly exciting proposition.

Both hoards were gathered in the early-20th century by wealthy private collectors with a penchant for French art of the late 1800s, yet by and large Samuel Courtauld got the best stuff. Reinhart’s Manets are minor compared with the dazzling masterpieces owned by the Courtauld. This is also true of Renoir. The Courtauld owns La Loge, Renoir’s scintillating early painting of modern love, but Reinhart’s row of soppy, second-rate Renoirs live down to every stereotype of this big impressionist softy.

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12th February 2025 18:51
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Measles outbreak in Texas was "completely preventable," disease expert says

As Gaines County, Texas, deals with a measles outbreak, experts are reminding Americans that outbreaks like these can be avoided with available safe and effective vaccines.

12th February 2025 18:50
The Guardian
If you thought Elon Musk was bad, look at his dreadful mini-mes and shudder for America | Emma Brockes

They are young and seizing the reins of government on their master’s behalf with an imperial swagger. It will end in many tears

You would be forgiven for thinking we were back at the Bullingdon Club, in the company of Jonty, Munty, Stiffy, Kipper, Chugger and, to use the polite version, Pig Botherer – only in this case it’s Big Balls and a guy with a history of racist tweeting. This is the sudden, startling emergence into American political life of a type deeply recognisable to Brits: that is, jaunty young men with juvenile nicknames and a firm belief they should be running the world.

This being America, the class signifiers are slightly different from those in Britain. But in most regards, the cohort of young men hired by Elon Musk for his cost-cutting taskforce, the department of government efficiency (Doge), will be familiar to anyone who lived through the era of Boris Johnson’s weapons-grade flippancy or reports of David Cameron’s youthful hijinks. (Donald Trump is very flippant, of course, but his style skews locker room rather than debate chamber – or, in this case, maths olympiad.) And while politics has always run on young, volunteer energy, less common in the US, perhaps, is the imperial swagger, the sheer frivolous entitlement accompanying a crowd that has seemingly been given the keys to the kingdom.

Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist

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12th February 2025 18:35
U.S. News
Consumer prices rise 0.5% in January, higher than expected as annual rate rises to 3%

The consumer price index was expected to increase 0.3% in January, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate.

12th February 2025 18:28
U.S. News
1 in 3 Americans have 'layoff anxiety' — here's how to combat it

Workers feel a disproportionately high degree of layoff anxiety, reports show. But there are ways to use that fear to better position yourself in the job market.

12th February 2025 18:11
The Guardian
‘Mother Nature thinks people should shut down’: why we’re so unmotivated in winter

It’s normal to have low energy in the colder months – but for some, seasonal affective disorder can shut down their lives

One dark and dreary February, I was bemoaning my lack of motivation. My therapist said this was perfectly normal.

“I just want to stay inside under a blanket in the winter,” she said. It didn’t bother her because she knew that, come spring, she would feel more motivated. This was actually quite a productive insight for me, so maybe she wasn’t giving her winter abilities enough credit.

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12th February 2025 18:00
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Captain America: Brave New World review – Harrison Ford juggles green screens, red fists and vanilla plotting

Ford has gravitas as the new president and Anthony Mackie makes a charismatic captain, but this is a tired and uninspired dollop of content from the Marvel Cinematic Universe

‘Brave” it might be, but there’s nothing all that “new” about the world revealed in this latest tired and uninspired dollop of content from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s perhaps notable for Harrison Ford playing a US president for the first time since Air Force One in 1997, but now with secret health worries and liable to succumb to a terrifying rage which turns him into Red Hulk (Red State Hulk?) who is the ultimate disruptor, putting his great big red fist through the West Wing.

A novelty there, maybe, though he conforms to the time-honoured Hulk tradition of somehow having miraculously stretchy trousers so that the Red Hulk genitals are not exposed. As for the apparent Maga implications, Mr Ford has himself denied them, and the MCU is as cautiously apolitical as ever, though Ford’s character is certainly keener on international cooperation than the current real-life incumbent.

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12th February 2025 18:00
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Love rats: Canadians get chance to feed rodents named after old flames to owls

Program is meant to help the endangered northern spotted owl – and it’s only C$5! – but rat lovers are not amused

Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold. And for an endangered owl breeding program in Canada, it’s also a dish best served dead.

For the price of a coffee, spurned and disgruntled lovers can revel in the satisfaction of having a dead rat named after an ex, before it is fed to a northern spotted owl.

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12th February 2025 17:53
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‘No one tells you how to not fall on your face’: Christina Hendricks on Mad Men, stardom and her ‘spidey sense’

She went stratospheric in the hit ad agency show, but wishes it had happened 10 years earlier. As Christina Hendricks plays a Hollywood mogul, she talks about the whirlwind of fame – and what happens when it stops

It would be too much of a spoiler to reveal the dark secret at the heart of the new comedy drama Small Town, Big Story, but I can say that it’s huge, weird and unbelievable. In the six-part show, Christina Hendricks plays Wendy Patterson, a Los Angeles TV producer who is back in her small home town in Ireland to shoot a big Hollywood production. She has returned, successful and glossy, to the place where that weird experience changed her life – not least because nobody believed her and she was laughed out of town.

Hendricks plays Wendy spiky and tough. “She’s got a real defence mechanism,” she says. “Something extraordinary happened to her and no one has ever believed her. She’s built up a wall, not letting people get too close, because then she’d have to reveal this big secret that, again, they are not going to believe.”

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12th February 2025 17:39
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New inflation numbers are at odds with Donald Trump’s promise to lower prices

The president repeatedly claimed he would lower prices during the election campaign, but that’s not an easy task

As tens of millions of Americans prepared to watch the Super Bowl this weekend, Donald Trump sat for the customary pre-game presidential interview.

Trump was elected after pledging to bring down prices fast as much of the country grappled with the cost of living after years of heightened inflation. So when the Fox News anchor asked would families start to feel the impact, the president changed the subject.

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12th February 2025 17:26
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Biogen beats estimates on cost cuts and new drugs like Leqembi, but profit outlook falls short 

Biogen expects Leqembi and new rare disease and depression treatments to help offset revenue lost from multiple sclerosis products.

12th February 2025 17:20
The Guardian
Ratcliffe believes latest Manchester United job cuts will help club avoid going bust

  • Co-owner feels finances left him with little choice
  • Action designed to make United profitable in two years

Sir Jim Ratcliffe believes his ­decision to cut about 200 more jobs at ­Manchester United is necessary to help the club avoid going bust, the Guardian understands.

The minority owner is said to feel he has little choice other than to take tough measures after United lost £300m over the past three years, but he is confident that acting now can lead to the club being profitable and highly competitive in two years’ time.

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12th February 2025 17:12
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‘Give me a Beatles scream’: inside Paul McCartney’s surprise New York show

A last-minute gig at the Bowery Ballroom saw the star play to a smaller crowd than usual, with stories interspersed among classic Beatles and Wings hits

Yesterday, an announcement went out at noon: Paul McCartney would be playing a surprise pop-up show in New York City, tonight. Bear in mind, the last he played in the area, in June 2022, was at the nearby MetLife Stadium with its 82,000 capacity. But for this special engagement, just 575 people would come together to watch the music icon at the comparatively minuscule Bowery Ballroom.

Naturally, tickets disappeared immediately, with stories of hopeful attenders physically running (yes, running!) down to the venue for box office-only sales. And lest you think Macca would use the opportunity to line his coffers, think again: tickets were sold for just $50 a pop, the price of a beer and a snack at most concerts.

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12th February 2025 17:08
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‘The far right wants us to play by their rules’: Can German Greens survive ‘witch-hunt’?

As AfD says Germany is in grip of ‘eco-dictatorship’, Green party tones down mention of climate action

The crowd had crammed into a concert hall in central Berlin to hear crunch-time election pitches from Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock, the high-profile Green ministers in charge of Germany’s economy and diplomacy. But to the surprise of some supporters, it took half an hour for anyone in the environment-rooted party to mention the climate.

Germany’s Greens are fighting to hold on to power after four years in a coalition government where they have been pilloried by other parties, and during which their core issue of climate action has slipped down the political agenda. Though the party is still far from being considered a Volkspartei – a main party whose voters span demographic groups and issues – the Greens have sought to boost their mainstream appeal with talk of beefing up security and bringing down rents and bills.

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12th February 2025 17:03
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Weight-loss jabs may help reduce alcohol intake, study finds

Semaglutide, active ingredient of Wegovy and Ozempic, found to reduce cravings and cut drinking by 40%

Weight-loss drugs could be used to help people reduce their intake of alcohol, researchers have said, after a study found they can cut cravings and curb heavy drinking.

The medicines, originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes, have revolutionised the treatment of obesity, and evidence suggests they could have benefits in other areas of health, such as reducing risk of heart attacks and strokes.

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12th February 2025 17:00
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A frosty flower and dead marshes – readers’ best photos

Click here to submit a picture for publication in these online galleries and/or on the Guardian letters page

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12th February 2025 17:00
U.S. News
Restaurant Brands reports 2.5% same-store sales growth, fueled by Burger King and Popeyes

Restaurant Brands' revenue climbed 26% in the quarter.

12th February 2025 16:39
The Guardian
Jos Buttler defends England over ‘lazy’ rumours after India seal 3-0 clean sweep

  • India 356 beat England 214 by 142 runs in third and ODI
  • Captain Buttler: ‘The guys are desperate to perform’

The numbers are ugly as the Champions Trophy approaches. ­England’s defeat in this final clash with India was their 16th in 23 one‑day interna­tionals since the start of the 2023 World Cup. The one-time ­world‑­beaters have long lost their winning habit, their latest offering a 142-run defeat in Ahmedabad, Rohit Sharma’s team easing to a 3-0 series victory. If that’s not brutal enough, in the aftermath Jos ­Buttler was having to discuss how much his side trained on the tour.

A chase of 357 could not be ruled out when England were 126 for two inside 18 overs, Joe Root building, Tom Banton beginning to bash. But an India attack built on variety instigated the collapse, the wickets shared around, Banton and Gus Atkinson joint top‑scorers with 38.

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12th February 2025 16:29
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The whole Icelandic nation in one face: Ragnar Axelsson’s best photograph

‘Guðjón was kind of angry that day. He was looking for a mink that had been killing his eider ducks. This image opened doors for him, leading to advert and movie work’

I first met Guðjón Þorsteinsson through my work as a photographer for the Icelandic daily newspaper Morgunblaðið. He and his older brother, Óskar, ran a farm above the peninsula of Dyrhólaey, a couple of hours’ drive from Reykjavík. A raging storm had broken lots of power lines so the farm had no electricity. I’d heard the brothers were having to milk their cows by hand and thought I might be able to get a good picture for the paper.

When Guðjón opened the door, he just said: “What do you want?” He wasn’t very friendly, though I sensed this was an act. He invited me in for coffee and I ended up getting the shots I wanted, but after they ran in the paper, someone complained that the cows looked dirty and they were taken away. Feeling it was my fault, I went back to the farm to apologise. Guðjón said: “I’m glad – I didn’t want to milk them anyway.”

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12th February 2025 16:28
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Talks to form far-right-led coalition government in Austria collapse

Disagreements over key posts and issues like migration mean snap election is likely, with far-right Freedom party ahead in polls

Austria’s Freedom party (FPÖ) has ended coalition talks with the conservatives on forming the country’s first far-right-led government after disagreements over key posts and issues such as migration.

The FPÖ – which topped national polls for the first time in September – has been negotiating with the long-ruling conservative People’s party (ÖVP) since early January.

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12th February 2025 16:20
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Thom Browne takes flight in New York with feathers, herons and magpies

Fashion grandee takes his love of a suit step further with oversized embroidered jackets in British-made tweeds

Thom Browne has said that if one of his catwalk shows receives only positive reviews, he worries he has played it too safe. He much prefers to ruffle a few feathers.

Literally so, this season. Birds, which along with shrunken grey suits are a Thom Browne signature, were everywhere. The models’ eyelashes, made from bright feathers, had a wingspan that dusted the collar. Above the catwalk, 2,000 origami birds were suspended in flight.

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12th February 2025 16:04
U.S. News
Watch Fed Chair Powell speak live before House Financial Services Committee

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell returns to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for the second day of his semiannual updates on monetary policy.

12th February 2025 16:04
The Guardian
Top of the flops: just what does the games industry deem ‘success’ any more?

Dragon Age: The Veilguard has reached 1.5 million gamers around the world – yet its developers have labelled it a disappointment. With unfair expectations, it’s the niche and left-field titles that will suffer

Back in 2013, having bought the series from Eidos, Square Enix released a reboot of the hit 1990s action game Tomb Raider starring a significantly less objectified Lara Croft. I loved that game, despite a quasi-assault scene near the beginning that I would later come to view as a bit icky, and I wasn’t the only one – it was extremely well received, selling 3.4m copies in its first month alone. Then Square Enix came out and called it a disappointment.

Sales did not meet the publisher’s expectations, apparently, which raises the question: what were the expectations? Was it supposed to sell 5m in one month? If a book sells 10,000 copies in a week it’s considered a bestseller. Even at the height of its popularity in the 90s, no Tomb Raider game ever sold more than a few million. Square Enix’s expectations were clearly unrealistic. It wouldn’t be the last time; in a 2016 interview with Hajime Tabata, Final Fantasy XV’s director, he told me that game needed to sell 10m to succeed.

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12th February 2025 16:00
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Video evidence of January 6 Capitol attack missing from US government website

Press organization submitted legal filing about missing video related to case against Glen Simon

Attorneys representing a collection of news organizations said in a legal filing submitted on Tuesday that video evidence used during the sentencing of a rioter involved in the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol had vanished from an online government platform.

Nine videos related to the case against Glen Simon, who pleaded guilty to a count of disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, have disappeared and are no longer available in the database, according to the filing.

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12th February 2025 15:48
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Tracey lost ‘priceless’ goods in a Melbourne storage unit break-in. Then the legal battle began

Advocates argue the case raises questions about the liability of storage facilities even when contracts say the customer bears the sole risk

Tracey Kruger’s storage unit was meant to be temporary. The 63-year-old had been forced to leave her home and, with no fixed address, she placed nearly everything she owned in a storage shed in Melbourne’s north.

She was left heartbroken – and out of pocket – when her unit was one of more than 10 at the StoreLocal in Campbellfield that police allege were broken into and robbed in June last year.

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12th February 2025 15:00
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Fashion’s ongoing obsession with football jerseys: ‘I would absolutely die for that shirt’

Influenced by 90s nostalgia and celebrity trends, vintage sports shirts have hit the mainstream, and demand for rare kits has ‘skyrocketed’ in Australia

Instagrammer Mariame Choucair has built a steady following from her love of football and obsession with football jerseys. The Sydney pharmacist is a lifelong fan of the game, but it’s her ’fit checks – photos of her, red lipped with a chic brunette bob, sporting a retro football kit – that have positioned her as a style influencer.

“I love wearing my football shirts – and not just to matches,” she says. “I love incorporating them into everyday looks. I like to dress it up in a feminine way; I’ll wear [a jersey] with an A-line skirt, short or long.”

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12th February 2025 15:00