New wood-burning stoves to carry health warnings in UK plan 22. January 2026 (14:56) Pollution from wood burners kills thousands but proposed emissions limit would cut toxic particles by 9%New wood-burning stoves will carry a health warning highlighting the impact of the air pollution they produce, under UK government plans.Ministers have also proposed cutting the limit on the smoke emitted from wood burners by 80%. However, the measure would only apply to new stoves, most of which already meet the stricter limit. The new limit would only cut the annual toxic emissions from wood burning in the UK by 9% over the next decade, according to the consultation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Zelenskyy due to speak at Davos as US delegation meets with Putin in Moscow – Europe live 22. January 2026 (14:53) Ukrainian president arrives to address the World Economic Forum after meeting with Donald TrumpZelenskyy’s speech looks to be slightly late, as Indonesia’s president Prabowo Subianto is still speaking.Don’t worry: I’m keeping an eye on this for you.“Hardly any details are known yet about the proposed Greenland deal. But we need them in order to decide how to proceed with the implementation of the EU-US trade deal. @EP_Trade will revisit the issue on Monday and discuss the way forward.”“However there is no room for false security. The next threat is sure to come. That’s why it is even more important that we set clear boundaries use all available legal instruments&apply them as appropriate to the situation. We must continue to act with this level of confidence.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Renee Good was shot three times, autopsy into Minneapolis killing finds 22. January 2026 (14:44) Private postmortem says unarmed US citizen was struck in arm, breast and head in shooting by immigration officerA private autopsy has determined that Renee Good, the unarmed US citizen and mother killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this month, was shot three times, in her forearm, breast and head.The independent postmortem was commissioned by lawyers in Chicago representing Good’s family, and its findings released late on Wednesday, ABC7 News reported. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
JD Vance to visit Minneapolis as anti-immigration enforcement protests continue – live 22. January 2026 (14:35) The vice-president will first attend a meeting with ICE agents, and then hold a roundtable with local business leaders and officials; US House to vote on a bill to fund ICEHouse Democrats expected to overwhelmingly reject a bill to fund ICEAs Donald Trump wraps up his time in Switzerland, his vice-president JD Vance will head to Minneapolis today, as protests against federal immigration enforcement continues throughout the Twin Cities in the weeks since the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent.The vice-president will first attend a meeting with ICE agents, and then hold a roundtable with local business leaders and officials. Both of these events will be closed to the press. He’ll then deliver public remarks at 2:40pm ET. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Nearly 200 arrested in cross-border crackdown on gold mining in Amazon 22. January 2026 (14:08) Cash, gold, mercury and firearms seized in operations in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and SurinamePolice and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon region, authorities said.The operation was backed by Interpol, the EU and Dutch police specialising in environmental crime. It involved more than 24,500 checks on vehicles and people across remote border areas and led to the seizure of cash, unprocessed gold, mercury, firearms, drugs and mining equipment, Interpol said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
What’s in Trump’s Greenland ‘deal’ and will it last? 22. January 2026 (14:04) Details of agreement are scant and US president has a tendency to back down and then relaunch a fight weeks laterUK politics live – latest updatesDavos live – latest updatesThe outline deal struck by Mark Rutte and Donald Trump to step up Nato’s presence in the Arctic – so long as it does not undermine the sovereignty of Greenland or Denmark – has been available to the US for some time, but it will require new resources being devoted to the central task of monitoring Russian ship movements in the region.What remains in greater question is whether the deal will stick given Trump’s erratic behaviour and whether it gives the US president the access to Greenland’s critical minerals that he claims it does. The issue of a multi-billion dollar futuristic ‘Golden Dome’ defence shield partly housed in Greenland also remains unresolved. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis finds 22. January 2026 (14:01) Extreme heat ‘is getting worse and whether we like it or not … there’s ultimately a limit to what we can actually physically cope with,’ scientist saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHuman-caused global heating made the intense heatwave that affected much of Australia in early January five times more likely, new analysis suggests.The heatwave earlier this month was the most severe since the 2019-20 black summer, with temperatures over 40C in Melbourne and Sydney, even hotter conditions in regional Victoria and New South Wales, and extreme heat also affecting Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jordan used Israeli phone-cracking tool to surveil pro-Gaza activists, report finds 22. January 2026 (14:00) Researchers find with high confidence that security officials used Cellebrite to extract data from activists’ phonesAuthorities in Jordan appear to be using an Israeli digital tool to extract information from the mobile phones of activists and protesters who have been critical of Israel and spoken out in support of Gaza, according to a new report by the Citizen Lab.A multiyear investigation found with high confidence that Jordanian security authorities have been using forensic extraction tools made by Cellebrite against members of civil society, including two political activists, a student organizer, and a human rights defender, the researchers said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Stacey Abrams to announce 10 Steps is now an anti-authoritarianism coalition 22. January 2026 (14:00) Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate says campaign launched last year has attracted dozens of new partnersStacey Abrams, the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, will announce on Thursday that the campaign she launched last year to fight authoritarianism in the US has attracted dozens of new partners, representing millions of voters, to form a coalition. Abrams, a Yale-trained lawyer and former minority leader of the Georgia house, was the first Black woman to win a major party nomination for a gubernatorial race in 2018. After her second loss to Brian Kemp in 2022, she receded from the spotlight, taking a teaching position at Howard University in 2023. In the wake of Donald Trump’s re-election, she launched 10 Steps, an initiative to organize and mobilize opposition to the threat to democracy posed by authoritarian policies in the administration and the Republican party. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez assured US of cooperation before Maduro’s capture 22. January 2026 (13:55) Exclusive: sources say powerful figures in the regime secretly pledged US and Qatari officials they would welcome Maduro’s departureBefore the US military snatched Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, earlier this month, Delcy Rodríguez and her powerful brother pledged to cooperate with the Trump administration once the strongman was gone, four sources involved at high levels with the discussions told the Guardian.Rodríguez, who was sworn in on 5 January as acting president to replace Maduro, and her brother Jorge, the head of the national assembly, secretly assured US and Qatari officials through intermediaries ahead of time that they would welcome Maduro’s departure, according to the sources. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
