French president condemns US for ‘turning away from allies’ 08. January 2026 (16:54) Emmanuel Macron’s comments come as Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, warns against turning world into ‘robber’s den’Europe live – latest updatesThe presidents of France and Germany have sharply condemned US foreign policy under Donald Trump, saying respectively that Washington was “breaking free from international rules” and the world risked turning into a “robber’s den”.In unusually strong and apparently uncoordinated remarks, Emmanuel Macron and Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned the postwar rules-based international order could soon disintegrate. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Tim Davie says BBC will stay on X to try to stem ‘flood’ of global misinformation 08. January 2026 (16:40) Director general says BBC needs to reach young audiences online amid pressure to leave Elon Musk-owned siteThe BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, has said he will not be taking the broadcaster off Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, saying that its presence is needed to resist a flood of global misinformation.Davie said he had come under pressure to withdraw from the platform, given numerous complaints that it has shifted significantly to the right under Musk’s ownership. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34 08. January 2026 (16:08) Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithetsThirty-four school contemporaries of Nigel Farage have now come forward to claim they saw him behave in a racist or antisemitic manner, raising fresh questions over the Reform leader’s evolving denials.One of those with new allegations is Jason Meredith, who was three years below Farage at Dulwich college, a private school in south-east London. He claims that Farage called him a “paki” and would use taunts such as “go back home”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Berlin mayor faces calls to resign after playing tennis during city blackout 08. January 2026 (16:02) Kai Wegner acknowledged he had not been entirely forthcoming to public about his actions when outage beganEurope live – latest updatesBerlin’s mayor, Kai Wegner, is facing calls to resign after it emerged he opted to play tennis hours after a crippling blackout triggered by an arson attack hit a large swathe of the city, and then misled the public about it.Districts in the south-west of the German capital were gradually returning to normal after the longest power cut since the second world war as Wegner acknowledged he had not been entirely forthcoming about his actions when the outage began. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Promoter behind US rightwinger Candace Owens’ blocked Australia tour goes into liquidation 08. January 2026 (15:00) Ticketholders still waiting for refunds after immigration minister denied commentator’s visa weeks before national speaking tourGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe promoter of Candace Owens’ blocked Australian tour has gone into liquidation, with ticketholders still waiting for refunds more than a year later.Rocksman, the insolvent tour promoter, has repeatedly promised all ticketholders will be refunded for the American conservative commentator’s tour, after leaving some waiting more than a year for repayments.Do you know more? Contact luca.ittimani@theguardian.com Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Minneapolis shooting latest: demonstrations and vigils across US after Minnesota woman fatally shot by ICE agent 08. January 2026 (14:53) Governor Tim Walz said he was prepared to deploy the National Guard and expressed outrage over the shootingSince early December, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations – many of them masked and brandishing rifles – have grabbed people at hardware stores and gyms, or outside homes and schools around the cities.They have violently tackled undocumented immigrants as well as US citizens, including advocates and protestors. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Revealed: the crypto entrepreneur linked to illegal weight-loss drug operation 08. January 2026 (14:22) Exclusive: Haul of illicit products led by medicines regulator was described as world’s largest of its kind, but no arrests have yet been madeWedged between an air-compressor service and an auto repair shop on a Northampton industrial estate is an undistinguished red-brick unit that was, until recently, the base for a major illegal weight-loss drug operation.In late October, enforcement officers arrived here for a two-day raid, seizing thousands of unlicensed Alluvi-branded weight-loss pens, raw chemical ingredients, manufacturing equipment, packaging materials and £20,000 in cash. Some of the pens were labelled as containing retatrutide – a powerful GLP-1 agonist still in clinical trials, unapproved for medical use but widely hyped online as the next Mounjaro. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Nasa considering early return of crew from ISS due to medical reasons 08. January 2026 (14:20) Astronaut aboard the International Space Station is in stable condition, Nasa said, and a spacewalk was canceledNasa is considering a rare early return of its crew from the International Space Station over an unspecified medical issue involving one of the astronauts, after cancelling a planned spacewalk that had been scheduled for Thursday, the agency said.A Nasa spokesperson said the astronaut with the medical concern, whom she did not identify, was in a stable condition on the orbiting laboratory. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
French farmers stage protest in Paris to oppose EU-Mercosur trade deal 08. January 2026 (14:05) Tractors overran police checkpoints to reach city centre in pre-dawn protest organised by Coordination Rurale unionFrench farmers in tractors have blocked roads around the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe in protest at an imminent EU trade deal with South American countries that they say will create unfair competition.The farmers blockaded motorways outside Paris on Thursday and dozens of tractors overran police checkpoints to reach the city centre in a pre-dawn protest organised by the Coordination Rurale union. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Brilliant for work-life balance’: how Britain is embracing the ‘workation’ 08. January 2026 (14:00) Research finds growing trend of employers letting employees work remotely to free up more holiday timeKatherine first caught the bug when she visited Australia a couple of years ago. The flights were expensive, and it was a once in a lifetime opportunity, so she asked her manager if she could extend the trip by two weeks, and work remotely from her friend’s house.That was her first taste of a “workation” – combining working with a holiday – and she loved it. She now regularly arranges petsitting in different places so she can visit family, friends and new cities for long weekends without spending extra. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
