Floating pirate-themed restaurant sinks off Thailand coast

Eyewitnesses reported the vessel slowly sinking in rough water in Pattaya Bay.

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U.S. Says Russia Fails to Comply With Nuclear Arms Control Treaty

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Australia live news: Albanese awaits update on Alice Springs alcohol ban; Tudge to face robodebt hearing

Dorrelle Anderson, the PM’s crime troubleshooter for the Northern territory, reports to governments; sanction imposed on Iran and Myanmar leaders. Follow the day’s news, live

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Saudi Arabia to sponsor Women’s World Cup

The Women’s World Cup being hosted by Australia and New Zealand in July and August risks being overshadowed by Fifa’s decision to make Saudi Arabia’s tourist board one of the official sponsors of the tournament.

The deal has been agreed under Fifa’s new “commercial partnership structure” dedicated to developing revenues specifically for the women’s game, with funds generated from the World Cup going back into the sport. There will be some scepticism over the suitability of the arrangement, owing to repression of women’s freedoms in the Gulf state.

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Pope in DR Congo: 'Hands off Africa' says Pope Francis in Kinshasa speech

Pope Francis gave a speech where he spoke of the centuries of exploitation faced by the country.

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The Queen of Everest Trains While Working at Whole Foods

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US and UK rule out sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

Refusals deal significant blow to Kyiv’s efforts to bolster military capability in war with Russia

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Western allies appear to have retreated from supplying F-16 and other western fighter jets to Ukraine over the past 24 hours, with the UK joining the US in quashing Kyiv’s hopes it could obtain the jets soon after the west agreed to send it tanks.

Joe Biden, US president, when asked at the White House late on Monday if his country would provide F-16s, answered simply “no”, although he emphasised on Tuesday morning he would remain in discussions with Ukraine about its weapons requests.

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Polish health minister ‘appalled’ girl, 14, struggled to get abortion after rape

Doctors at several hospitals cited a conscience clause to avoid treating the teenager who has a mental disability

Poland’s health minister has weighed in on a high-profile rape case, saying it was “unacceptable” that a mentally disabled 14-year-old girl struggled to get a legal abortion.

The case, in which doctors at several hospitals used a conscience clause to avoid carrying out the procedure, has sparked renewed calls to ease the Catholic country’s abortion laws, which are among Europe’s most stringent.

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Sichuan: Couples in Chinese province allowed to have unlimited children

As part of the policy in Sichuan, unmarried individuals will also be able to raise children.

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Swedish flag burnt in Jakarta amid Turkey Nato row

Indonesia is the latest country to see anti-Sweden protests, after a Quran burning in Stockholm.

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Poland could supply Ukraine with F-16 fighters, Kyiv suggests

Ukraine official reports ‘positive signals’ from Warsaw – but Poland stresses it will only act in consultation with Nato allies

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Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s most senior adviser has suggested Poland is willing to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighters as Ukraine’s lobbying for the combat jets steps up only a few days after Germany and the US agreed to send over their tanks.

Andriy Yermak said Ukraine had had “positive signals” from Warsaw in a Telegram posting, although Poland’s prime minister was careful to stress his own country would only act in consultation with Nato allies.

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Music, literature and First Nations at the forefront of a $300m boost to the arts, Labor to announce

Albanese government’s new Revive program an attempt to reverse declines to the arts sector but financial details not expected until May budget

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The federal government’s 48-year-old arts funding and advisory body will get a $200m funding boost and a new name in the Labor government’s overhaul of Australia’s arts and culture sectors.

The Australia Council for the Arts will be rebranded Creative Australia and will take two-thirds of almost $300m that the Albanese government is promising to inject back into arts, entertainment and culture over the next four years.

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Tyre Nichols' lawyer urges lawmakers to pass urgent police reforms

Ben Crump urged lawmakers to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in Nichols' memory.

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Jalen Hurts and the Eagles are perfecting the quarterback sneak.

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Labor to scrap ‘equal time’ test for parents in custody disputes, with child welfare paramount

Draft bill, to be published on Monday, aims to improve safety for separating families

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Children’s best interests will become the paramount factor in family law disputes under a major reform which includes scrapping the requirement for courts to consider equal or substantial time with each parent.

The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, is releasing a draft bill on Monday aimed at improving the safety of separating families and simplifying the test for what parenting arrangement is best for children.

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Australian Open 2023: Novak Djokovic beats Stefanos Tsitsipas in Melbourne final

Novak Djokovic wins a record-extending 10th Australian Open and a record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam men's title by seeing off Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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Video of Tyre Nichols Beating Raises Questions About Medical Response

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The War Between the Catholic Cardinals

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Australian period underwear makers deny using ‘forever chemicals’ after Thinx settles suit in US

Modibodi and Bonds say they avoid using PFAS chemicals, which break down slowly over time and have unclear health impacts

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Australian manufacturers of period underwear have denied using “forever chemicals” in their products following a class-action lawsuit in the US, while experts say more research is needed into the compounds and their potential health impacts.

Thinx, a US manufacturer of menstrual hygiene products, announced last week that it had reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit over allegations “regarding the presence of short chain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (‘PFAS’)” in its underwear.

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Pilot dies in Indian army jet mid-air collision

The planes were on a routine "operational flying training mission" when the incident happened.

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Pro-western Petr Pavel sweeps to landslide win in race for Czech presidency

Champagne flows as former general defeats billionaire populist rival Andrej Babiš by largest margin in the country’s history

Petr Pavel, a retired general and former senior Nato commander, has swept to the Czech presidency after a landslide victory over the former prime minister Andrej Babiš in an election overshadowed by rows over the war between Russia and Ukraine.

With nearly all the votes counted, returns showed Pavel prevailing by the emphatic margin of 58.3% to 41.68%, the largest ever recorded in a Czech presidential poll and reflecting an advantage of more than 958,000 votes nationwide.

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Australia live news: WA deploys drones in search for missing radioactive capsule; Auckland flood emergency

Experts are combing a remote highway in Western Australia after a radioactive capsule fell off a truck; New Zealand’s biggest city is in chaos after torrential rain

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In an interview with Guardian Australia, Jim Chalmers has promised to use the May budget to tackle entrenched disadvantage in Australia’s most vulnerable communities to ensure people have better pathways to economic participation. The treasurer told our weekly politics podcast that he was working with the social services minister, Amanda Rishworth, on a new package that would “identify some of the most vulnerable communities in our country, work out how to empower local leaders and pool our resources and make a meaningful difference to some on the entrenched disadvantage that’s in our country”.

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Eurostar, Symbol of a Connected Europe, Is Plagued by Brexit Hurdles

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Greek PM survives confidence vote but phone-tapping scandal rumbles on

Opposition leader Alexis Tsipras describes Kyriakos Mitsotakis as mastermind of ‘a criminal network’

Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has survived a no-confidence vote over a phone-tapping scandal that has shocked the nation and sparked mounting concern in the EU.

After three days of rancorous debate the censure motion was defeated on Friday by 156 votes to 143 in the 300-seat chamber of deputies. With passions animated by disclosures of wiretaps being placed on politicians, army top brass and journalists, the debate had run into the wee hours before the vote.

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Five shot dead at Jerusalem synagogue

At least five people are said to have been shot dead at a synagogue in Jerusalem, with others injured.

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The attack revealed security vulnerabilities for members of Congress.

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Who is Jeff Zients, Biden's new chief of staff?

The former Covid czar returns to one of the most powerful jobs in the US government.

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Rebel Haiti police rampage through capital to protest cop killings by gangs

At least 10 officers killed in past week amid escalating violence and political chaos in the Caribbean nation

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Disgruntled rebel police officers have rampaged through the streets of Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince, blocking roads and shooting guns into the air to protest a slew of killings of police officers by Haitian gangs.

Gangs have killed at least 10 officers in the past week; another is missing and one more has severe bullet wounds, according to the Haitian national police.

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Egypt archaeology: Gold-covered mummy among latest discoveries

The mummy was found inside a sarcophagus that has remained unopened for 4,300 years.

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Who was Tyre Nichols?

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Russia outlaws Meduza in attempt to stamp out independent news

Outlet declared ‘undesirable’, with journalists, sources and donors facing threat of prosecution

Russia has declared the news outlet Meduza an “undesirable organisation”, in effect outlawing one of the country’s best-known sources of independent reporting on the Kremlin and war in Ukraine.

Meduza, founded by Russian journalists in Riga, Latvia, in 2014, was declared an undesirable organisation by the general prosecutor’s office on Thursday for “posing a threat to the foundations of the Russian Federation’s constitutional order and national security”.

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Man smashes vehicle into Colorado police station

The driver has been charged with several offences, including attempted murder.

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Gaza's only all-girl boxing club finds a home

After training women on the beach and in a garage, Osama has now moved to a professional centre.

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¿Qué es el Leopard 2 y cómo puede ayudar a Ucrania?

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French ‘seduction coach’ jailed for life for savage murder of ex-girlfriend

YouTuber who posted videos on how to be an alpha male knifed woman 80 times and tried to kill her new partner

A self-styled expert in “seduction” and “masculinity” has been jailed for life for the murder of his ex-girlfriend in a town outside Paris in 2020.

Mickaël Philétas, 41, a former French railworker who retrained as an aerobics coach and posted videos online about living the life of an alpha male, was found guilty of stabbing to death his 34-year-old ex-girlfriend at her home in Ecquevilly.

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Virginia school had three warnings about 6-year-old with gun, says lawyer

Teacher Abigail Zwerner was left with serious injuries after being shot in her classroom.

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Voice of ‘Rick and Morty’ Leaves Show After Domestic Abuse Charges

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Asylum-seeking families with children could face removal from UK to Rwanda

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick says ‘not necessarily a bar’ to families being sent to African country

Families with children seeking asylum in the UK are being considered for forced removal to Rwanda, according to a Home Office minister.

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick told an evidence session at parliament’s women and equalities committee on Wednesday that, while there were no plans to remove unaccompanied child asylum seekers to the east African country, families with children are being considered for removal.

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Burkina Faso unrest: France agrees to pull its troops out

Burkina Faso wants to defend itself against jihadists, who have forced two million from their homes.

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Two missing Britons killed in Ukraine while evacuating citizens from Soledar

Foreign Office confirms Chris Parry, 28, and Andrew Bagshaw, 48, killed carrying out humanitarian work on frontline

Two Britons missing in Ukraine were killed while trying to carry out a humanitarian evacuation in the east of the country, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

Chris Parry, 28, and his colleague Andrew Bagshaw, 48 – who held dual UK and New Zealand citizenship – had been attempting an evacuation from Soledar, Parry’s family said in a statement released via the department.

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Washington Post Lays Off 20 Journalists

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Berlin plans to send German Leopard tanks to Ukraine, according to reports

Germany will send its 2A6 battle tanks in conjunction with other countries such as Finland, Sweden and Poland, say reports citing government sources

Berlin has reportedly succumbed to huge international pressure and is planning to send German-manufactured tanks to Ukraine, according to media reports on Tuesday evening citing government sources.

It is reported to be planning to send a company of Leopard 2A6 battle tanks in conjunction with other partners, namely Scandinavian countries in possession of the units. Berlin is understood to have said it would give its permission for export licences for countries such as Finland, Sweden and Poland who have bought the tanks from Germany, allowing them to be sent to Ukraine.

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Ukraine war: British pair killed trying 'humanitarian evacuation'

Chris Parry and Andrew Bagshaw were killed in Soledar, eastern Ukraine, the Parry family says.

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Tanks for Ukraine: Germany to send Leopard 2s and allow others to export - reports

Germany has been under pressure over its reluctance to send the battle tanks to Ukraine.

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Ukraine deputy minister sacked for alleged theft of $400,000

Infrastructure deputy Vasyl Lzinskyi detained after allegedly siphoning money from winter aid budget

Ukraine’s deputy infrastructure minister, Vasyl Lozinskyi, has been detained and dismissed from his post for allegedly stealing $400,000 (£320,000) intended for purchasing aid, including generators, according to Ukraine’s state anti-corruption detectives and prosecutors.

After the news emerged, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, vowed that the old ways of corruption would not return to Ukraine.

“I want this to be clear: there will be no return to what used to be in the past, to the way various people close to state institutions or those who spent their entire lives chasing a chair [a state position] used to live,” said Zelenskiy in his nightly address on Sunday without specifically mentioning the case.

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Monterey Park shooting: Who were the victims?

The 10 people killed in the Monterey Park dance hall shooting were all in their 50s, 60s or 70s.

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For Some Players at the Australian Open, No Spotlight Is No Problem

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He Quit Singing Because of Body Shaming. Now He’s Making a Comeback.

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Herculaneum fresco among looted relics returned to Italy from US

Italy celebrates return of 60 artefacts, some dating back to first century BC, with total value of more than $20m

Italian art investigators have exhibited a fresco that survived the destruction of the ancient Roman beach town of Herculaneum in the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius only to be plundered from its ruins and smuggled to the US, among 60 relics returned to home soil.

The total value of the works, some of which date back to the first century BC, looted from Italy over the past five decades and eventually traced to the US is estimated at more than $20m (£16m). The relics, which were displayed during a press conference in Rome on Monday, include a terracotta Etruscan kylix, bronze busts, ancient vases and kitchenware.

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Swedish PM in hot water over eel fishing scandal

Ulf Kristersson is criticised after hiring an aide who had broken poaching laws and misled police.

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Police surround white van after Monterey Park shooting

Aerial video shows a vehicle which may hold the suspect after 10 people were shot dead in Monterey Park.

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Australia news live: warning over ‘insidious’ new ATO scam, economists say interest rate hikes risk recession

Scammers are directly targeting Australians who have posted publicly about experiencing problems with the ATO or the myGov site. Follow the day’s news live

One of the nation’s biggest consultancy firms has painted a bleak picture for the year ahead, saying Australians are at the mercy of the central bank while warning of a possible recession.

Deloitte Access Economics says economic growth will slow dramatically in 2023 as the consumer-led recovery runs out of steam.

Any further increases in the cash rate beyond the current 3.1% could unnecessarily tip Australia into recession in 2023.

At the same time, real household disposable income per capita – a key measure of prosperity – is falling, and will finish the current financial year at levels last seen before the onset of the pandemic.

My job is to make sure that we’re doing what we can to provide that cost of living relief and grow the economy the right way, without adding to this inflation challenge. Our expectation is that the Australian economy will continue to grow.

They then hijack the conversation using a fake ATO profile, contacting the member of the public directly with an offer to help resolve a complaint or follow up on a comment. After earning their trust, the scammer asks them to click on a link or provide personal details.

Fake tax officer accounts on Twitter and Facebook can be extremely convincing, which is what makes this scam so insidious. The tax office will never ask for personal information over social media and never send links that ask you to fill out your personal information like your tax file number, myGov log in or bank account details.

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Biden to Tap Jeff Zients as His Next White House Chief of Staff

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Marion Meade, Biographer of Dorothy Parker, Dies at 88

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At the Australian Open, American Men Advance en Masse

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Lunar New Year: How the world celebrated

Fireworks and lanterns in the street start the 2023 celebrations for one of the world's biggest festivals.

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Gwen Knapp, Sportswriter Who Looked at the Big Picture, Dies at 61

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Dolphins seen in Bronx River for first time in five years

Authorities keep the Bronx River in south-east New York City stocked with a plentiful supply of fish.

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Three Active-Duty Marines Charged in Jan. 6 Attack

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Snail rail: why are trams in Australian cities running slower than they were 100 years ago?

Sydney’s light rail network is among the slowest in the country, new analysis shows, and tram lines around the country share similar problems. Can anything be done to speed them up?

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Trams on a recently revived light rail route in Sydney and on one Melbourne line are so slow they would be outpaced by trams that ran almost 100 years ago, new analysis reveals.

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Gerrie Coetzee, 67, Afrikaner Boxing Champ Who Fought Apartheid, Dies

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What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Kyiv hopes western tanks could provide tactical breakthrough; dozens die in Dnipro attack; Germany gets a new defence minister

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France's Macron proposes big rise in defence budget

France's president details plans for a seven-year budget of €413bn to transform its armed forces.

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When a Russian Missile Shattered Lives in Dnipro

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Italy seeks Russian oligarch whose seized yachts disappeared from Sardinia

Dmitry Mazepin’s vessels, both called Aldabra, went missing within weeks of each other last summer

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Italian authorities are on the hunt for a Russian oligarch after two of his luxury yachts that were seized under EU sanctions mysteriously disappeared from a port in Sardinia.

A public notice informing Dmitry Mazepin, the billionaire owner of a mineral fertiliser company, of the penalties against him over the alleged illegal removal of the vessels has been issued by the town hall of Forte dei Marmi, the Tuscan coastal resort where the oligarch owns a home.

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Ukrainian soldiers receive bionic arms

After losing their hands in a landmine explosion, Andrii and Vitalii receive 3D printed prosthetics.

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What is the Leopard 2 tank, and how could it help Ukraine?

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Defensive missile systems erected on Moscow rooftops

Kremlin appears to prepare for strikes on Russian capital by installing interception systems

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Missile systems designed to intercept aircraft and incoming missiles appear to have been deployed on top of several defence and administrative buildings in downtown Moscow, signalling that the Kremlin is preparing for a potential, if unlikely, attack being directed on the Russian capital.

Photographs published on social media on Thursday showed a Pantsir missile system had been installed on the roof of an eight-story building used by the Russian defence ministry along the Moskva River.

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Shift to Remote Work Puts Pressure on Chains Like Sweetgreen

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Poland could send Leopard tanks to Ukraine without German approval

Polish prime minister says key issue is to get military aid to Ukraine urgently

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The Polish prime minister has said they would be willing to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine without securing Germany’s approval if Berlin does not agree to their re-export at Friday’s meeting of western defence ministers at Ramstein airbase.

Mateusz Morawiecki said in a radio interview on Thursday that “consent was of secondary importance” when it came to German-made tanks, because the key issue was to get military aid to Ukraine urgently.

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Jacinda Ardern: Key moments from the New Zealand PM's time in office

A look back at some memorable moments from Jacinda Ardern's six years as New Zealand prime minister.

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Amiens asks Madonna if it can borrow her painting of Diana and Endymion

The mayor of Amiens believes the singer owns the artwork, Diana and Endymion, which once hung in its museum.

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Prosecutors to Announce Whether They Plan Charges in ‘Rust’ Case

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Dnipro missile: Son in search of his mother

Roman is unsure if his mother is alive after a Russian missile strike on 14 January on his apartment block in Dnipro.

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Why George Santos Won’t Be Able to Fake His Way Through Congress

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Two glasses per week: new Canada alcohol guidelines prompt fierce debate

Guidelines funded by Health Canada represent drastic shift from previous recommendations issued in 2011

New alcohol guidelines recommending that Canadians limit themselves to just two drinks a week – and ideally cut alcohol altogether – have prompted intense debate over risk versus enjoyment in a country where the vast majority of adults regularly consume alcohol.

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) this week called for a substantial reduction in consumption, warning that seemingly moderate drinking poses a number of serious health risks, including cancer, heart disease and stroke.

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Olaf Scholz steers clear of commitment to supply of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

Zelenskiy warns against delaying military support after German chancellor’s reticence at Davos summit

Germany’s chancellor avoided committing to the supply of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine at the Davos summit on Wednesday, although he held the door open to a positive decision at a special summit of western defence ministers on Friday.

Olaf Scholz did not mention the Leopard tanks at all when a Ukrainian delegate asked him “why the hesitancy” in signing off their re-export – prompting an apparently frustrated Ukrainian president to warn the same forum against delay.

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Ben Wallace and EU defence ministers to press Germany over tanks to Ukraine

UK defence secretary will meet counterparts from Poland and Baltics in drive to get Berlin to agree re-export of Leopard 2 tanks

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The British defence secretary, Ben Wallace, will join counterparts from Poland and the Baltic countries in Estonia to mount a final attempt to put pressure on Germany to authorise sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine this week.

The meeting of so-called “Leopard coalition” of countries willing to or keen to see western tanks sent to Kyiv comes a day before a group of about 50 defence ministers assemble in Ramstein, Germany to discuss future weapons shipments to Ukraine.

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Italian held in EU-Qatargate bribery probe agrees to tell all

Pier Antonio Panzeri is an alleged leader of a criminal network suspected of taking bribes from Qatar.

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Shortfall of 330,000 workers in UK due to Brexit, say thinktanks

Immigration from non-EU countries failed to take up slack after ‘freedom of movement’ ended

Brexit has led to a shortfall of 330,000 people in the UK labour force, mostly in the low-skilled economy, a report by leading researchers has found.

The departure from the EU in 2020 led to an increase in immigration from non-EU countries but not enough to compensate from the loss of workers from neighbouring countries, according to the joint findings of the thinktanks Centre for European Reform (CER) and UK in a Changing Europe.

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Greta Thunberg detained at coal protest in Germany

Thunberg among activists detained at Garzweiler 2 mine near village of Lützerath

Greta Thunberg was among climate activists detained during a protest against the demolition of a German village to make way for a coalmine.

Thunberg was detained after sitting near the edge of the opencast Garzweiler 2 mine, about 5 miles from the village of Lützerath.

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Australia news live: floodwaters cut major Queensland highway; wage growth ‘fastest since 2013’

Rising floodwaters have cut north Queensland’s main transport corridor, the Bruce Highway, with more rain on the way. Follow the day’s news live

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The twitter of Chris Bowen, minister for climate change and energy, seems to have been taken over by his team for a birthday tribute.

In a lovely spam of behind-the-scenes pictures, Bowen pats a camel, is engrossed in a book called Thelma The Unicorn, and gleefully rests on a pillow.

The current wages growth is a result of a strong economy and low unemployment Labor has inherited from the Coalition. When the Coalition came to government in 2013 the unemployment rate left by Labor was 5.7%. Under the Coalition’s prudent economic management and focus on growing the economy to create jobs, and despite having just experienced a once in a century and the associated economic shock, it was 3.7% when we left office.

Under Labor wages have failed to keep pace with the skyrocketing cost of living. As we have seen time and time again, Labor governments get the big economic calls wrong. When the inflation rate called for fiscal restraint, they spent more. After almost a year in office with the benefit of the strong economy they inherited, Labor still doesn’t have a plan to address the cost of living increases that all Australians are feeling.

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Eiffel Tower lights up in support of women protesting in Iran

The Paris landmark displays the message "Femme, Vie, Liberte" in French meaning "Women, Life, Freedom".

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White House Says It Does Not Keep Visitor Logs at Biden’s Delaware Home

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UK seeks more German support as it confirms Challenger tanks for Ukraine

Ben Wallace wants Berlin to allow its Leopard 2 tanks to be re-exported from Nato countries to join British heavy armour

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Britain’s defence secretary has called on Germany to release Leopard 2 tanks for Ukraine after he confirmed that the UK would send 14 of its own Challenger 2 tanks, the first time a western nation has given its own heavy armour to Kyiv.

Ben Wallace said the UK would allow Ukrainians to start training with the tanks immediately as part of a fresh package of British military aid, unveiled before a western defence ministers’ conference in Ramstein, Germany, on Friday.

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As ‘A Strange Loop’ Ends, Its Creator Looks Back on a ‘Supernova’

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Andrew Tate: Brothers' luxury cars are seized by Romanian police

Romanian officials were seen towing vehicles away from his compound in Bucharest.

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Suspected jihadists abduct 50 women in northern Burkina Faso

People in Arbinda say two groups of women were taken while out gathering food because of severe shortages.

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Your Monday Briefing: A Fatal Plane Crash in Nepal

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Australia news live updates: Albanese says he has ‘nothing whatsoever’ like Perrottet’s Nazi uniform scandal in his past

Asked if scandal will impact March NSW election, PM says voters will ‘primarily … make their mind up about who’s best to lead the state on policy issues’. Follow the day’s news live

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Three law firms are teaming up to take up a complaint by tens of thousands of customers who had their personal information compromised in the Medibank hack last year.

Maurice Blackburn, Bannister Law Class Actions and Centennial Lawyers have announced a joint cooperation agreement against Medibank and AHM over the data breach, and said they have signed up thousands of customers from the 9.7m affected by the breach.

We believe the data breach is a betrayal of Medibank Private’s customers and a breach of the Privacy Act. Medibank has a duty to keep this kind of information confidential.

The data breach exposes the lack of safeguards in place to prevent such personal and private information being released to wrongdoers and Medibank & AHM have failed policy holders.

The interface isn’t as effective for people living in supported accommodation as it should be.

[If] the only people that a person with disabilities communicate with is the carer, then that creates a highly vulnerable relationship … We’ve got to do much better at educating individuals in the homes, that they’re right, and making sure that we check in on them.

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Woman rescued from rubble of Ukrainian building

A woman is rescued from the debris of a building in Dnipro, a day after it was hit by a Russian missile strike.

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Charles White, Heisman Winner With a Difficult Second Act, Dies at 64

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Ruth Adler Schnee, Exuberant Designer of Modernist Textiles, Dies at 99

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Why Are the California Storms Causing Sinkholes?

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Russia fires new waves of missiles at Ukraine and hits energy infrastructure

Several cities were struck, including Dnipro, where an apartment block was hit killing at least five.

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A weeklong search for a missing 5-year-old may be suspended.

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California's hydro-climate whiplash explained

From droughts and wildfires to floods and landslides - why extreme weather may be the new norm.

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Millions of gallons of untreated storm water and sewage are being released in Northern California.

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UK set to brand Iran’s revolutionary guards as terrorists after Akbari execution

Britain and EU expected to coordinate response to hanging of British-Iranian accused of spying

The UK and the European Union are expected to coordinate moves to brand the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation after the execution of Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian dual national who was lured back to Iran by the security services three years ago.

Akbari, who had been a senior defence figure in reformist governments nearly two decades ago, was hanged for being a spy for MI6, a charge his family deny. A friend of the family said “this is a murder case”, and vowed to prove the innocence of the 61-year-old, including allegations that he had been paid by British intelligence.

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Lützerath: Greta Thunberg joins German coal mine protests

The Swedish climate activist joined coal mine protesters in the German village of Lützerath.

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‘We Just Couldn’t Keep Up With the Volume’

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Cross-party MPs launch fightback against bill to tear up 4,000 EU laws

Amendment seeks to give MPs not ministers the power to decide which Brussels-derived laws are abolished

A cross-party group of MPs including Labour’s Stella Creasy and the Conservative former Brexit secretary David Davis are launching an attempt to rein in the EU retained law bill that threatens to let ministers abolish 4,000 laws derived from Brussels at the end of this year.

Creasy and Davis have put their names to an amendment that would give MPs, rather than ministers, the power to decide which laws are retained.

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COP28: Why has an oil boss been chosen to head climate summit?

The UAE has named state oil company chief Sultan Al Jaber as president of the UN climate conference.

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Biden Says He Is ‘Cooperating Fully’ With Justice Department Review

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Harry book: Prince William asked by reporter if he has read Spare

William and Catherine were on their first public outing since Prince Harry's tell-all book went on sale.

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‘Hunters’: David Weil on Hunting Nazis as Collective Catharsis

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Putin’s military reshuffle is more about politics than a change of strategy

The Russian president may have put Gen Gerasimov in charge of the invasion to balance tensions between the army and the Wagner group

Another month, another Russian military reshuffle: Vladimir Putin changes the general in charge of his forces in Ukraine with something of the frequency of a Premier League club desperate to secure immediate success.

It is obvious that such inconsistency demonstrates that the Kremlin is dissatisfied with the conduct of the war but the decision to put Gen Valery Gerasimov, the head of the armed forces, in charge of the invasion is eye-catching for other reasons too.

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Green comet approaching Earth for first time in 50,000 years

Scientists say the bright green comet will be visible in the night sky for almost a month.

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A Vital Question for Brazil’s Democracy: Where Were the Police?

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Russia replaces general in charge of Ukraine war in latest military shake-up

Valery Gerasimov to replace Sergei Surovikin, who was appointed in October, as Zelenskiy mocks claims of Russian victory in Soledar

Russia has appointed Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff, as its overall commander for the war in Ukraine, in the latest of several major shake-ups of Moscow’s military leadership during the stumbling invasion of its neighbour.

In a statement on Wednesday, the defence ministry said that Gerasimov’s appointment constituted a “raising of the status of the leadership” of the military force in Ukraine and was implemented to “improve the quality … and effectiveness of the management of Russian forces”.

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Why did FAA ground flights across the US?

The disruption was caused by a glitch in an air safety tool called Notice to Air Missions or Notam.

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‘The smell of smoke and death’: Ukrainian forces describe months of fighting in Soledar.

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Afghanistan: Deadly suicide bombing outside foreign ministry

Police said at least five civilians had been killed but another Taliban official put the toll as high as 20.

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German foreign minister’s Kharkiv visit gives hope of tank supply

Annalena Baerbock promises Ukraine aid and arms but does not confirm release of Leopard 2 tanks

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Germany’s foreign minister has visited the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, promising more weapons and giving hope that Berlin will release Leopard 2 tanks to help break the deadlock in the near 11 months-long war.

Annalena Baerbock’s surprise trip – in conjunction with her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba – also saw her promise further humanitarian aid during Ukraine’s deep winter and help for Kyiv in its efforts to join the EU.

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Andrew Tate loses bid to end detention in Romania

The controversial influencer remains in detention as part of a human trafficking probe.

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California’s lengthy drought made mudslides more likely when the rains came.

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German finance minister’s ties with bank under preliminary inquiry

Christian Lindner allegedly failed to disclose his mortgage from BBBank, whose general meeting he addressed

Germany’s finance minister, Christian Lindner, is facing allegations that he developed close ties to a private bank which provided a mortgage for his luxury home.

Prosecutors in Berlin have said they are examining whether to open a corruption investigation into what might have been a conflict of interest.

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Soledar: Video shows fighting and tank fire in pounded Ukraine salt mine town

Reuters obtained footage showing the past few days in the town, which Russia looks set to capture

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Ros Atkins on... Why the Brazil riots happened

The BBC's Analysis editor looks at the recent history behind Sunday’s riots in the Brazilian capital.

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Ruggero Deodato, Whose ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ Enraged, Dies at 83

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Australia news live: magnitude 7.7 Indonesian earthquake rocks Darwin, felt as far south as Tennant Creek

The Bureau of Meteorology says there was no tsunami threat for Australia. Follow the day’s news live

Before we kick off the blog properly, there’s news of an earthquake that was an early wake-up call for Darwin residents this morning.

A large earthquake which hit the seas off Indonesia has been felt across northern Australia, with many taking to social media to say it was one of the most powerful they’ve ever experienced.

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The fight over Soledar underscores the divisions between Russia’s Army and a Russian mercenary force.

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Vatican reopens investigation into teenager who went missing in 1983

Emanuela Orlandi case has triggered several theories but never yielded any concrete answers

The Vatican has reopened an investigation into the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a case that has gripped Italy for almost 40 years and embroiled the powerful Holy See.

Emanuela was 15 when she vanished on 22 June 1983 while making her way home from a flute lesson in Rome. The Orlandi family lived in Vatican City, where her father was a lay employee in the papal household.

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Bolsonaro has been holed up thousands of miles away in Florida.

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