2026 • Jan 16
G7 threatens more sanctions for Iran amid ’high level of reported deaths and injuries’ - as it happened
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2026 • Jan 16
Khamenei regime will not be able to keep control of Iran, says dissenting film-maker
Jafar Panahi, director of Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident, says Iranian leaders want to destroy countryThe Khamenei regime will not be able to maintain control over Iranian society...
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2026 • Jan 16
Trump-linked figures lead talks on $200m European pipeline contract
Exclusive: Jesse Binnall and Joe Flynn, who campaigned to overturn 2020 election, seek to win Bosnia deal for little-known US firmLeading members of Donald Trump’s campaign ...
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2026 • Jan 16
Julio Iglesias denies sexual abuse claims of two former female employees
Women allege Spanish singer subjected them ‘to inappropriate touching, insults and humiliation … in atmosphere of control’The Spanish singer Julio Iglesias has broken his silence over
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2026 • Jan 16
Prado cannot be like ‘the Metro at rush hour’, says Madrid museum’s chief
Record 3.5 million visited in 2025 and plans are afoot to ensure gallery does not become overburdened like LouvreThe head of the Prado has said the Madrid art museum does not need “a single ...
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2026 • Jan 16
Spanish police break up gang that used swimmers to hide cocaine on ships
Almost 2.5 tonnes of narcotic seized and 30 people arrested after 15-month investigation into drug-smuggling network
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2026 • Jan 15
Why big oil giants may not rush to buy into Donald Trump’s Venezuelan vision
It may well be safer, easier and cheaper for US companies to procure whatever oil the US economy needs at homeThere are a few reasons that
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2026 • Jan 15
Andean artist Antonio Paucar wins Artes Mundi prize in Wales
Artist and beekeeper who highlights eco crisis plans to spend £40,000 award on building cultural centre in PeruAn artist and beekeeper from a remote corner of the Andes has won one of the UK...
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2026 • Jan 15
Minnesota governor calls on Trump to ‘turn the temperature down’; teargas used on Minneapolis protesters – live
Tim Walz urges US president to ‘stop this campaign of retribution’, hours before agents use teargas to disperse protesters outside federal building
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2026 • Jan 15
Ugandans to vote in election expected to extend Museveni’s four-decade rule
Campaign beset by violence with supporters of rival candidate Bobi Wine teargassed and detainedUgandans are preparing to vote in an election that is expected to result in Yoweri Museveni ext...
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2026 • Jan 14
Denmark and Greenland prepare for US talks as Trump says territory’s PM has a ‘big problem’ – Europe live
US president says of Jens-Frederik Nielsen: ‘I don’t know anything about him, but this is going to be a big problem for him’The US president, Donald Trump, has sparked fresh concerns...
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2026 • Jan 14
BTS announces return with new world tour in 2026 and 2027
K-pop band to start tour in April after nearly four-year hiatus due to all seven members needing to complete South Korea’s mandatory military serviceThe BTS comeback is upon us: the K-pop se...
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