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Jan 19, 2026 - World

Putin shows no signs of ending Ukraine war and claim adds weight to accusation Trump favours Russian presidentThe Kremlin has announced that Vladimir Putin has been invited to join Donald Trump’s “board of peace”, set up last week with the intention that it would oversee a ceasefire in Gaza.The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists on Monday that Russia was seeking to “clarify all the nuances” of the offer with Washington, before giving its response. Continue reading...

Jan 19, 2026 - World

Willy Esquivel was delivering nearby when neighbors asked him to help Ann Edwards, who lives alone in Santa AnaA United Parcel Service driver at work recently charged into a burning home outside Los Angeles and carried a centenarian woman out to safety in what officials called a “remarkable” example of “people looking out for one another in a moment of need”.As his heroics drew attention in online circles dedicated to finding uplifting stories in the media, Willy Esquivel told the Los Angeles news outlet KTLA that he was “just a UPS driver who was in the right place at the right time”. Continue reading...

Jan 19, 2026 - World

Donald Trump's clear want for Greenland and Arctic control will take "decades" for Europe to recover from, a political analyst has claimed. NATO has been pushed to its breaking point by the president's "off-the-rails" attitude to territory, with CNN commentator Stephen Collinson suggesting this could be a make or break moment for Europe's relationship with the US. He wrote, "A severing of transatlantic ties would also complicate some of Trump’s other priorities, such as his desire for European support and funding for his initiative to stabilize and rebuild Gaza. "And if he really is serious about ending the Ukraine war, it can’t be done fairly without Europe. NATO alliance members might also turn away from US arms purchases and investment.""Yet NATO states remain deeply vulnerable to Trump. Decades of underspending on defense have left them reliant on America’s military might 80 years after World War II and nearly 35 after the Cold War ended.""There is a genuine will in Europe to be more independent. But it will take decades to build scale and all-around resilience, assuming weak governments can convince disgruntled voters to make sacrifices for defense spending.""Ultimately, this unbalanced dynamic in the Western alliance has as much to do with the current impasse as the off-the-rails American president."Opposition to Trump's rhetoric and possible actions on Greenland had been raised by several NATO member countries. Trump's administration announced tariff action would be taken against the UK, Denmark, and Germany among others for their stance on Greenland. A spokesperson for UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said, "He [Starmer] also said that applying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of NATO allies is wrong."Trump's plan would see a 10% tariff introduced on goods from the eight countries - Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK - from February 1, which could rise to 25% from June 1, until a deal was struck.

Jan 19, 2026 - World

Liberals MPs agreed late on Monday to back Labor’s revised bill, which came in the wake of the Bondi beach terror attackFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHate speech laws designed to help combat antisemitism in the wake of the Bondi beach terror attack are set to pass after Sussan Ley agreed to cut a deal with Anthony Albanese.Ahead of a Coalition partyroom meeting to settle a final position, Liberals MPs agreed late on Monday to back Labor’s revised bill after talks between the prime minister and opposition leader. Continue reading...

Jan 19, 2026 - World

US president says he no longer feels the need to think ‘purely of peace’ in letter to Norwegian prime ministerDonald Trump has linked his repeated threats to seize control of Greenland to the fact that he has not been awarded the Nobel peace prize in an extraordinary letter sent to the Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre.The US president said in the letter – the authenticity of which was confirmed by Støre to the Norwegian newspaper VG on Monday – that after failing to win the prize, he no longer felt the need to think “purely of peace”. Continue reading...