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Australian prime minister says government has ‘long held concerns about the situation’ in South American countryUS attacks Venezuela – live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian prime minister says he backs a “peaceful, democratic transition” of power in Venezuela after the forcible capture of Nicolás Maduro by the US military, but has urged that international law be respected.In a cautious statement, Anthony Albanese said his government was “monitoring developments” after Venezuela’s president and his wife were captured and transported to the US. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/albanese-calls-for-peaceful-democratic-transition-of-power-in-venezuela-after-us-capture-of-nicolas-maduro Author : Ben Doherty Publish date

US president made comments after US special forces captured Venezuelan president and his wifeUS attacks Venezuela – live updatesDonald Trump has vowed that the US is “going to run” Venezuela until there is an orderly transition of power but provided few details after ousting the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, in an audacious military attack.Speaking at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, the president hailed an overnight operation that captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, as “an assault like people have not seen since world war two”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/03/trump-venezuela-oil-industry

Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond CaracasUS strikes on Venezuela – live updatesHardly anyone expected 2026 to be a year of peace, and it was barely two days old when the worst fears were confirmed.The overnight strikes on Venezuela, the abduction of its leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, and Donald Trump’s declaration that the US would “run” the country and sell its oil, have driven another truck through international law and global norms. But that is not even the most concerning thing about it. Continue reading... Source link :

US president confirms attack on Venezuela and says Nicolás Maduro and wife Cilia Flores have been flown out of country•​ US strikes on Venezuela – live updatesThe US president, Donald Trump, has said Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been captured and are on their way to New York after a “large scale” pre-dawn assault on Caracas and the surrounding region. Here is what we know so far:Donald Trump has confirmed that the Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, are heading to New York. Trump told Fox News on Saturday that the couple

UK prime minister describes situation as fast-moving and is waiting for more details to emerge• US strikes on Venezuela – live updatesSir Keir Starmer has said the UK was not involved in the US operation in Venezuela, in which the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife were “captured” by special forces and the capital, Caracas, hit with airstrikes.Speaking for the first time since Donald Trump launched his extraordinary attack, the prime minister said he had not spoken to the US president, and that the UK was keen to establish “the facts” of what had happened. Continue reading... Source link

Trump’s unprecedented capture of Nicolás Maduro follows months of military campaign and years of strained relationship• US attacks Venezuela – live updatesOvernight Friday, the US carried out airstrikes across Venezuela, with explosions rocking the capital, Caracas, before dawn. Shortly afterwards, Donald Trump announced that US forces had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and had flown them out of the country.The stunning attack and unprecedented capture of a sitting president follow months of an intense US pressure campaign against Venezuela. Since September, the US navy has amassed a huge fleet off the Venezuelan coast and

US president says: ‘the United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela’Full report: Venezuela accuses US of attacking Caracas as explosions rock capitalThe Reuters news agency says it has been told by a US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, that the US carried out strikes inside Venezuela on Saturday.The unnamed official did not provide details. As mentioned earlier, the White House and Pentagon did not immediately respond to request for comment on Saturday morning. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/03/caracas-explosions-venezuela-maduro-latest-news-updates-live Author : Amy Sedghi (now) and Hamish Mackay (earlier) Publish date :

Platform is now Britain’s fourth most visited social media site as users seek out human-generated contentReddit, the online discussion platform, has overtaken TikTok as Britain’s fourth most visited social media service, as search algorithms and gen Z have dramatically transformed its prominence.The platform has undergone huge growth over the last two years, with an 88% increase in the proportion of UK internet users it reaches. Three in five Brits online now encounter the site, up from a third in 2023, according to Ofcom. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/03/reddit-overtakes-tiktok-uk-search-algorithms-gen-z Author : Michael Savage Media editor Publish date : 2026-01-03 07:00:00

Decision to carry the weapons at SCG not due to active or imminent threat but ‘to help the public feel safe’, NSW police chief saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice will carry long-arm rifles at the final Ashes Test in Sydney as police presence continues to be heightened after the Bondi terror attack.New South Wales police said public order and riot squad officers would carry the weapons at the fifth and final Ashes Test, which starts on Sunday at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), after similar measures were implemented at the Boxing Day Test in

Police investigation continues after fatal shooting in Fitzroy in early hours of Saturday morningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA young man has been killed in what police believe was a targeted drive-by shooting outside a police station in Melbourne’s inner north in the early hours of Saturday morning.The attack took place just after midnight when a passing car opened fire on two young men walking across the road from a police station in Fitzroy. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/03/man-dies-after-shooting-in-melbournes-inner-north-ntwnfb Author : Royce Kurmelovs Publish date : 2026-01-03 01:45:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Kentucky woman reportedly ordered medication to end her pregnancy and buried remains in her yardA Kentucky woman is facing multiple criminal charges after she allegedly induced her own abortion using medication.Kentucky state police arrested the woman, Melinda S Spencer, 35, on charges of fetal homicide in the first degree, abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence, according to a local Kentucky news outlet. Spencer reportedly ordered medication online to end her pregnancy, then buried the remains of her pregnancy in her backyard. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/02/kentucky-woman-arrest-abortion Author : Carter Sherman Publish date : 2026-01-02 23:17:00 Copyright

‘Savanna’s law’ named after woman killed by ex-boyfriend, who had extensive record of domestic violence allegationsA state law creating the first registry of people convicted of domestic abuse in the US took effect Thursday in Tennessee.Named after Savanna Puckett, a woman who was shot to death by her ex-boyfriend in January 2022, “Savanna’s law” requires the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to maintain a database of people who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to at least two domestic violence offenses. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/02/tennessee-domestic-violence-registry Author : Carter Sherman Publish date : 2026-01-02 20:09:00 Copyright for syndicated content

A UK government warning that Amal Clooney risks US sanctions over her role in the issuing of an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister is key among reasons the couple have sought French citizenshipThe exodus from Hollywood to shores not presided over by Donald Trump has been busy and loud. Ellen DeGeneres, Robin Wright and Courtney Love moved to England; Rosie O’Donnell opted for Ireland; Eva Longoria, Spain. Other Trump critics, including Richard Gere, Lena Dunham and Ryan Gosling, have upped sticks without citing the re-election as a motivating factor.In the case of Clooney, however, there has appeared little

Strikes on Southern Transitional Council are first fatal coalition attack on group since it seized swathes of southern YemenSaudi warplanes have targeted separatist fighters in Yemen, killing seven in a counterattack against a sweeping advance by the United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council.The deaths on Friday are the first from coalition fire since the secessionist STC seized swathes of Hadramout and al-Mahra provinces last month. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/02/saudi-warplanes-kill-uae-backed-yemeni-separatists Author : Agence France-Press in Mukalla Publish date : 2026-01-02 15:24:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

More than 100 people still in hospital after fire in Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana that killed at least 40; first victim named as Emanuele GaleppiniItaly’s ambassador to Switzerland Gian Lorenzo Cornado has said that all bar five of the 112 injured have been identified now, reports Reuters. Swiss officials are yet to give an update on this and have not shared the names of any victims or injured.Six Italians are still missing and 13 hospitalised, he added. Three Italians were repatriated on Thursday and three more will follow on Friday, he said.It’s the grief, as if we have all

Elsewhere, area of low pressure off Iberian peninsula brings lashings of heavy rainfall to southern Portugal and SpainAfter a recent heatwave affected large parts of Australia before Christmas, Cyclone Hayley made landfall along the north-west coast on Tuesday night. Hayley formed on 28 December in the southern Indian Ocean and steadily intensified on a path south towards the north coast of Western Australia.The system became a category 2 storm at its peak on Wednesday with sustained winds of 105mph. After some weakening, Hayley crossed the Dampier peninsula near the town of Lombadina, still bringing intense winds and heavy rainfall. Hayley

Wintry weather likely to continue into the weekend across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern IrelandTravel disruption is expected on Friday with snow and ice forecast across the UK.Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are already in place for parts of the UK, ahead of amber snow warnings for northern Scotland that begin at midday on Friday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/02/snow-ice-weather-forecast-uk-travel-disruption Author : Jamie Grierson Publish date : 2026-01-02 08:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Blaze that swept through crowded New Year’s Eve bar in Crans-Montana also injured 115 peopleLe Constellation bar fire in Switzerland: what we know so farSwiss investigators are racing to identify the victims of a fire that tore through a crowded bar, killing about 40 people and injuring 115 who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana.President, Guy Parmelin, has said the country will hold five days of mourning, describing the blaze as one of the most traumatic events in Switzerland’s history. “It was a drama of an unknown scale,” he said, paying

Man, 32, had been snorkelling at Ledge Point Beach when reported missing, while police also searching for two who went missing at Coogee Beach and Palm Beach, NSWGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRescuers are searching for a missing snorkeller off the coast of a small town in Western Australia, as authorities in New South Wales continue to hunt for two people who went missing in hazardous surf over the new year.A 32-year-old man was reported missing while snorkelling at Ledge Point Beach, about 105km north of Perth, at about 3pm on Thursday afternoon, WA police

Trump called the actor and his wife, Amal, ‘two of the worst political prognosticators of all time’ after they were awarded French passportsGeorge Clooney has lashed out at US president Donald Trump for criticising France’s decision to grant the Hollywood actor and his family French citizenship.The 64-year-old Oscar winner, his wife, Amal Alamuddin Clooney, and their two children became French citizens earlier this month after living on a property in southern France for years. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/02/george-clooney-trump-french-citizenship Author : Sian Cain and agencies Publish date : 2026-01-02 00:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Toby Morton now owns trumpkennedycenter.org, which advertises new year performance by the ‘Epstein dancers’Donald Trump may be remaking the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts into a pool of his self-reflection, but a writer for South Park, the TV series that better reflects the obsessions and tendencies of the administration than any political pundit, has purchased the rights to trumpkennedycenter.org.Toby Morton, a TV writer and producer who has worked on the long-running and joyfully offensive sitcom, said he purchased the domain in August after predicting the president would change the name from the Kennedy Center to the Trump

Congressmember delivered opening remarks at city hall, noting that Mamdani is the city’s first Muslim mayorZohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji appearing on stage for his inauguration ceremony earlier.New York is a place that “a young immigrant democrat socialist Muslim can be bold enough to run and brave enough to win,” he says, “not by abandoning conviction, but by standing firmly within it.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/01/zohran-mamdani-inauguration-mayor-new-york Author : Lucy Campbell Publish date : 2026-01-01 19:50:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Second highest annual number of irregular arrivals on record reached British shores in 2025More than 41,000 people crossed the Channel in small boats last year, figures branded “shameful” by the Home Office have revealed.The government said 41,472 people arrived in the UK by crossing the Channel in 2025 – the second highest number on record after 45,774 made the journey in 2022. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/01/shameful-41000-people-reached-uk-by-small-boat-last-year-says-home-office Author : Rowena Mason Whitehall editor Publish date : 2026-01-01 17:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Investigators say no indication of terrorism or arson after 40 people die and 100 are injured in blazeSwitzerland ski resort fire – latest updatesDozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps during a new year celebration at a luxury ski resort.The blaze ripped through the packed bar, Le Constellation, early on Thursday in Crans-Montana, one of the top-ranked ski destinations in Europe, which lies about 25 miles (40km) north-west of Zermatt. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/01/what-we-know-fire-swiss-ski-resort-bar-crans-montana Author : Deborah Cole and agencies Publish

Police say blaze tore through crowded bar where people were seeing in the new yearSwitzerland resort fire – latest updatesAbout 40 people are believed to have been killed and 100 injured after a fire tore through a crowded bar during a New Year’s Eve party in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, according to the Italian foreign ministry.Swiss police confirmed “several dozen” partygoers were dead. The victims could not be immediately identified because of the severity of their burns, the ministry said. It confirmed arson was not responsible, with the blaze thought to be the result of an accident. Continue