New Zealand landslide: rescue efforts called off for at least six people buried in disaster 24. January 2026 (02:25) Rescue efforts at Mount Maunganui site switch to recovery operation that police say could take several daysEfforts to rescue at least six people buried by a landslide at a New Zealand holiday park ended on Saturday, with police shifting into a recovery operation.Police Supt Tim Anderson said human remains had been uncovered on Friday night beneath the mountains of dirt and debris that crashed into a campsite in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, adding that it could take several days to locate all of the victims due to the unstable ground. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Women arrested for anti-ICE church protest in St Paul freed from detention 24. January 2026 (02:20) Release of third activist, William Kelly, also involved in the demonstrations was also ordered by a judgeNekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Allen, who were arrested and charged for their role in an anti-ICE demonstration that disrupted Sunday church services in St Paul, Minnesota, have been released.Video of the two women posted online showed them emerging from detention on Friday, raising their fists and embracing their loved ones. “Thank you all for being here,” Levy Armstrong said. “Glory to God!” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Manhunt widens for alleged triple murderer accused of shooting pregnant woman in remote NSW 24. January 2026 (00:04) Lake Cargelligo is no longer in lockdown as police search properties at Euabalong, about 30km northA gunman suspected of killing his pregnant former partner and two others in remote NSW remains on the run, as police revealed he reported to local officers as part of his bail conditions only hours before the shootings.Julian Ingram, 37, was last seen driving out of Lake Cargelligo, in the NSW central west, on Thursday. Police suspect he is armed with at least one firearm, but confirmed he has never held a firearms licence. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US military says it struck vessel in eastern Pacific, killing two people 24. January 2026 (00:00) Since September, military has carried out more than 30 strikes against boats that it alleges smuggle drugsThe US military said on Friday that it carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people.“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the military said in a statement. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Texas Black man exonerated 70 years after execution in case marked by racial bias 23. January 2026 (23:47) Review of case found problems with statements from police officer who claimed victim had identified her attackerNearly 70 years after a Texas Black man was executed in a case that prosecutors now say was based on false evidence and was riddled with racial bias, officials have declared that he was innocent of the killing of a white woman in Dallas.Tommy Lee Walker was executed in the electric chair in May 1956 for the rape and murder of 31-year-old Venice Parker. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
What are the Trump administration’s policies about detaining immigrant children? 23. January 2026 (23:46) The detention of Liam Conejo Ramos, age five, marks the turbocharging of a policy discontinued five years agoThis week, ICE’s detention of a five-year-old boy wearing a Spider Man backpack in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights quickly became a defining image of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration enforcement. Furious critics, including many local politicians, seized on Liam Ramos’s ordeal as glaring evidence that Trump’s mass deportation campaign has little to do with crime and a lot to do with terrorizing children and their families.A homeland security spokesperson said ICE officers took the boy into custody only after an attempt to arrest his father led to a foot chase. But Liam Ramos’s detention is not an isolated incident. It’s part of a uniquely aggressive push to detain more unauthorized immigrant families, a turbocharging of a policy discontinued five years ago. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Poorly performing police forces to be named and shamed under new plans 23. January 2026 (23:30) Home Office to set targets for response times and victim satisfaction as home secretary takes powers to intervene directlyPolice forces will face new targets for crime fighting and those performing poorly will be named and shamed under government plans to take sweeping powers over law enforcement.The new plans come as part of changes to policing in England and Wales to be announced on Monday by the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood. The Home Office claims the reforms are the biggest in two centuries. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Three men charged after ‘highly targeted attacks’ against Pakistani dissidents 23. January 2026 (22:11) Alleged attacks took place in Cambridgeshire and Buckinghamshire against two prominent supporters of jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran KhanThree men have been charged after a series of “highly targeted” attacks against two Pakistani dissidents living in Britain.Police carried out a series of seven raids and arrests this week in London, Essex and the Midlands after four attacks, which began on Christmas Eve. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Starmer faces pressure not to block Andy Burnham’s return to parliament 23. January 2026 (20:36) Angela Rayner plans to urge PM to let Manchester mayor stand in Gorton and Denton byelection Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure not to block Andy Burnham from making a comeback to parliament, with Angela Rayner planning to urge No 10 to let him stand in a coming byelection.The prime minister’s allies have been trying to prevent Burnham’s return as a candidate in the Greater Manchester seat of Gorton and Denton, amid fears he could challenge the leadership. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jury selection in Luigi Mangione murder trial set for 8 September 23. January 2026 (20:15) Much-anticipated trial scheduled in New York over killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian ThompsonLuigi Mangione’s federal murder trial in the killing of the United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson is scheduled to start with jury selection on 8 September, triggering one of the most eagerly anticipated criminal trials in recent US history, a judge said on Friday.Judge Margaret Garnett of announced the trial date to a packed Manhattan federal courtroom shortly before an evidence-related hearing in his case. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
