Gavin Newsom attacks Europe’s ‘complicity’ over Trump Greenland demands 20. January 2026 (16:43) California governor says world leaders are ‘played’ by the US president and urges them to stop rolling overEurope live – latest updatesGavin Newsom, the governor of California, has decried Europeans for their “complicity” in failing to stand up to Donald Trump’s demands that he be allowed to buy or annex Greenland.Newsom, a frontrunner among Democratic candidates for president in 2028, told reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday that Europeans were being “played” by Trump and that their efforts to negotiate with him were “not diplomacy, it’s stupidity”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Catholic cardinals warn US foreign policy under Trump risks global suffering 20. January 2026 (15:44) Church leaders cite Greenland threats, Venezuela action and aid cuts as undermining human dignity and peaceThree cardinals in the US Catholic church have criticized the Trump administration’s foreign policy, saying its push to obtain or otherwise seize Greenland, recent military action in Venezuela, and cuts to humanitarian aid risk “destroying international relations and plunging the world into incalculable suffering”.“Our country’s moral role in confronting evil around the world, sustaining the right to life and human dignity, and supporting religious liberty are all under examination,” said a joint statement from Blase Cupich, Robert McElroy and Joseph Tobin, respectively the archbishops of Chicago, Washington DC and Newark, New Jersey.The Associated Press contributed Continue reading...(The Guardian)
NDIS tool to determine support not tested on variety of disability types – including diverse autism, experts warn 20. January 2026 (15:00) Exclusive: Experts also alarmed I-CAN tool – a three-hour interview – may be conducted by people with no allied health backgroundGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe head of Australia’s peak body of psychologists and disability experts have warned the NDIS’s new assessment tool hasn’t been tested on a variety of disability types – including diverse autistic needs – which may lead to “tragedies” occurring, if more research is not conducted.The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) announced in September it had procured the Instrument for the Classification and Assessment of Support Needs (I-CAN) to be used as the basis for determining support plans for NDIS participants. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
David Lynch would struggle to make films in social media landscape, say collaborators 20. January 2026 (15:00) Shorter attention spans would make it hard for director to tell ‘deeply connective’ stories, say colleagues on 80th birthdayA film-maker as unique as David Lynch would struggle to emerge in present-day Hollywood because of audiences’ shorter attention spans and the influence of social media on their ability to concentrate, according to collaborators of the director.Lynch, who died in January 2025 and would have been 80 on Tuesday, was celebrated for his complex, funny and unnerving films and TV work, including Twin Peaks, Eraserhead and Mulholland Drive, all made in his distinctive “Lynchian” style. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US citizen says ICE forced him from his home without clothes in subfreezing weather 20. January 2026 (14:59) ChongLy ‘Scott’ Thao of Minnesota says agents pointed guns at his family, and his four-year-old grandson watched and criedFederal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a US citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out on to the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by the Associated Press.ChongLy “Scott” Thao told the AP that his daughter-in-law woke him up from a nap on Sunday afternoon and said that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were banging at the door of his residence in St Paul. He told her not to open it. Masked agents then forced their way in and pointed guns at the family, yelling at them, Thao recalled. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US supreme court set to release more rulings as Trump tariffs decision looms – live 20. January 2026 (14:54) Unclear if court will publish much-anticipated ruling on the legality of Trump’s tariffs as US president doubles down on Greenland threatsA second man being held at a US immigration detention facility in Texas has died in two weeks, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on Monday.Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, originally from Nicaragua, was found “unconscious and unresponsive in his room” on 14 January at the Camp East Montana detention facility in El Paso, ICE said in a press release. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘The scene was terrifying’: how the ‘quad hero of Adamuz’ led train crash victims to safety 20. January 2026 (14:36) Gonzalo Sánchez, armed with tools and a quad bike, ferried rescuers and victims after collision near CórdobaA lottery ticket seller in southern Spain has been hailed as a hero after he spent about six hours ferrying rescuers and victims around on his quad bike after the train collision that killed at least 41 people and injured dozens of others.Gonzalo Sánchez, 43, was at home in the small town of Adamuz when the town’s WhatsApp group alerted to reports of a train that had derailed nearby. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Netflix sweetens Warner Bros bid with all-cash offer to block Paramount 20. January 2026 (14:35) Streaming company says proposal speeds up completion and allows WBD investors to vote as soon as AprilNetflix has sweetened its $82.7bn (£61.5bn) offer for the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) by making it an all-cash deal, streamlining its potential completion in the face of a hostile bid from Paramount Skydance.The streaming company had originally secured the unanimous backing of the WBD board last month with a cash-and-shares proposal that valued the business at $27.75 a share. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Stock markets fall as Trump steps up Greenland tariff claims 20. January 2026 (14:34) FTSE 100 and dollar slide, while gold and silver hit record highs amid uncertainty over global tradeBusiness live – latest updatesStock markets have fallen on both sides of the Atlantic as Donald Trump stepped up his rhetoric in the push for US control of Greenland.The UK’s blue-chip FTSE 100 index dropped 1% on Tuesday, accelerating from a smaller fall on Monday and putting it on track for its biggest single day drop since November. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Police search for suspect in the shooting of Indiana judge and his wife 20. January 2026 (14:18) Steven Meyer suffered an injury to his arm and Kimberly Meyer had a hip injury from the attack, authorities saidAn Indiana state court judge and his wife were in stable condition Monday as authorities continued to search for suspects who shot the couple the day before at their Lafayette home.Steven Meyer, a Tippecanoe superior court judge, suffered an injury to his arm and his wife – Kimberly Meyer – had a hip injury from the attack, authorities said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
