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Girl, six, is sole surviving member of her family after Spain rail crash
A six-year-old girl who had gone to Madrid to see a musical was the only member of her family to survive Sunday's rail disaster in southern Spain that killed 42 people, among them her parents, her brother and her cousin.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
In voting for president's 'board of peace', UN may have unwittingly approved a new imperial court
Like many punters who have tried to do business with Donald Trump in the past, the UN has found itself a victim of a classic bait-and-switch, thinking it was buying one thing but getting another.
3 min |
January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Let children make mistakes, says Beckham after rift with Brooklyn
David Beckham has said parents must let their children “make mistakes” on social media just a day after his son Brooklyn publicly aired grievances with his family in an Instagram post that drew global media attention.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
'Goat yoked to ox cart': Kim Jong-un fires vice-premier
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has dismissed a vice-premier over troubles in a factory modernisation project in an apparent move to tighten discipline among officials and push them to deliver greater results before a significant political conference.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
'Crunch time' on rising costs of Send provision, government warned
The government is facing “crunch time” over the rising costs and failures of special needs education for children in England, according to a new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Nandy set to ask for probe of Mail bid to buy Telegraph
The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, intends to ask the UK’s media and competition watchdogs to examine the proposed £500m takeover of the Telegraph titles by the owner of the Daily Mail.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Guardiola says 'we have to come back' after City left humbled
To channel Bjorge Lillelien and his famous commentary on Norway’s win against England in 1981: Pep Guardiola, your Manchester City boys took a heck of a beating here on the shores of the Norwegian Sea and on the artificial pitch graced by this immortal Boda/Glimt victory which downed a continental superpower.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Musk suggests buying Ryanair after spat with its owner over Starlink tech
Elon Musk has floated the idea of buying the budget airline Ryanair as he escalated his public spat with the Irish carrier’s boss, Michael O’Leary.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Harry believes he has been attacked for standing up to the Daily Mail, court hears
The Duke of Sussex believes he has faced a “sustained campaign” of attacks for having “the temerity to stand up’ to the publisher of the Daily Mail, the high court has heard.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Large study to assess impact of social media use on under-16s
Four thousand school pupils in Yorkshire are to take part in a pioneering study into the impact of restricting youngsters’ social media access.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Civil service Jones pledges to bust ‘the sludge’ in Whitehall
Keir Starmer’s chief secretary, Darren Jones, says he is going to bust “the sludge” in Whitehall by bringing in risk-taking taskforces and making it easier to sack senior civil servants who do not deliver.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Stock markets Sell-off amid concerns over tariff threats
Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic suffered falls as investor concerns persisted over the fallout from Donald Trump's push for US control of Greenland.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Millionaires' open letter calls for higher taxes on the super-rich
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries are calling on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Salah in line for instant recall by 'happy and pleased' Slot
Mohamed Salah is in line for an immediate return to the Liverpool team at Marseille tonight with Arne Slot insisting he has no issues with the Egypt international.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Osaka battles through after outfit inspired by jellyfish steals show
Naomi Osaka survived a serious scare before rallying from a break down in the final set to reel off three games and seal victory against Antonia Ruzic of Croatia 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
UK's ageing population 'will drive glaucoma cases to 1.6m by 2060'
At least 1.6 million people in the UK will have glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness, by 2060, according to new estimates.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Starmer’s ‘keep calm and carry on’ approach to handling US is facing more scrutiny than ever
In his account of Tony Blair’s years in power, The New Machiavelli, Jonathan Powell sets out two opposing strategies for any British prime minister in dealing with their White House counterpart.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
King Harold coins from 1066 and Roman artefacts top treasure finds of 2024
A hoard of pennies linked to Harold II and probably buried on the eve of the Battle of Hastings in 1066, a rare Roman vehicle part are among the archaeological finds and treasure discovered in Britain in 2024.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
The mad king’s court Trump's ‘might is right’ approach recalls the US's imperialist past
One year into the second Trump administration, an actual US foreign policy remains just a nice idea.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Netflix makes $83bn all-cash offer for Warner to outflank Paramount
Netflix has sweetened its $82.7bn (£61.5bn) offer for the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery by making it an all-cash deal, streamlining its potential completion in the face of a hostile bid from Paramount Skydance.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Lynch would struggle in short attention span era, says ex-wife
A filmmaker 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.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Gas boilers win lifeline in £15bn strategy for warm homes
Gas boilers will not be given a phaseout date in the government’s warm homes strategy but billions of pounds will go toward heat pumps and insulation upgrades.
3 min |
January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Tandy pleads for focus on Wales amid Ospreys and Cardiff merger saga
The prevailing mood in Welsh rugby has been frequently dark, but rarely this bible black.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Donald in talks to be captain for third Ryder Cup in a row
Luke Donald will hold talks with senior officials at the European Tour Group this week in Dubai, as the Englishman edges closer to a third stint as Europe’s Ryder Cup captain.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Brand appears in UK court over new accusations
Russell Brand has appeared before Westminster magistrates via video link from the US charged with two further sexual offences, including rape.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
'Erasing identity' Israel bulldozes UN aid headquarters in East Jerusalem
Israeli crews started bulldozing the Jerusalem headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Jerusalem yesterday and fired teargas ata UN vocational school in Qalandia, in the West Bank.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Number of tourists from China to Japan plummets over Taiwan feud
Chinese tourism to Japan almost halved in December amid a bitter diplomatic row between Beijing and Tokyo over the security of Taiwan.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
'I felt numb'
Customers lose their savings in Germany's €300m hole in the wall heist
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Le Pen tells embezzlement appeal trial there was no fake jobs 'system'
The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has told a Paris appeals court there was no “system” set up by her party to misuse European parliament funds, as she gave evidence in a fresh embezzlement trial that will determine whether she can run in the 2027 presidential election.
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January 21, 2026
The Guardian
Employment falls and wage growth slows, figures show
The number of employed people in the UK has fallen and private sector wages have grown at the slowest rate in five years, figures show.
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