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News : BBC
Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK The former Conservative MP says the UK needs "glorious revolution", as the Tories describe Reform as a "party of has-been politicians".
Live. Iranian mourners heard chanting 'death to Khamenei' at funeral as hundreds killed in protests
'It was far too soon': Referee and student among those killed in Iran Attribution
Ofcom investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes Attribution
Guantanamo detainee paid 'substantial' compensation by UK to settle torture complicity case Attribution
Hailee Steinfeld's bump and Jessie Buckley's blue dress - Golden Globes red carpet photos Attribution
Fed chair Powell hits out at 'unprecedented' probe by US justice department Attribution
Live. Verifying videos of clashes and casualties from Iran protests Attribution
Revolutionary eye injection saved my sight, says first-ever patient Attribution
Trump shouldn't be fooled by Venezuela prisoner release pledge, says jailed politician's son Attribution
Live. Minister says water issues 'entirely unacceptable' as thousands without supply and schools closed Attribution

News : New York Times
Golden GlobesJan. 11, 2026, 9:54 p.m. ET1h ago
Trump AdministrationJan. 11, 2026, 9:46 p.m. ET1h ago
N.F.L. PlayoffsJan. 11, 2026, 8:44 p.m. ET2h ago
Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell
Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor
Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times
Trump Threats and Venezuela Strike Leave Mexico Agonizing Over Response
Trump Says Cuba Will No Longer Get ‘Oil or Money’ From Venezuela
‘I Think We Don’t Like Them’: Trump Says MAGA Has No Room for Antisemites
On Ilhan Omar and Somalis
Trump Regrets Not Seizing Voting Machines After 2020 Election

Sport
: Telegraph

Man Utd’s trophy hopes dying in January is an indictment of a once proud club Football
Tom Willis wins family bragging rights as vintage Saracens upset Toulouse Rugby union
Pollock revels in villain role but Saints humbled by holders Bordeaux Rugby union
West Ham scrape past QPR to end 10-game winless run Football
Spurs sporting director to leave club just four months after returning from ban Football
Arsenal fans taunt Gary Neville as hat-trick hero Martinelli silences critics Football
FootballWest Ham player denied debut because of earring
Rugby unionKenningham stars as nine-try Harlequins thrash insipid Stormers
FootballJonathan Barnett told alleged rape victim she was his ‘slave’ on company email



 

News : London Evening Standard
Ex-Tory cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform
Ban on X would have Government's 'full support' amid Grok images row
London murder rate at new low as Met boss hits out at false claims
Northern line alert: Early closure of Bank branch for four months
Gavin Robinson claims he ‘hasn’t tweeted’ since 2017 despite active X account
AI tools becoming ‘valuable companion for shoppers’
Man who tried to kill stranger in train bottle attack jailed for 12 years
Major Tube line partly suspension due to signal fault
London deputy mayor denies claims of 'embellished' housing figures
Swinney ‘very concerned’ about situation in Iran
First Minister calls X ‘woefully inadequate’ amid Grok AI misuse row

News : Sky

Former Tory chancellor defects to Reform UK
Zahawi asked Tories 'several times' for peerage - but it was 'never going to happen', claim Tory sources
UK 'not as ready as we need to be for full scale conflict'
Watch live: Head of British Armed Forces being grilled by MPs
Zahawi is the latest Johnson backer to join Reform UK
Reform UK 'becoming a retirement home for disgraced former Tories'
'As establishment as they come': Zahawi's previous comments about Farage resurface
Farage hits back at claim Reform is becoming a 'party of the has-beens'
Farage challenged by Sky News on previous comments about Zahawi
Sky News questions Zahawi about vaccine-sceptic doctor's speech at Reform conference
'Our country is sick': Zahawi explains decision to defect to Reform UK
Trump considering action in Iran - as Tehran says 'we are ready for war but also dialogue'
Ofcom investigating Elon Musk's X after 'deeply concerning' reports about its AI chatbot
All we know with 'major incident' declared as thousands suffer water outage
Man jailed for violent glass bottle attack on two train passengers
Police share update on five people injured in fatal crash

News
: Telegraph

Jewish MP banned from school after staff’s pro-Palestine protests Damien Egans visit to Bristol Brunel Academy cancelled over his support for Israel
Nadhim Zahawi ‘begged’ for Tory peerage before defection Former Tory chancellor becomes highest profile defector to Reform
Zahawi is a catch but Reform needs actual MPs to break through
Starmer refuses to ban IRGC US joins calls for Downing Street to proscribe Tehrans terror army as death toll of protesters climbs
The Ayatollah is gambling that his resolve is stronger than Trump’s. He may be right
The untold story of the IRGC’s Parisian roots and Irish guerrilla training Peoples army established by exiled Iranian revolutionaries is now a mafia group that controls the country
Britain takes step towards banning X
LiveUS ‘risks 1970s-style inflation crisis’ over Fed investigation
Farmers threaten weekly supermarket protests over inheritance tax raid 2026 Golden Globes
These are the most deserving Golden Globe winners in years Shakespearean drama triumphs over Sinners
How Adolescence became the toast of Hollywood by ‘demonising’ Britain’s boys

News : Guardian
Rubina AminianIranian student killed during protests was shot in head ‘from close range’
‘The streets are full of blood’Iranian protests gather momentum as regime cracks down
‘Fed up of dictatorship’The exiled female activists daring to dream of a new era
AnalysisUnpredictable Trump weighs up Iranian pleas for help against calls for restraint
ResultsGolden Globes 2026: the full list of winners
PicturesRed carpet: Teyana Taylor, Timothée Chalamet, Selena Gomez and more
Military3,000 jobs at risk unless MoD signs helicopter order, sources say
ObituaryBob Weir (1947-2026)
Match reportWelbeck shines as Brighton dump Manchester United out of FA Cup
West BromFormer Manchester United coach Ramsay named as new manager
Scottish PremiershipTen-man Hearts beat Dundee thanks to Braga and Gordon

News : Huffington Post
Elevating Exports with UK Export Finance
GP Shares What A Bright Red Face After Working Out Really Means
What's Next For Harlan Coben Fans Who've Already Finished Run Away?
If You're Constantly Demotivated And Overwhelmed, You Might Have 'Avolition'
This Is Where You've Seen The Stars Of Netflix's Hit Thriller Run Away Before
9 Callum Turner Roles You'd Probably Forgotten As He's Rumoured For James Bond
Eurovision Staple Graham Norton Has His Say On Ongoing Backlash Surrounding Contest
Millie Bobby Brown Weighs In On Controversial Ending In Stranger Things Finale
Mike Pence Shares Troubling Forecast For Trump Ahead Of Midterms
Jennifer Garner Reflects On Painful End To Her Marriage To Ben Affleck

Internet : Wired News
OpenAI Is Asking Contractors to Upload Work From Past Jobs to Evaluate the Performance of AI Agents
Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Saris
X Didn’t Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, per Testimony
The Danger of Reducing America's Venezuela Invasion to a 60-Second Video
Where Are All the New Cars?
Want to Stop Doomscrolling? You Might Need a Sleep Coach
Margaret Atwood on Doomscrolling: ‘I Want to Keep Up With the Latest Doom’
The Best Heat Protectant Sprays for Wet and Dry Hair
The Sony A7V Is the Best Mirrorless Camera You Can Buy
The Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers to Ease Back, Shoulder, and Neck Pressure
The Best Deals for New Year’s Resolutions
‘Physical AI’ Is Coming for Your Car
Why a Chinese Robot Vacuum Company Spun Off Not One but Two EV Brands
2026 Is the Year of the RGB LED TV
The Daring Attempt to End the Memory Shortage Crisis

News Mail
Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK: Ex-Chancellor says UK 'drinking in the last chance saloon' as he becomes highest ranking Tory to join Nigel Farage's party
Starmer refuses to brand Iran's IRGC a 'terrorist organisation' as death toll mounts from Islamist regime's democracy protest clamp down
6 in 10 have poor numeracy amid fears women are passing 'maths anxiety' onto their daughters - biggest ever study
The report, involving assessments of 10,000 Britons, found 58 per cent have 'low' or 'very low' maths competency.
The lifestyle tweaks that have taken 28 years off my biological age, by DAVINIA TAYLOR. At 48, these no-willpower-required lifestyle changes have given me a biological age of TWENTY
We turned £100 into £1m in 5 years and retired. No, we weren't high earners and anyone can do it - you just need to know our game-changing tricks that keep you debt-free. It's extraordinary
It was a grey and rainy day in 2014 when Katie Donegan's husband Alan asked her what she 'really wanted from life'.
Painkillers prescribed to 4.5 million Britons slapped with addiction warning by health chiefs after drugs safety review
Beefed-up addiction warnings are being added to a slew of prescription medicines used to treat pain, anxiety, and insomnia.
The 7 subtle signs your marriage is heading towards divorce by an expert - and the one thing you can do tonight to stop it... (and it's nothing to do with your sex life!)
We all know doom-scrolling on our phones is bad for our mental health. But could you also be using it to dial D for divorce?

Misc. : Vice
What Happened to the UK ‘Carewave’?
How I Became the Accidental Cover Star of a Deftones Album
The Heart-Breaking Accidental Poetry of Deftones Fan YouTube Comments
How to Survive Various Catastrophes
Deftones: Anatomy of a Sex Band
The Strippers of New York City, 2025
Your Conspiracy Theorist Uncle Hates This Guy
Never Seen Before: VICE Membership Cards
Kendall Jenner Says She Isn’t Feeling Today’s Hip-Hop, Praises Kendrick Lamar and Pal Tyler, the Creator


Computer Weekly
Ofcom sets out plans for mobile, Wi-Fi to share upper 6 GHz spectrum band
Hutchison Ports completes private 5G network at UK hub
What will the DEI landscape of the tech sector look like in 2026?
News brief: AI threats to shape 2026 cybersecurity


Politics
: BBC

Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK Zahawi, who was chancellor for two months when Boris Johnson was prime minister, is the latest former Tory MP to join Nigel Farage's party.
Ofcom investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes Attribution
UK can legally stop shadow fleet tankers, ministers believe Attribution
Guantanamo detainee paid 'substantial' compensation by UK to settle torture complicity case Attribution
London homicides at 11-year low, Met Police says Attribution
Epstein kept me 'separate' from his sexual side because I'm gay, Mandelson tells BBC Attribution
Tories will channel anger at Labour, vows Badenoch Attribution
Trump won't take Greenland by force, Mandelson says Attribution
Tories would ban under-16s from social media Attribution
Potholes map rates council road repair progress Attribution
UK facing £28bn defence spending gap claims Attribution
Businesses call to be included in any pub rates backtrack Attribution
What's happening with the assisted dying bill? Attribution
Trump's grand plan to reshape the world order leaves Europe with a difficult choice to make Attribution
How AI is posing a threat to democracy in Yorkshire Attribution
Will 2026 be the year MPs and peers agree on how to repair Parliament? Attribution
The painful questions for Nato and the EU as Trump threatens Greenland Attribution
From our Political Editor Chris Mason
Chris Mason: Trump and Starmer speak as ship seizure caps extraordinary few days Attribution
Chris Mason: UK grapples with new era of US unpredictability Attribution
Chris Mason: Starmer sticks to strategy of avoiding criticism of Trump over Maduro Attribution

Misc. : Verge
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The FCC is letting SpaceX launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites
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Screw it, I’m installing Linux
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U.S. Steps Up Planning for Possible Action in Iran
Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searches

News : Independent
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Iran threatens to hit US military targets if Trump decides to strike over protests
Trump ‘to consider military strikes’ at briefing with senior officials - latest
Iranian student, 23, ‘shot dead’ in protests in Tehran
Three teenagers killed in ‘devastating’ head-on crash in Bolton are named locally
UN to hold emergency meeting over Russian missile attack
Trump targets Cuba in Truth Social posts and jokes about who its next president could be
UK could send military to Greenland as Trump ratchets up rhetoric
Starmer hails parental leave changes as putting ‘dignity back at work’
Golden Globes 2026 latest: Adolescence sweeps acting categories
Mandelson refuses to apologise over his friendship with Epstein
Five teenagers arrested on suspicion of murder after man found dead
You can’t give Nobel Peace Prize to someone else, committee tells winner before Trump meeting
Iran’s regime is facing its biggest threat: here’s why and what’s next
Anti-ICE protests erupt across US after woman fatally shot by agent
British skier, 50s, killed in avalanche in French Alps
Newborn babies with jaundice can now receive vital treatment from home
Where in the UK the average home seller gained the most last year
Inside the hunt for British Museum’s missing treasures
London sees lowest number of homicides in over a decade
US official warns UK against ‘Russia-style’ ban on X over AI-generated images
London sees lowest number of homicides in over a decade

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