Trump again demands to buy Greenland in ‘horrendous’ call with Danish PM

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Source says: ‘The Danes are in crisis mode’ after US president’s call with prime minister Mette Frederiksen

Donald Trump had a fiery phone call with Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen over his demands to buy Greenland, according to senior European officials.

Speaking to the Financial Times, officials said that Trump, then still president-elect, spoke with Frederiksen for 45 minutes last week, during which he was described to be aggressive and confrontational about Frederiksen’s refusal to sell Greenland to the US.

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Launch natural history GCSE in England now, campaigners urge Labour

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Environmentalists say new course could be delayed until 2030 because it is viewed as Conservative party initiative

Leading environmentalists have called on the government to introduce a natural history GCSE immediately, amid fears it could be postponed until 2030.

The previous Conservative administration had supported creating the GCSE, which would teach pupils how to observe, identify and classify plants and animals.

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Labour risks ‘powder keg’ clash with environmentalists as it puts growth before going green

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As chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan to expand London airports gains traction, the party is accused of back-pedalling on its green commitments

Labour is being warned it is hurtling towards a “powder keg” confrontation with environmentalists, green groups and a swathe of its own supporters in the next few weeks, amid its claims that “blockers” are standing in the way of economic growth.

A flurry of pro-growth measures have been announced by ministers in recent days as part of a government fightback against claims that the economy is stalling.

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Boy, 14, charged with murder of Birmingham schoolboy Leo Ross

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Leo, 12, was stabbed while walking home from school on Tuesday afternoon

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Leo Ross, 12, who was stabbed in the stomach while walking home from school in Birmingham.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been remanded into custody to appear at Birmingham magistrates court on Monday having been charged on Saturday, West Midlands police said.

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Slovakian PM rejects calls to quit as tension grows over shift towards Russia

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The latest protests come after private meeting between Robert Fico and Vladimir Putin in December

The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, has rejected calls for his resignation after tens of thousands demonstrated against his government’s policy shift closer to Russia.

About 60,000 people protested in the capital, Bratislava, on Friday and approximately 100,000 turned out for rallies in cities across the country, the largest demonstrations since Fico returned to power in 2023.

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Recent school shooters appear to have crossed paths in online extremist groups

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Report reveals that teen who killed one student in Nashville area interacted with Wisconsin shooter who killed two

Two teenagers who carried out deadly shootings before killing themselves at their respective high schools in attacks roughly a month apart from each other appear to have crossed paths online, according to a new joint report from ProPublica and Wisconsin Watch.

The first shooting took place on 16 December at the Abundant Life Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin. Two people – a teacher and a 14-year-old student – were killed by the shooter, 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, before she killed herself.

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World’s Largest Iceberg Heads for Collision with Wildlife Haven – The Daily Galaxy –Great Discoveries Channel

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  1. World’s Largest Iceberg Heads for Collision with Wildlife Haven  The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
  2. Trillion tonne iceberg on collision course with South Georgia  Oceanographic Magazine
  3. World’s largest iceberg drifts threateningly toward remote island of penguins and seals  The Guardian
  4. 'Queen of icebergs' A23a is barreling toward a remote South Atlantic island. Millions of animals could be at risk  Livescience.com
  5. World's Largest Iceberg on Collision Course With Remote Islands  ScienceAlert
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Rwandan army ‘ready to invade DRC’ and help rebels seize city – The Guardian

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  1. Rwandan army ‘ready to invade DRC’ and help rebels seize city  The Guardian
  2. M23 rebels kill 13 foreign peacekeepers in DR Congo  BBC.com
  3. U.N. and Congolese Troops Struggle to Halt Lightning Rebel Attack  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Congo severs ties with Rwanda as eastern conflict escalates  Reuters
  5. Six peacekeepers killed fighting rebels in eastern Congo, officials say, as rebels close in on Goma  CNN
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Palestinians in Gaza return to find their city in ruins after Israeli troops withdraw – NPR

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  1. Palestinians in Gaza return to find their city in ruins after Israeli troops withdraw  NPR
  2. ‘Our Beloved Gaza Is Gone’  The New York Times
  3. ‘My heart is split in two’: The women waiting to return to northern Gaza  Al Jazeera English
  4. Displaced families in Gaza struggle to return home amidst rubble, destruction  ABC News
  5. With the ceasefire in Gaza comes a gruesome challenge: Counting and collecting the dead  The Associated Press
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Hamas reemerges in Gaza, badly bruised but still with influence – The Washington Post

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  1. Hamas reemerges in Gaza, badly bruised but still with influence  The Washington Post
  2. Gaza Cease-fire Is Fragile, but There's a Reason It Probably Won't Collapse This Week  Haaretz
  3. Opinion | This Israel-Hamas Deal Sets a Dangerous Precedent  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Here’s what happens next during the ceasefire in Gaza  The Associated Press
  5. Israelis and Palestinians Both Lost Their Futures  Foreign Policy
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The oil crisis fuelled by Russia’s war is evaporating – and so are the profits

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Results from Shell and Exxon this week will be weaker – and Trump’s desire to drill may result in oversupply

Almost three years ago, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine wiped out Europe’s largest source of gas and shocked global energy markets, setting the stage for quarter after quarter of better-than-expected earnings for the fossil fuel producers ready to profit from the volatility. Now those returns are beginning to cool.

But as markets have reduced to a simmer, oil executives have warned that profits are also going off the boil. A glut of new oil and gas projects, stoked by a pro-fossil-fuel agenda from the White House, could mean weaker markets in the future too.

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