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Trump says US will ‘take over’ and ‘own’ Gaza in redevelopment plan

US president claims development plan could turn enclave into ‘the Riviera of the Middle East’.

Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist

Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree

Colombia's president orders national oil company to cancel US $880M venture

Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid

The impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid off

Trump says U.S. will take over Gaza Strip

EU leaders have vowed unity against Trump's tariffs as they gather in Brussels to discusses defence and security issues

Trump claims Palestinians have ‘no alternative’ but to leave Gaza before his meeting with Netanyahu

Trump said he believes the Palestinians would be better off moving to neighboring Egypt or Jordan. A spokesman for Hamas called his remarks "a recipe for creating chaos."

Zelensky welcomes Trump’s offer to continue U.S. military support in exchange for privileged access to Ukraine’s rare earth metals

At a press conference on Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed comments a day earlier from Donald Trump, who said his administration plans to continue sending U.S. military aid in exchange for access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals. The promised resources include lithium, gallium, and neodymium, which are critical for producing a wide range of high-tech goods. Zelensky said he had already discussed this arrangement when he met with Trump last September during the U.S. presidential race to pitch his “victory plan” for Ukraine.

Greenland bans foreign and anonymous political donations.

Anonyme og udenlandske donationer til partier og politikere er med ny lov gjort forbudt i Grønland.

Azerbaijan confirms Russian missile downed its passenger plane

The crash of an Azerbaijani passenger plane in December was caused by a strike from a Russian Pantsir-S air defence system. Azerbaijan possesses a fragment of the missile as evidence.

The North Pole is melting in midwinter, with temperatures 20C above average

Scientists say unusually mild temperatures linked to low-pressure system over Iceland directing strong flow of warm air towards north pole

'Selfish' — Scholz blasts Trump's aid-for-rare earths Ukraine plan

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reportedly stressed that Ukraine should first be helped to "get back on its feet" and that its resources should be used for its reconstruction after the war.

Canadian ambassador to UN on Trump rhetoric: ‘We deserve to be treated with respect’

Scientists brace ‘for the worst’ as Trump purges climate mentions from websites

Trump administration pulling references online ‘won’t make crisis’ stop affecting Americans’ lives, say experts

German conservatives fall in poll ahead of election

At least five people shot at Swedish school 'with automatic weapon' as police warn of 'deadly violence'

'Several people' were initially said to be injured at Risbergska School in Orebro - with police later confirming the number

Russia to Trump: Back off Ukraine’s rare earths

The Kremlin delivers a warning to the U.S. president over his military aid proposal for Kyiv.

China hits back at Trump’s tariffs and complains to the WTO

Chinese measures won’t take effect until Feb. 10, leaving Donald Trump and Xi Jinping time to defuse their growing trade war.

Taliban minister ‘forced to flee Afghanistan’ after speech in support of girls’ education

Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Taliban’s deputy foreign minister, left for UAE after criticising ban on secondary school and higher education for girls