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Investigators abandon attempt to arrest South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korea’s political crisis took a dramatic turn on Friday when investigators were forced to abandon an attempt to arrest the impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, after a tense standoff with his security forces.
Hours after they entered the presidential compound in Seoul, anti-corruption officials said they were halting their …
NFL hot seat index: which coaching jobs will open on Black Monday?
The NFL’s coaching carousel will officially open as soon as the final slate of games wraps up on Sunday. There are already three openings – the Jets, Saints and Bears – and Black Monday will probably see at least four new vacancies. Let’s look at the toastiest coaching seats in …
Police investigate after reports of prison attack on Sara Sharif’s father
Police are investigating reports that the father of the schoolgirl Sara Sharif had his throat cut in an assault by fellow inmates while in prison for her murder.
Urfan Sharif, 43, is said to have been attacked in Belmarsh prison, south London, by two men who rushed into his cell …
Chess: jeans-clad Carlsen defies critics to share Blitz with Nepomniachtchi
Magnus Carlsen completed a remarkable few days at the World Rapid and Blitz Championships on Wall Street, New York, when the Norwegian, 34, who first withdrew then returned to the event after Fide rescinded its ban on jeans, controversially agreed to share the Blitz crown with his old rival, Russia’s …
Badenoch’s department wrote to Treasury after Dyson lobbying over potential tax break
Kemi Badenoch instructed her department to write to the Treasury about a potential tax break after an intervention from Dyson, documents have revealed.
In the minutes of a meeting during her time as business secretary last June, seen by the Guardian, it said Ian Robertson, a board member at the …
Friday briefing: Why Keir Starmer hopes this is the year to end the Channel crossing crisis
Good morning.
The number of people crossing the Channel to the UK in small boats rose by 25% in 2024 compared with the previous year, according to official figures. Over the past seven years, the numbers have risen dramatically – from 299 people arriving in 2018 to 36,816 migrants risking …
‘It didn’t come as a surprise’: UK workers on being forced back into the office
Christina says it is a “logistical nightmare” working out the school and nursery runs after being ordered to return to the office for three days a week from January. “It didn’t come as a surprise but it was devastating,” she says.
The 34-year-old chartered accountant from Scotland was told by …
‘Drab December’ caps another year of declining footfall on UK high street
High streets and other shopping destinations have had a “drab December”, ending another year of falling visitor numbers and raising fears of disappointing sales in the most important month for retailers.
Attendance at UK shopping centres, retail parks and high streets was down 2.2% in December compared with the same …
Families of Sicilian mafia victims fear return of freed mobsters
Families of victims killed by the Sicilian mafia have expressed fears that more than 20 senior mobsters released over the last three months may now return to the neighbourhoods they once controlled.
The majority of these bosses, some of whom held leadership roles in the main mafia families of Sicily’s …
Stolen skulls and colonial trauma: the Tanzanians searching for ancestral remains
The serene municipality of Songea is steeped in a history of violence. This remote corner of southern Tanzania was a centre of resistance to colonial rule during the early 20th century, when German colonialists executed local people and took the remains of many back to Europe.
For decades, descendants of …