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Reuters obtains letter from union last year raising worries over potholes and power lines amid investigations into cause of devastating crash

King Felipe of Spain has expressed his “concern about the terrible accident” in which at least 39 people have been killed.

Speaking from Greece, the monarch was quoted as having told the media:

We have been in contact with Sánchez and Juanma Moreno to learn the details. As soon as we finish, we will return as soon as possible. I understand the anguish of the families of the victims and the injured.

We know that many residents of Adamuz assisted the victims immediately, and we express our gratitude to them for that.

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© Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

© Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

‘I was afraid for my life’: the transgender refugees fleeing Trump’s America

19 janvier 2026 à 13:00

Fear, abuse and eroding rights for trans people have created a hostile environment in the US – can they claim asylum in the Netherlands?

Ter Apel, a small, unassuming Dutch town near the German border, is a place tourists rarely have on their itinerary. There are no lovely old windmills, no cannabis-filled coffee shops and on a recent visit it was far too early for tulip season.

When foreigners end up there, it is for one reason: to claim asylum at the Netherlands’ biggest refugee camp, home to 2,000 desperate people from all around the world.

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© Photograph: Judith Jockel/The Guardian

Starmer plays down prospect of retaliatory tariffs against US over Greenland

19 janvier 2026 à 12:33

PM says US tariffs are in no one’s interests – and Greenland row should be resolved through ‘calm discussion’

Keir Starmer has played down the prospect of retaliatory tariffs on the US, saying they would be the “wrong thing to do”, after Donald Trump threatened them against Nato allies to try to secure Greenland.

The prime minister said US tariffs would damage the British economy and were “in no one’s interests”. The UK would instead prefer to address the issue through “calm discussion” between allies, he added.

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© Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/AFP/Getty Images

Kremlin says Putin has been invited to join Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’

Putin shows no signs of ending Ukraine war and claim adds weight to accusation Trump favours Russian president

The Kremlin has announced that Vladimir Putin has been invited to join Donald Trump’s “board of peace”, set up last week with the intention that it would oversee a ceasefire in Gaza.

The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists on Monday that Russia was seeking to “clarify all the nuances” of the offer with Washington, before giving its response.

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© Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

© Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

Trump Has an Offramp on Greenland. He Doesn’t Seem to Want It.

19 janvier 2026 à 11:02
The strategic importance of Greenland is growing, and NATO has underinvested in Arctic security. But President Trump, intent on ownership, is rebuffing deals with Europe to solve the problem.

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For President Trump, the sheer size of Greenland’s territory holds part of the appeal; it is about three times the size of Texas, and bigger than Alaska.

At the Center of Trump’s Vision for Rebuilding Ukraine: BlackRock

19 janvier 2026 à 11:02
The world’s largest asset manager has been enlisted to help build Ukraine’s recovery plan. Some fear it is part of a Trump administration effort to steer the effort toward American business interests.

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Mezhova, in eastern Ukraine, in December. Ukrainian officials have likened their country’s recovery blueprint to the Marshall Plan, the U.S.-funded project to rebuild Europe after World War II.

EU prepared to respond to Trump’s Greenland tariff threats but hope to deescalate at Davos – Europe live

19 janvier 2026 à 15:58

German chancellor Friedrich Merz says that Trump repeatedly threatens tariffs and often implements them, but sometimes you can talk him out of following through.

In a nod to Trump’s efforts on Ukraine, Starmer says he recognises the US president’s role in pushing for ceasefire there – as he says “we will work closely with the United States, Ukraine and our other allies to apply pressure where it belongs: on Putin.”

In his strongest criticism of Trump yet, Starmer goes on to say:

A trade war is in no one’s interest, and my job is always to act in the UK’s national interest.

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Menaces douanières de Trump: l'UE se réunira en sommet extraordinaire pour décider de la riposte

Par :RFI
19 janvier 2026 à 08:53
Le président ​du Conseil européen, Antonio Costa, a ⁠déclaré dimanche avoir décidé de réunir un sommet extraordinaire des dirigeants de ​l'Union européenne (UE) dans les ‍prochains jours (jeudi ?) pour discuter de la réponse ​des Vingt-Sept à apporter aux ​menaces douanières de Donald Trump qui cherche à s'emparer du Groenland.

Menaces douanières de Trump: prochain sommet extraordinaire de l'UE pour décider de la riposte

Par :RFI
19 janvier 2026 à 08:53
Le président ​du Conseil européen, Antonio Costa, a ⁠déclaré dimanche avoir décidé de réunir un sommet extraordinaire des dirigeants de ​l'Union européenne (UE) pour discuter de la réponse ​des Vingt-Sept à apporter aux ​menaces douanières de Donald Trump qui cherche à s'emparer du Groenland. Il se tiendra jeudi prochain et sera consacré aux « relations transatlantiques ».

‘They’re emboldened’: British far-right activists step up harassment of asylum seekers in northern France

19 janvier 2026 à 07:00

Aid groups say rise of far-right rhetoric in politics has fed into intimidation, vandalism and hate graffiti around migrant camps

Not far from a camp in Dunkirk where hundreds of asylum seekers sleep, hoping to cross the Channel to the UK, are some chilling pieces of graffiti. There is a hangman’s noose with a figure dangling next to the word “migrant” and, close by, another daubing: a Jewish Star of David painted in black surrounded by red swastikas.

Utopia 56, a French group supporting migrants in northern France, posted the image on X on Christmas Day with the comment: “This is what comes from normalising the extreme right’s rhetoric, a visible, unapologetic, unabashed hatred.”

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