Ex-intelligence officer in Austria’s biggest spy trial for years
Egisto Ott, 63, denies charges of handing over information to Russian agents.
Blake Lively called Justin Baldoni ‘a clown’ in text messages
Newly unsealed court documents show Lively criticising the It Ends With Us director.
Trump says he has ‘framework’ of a Greenland deal as he drops Europe tariffs threat
At Davos, the US president said he would not use force to take the island and later floated a possible “forever” deal.
Ghislaine Maxwell to testify before US Congress in Epstein probe
The convicted sex trafficker has previously said she would decline to answer questions unless she is granted immunity.
US to transfer Islamic State prisoners from Syria to Iraq
The move comes as Syrian government forces take control of north-eastern areas where Kurdish-led forces have long controlled.
Trump’s jibes are wearing thin for many of Europe’s leaders
The ball is in the court of European leaders ahead of Thursday’s emergency EU meeting in Brussels, writes Nick Beake.
Faisal Islam: What it was like inside the room with Donald Trump at Davos
Faisal Islam said there was mixed reaction in the room during Trump’s Davos speech.
Fact-checking Trump’s Davos speech
The US president made a series of contested claims, ranging from the status of Greenland to Nato spending.
Record snowfall leaves cars stuck and people stranded in Russia’s Far East
Parts of Kamchatka Peninsula have been buried under its heaviest snowfall in 60 years, as scientists say the winter blast could be due to climate change.
Supreme Court sceptical of Trump firing of central bank governor Lisa Cook
One conservative justice warned that the White House interpretation of the law could “shatter” Federal Reserve independence.


