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Wednesday, January 21, 2026 2:43 PM ET

BBC News - World

LIVE - Trump drops threat of tariffs over Greenland after Nato talks in Davos - In a long and wide-ranging speech to world leaders in Davos, Trump says: "I don't have to use force, I don't want to use force, I won't use force."

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Oldest cave painting of red claw hand could rewrite human creativity timeline -- A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say. -- Science & Environment

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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.

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Seven more countries agree to join Trump's Board of Peace -- Seven Muslim-majority countries publicly accept an invitation to Trump's new organisation, joining Albania, Bahran, Hungary, Morocco and Israel.

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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.

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Fact-checking Trump's Davos speech -- The US president made a series of contested claims, ranging from the status of Greenland to Nato spending.

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What we know about Spain's worst rail disaster in over a decade -- What caused the train to derail remains unclear but officials say an investigation has been launched.

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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.

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EU suspends approval of US trade deal -- The move follows renewed tensions between the US and EU, as Donald Trump pushes to acquire Greenland.

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Israel postpones demolition of Palestinian children's football pitch -- An international campaign to save the pitch in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem appears to have forced the authorities to reconsider.

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Japan restarts world's largest nuclear plant as Fukushima memories loom large -- Japan restarts a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima meltdown.

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Taylor Swift makes history as she joins Songwriters Hall of Fame -- The US pop superstar is among nine songwriters who have been inducted into the 2026 class.

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Photos leaked to BBC show faces of hundreds killed in Iran's brutal protest crackdown -- The images from one mortuary in Tehran were shown to families who went to identify their loved ones.

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Could US Congress stop Trump from taking over Greenland? -- Some of the president's fellow Republicans oppose him - but it's not clear if they would join Democrats to block a takeover of the island.

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Loved ones of victims reeling after high-speed rail crash in southern Spain -- Two deadly crashes in almost as many days have inflicted grief, anger and disruption. Two deadly crashes in almost as many days inflict grief, anger and disruption in Spain.

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BBC visits UN compound Israel is demolishing in East Jerusalem -- John Sudworth says the sounds of heavy machinery can be heard echoing around the neighbourhood.

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More than 100 vehicles pile up on US motorway after crash -- Jack-knifed trucks were left strewn across the road after heavy snow in Ottawa County, Michigan.

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Ros Atkins on...President Trump's year in numbers -- Executive orders, pardons, trips and Truth Social posts - the BBC's Analysis Editor breaks down Donald Trump's first year back in office, in numbers.

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At the scene of Spain's worst rail disaster in over a decade -- The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe visited the scene, where a large police cordon is in place.

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Spain train crash survivors describe 'absolutely terrifying' scene -- Passengers recount the moment two trains collided between Málaga and Madrid on Sunday evening.

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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.

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Life of veteran Ugandan opposition leader in danger, wife says -- Kizza Besigye's wife has been to visit him at Luzira Prison and says he is extremely weak.

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Supreme Court sceptical of Trump firing of Lisa Cook -- One conservative justice warned that the White House interpretation of the law could "shatter" Federal Reserve independence.

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Israeli strike in Gaza kills three journalists, first responders say -- Another eight Palestinians were killed by Israeli artillery and gunfire across Gaza on Wednesday, according to medics.

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Watch: How was Trump's Davos speech received? -- The BBC's Faisal Islam was in the room when President Trump told his audience that he would not use force in Greenland, but also launched a long argument for why the US should own it.

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