News 24/01/26

A man has been shot dead and details emerged during a press conference in Minneapolis.

Police chief Brian O’Hara said officers attended a shooting involving federal agents and found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. He confirmed the man died and, based on limited information, is believed to be a 37 year old Minneapolis resident and US citizen.

Andy Burnham says he has sought permission to enter Labour’s selection process for the upcoming Gorton and Denton by election.

The Greater Manchester mayor said on X he had written to the chair of Labour’s National Executive Committee seeking approval. The move follows former minister Andrew Gwynne stepping down on health grounds. As a elected mayor, Burnham needs NEC permission.

Donald Trump has praised UK soldiers who fought in Afghanistan after comments suggesting allied forces avoided front lines drew criticism.

This week he downplayed Nato troops’ roles and questioned whether the alliance would support the United States if needed. The remarks were condemned by allies, with Sir Keir Starmer calling them insulting and appalling. Afterwards, Trump praised UK troops then.

Storm Ingrid has damaged Devon and Cornwall, with part of a historic pier washed away and a sea wall crumbling beside a railway line.

Teignmouth mayor Cate Williams said the town took a battering overnight as wild waves damaged Teignmouth Grand Pier. At nearby Dawlish, the sea wall partially collapsed, suspending rail services. Flood warnings and a rain warning remain.

Three way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States have ended with no breakthrough after renewed Russian bombardment.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky suggested a second meeting following two days of discussions in Abu Dhabi. A US official said the next round would begin on Sunday. The meeting ended after strikes killed one person and injured thirty five others overnight.

A senior Iranian official has warned the country will treat any attack as an all out war as a United States aircraft carrier strike group and other assets arrive in the region.

The warning comes with a surge in American military presence nearly two weeks after Donald Trump urged Iranian protesters to keep demonstrating and promised help was on the way. Speaking anonymously to Reuters the official said Iran’s military is on high alert and ready for a worst case scenario.

A Slough drug dealer has been jailed for two years and ten months after being found with twenty bags of cocaine during a stop and search.

Haneef Sheraz aged twenty one from Greystoke Road Slough was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on Saturday the seventeenth of January. He pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply a class A drug after officers stopped and searched him on Parlaunt Road on the first of August last year.

Senior Conservatives say the government is retreating on plans to hand over the Chagos Islands after a parliamentary showdown was postponed.

Ministers withdrew a debate and votes in the House of Lords due on Monday during the latest stage of ping pong on the legislation. Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel welcomed the move calling it a major victory against what she described as Keir Starmer’s disgraceful surrender.

Ukraine Russia talks have resumed in Abu Dhabi the UAE a source has told Reuters.

Yesterday’s discussions focused on buffer zones and control mechanisms. As the meetings are being held behind closed doors it is not yet clear what today’s agenda will include. Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett says the fact negotiations are continuing is a positive sign although he adds that a major breakthrough is not expected.

A new NHS database linking genes to cancer could help patients and families in England understand their risk of developing the disease.

NHS England says people can compare their genetic information with a world first register of one hundred and twenty genes linked to higher cancer risk. Those identified will be offered routine check ups screening for cancers including breast and prostate and may receive personalised treatment.

A grieving mother has said her teenage son, who died in a car crash that also killed three others, was “my heart, my soul, my everything.”

Mohammad Danyaal Asghar-Ali, 19, was a passenger in a red Seat Leon involved in a head-on collision with a Citroen C4 Picasso taxi on Wigan Road in Bolton in the early hours of Sunday, 11 January. His mother said he “never failed to put a smile on anyone’s face,” and the family described their loss as devastating.

Every police officer in England and Wales will be required to hold a licence to continue working, the Home Office has said.

Officers must show they have the right skills in areas including tackling violence against women and girls or risk being removed from their role. Ministers will also have new powers to dismiss chief constables and intervene in failing forces. The measures are part of a broad programme of reform from Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, described as the biggest shake-up of policing in decades.

England defender Jess Carter has spoken of the impact of racist abuse she received online during Euro 2025, saying she did not want to leave her hotel room for fear of encountering her abusers. 

Earlier this month, Nigel Dewale, 60, pleaded guilty to sending abusive posts to Carter’s TikTok account during the tournament, which England won. The messages included derogatory references to her race and suggested people with brown skin were “murderers” and “groomers.” Carter said she believes the abuse facing female players is worsening.