Author: News Desk

Panama’s president firmly rejected Donald Trump’s claim to “take back” the Panama Canal, emphasising that the vital trade route “is and will remain” under Panama’s control.  

Tuesday’s front pages are dominated by two main stories: Donald Trump’s inauguration and the guilty plea entered by Axel Rudakubana on the first day of his trial for the Southport attacks. The 18-year-old admitted to killing three young children – aged six, seven and nine – at a dance class in Southport in July.

Many papers lead with Trump’s inauguration and what America’s next four years under his leadership could look like. Some papers offer opinions on how the UK should approach the new leadership in the United States.

Osama Najim, also known as Almasri, was arrested Sunday in Turin on an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court [GETTY]Police in Italy have arrested the head of Libya’s judicial police who directs Tripoli’s Mitiga detention centre, Italian news reports said Monday. Osama Najim, also known as Almasri, was arrested Sunday in Turin on an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to media. A journalist for Avvenire daily who broke the news, Nello Scavo, wrote on social media: “We can confirm from dedicated sources that on the mandate of the International Criminal Court for war crimes, the…

Wayne Bridge pulls out of KSI fight over ‘deeply personal’ John Terry comments Ex-England footballer Wayne Bridge has pulled out of his proposed boxing match with KSI over ‘deeply personal’ remarks the YouTuber made about his ex-girlfriend’s alleged affair with John Terry. KSI launched a vicious verbal attack on Bridge as the pair came face to face at Saturday night’s star-studded Misfits Boxing 20 event held in Manchester. During the bitter exchange, KSI brought up the topic of Vanessa Perroncel and her alleged involvement with Terry – a long-time team-mate of Bridge during his playing days. While Perroncel denied having…

Richard Keys ‘convinced’ Ruben Amorim is trying to get himself sacked at Man Utd Richard Keys is adamant that Ruben Amorim is trying to get himself sacked as Manchester United’s head coach after Sunday’s loss Brighton. Amorim only arrived as United’s new boss in November – replacing Erik ten Hag – but the Portuguese manager is already under pressure and refusing to change his style of play amid concerns over his 3-4-3 formation. The Red Devils have badly struggled for form and consistency under Amorim, who declared his side ‘the worst team maybe in the history of Manchester United’ this…

West Ham make shock £57m bid to sign Arsenal and Chelsea target West Ham have submitted an astonishing £57million bid in order to sign Jhon Duran – a top transfer target for Arsenal and Chelsea. Duran is enjoying a great season at Aston Villa, with 12 goals in 27 games across all competitions. More impressively, the 21-year-old has achieved this despite being second-choice striker behind Ollie Watkins, with just seven of those appearances coming from the start. It works out as a goal every 82 minutes, and that form has attracted much interest from around the Premier League. Chelsea…

Emily Damari among first three hostages freed by Hamas as ceasefire deal takes effect, with 90 Palestinians held in Israeli jails also freed ‘I’ve returned to my beloved life,’ freed British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari says after release from Gaza British-Israeli national Emily Damari – among the first three hostages freed from Gaza by Hamas as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel – says she has “returned to my beloved life” in the moving first comments she has made since her release. Ms Damari, 28, was freed from 15 months in captivity on Sunday as the truce deal came into…

The research breaks down aspects of household finances to a local level The best and worst areas in the UK for savings and retirement plans Parts of the South East of England are the most financially resilient in the UK, a study has found, with Hull, Nottingham and Liverpool the least. The Hargreaves Lansdown’s savings and resilience barometer breaks does household finances and looks at things like savings levels, being on track for retirement and debts. While incomes form part of financial resilience, housing affordability is also an issue, because areas with a lack of affordability mean fewer people are…

Some of the tools, named after the fictional Whitehall official Sir Humphrey Appleby from the BBC’s Yes, Minister, are ready for use straight away. Civil Service ‘Humphrey’ AI tools aim to cut back spending and speed up work A package of AI tools dubbed Humphrey will be rolled out to the Civil Service to cut back on consultant spending and speed up work in Whitehall. Replacing “archaic” technology could save taxpayer-funded services £45 billion by boosting productivity, according to a report on Government technology to be published on Tuesday. Some of the bundle of tools, named after the fictional Whitehall…

News analysis: Of the many watch parties going on in Washington DC, the packed one at the Heritage Foundation, which led the compilation of Project 2025 policy tome shaping Trump’s agenda, had special significance. Political editor David Maddox reports from Washington, D.C. Trump once distanced himself from Project 2025. But now MAGA’s hardliners are ready for the revolution During the bitter presidential election campaign, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and her supporters regularly quoted from the Project 2025 tome produced by more than 100 right-wing thinktanks and led by the massive Heritage Foundation. At one point, such was the intensity of attacks around it, Donald Trump publicly…