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It was a contentious, aggressive telephone call, five days before the inauguration of President Trump on Jan. 20.Speaking to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark, Mr. Trump insisted he wanted the United States to take over Greenland, the massive and autonomous Danish island that occupies a strategic part of the ocean as the ice caps melt and new shipping lanes open up.The tone and content of the icy exchange was described by two European officials who were briefed on the 45-minute call and requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the topic. The United States has not publicly commented on…

Hamas will release six hostages this week and Israel will allow Gazans to return to homes in the north from Monday, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says.The hostages include Arbel Yehud – the civilian at the centre of a row which has led to Israel delaying the return of Gazans to northern Gaza.Hamas released four soldiers on Saturday, but not Ms Yehud. Israel accused Hamas of breaching the ceasefire deal under which Israeli civilians were to be freed first in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners.Since the ceasefire deal came into force, seven hostages and more than 200 prisoners…

The Buffalo Bills’ eccentric wide receiver Mack Hollins did much more than just walk into a stadium barefoot again on Sunday ahead of the AFC Championship against the Kansas City Chiefs. Hollins showed up at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium wearing a full “Animal” costume, a beloved Muppets character, and it included a big, red head. Hollins also wore a red-and-yellow crop top shirt and beige cutoffs just like Animal. SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL LIX FOR FREE Buffalo Bills wide receiver Mack Hollins warms up before a game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Highmark Stadium. (Mark Konezny-Imagn Images)It…

Mass Effect 2 is celebrating its 15-year anniversary today, January 26, 2025. Below, we look back at its unique episodic structure, and how other developers have not picked up its torch.Most RPGs are like fantasy or science-fiction novels. The cross-continental journeys of Final Fantasy X or Dragon Age: Origins feel analogous to The Lord of the Rings or The Wheel of Time. Even sandboxes like Baldur’s Gate 3 lean on a linear set of events, the disruption of routine key to fantasy fiction. Mass Effect 2 is a serious contrast, instead modeling itself after a season of television. I’m not…

Dreyfus denounces ‘attempts to politicise the Holocaust or antisemitism’The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, has taken a veiled swipe at the federal opposition in statements made from Poland on Sunday.Dreyfus and the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, are in Krakow to attend the service marking the liberation of Auschwitz, which will take place early Tuesday morning, Australian time. (That ceremony will also be attended by King Charles.)About 1.1 million people were murdered in the concentration camp before it was emancipated on 27 January 1945.Dreyfus told reporters on Sunday: My great-grandmother, Ida Ransenberg, then aged 60, was murdered at Auschwitz on the…

Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurakBBCRachel Reeves is suddenly in a rush.She’d hate the comparison, but the way she’s been talking over recent weeks sounds more like a Conservative chancellor. She wants to get rid of barriers to business and make it harder for green groups to put the brakes on big development. She’s easing off plans to make life more expensive for wealthy non-doms – and is expected to approve new airport runways and cut welfare. It doesn’t sound much like Reeves’ Budget in October, in which she raised whopping taxes, increased spending on public services and reminded us,…

The cease-fires in Lebanon and Gaza appeared increasingly fragile on Sunday after Israeli forces killed scores of people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese officials said, while in Gaza, Israel prevented Palestinians from moving back to their homes, saying Hamas had violated the terms of the truce.In Lebanon, negotiators had hoped that the cease-fire, which was signed in November, would become permanent, securing a measure of calm in a turbulent region. Thousands of Lebanese displaced by the war have poured onto roads leading south, heading back to their homes.But as a deadline passed on Sunday for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and…

If the Toronto Raptors want to build on their season-best three-game win streak, they may have to do so shorthanded. Centre Jakob Poeltl has been listed as questionable for Monday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans as he deals with lower-back stiffness, the team announced Sunday. Poeltl played 27 in the Raptors’ 117-94 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night and finished with nine points, nine rebounds, three steals and a block in 27 minutes. The 29-year-old has been in the lineup for the team’s last 14 games and has only missed five outings this season with a groin…

The 2025 Rolex 24 at Daytona proved to be a rollercoaster for BMW Motorsport, with the BMW M Hybrid V8 showing incredible pace but ultimately falling short of the podium after late-race setbacks. Despite strong performances from both Team RLL entries and the debut of the updated BMW M4 GT3 EVO in the GTD Pro class, the race ended with disappointment for the Bavarian manufacturer.Promising Start for the BMW M Hybrid V8Team RLL’s No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8, piloted by Dries Vanthoor, Kevin Magnussen, Philipp Eng, and Raffaele Marciello, started on pole position for the first time since the…

Hey, you! Before we get into this game, let me catch you up to speed. The following 15 brainteaser puzzles can all be answered by the name of a celebrity. Unless the celebrity goes by just one name (ie: Madonna), the answers are a first and last name. For the best possible results, take your time and sound out the clues. Spaces or line breaks in the clues indicate separate words (like a first name and a last name). This quiz increases in difficulty the further you go, and the harder ones take an extra bit of brainpower to solve,…