A return to in-person screenings for the Utah festival brings a much-anticipated mixture of dramatic and documentary featuresSundance film festival returns to semi-normality next month with a lineup including new films from Lena Dunham, John Boyega and…
Saudi women’s rights activist sues three US intel operatives over hacking for UAE
Loujain al-Hathloul says actions of men on behalf of the UAE led to her iPhone being hacked and to her imprisonment and tortureLoujain al-Hathloul, the prominent Saudi women’s rights activist, has filed a lawsuit against three former US intelligence an…
New York attorney general reportedly seeking testimony from Trump in fraud investigation – live
New York AG Letitia James ends gubernatorial bidLetitia James asks former president to come to her office for depositionBiden says saving democracy is ‘the challenge of our time’Analysis: can Biden’s ‘divisive’ democracy summit deliver?Biden remembers …
Germany’s foreign minister under pressure over Nord Stream 2 sanctions
Annalena Baerbock has sympathy with US demands, but there’s Social Democrat support for Russia’s pipelineGermany’s new foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has been caught a diplomatic vice days into the job, as US puts pressure on the coalition govern…
Hillary Clinton’s victory speech – and others that were never heard
The defeated 2016 candidate has read aloud what she would have said in victory – joining a cast of thwarted speechmakersIt was one of the most significant branching points in recent history – and at least one artefact of the way things might have been …
Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial adjourned after attorney becomes ill
Judge Alison Nathan says she expects proceedings will resume on FridayGhislaine Maxwell’s New York sex-trafficking trial was unexpectedly adjourned early Thursday because an “ill” attorney needed medical care. “I’ve been informed there’s an attorney in…
Eastern and central European nations urge Nato unity in Biden-Russia talks
Concern among officials about US reaching ‘accommodation’ with Putin over UkraineJoe Biden’s announcement that a group of Nato countries will hold talks with Moscow has caused concern on the alliance’s eastern flank, where members close to Russia have …
Covid live news: South Korea surge sparks hospital alarm; ‘stealth’ Omicron variant found
South Korea daily cases top 7,000 for first time; ‘stealth’ version of Omicron ‘cannot be detected by routine tests’; Boris Johnson staff filmed joking about No 10 partyWHO Europe: jab young children to cut Covid risk at ChristmasModerna or Novavax aft…
China accuses Australia of ‘political posturing’ over diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Scott Morrison says athletes will compete in next year’s Games because sport and politics should not mixGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe prime minister, Scott Morrison, has confirmed Australian officials will not attend the Beij…
Mark Meadows stops cooperating with Capitol attack investigation
Attorney for former White House chief of staff cites House committee’s approach to negotiations and to other witnesses ‘Handful of fanatics’ to blame for Capitol riot, Meadows saysThe former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows will now not cooperat…