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Where Scams Come From

16 janvier 2026 à 13:00
We take a look at some remarkable reporting from Myanmar.

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The Shunda Park scam complex in Myanmar.

‘An attempt to break people’: Bucha holds out amid Russia’s weaponisation of winter

16 janvier 2026 à 13:30

Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power plants as severe frost set in have been described as ‘crimes against humanity’

Outside the main pumping station for Bucha, three engineers, bundled up in parkas, are working on the emergency generator keeping the Ukrainian city supplied with water.

One holds a heat gun to the generator’s filter in an effort to unfreeze it, his face reddened by blowing snow and a daytime temperature of -12C (10.4F). Watching attentively is the city’s mayor, Anatolii Fedoruk. The generator in his office is also frozen when the Guardian visits and he apologises for the lack of coffee.

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© Photograph: Peter Beaumont/The Guardian

© Photograph: Peter Beaumont/The Guardian

© Photograph: Peter Beaumont/The Guardian

Female nurses win employment case over NHS changing-room use by trans colleague

Judge finds Durham trust violated nurses’ dignity and created intimidating environment by allowing use of single-sex space

A group of nurses who complained about a trans colleague using single-sex changing rooms at work suffered harassment, an employment tribunal judge has ruled.

The judge found the nurses’ dignity was violated and they encountered “a hostile, intimidating, humiliating and degrading environment” at work.

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© Photograph: Panther Media GmbH/Alamy

© Photograph: Panther Media GmbH/Alamy

© Photograph: Panther Media GmbH/Alamy

Badenoch says you ‘can’t believe a word that comes out of his mouth’ after Jenrick defection – UK politics live

16 janvier 2026 à 13:20

Badenoch said ‘Nigel Farage is doing my spring cleaning for me’ by ‘taking away my problems’

Kemi Badenoch said Robert Jenrick is now “Nigel Farage’s problem” and that he creates “instability” wherever he goes.

The Conservative party leader told the Press Association that Tories who supported Jenrick feel “betrayed” he has joined Reform UK.

Absolutely, he’s Nigel Farage’s problem. Now he and his acolytes are people who create instability wherever they go, and they can go do that in Reform.

They are a party that is just about people who want drama and intrigue - the public, quite frankly, are sick of this.

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© Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

© Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

© Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

Nigel Farage tricked into paying tribute to Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins

16 janvier 2026 à 13:06

Reform leader calls the child sexual abuse offender ‘a good man, a really good guy’ in 27-second Cameo video clip

Nigel Farage has fallen victim to another prank on the paid video service Cameo, this time paying tribute to the child sexual abuse offender Ian Watkins.

Cameo allows fans to pay celebrities to make personalised video messages, with the Reform party leader offering his services from £78.45.

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© Photograph: Andrew MacColl/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Andrew MacColl/Shutterstock

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