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Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana jailed for 52 years for murder of three girls
Southport attack  
Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana jailed for 52 years for murder of three girls
Eighteen-year-old had pleaded guilty to murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe and 10 charges of attempted murder
Children  
Gender dysphoria diagnoses among children in England rise fiftyfold over 10 years
Birdwatch  
Nature lovers urged to take part in UK bird count amid fears over climate and disease
House prices  
Chichester least affordable area outside London for first-time buyers, data shows
Thames Water  
UK government contacts potential administrators for Thames Water
Trump administration
Trump orders release of thousands of classified files on JFK assassination
John F Kennedy  
Trump orders release of thousands of classified files on JFK assassination
Executive order also aims to declassify federal records on killings of Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King
Abortion  
Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances
Flags  
Trump administration bans non-US flags from being flown at embassies
Davos  
Trump uses Davos address to accuse oil producers of prolonging Ukraine war
Civil rights  
Advocates ‘deeply worried’ as Trump’s justice department halts new civil rights cases
In focus
‘The act of a coward’: families share pain and anger during Southport sentencing
Southport attack  
‘The act of a coward’: families share pain and anger during Southport sentencing
Grieving parents and children address court, as Axel Rudakubana removed from dock after interrupting hearing
Economic policy  
Are Rachel Reeves’s efforts to win business confidence ‘fiddling while Rome burns’?
Ukraine war briefing  
Russians say major oil refinery burning after Ukrainian drone strikes
Spotlight
Asia Pacific  
Popping a manu: New Zealand’s unique water jumping obsession
Popping a manu: New Zealand’s unique water jumping obsession
Film  
Flight Risk review – Mel Gibson serves up white-knuckle fun in airplane suspense thriller
KemiKaze shows she doesn’t do sorry in first broadcast as Tory leader
John Crace
Opinion
Axel Rudakubana walked a long path to murder. At what point could he have been stopped?
Gaby Hinsliff
Axel Rudakubana walked a long path to murder. At what point could he have been stopped?
Of course there’s a bosses’ backlash over workers’ rights. Starmer must face them down
Polly Toynbee
What’s the point of Davos when even the rich are fed up with the super-rich?
Zoe Williams
Sport
Live  
Australian Open 2025: Djokovic v Zverev semi-final; Sinner v Shelton to follow – live
Australian Open 2025: Djokovic v Zverev semi-final; Sinner v Shelton to follow – live
Football  
Fernandes grabs late Man Utd winner to ruin Rangers’ magic moment
Sailing  
Ainslie left ‘astounded’ after Ineos announce America’s Cup split
Podcast
Southport attacks: the failures that allowed Axel Rudakubana to kill – podcast
Today in Focus  
Southport attacks: the failures that allowed Axel Rudakubana to kill – podcast
The murders of three little girls in the seaside town led to horror – and then racist riots. Now the teenaged killer has been sentenced to 52 years. Josh Halliday reports
Climate crisis
US  
Big oil spent $445m in last election cycle to influence Trump and Congress, report says
Big oil spent $445m in last election cycle to influence Trump and Congress, report says
Europe  
‘Rising star’: Europe made more electricity from solar than coal in 2024
Business
Tax  
Rachel Reeves to soften changes to non-dom regime after hearing ‘concerns’
Rachel Reeves to soften changes to non-dom regime after hearing ‘concerns’
Supermarkets  
Sainsbury’s to cut 3,000 jobs as it shuts hot food counters and cafes
In pictures
Photos of the day  
A landslide and Paris fashion week
A landslide and Paris fashion week
Thailand  
Thai same-sex marriage law comes into force – in pictures
Thai same-sex marriage law comes into force – in pictures
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