Spanish track was fractured before high-speed train disaster, report finds
The preliminary report into the crash that left 45 people dead finds evidence of a fracture more than two hours earlier.
‘I didn’t hear from my son for seven months’: Inside Yemen’s UAE-run secret prisons
The BBC sees sites on former United Arab Emirates bases in Yemen where detainees say they were abused.
ICE detains five-year-old and father in Minnesota, lawyer says
The boy was taken along with his father, the lawyer and school officials say. ICE says it kept the boy safe as his father ran.
US unveils plans for ‘New Gaza’ with skyscrapers
“We’re going to be very successful in Gaza,” President Trump says, as his administration laid out its vision for post-war reconstruction.
Could Trump’s bid to become peacemaker-in-chief sideline the struggling UN?
The US president has promised to “end decades of suffering” but critics dismiss his Board of Peace as a vainglorious project.
Eight surprise takeaways from the Oscar nominations
Paul Mescal and Chase Infiniti missed out, while other actors carried their films to a nomination.
‘It’s all about the land’: Zelensky says Ukraine to talk to US and Russia
The meeting came as US envoy Steve Witkoff headed to Moscow for a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Trump says ‘framework of a future deal’ discussed on Greenland as he backs off tariffs threat
At Davos, the US president said he would not use force to take the island and later floated a possible “forever” deal.
Seven more countries agree to join Trump’s Board of Peace
Seven Muslim-majority countries accept an invitation to Trump’s new organisation, while Russia’s Putin says he’s considering joining.
Trump’s jibes are wearing thin for many of Europe’s leaders
The ball is in the court of European leaders ahead of Thursday’s emergency EU meeting in Brussels, writes Nick Beake.