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Deal or no deal? The inside story of the battle for Warner Bros
NEWS | 13 December 2025
View image in fullscreen President Trump has made contradictory comments over his involvement in the deal for Netflix to acquire Warner Bros Discovery. Despite concerns about consolidation, both Netflix and Paramount have argued publicly that their company would have an easier time winning regulatory approval for the deal. View image in fullscreen CEO of Paramount Skydance David Ellison says he has had ‘great conversations’ with President Trump about his company owning CNN. A veteran of the anti-trust space said it seems likely that Trump could pressure attorney general Pam Bondi to approve a deal of his choosing. “If the president wants this deal approved and he tells Pam Bondi, ‘I want this deal approved’ … they’ll find a way to approve it,” the veteran said.

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New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland
NEWS | 13 December 2025
“The Israeli military can do anything they like. Labelled “Crimson Thread” by the Israeli military, the barrier will split countless Palestinian communities along its route. “It is happening all through the Jordan valley, especially in the north. Israel is pushing forward, and accelerating the ethnic cleansing of this area,” said Dror Etkes, an Israeli activist who is the founder of the Kerem Navot organisation, which monitors Israeli land policy in occupied Palestine. Several farmers have received an Israeli military order to confiscate part of their lands.

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Thailand denies Trump ceasefire claim as clashes with Cambodia continue at border
NEWS | 13 December 2025
Thailand’s caretaker prime minister has denied the existence of a ceasefire with Cambodia, despite Donald Trump announcing that both countries had agreed to halt fighting. As heavy clashes continued along the border between the two countries, Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Saturday that Thailand had not agreed to a ceasefire with Cambodia and that its forces would continue fighting. Thai forces carried out strikes, including with fighter jets, while Cambodia fired rocket barrages along the border area on Saturday. Trump announced the agreement to restart the July ceasefire in a social media posting after calls with the Thai prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, and the Cambodian prime minister, Hun Manet. View image in fullscreen Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul speaks during a press conference after his call with Donald Trump.

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Starmer to pick new US ambassador as relations with Trump tested
NEWS | 13 December 2025
Keir Starmer is poised to choose a new ambassador to Washington from a shortlist of three as relations with the US are tested over Ukraine and Donald Trump’s attacks on European leaders. Earlier this week Starmer met Warren Stephens, the US ambassador to the UK, in Downing Street to discuss implementing the trade and tech deals announced earlier this year. Starmer has cultivated a strong personal relationship with Trump but this is constantly being tested by their major policy differences, including on green energy and cultural issues. Relations between the US and Europe are being severely strained by Trump’s growing impatience at the continuation of the war in Ukraine. The US ambassador role fell vacant in September after Peter Mandelson was sacked for failing to disclose the extent of his ties with the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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Top Democrats call for investigation into share-buying spree by Trump allies
NEWS | 13 December 2025
Two more senior Democrats have called for an investigation into a share-buying spree by two fossil fuel billionaires with close ties to the Trump administration, after a Guardian investigation raised questions about potential wrongdoing. “Corrupt pay-to-play schemes are at the heart of everything the Trump administration does,” Wyden said. “Dirty oil-and-gas bucks are fueling the Trump administration, which should outrage all of us. Venture Global was among the “top donors” to Trump’s inauguration, donating $1m, according to the Wall Street Journal. The billionaire Republican donors took Venture Global public three days after Trump’s inauguration in January.

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Trump news at a glance: More Epstein estate photos released as White House decries ‘Democrat hoax’
NEWS | 13 December 2025
House Democrats have published a new tranche of what they called “disturbing” photographs from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, featuring among others Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the British former royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Among the notable figures shown in the first release are celebrities including the film director Woody Allen; the Microsoft founder Bill Gates; and Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin empire. The White House responded to the release in a statement accusing Democrats of selectively “cherry-picking” the photographs for political purposes and “to try and create a false narrative”. “The Democrat hoax against President Trump has been repeatedly debunked,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said, insisting that “the Trump administration has done more for Epstein’s victims than Democrats ever have by repeatedly calling for transparency, releasing thousands of pages of documents, and calling for further investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends”. Here’s what happened on 11 December 2025.

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The latest tranche of Epstein evidence – in pictures
NEWS | 13 December 2025
The latest tranche of Epstein evidence – in picturesOversight Democrats have released a new batch of photos from the Jeffrey Epstein estate, including images of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Woody Allen, the former Prince Andrew, Steve Bannon and Bill Gates Warning – contains sensitive materialHouse Democrats release Epstein photos with Trump, Bannon, Clinton and othersUS politics live – latest updatesBill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein in a photo released by House oversight Democrats. Photograph: House Oversight Democrats

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Kim Jong-un admits North Korean troops clearing landmines for Russia
NEWS | 13 December 2025
According to South Korean and western intelligence agencies, North Korea has sent thousands of troops to support Russia’s nearly four-year invasion of Ukraine. Photograph: KCNA via KNS/AFP/Getty ImagesHe awarded the deceased state honours to “add eternal lustre” to their bravery. View image in fullscreen The North Korean leader with returning soldiers from the engineering regiment in an image released by the official Korean Central News Agency. Photograph: KCNA via KNS/AFP/Getty ImagesThe North Korean leader also mentioned the “pain of waiting for 120 days in which he had never forgotten the beloved sons even for a moment”. View image in fullscreen Kim paying his respects in front of portraits of fallen North Korean soldiers at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang.

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Lionel Messi’s India tour starts in chaos as angry fans throw seats in stadium
NEWS | 13 December 2025
View image in fullscreen Lionel Messi arrives at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata for his brief appearance. I hardly got a glimpse of him.”View image in fullscreen Fans react as Lionel Messi departs from the stadium. “I am deeply disturbed and shocked by the mismanagement witnessed today at Salt Lake stadium,” Banerjee, who was on her way to the event when chaos broke out, posted on X. View image in fullscreen Seats are thrown the stands at Salt Lake Stadium. Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images“I sincerely apologise to Lionel Messi, as well as to all sports lovers and his fans, for the unfortunate incident.

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Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $40m to women who said talc to blame for cancer
NEWS | 13 December 2025
A California jury on Friday awarded $40m to two women who said Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder was to blame for their ovarian cancer. The jury in Los Angeles superior court awarded $18m to Monica Kent and $22m to Deborah Schultz and her husband after finding that Johnson & Johnson knew for years its talc-based products were dangerous but failed to warn consumers. Kent was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2014, according to court records. Both women are California residents who say they used J&J’s baby powder after bathing for 40 years. Their treatments for ovarian cancer have involved major surgeries and dozens of rounds of chemotherapy, they testified at the trial.

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See you in March? Debate in New Zealand over extremely long summer break
NEWS | 13 December 2025
But some argue that a long break is necessary for people exhausted by working all year. The implications of a long holiday can also reach beyond New Zealand, with Bridges warning it can complicate international business relationships. Bridges admits the long holiday would be “really hard to change” in New Zealand culture. “We all feel entitled to our long Kiwi summer, me included.”Chris Hipkins, the former prime minister who will be taking three weeks off over summer, agrees. When asked by New Zealand media for his take on the long break, he replied “It’s good”.

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‘He’s living his best life’: drunk raccoon hit DMV for snacks before liquor store
NEWS | 13 December 2025
“This is not the first time he’s been in one of the buildings,” Martin said on Hear in Hanover. “Supposedly, this is the third break-in he’s had. Martin told Hear In Hanover that she had mixed emotions over the raccoon’s ordeal. But also, she remarked: “I just say: ‘Enjoy your life.’”“I think he’s living his best life,” Martin continued. But, the agency joked, the raccoon may have been grappling with “a hangover” and regret over “poor life choices”.

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Trump attacks old foe Biden – but presidential parallels hard to avoid
NEWS | 13 December 2025
He was supposed to be touting the economy but could not resist taking aim at an old foe. “Which is better: Sleepy Joe or Crooked Joe?” Donald Trump teased supporters in Pennsylvania this week, still toying with nicknames for his predecessor Joe Biden. “Trump has been cast in this role that Joe Biden had to play out and seemingly trying to use the same script, which is to convince people that you’re not feeling what you’re really feeling. That has been useful political fodder for Trump, seeking to contrast Biden’s decline with his own political virility. He has created a “presidential walk of fame” at the White House where Biden is represented by the image of an autopen.

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‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
NEWS | 13 December 2025
Ten years on from the historic Paris climate summit, which ended with the world’s first and only global agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions, it is easy to dwell on its failures. “The Paris agreement has set in motion a shift towards clean energy that no country can now ignore,” she said. Would this have happened without the Paris agreement? The first blow to the fledgling Paris agreement came within just a year, with the election of Donald Trump as US president in 2016. Roughly 90% of the increase in greenhouse gas emissions since the Paris agreement has come from China.