The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal agents has ignited widespread protests across the US, with witnesses contradicting official claims of Pretti brandishing a gun, leading to calls for congressional action and pressure on major corporations regarding ICE operations.

• Video shows moments around fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis — BBC World -
• Minneapolis shooting: parents of Alex Pretti say Trump officials are telling ‘sickening lies’ — The Guardian -
• ‘Alex Pretti was murdered’: NBA’s Haliburton among sports stars to condemn Minnesota killing — The Guardian -

• Who was Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse shot dead in Minneapolis? — BBC World -
• Minnesota workers pressure employers to take action against ICE operations — The Guardian -
• ‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war — The Guardian -
• Witnesses contradict Trump officials’ account of killing – as it happened — The Guardian -
• Watch: BBC at protests near scene where Alex Pretti was shot dead — BBC World -
• What we know about fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis — BBC World -
• What we know about fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis — BBC World -
• Schumer: Democrats will block funding package if it includes homeland security money — The Guardian -
• Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony — The Guardian -
• Large protests spread across US after Alex Pretti fatally shot by federal agents — The Guardian -
• Video contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’ — The Guardian -
• Man killed in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse Alex Pretti: ‘He wanted to help people’ — The Guardian -

The global stage sees Iran's violent crackdown on citizen uprisings and Denmark's leader navigating relations with Donald Trump, while Trump's policies risk pushing US allies closer to China and his earlier claims about UK troops in Afghanistan are walked back, sparking debate on geopolitical stability.

• How Iran Crushed a Citizen Uprising With Lethal Force — New York Times World -
• UK politicians welcome Trump’s retreat over British troops’ role in Afghanistan — The Guardian -
• ‘Emotionally devastating’: Iranians in US on regime’s deadly protest crackdown — The Guardian -

• The Woman Who Stands Between Donald Trump and Greenland — New York Times World -
• Advantage China: Trump’s tantrums push US allies closer to Beijing — The Guardian -
• The Woman Who Stands Between Donald Trump and Greenland — New York Times World -
• National cabinet to meet on Friday on health and disability funding – as it happened — The Guardian -
• Trump Threatens Canada With Tariffs as Post-Davos Fallout Continues — New York Times World -
• Ros Atkins on... How popular is President Trump? — BBC World -
• As the world inches back to a pre-WW2 order, the 'middle powers' face a grave new challenge — BBC World -

Britons express fears of AI-driven job losses, Labour faces an internal row over Andy Burnham's byelection bid, and leaseholders report soaring charges, while teachers support homeless pupils and a **£2bn car finance tax loophole raises concern, alongside a Palestine Action protest and the rise of an AI-generated far-right social media figure**.

• More than a quarter of Britons say they fear losing jobs to AI in next five years — The Guardian -
• Pilates after prayers: men’s classes in Bradford mosques offer fitness and friendship — The Guardian -
• Labour row erupts after Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race — The Guardian -

• ‘They’re trying to milk us’: leaseholders tell of soaring charges amid Labour reform delays — The Guardian -
• Teachers in England driving homeless pupils to school and washing clothes, research shows — The Guardian -
• City minister accused of ignoring £2bn car finance tax loophole — The Guardian -
• Labour must avoid ‘psychodrama’, says Mahmood, as NEC meets to decide if Burnham can stand — The Guardian -
• Met arrests 86 on suspicion of trespass at prison holding Palestine Action hunger striker — The Guardian -
• How botched Tory insulation scheme looms over Labour’s warm homes plan — The Guardian -
• Rescued Scafell Pike hikers urged to pay hotel bill and return head torches — The Guardian -
• Meet ‘Amelia’: the AI-generated British schoolgirl who is a far-right social media star — The Guardian -
• Fitness fraud: gym goers warned over fake deals on memberships and personal trainers — The Guardian -

Katherine Bennell-Pegg is named Australian of the Year alongside Cathy Freeman in the Australia Day honours, a national cabinet meeting is set for health and disability funding, while outsourced NDIS staff are told to impersonate public servants, dingoes are to be euthanised after a fatal tourist attack, and a triple murder suspect remains at large.

• Outsourced call centre staff at NDIS have to pretend to work for government, workers say — The Guardian -
• Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg named Australian of the Year for 2026 — The Guardian -
• Cathy Freeman leads Australia Day honours alongside enforcer of world-first social media ban — The Guardian -

• Dingoes on Australia’s K’gari island to be euthanised after tragic death of Canadian tourist Piper James — The Guardian -
• Unconfirmed sighting of triple murder suspect Julian Ingram reported in NSW central west — The Guardian -
• Defence department chief Greg Moriarty to succeed Kevin Rudd as Australian ambassador to US — The Guardian -

A "sham" election concludes in Myanmar, with the military-backed party set for a landslide victory in a vote widely condemned as designed to cement the army's power amidst fear and civil war.

• Party backed by generals set for landslide as 'sham' Myanmar election ends — BBC World -
• Myanmar military proxy expected to win landslide in widely denounced election — The Guardian -

A monster winter storm is cutting power to hundreds of thousands of US homes and businesses, leading to thousands of cancelled flights and causing dangerously frigid temperatures across the eastern two-thirds of the nation.

• US storm cuts power to hundreds of thousands of homes and grounds flights — The Guardian -

In Venezuela, families are desperately searching for relatives detained and missing by state authorities, while Japan's first female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi avoids a male-dominated sumo ring ceremony, reflecting a cautious approach to gender issues.

• Why Japan’s Leader Won’t Enter the Male-Dominated Sumo Ring — New York Times World -
• In Venezuela, Families Search for Relatives Who Are Detained and Missing — New York Times World -

Alex Honnold successfully scales a 101-floor skyscraper without safety gear, a British short film earns an Oscar nomination, new US guidance re-evaluates screen time limits for children, and obituaries honor Sir Mark Tully and William H. Foege, while a Democratic congressman is attacked at Sundance.

• Climber Alex Honnold scales 101-floor skyscraper without safety gear — BBC World -
• ‘Utterly overwhelmed’: British writer-director’s short film earns Oscar nod — The Guardian -
• Screen time limits for children are no longer enough, new US report finds — The Guardian -

• Sir Mark Tully, the BBC's 'voice of India', dies aged 90 — BBC World -
• Cosmetic doctor sorry for picking apart singer Troye Sivan's looks on TikTok — BBC World -
• The Podcaster Poking at France’s Biggest Secrets — New York Times World -
• Democratic congressman punched in racist attack at Sundance film festival — The Guardian -
• Alex Honnold Climbs Taipei 101 Skyscraper in Taiwan — New York Times World -
• William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89 — New York Times World -
• What India's Republic Day red carpet means for its foreign policy — BBC World -