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‘Starmer triggers Labour civil war’ and ‘Republicans break ranks’
Labour’s move to block Andy Burnham’s return to parliament dominates Sunday’s papers.
MONDAY, 26 JANUARY 2026, 04:09

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Labour’s move to block Andy Burnham’s return to parliament dominates Sunday’s papers.

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How young millennials and Generation Z – people in their twenties to early forties – have become obsessed with this fitness craze.

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For the first time, the new wind farms will be connected to more than one country through undersea cables.

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A quarter of the 300,000 children waiting for community NHS care have spent more than a year waiting.

South Africa
Rescue teams retrieved the bakkie that Nur Ali Nur was driving.

South Africa
Anthropic’s Economic Index offers a snapshot of how organisations and individuals are using large language models, based on the company’s analysis of 1 million consumer interactions on Claude.ai and 1 million enterprise API calls, all dated from November 2025. The report says its findings are based on observed usage patterns, rather than surveys or interviews […]

South Africa
Chikunga says parents have the right to their children’s safety by vetting suspicious transporters.

South Africa
Rwanda will pilot artificial intelligence-powered technology in more than 50 health clinics under a new initiative by the Gates Foundation aimed at supporting 1,000 clinics across Africa to improve health care services. The technology is intended to strengthen, rather than replace, clinical judgment while improving efficiency in Rwanda’s stretched health system, Andrew Muhire, a senior […]

World
As Trump points to Russia and China near Greenland, experts say the biggest Russian and Chinese activity is elsewhere in the Arctic.

World
BBC Verify has analysed footage of the shooting from multiple angles, piecing together a detailed picture of what happened.

World
The interior minister condemned the attack, which police say they are investigating.

World
The party backed by the ruling generals is expected to win a landslide in a country gripped by fear and civil war.

Africa
The worst flooding in a generation hits Mozambique with teams from Brazil, South Africa and the UK helping with the rescue.

Africa
Reinforcements are sent to the town of Bor, a strategic staging post on the way to the capital, Juba.

Africa
The authorities tried to stop their export arguing they were part of the country’s heritage.

Africa
Orlando Magic’s Desmond Bane says he would be keen on representing Nigeria ahead of the 2028 Olympics and suggests other NBA players could do the same.

Business
Gold is seen as a so-called “safe-haven” asset that investors buy in times of uncertainty and low interest rates.

Business
A Johannesburg school has built a reputation as one of South Africa’s leading boys’ schools, producing pupils who get accepted into top universities in South Africa and around the world.
Business

Business
These are the 11 suburbs in South Africa where the country’s young ’emerging’ middle class are buying up property.

Politics
Officials from the office of the secretary general and the police are at the scene.

Politics
The committee says it has made contingency plans to ensure no time is lost in its last 10 days.

Politics
Ramaphosa cited the findings of the Auditor General on the challenges facing Local Government

Politics
Malema has vowed to challenge both the conviction and any sentence imposed on him.

Sport
Britain’s Kirsty Muir lays down a marker before the Winter Olympics with slopestyle gold at the X Games in Aspen.

Sport
Manchester City are keeping tabs on Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool get positive response after approaching Xabi Alonso, Chelsea recall Aaron Anselmino from Borussia Dortmund loan, plus more.

Sport
Arsenal’s winless run may normally be cause for concern – but the stats suggest they are still in control of the Premier League title race.

Sport
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says his side were “not at their best today” but it is “totally unrealistic” to win every single game after his side lost 3-2 to Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium.
Education
The city got about nine inches of snow and at least one person died from exposure to the cold as Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced his first big test in nuts-and-bolts governing.

Education
Inquiry finds class should become protected characteristic and calls for rise in number of apprenticeships
An inquiry into class representation in creative fields has recommended changes believed to be the first of their kind in Greater Manchester to increase the number of working-class people in the arts.
Class Ceiling, a report led by Nazir Afzal, the chancellor of the University of...
Education
Jennifer Mnookin has led the flagship campus of the state university system since 2022.
Education
With as much as a foot of snow expected to fall across the city, school buildings will be closed on Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

Lifestyle
Soccer fan Mama Joy wants to return her fan membership to Orlando Pirates, which she infamously ditched after 30 years of support.

Lifestyle
In an old interview, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa spoke about her traditional wedding and customary marriage to DJ Black Coffee…

Lifestyle
Was Enhle Mbali directing these comments about pain, trauma and betrayal to her ex-husband, DJ Black Coffee?

Lifestyle
Black Coffee – who has a whopping net worth – is one of the richest DJ’s in the world. Is his ex, Enhle Mbali entitled to half his fortune?

Entertainment
Kgang is facing charges of drunk driving, assault, crimen injuria, malicious damage to property and resisting arrest

Entertainment
It was Arsenal’s first defeat in 13 games in all competitions since losing at Aston Villa in December.

Entertainment
Tonight’s jackpot is R450 000! Here are your winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for 25 January 2026.

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories of Monday, 26 January 2026 that you may have missed, in our simple daily news update.
Science/Tech
Adafruit managing director Phillip Torrone (also long-time Slashdot reader ptorrone ) writes: Washington State lawmakers are proposing bills (HB 2320 and HB 2321) that would require 3D printers and CNC machines to block certain designs using software-based “firearms blueprint detection algorithms.” In practice, this means scanning every print file, comparing it against a government-maintained...
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader shared this report from The Verge:In early December, I brought you the news that Google has begun replacing Verge headlines, and those of our competitors, with AI clickbait nonsense in its content feed [which appears on the leftmost homescreen page of many Android phones and the Google app’s homepage]. Google appeared to be backing away from the experiment, but now tells The...
Science/Tech
Can Aircela’s machine “create gasoline using little more than electricity and the air that we breathe”? Jalopnik reports…The Aircela machine works through a three-step process. It captures carbon dioxide directly from the air… The machine also traps water vapor, and uses electrolysis to break water down into hydrogen and oxygen… The oxygen is released, leaving hydrogen and carbon dioxide, the...
Science/Tech
Richard Stallman spoke Friday at Atlanta’s Georgia Institute of Technology, continuing his activism for free software while also addressing today’s new technologies. Speaking about AI, Stallman warned that “nowadays, people often use the term artificial intelligence for things that aren’t intelligent at all…” He makes a point of calling large language models “generators” because “They generate...

Motoring
Wanatu has made significant changes to its operating model, reducing the basic salary for drivers while introducing a new incentive programme.

Motoring
Mahindra’s impressive 2025 sales figures were boosted by the performance of two of its most-popular models.

Motoring
SARS is making changes to the system that allows businesses to reclaim tax on their fuel spend in South Africa.

Motoring
Renault is the latest European carmaker to slow down its push for electric vehicles.

Health
It took Jessica three years to get diagnosed as a report says the Welsh government is failing women.
Health
The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people.
Health
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.

Health
Tessa Marshall has shared the experience to highlight issues such as women’s rights and sex education.