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Chris Mason: What Starmer’s China reset tells us about his foreign policy
The prime minister has set out his vision – and now begun to match it with actions and overseas visits.
SATURDAY, 31 JANUARY 2026, 00:46

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The prime minister has set out his vision – and now begun to match it with actions and overseas visits.

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The Emmy-winning actress died at her home in Los Angeles on Friday after a brief illness, her agent said.

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Mercedes were pre-season favourites for 2026 long before any of the new cars ran on track, and nothing that happened in the Formula 1 ‘shakedown’ in Spain this week has changed that.

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The emails were published by the US Department of Justice as part of a release running to three million pages.

South Africa
Knysna Municipality has significantly intensified its water security interventions.

South Africa
Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says, the woman’s remarks were unfair and discriminatory.
South Africa
The NPA has been criticised for the lack of convictions in State Capture and high-profile cases
South Africa
Sixteen-year-old Sagwadi Baloyi-Mathye will be buried at Olifantshoek village outside Giyani.

World
Opinion is divided over whether Warsh will align with the US president’s views over how the Federal Reserve should be run.

World
Tehran has said it will never negotiate on its missile and defence systems, but that it is open to talks.

World
Borders between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been closed since October, disrupting trade around the region. It’s part of a broader dispute over how to handle increasingly active militant groups.

World
Trump was not the only factor behind the agreements, but his shaking up of the global order is worrying friends and foes and driving them closer.

Africa
Prosecutors say Mamadou Hawa Gassama described Alassane Ouattara as a “tyrant” and “an enemy of Mali”.

Africa
Ariel Siedman has been given 72 hours to leave South Africa, the foreign affairs ministry says.

Africa
The multiparty system had been “promoting division among citizens”, the country’s interior minister said.

Africa
Almost 30 years after he died, the Nigerian will posthumously receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Business
The furry dolls have a signature spiky-toothed grin and became a viral purchase last summer.

Business
Two schools in Cape Town have partnered with Woolworths Foods at its tuckshops, operated only by Woolworths staff.

Business
South Africa declared the top diplomat at Israel’s embassy persona non grata on Friday and ordered him out within 72 hours, prompting retaliation in kind.

Business
The increase was fuelled by the prices of food, leisure, motoring and household services, Jersey Statistics says.

Politics
EMCA says SAPS and alleged ANC representatives unlawfully entered Lulu White’s house.

Politics
The EFF has called for Senona’s immediate removal from office, his arrest and investigation.

Politics
This inquest is part of a drive to revisit apartheid-era deaths in the search for justice.

Politics
The final report will be made public and is expected to contain elements from the interim report.

Sport
Curtis Jones is attracting interest from Serie A side Inter Milan, while Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli could be on their way to La Liga. However, Joshua Zirkzee looks like he may now stay in the Premier League, plus more.

Sport
Cologne beat Wolfsburg 1-0 with a first-half strike from midfielder Linton Maina and survive a flurry of late chances for the visitors at RheinEnergieStadion.

Sport
Harlequins snatch a late bonus-point win over Trailfinders as the Premiership Women’s Rugby returned after a six-week break.

Sport
Glasgow Warriors maintain their standing at the top of the United Rugby Championship table with a bonus-point victory over Munster at Scotstoun.
Education
It is rare for schools to work in concert with immigration officials, and it remains unclear if the partnerships have led to deportations.
Education
An Iranian government official said some children had been detained, the first such acknowledgment in weeks of anti-government protests.
Education
Readers respond to a guest essay about the methods and reliability of science. Also: Opioid addiction; judges and presidents; cursive writing.
Education
New policies limiting the teaching of race and gender issues led administrators and professors to change hundreds of courses. School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation.

Lifestyle
Ster-Kinekor has broken its silence on a last-minute decision to drop the screening of documentary, ‘Melania’ …

Lifestyle
Thabo Bester will now call SA’s toughest prison – eBongweni Super Max- home. Here are some of his strict living conditions…

Lifestyle
Newly discovered dinosaur tracks suggest that the animals survived far longer in Southern Africa than previously thought.
Lifestyle

Entertainment
No flights had been delayed and operations are continuing as normal.

Entertainment
R26 million in jackpots are up for grabs! Here are your PowerBall and PowerBall Plus results for 30 January 2026.

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories of Friday, 30 January 2026 that you may have missed, in our simple daily news update.

Entertainment
‘It was so special getting a message from the President. Now we know we can go (to the World Cup) with 62 million supporters,’ said the Bafana captain.
Science/Tech
Los Angeles is moving to ban single-use printer cartridges that can’t be refilled or taken back for recycling. Tom’s Hardware reports: Printer cartridges are usually built with a combination of plastic, metal, and chemicals that makes them hard to easily dispose. They can be treated as hazardous waste by the city, but even then it would take them hundreds of years to actually disintegrate at a...
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Shares of videogame companies fell sharply in afternoon trading on Friday after Alphabet’s Google rolled out its artificial intelligence model capable of creating interactive digital worlds with simple prompts. Shares of “Grand Theft Auto” maker Take-Two Interactive fell 10%, online gaming platform Roblox was down over 12%, while videogame...
Science/Tech
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon interrupted a conversation between Coinbase chief Brian Armstrong and former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair at Davos last week to tell Armstrong “You are full of s—,” his index finger pointed squarely at Armstrong’s face. Dimon told Armstrong to stop lying on TV, according to WSJ. Armstrong had appeared on business programs earlier that week accusing banks of...
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Science/Tech
Auto Browse can shop for clothes, plan a trip, and buy tickets for you. Or at least, that’s the idea.
Motoring

Motoring
These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.
Motoring

Motoring
The Honda Elevate is a compact SUV that offers incredible value, being priced from only R3,899 per month.
Health
Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it.

Health
Maternity services at Lancaster Royal Infirmary are rated “good”, but improvements must be made in A&E.

Health
Two Tractor Boys join a project that is tackling oral health and healthy diets among children.
Health
The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause autism.