From Associated Press. The leaders of China and the U.K. were meeting Thursday as the two nations try to improve relations after several years of acrimony. Keir Starmer, the first British prime minister to visit in eight years, met Zhao Leji, the chairman of China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress. He also met President Xi…

From Associated Press. Watch live as India’s annual Beating Retreat ceremony takes place in New Delhi, featuring musical performances by the bands of the country’s armed forces to mark the close of Republic Day celebrations. President Droupadi Murmu presides. #live #india

From Associated Press. The European Union-Vietnam comprehensive strategic partnership was announced after a meeting in Hanoi between European Council President Antonio Costa and Vietnamese President Luong Cuong. Read more: https://bit.ly/4k3Q2v3 (AP Video shot by Hau Dinh) #vietnam #europeanunion Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

From Associated Press. The leaders of China and the U.K. are meeting as the two nations try to improve relations after years of tension. Keir Starmer, the first British prime minister to visit in eight years, is holding talks with China’s top leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. #starmer #xijinping #china #uk Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more:…

From Associated Press. The cancer nurse turned cleric officially took up the responsibilities of her new job as bewigged judges presided over a legal ceremony confirming her appointment, which was announced almost four months ago. The Confirmation of Election service marks a major milestone for the Church of England, which ordained its first female priests…

From Associated Press. On Wednesday afternoon in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent said they had failed to apprehend the man they were looking for because he ran into a house and the agents lacked a judicial warrant to get inside. (AP Video by Mark Vancleave) #minneapolis Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress…

From Associated Press. The Federal Reserve pushed the pause button on its interest rate cuts, leaving its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% after lowering it three times last year. #federalreserve #interestrates #jeromepowell Read more: https://bit.ly/3O8M2xq Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

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From Associated Press. During a speech in Iowa on Tuesday, shortly before Omar was attacked, the President said immigrants need to be proud of the United States — “not like Ilhan Omar.” (AP Video by Laura Bargfeld) Read more: https://bit.ly/49LX9F7 #ilhanomar Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via…

From Associated Press. Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti over the weekend in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday. (AP Production: Marissa Duhaney) #alexpretti #minneapolis Read more: https://bit.ly/46guoOt Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for…

From Associated Press. Republican Senator Thom Tillis is joining a groundswell of voices saying that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem must go following the shooting deaths in Minneapolis of two people who protested deportation policy. (AP Video: Nathan Ellgren/Rick Gentlio) #noem #kristinoem Read more: https://bit.ly/4bXjqkE Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available…

From Associated Press. Molly Ringwald details how she maintains a healthy relationship with social media. #mollyringwald #Sundance

From Associated Press. President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for $5 billion over allegations that JPMorgan stopped providing banking services to him and his businesses for political reasons after he left office in January 2021. The lawsuit, filed in Miami-Dade County court in Florida, alleges that JPMorgan abruptly…

From Associated Press. Follow AP reporter Sarah Jones-Smith into a landmark LA mansion for the "Wuthering Heights" press junket. Emerald Fennell’s film starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi hits theaters Feb. 13. #wutheringheights #MargotRobbie #JacobElordi #EmeraldFennell

From Associated Press. Both Republican and Democratic senators condemned any acts of political violence after a man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday night. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

From Associated Press. President Donald Trump celebrates the launch of a program the White House views as a key milestone, “Trump Accounts" for newborn children. Kicking off a daylong summit, Trump was joined by rapper Nicki Minaj, who proclaimed herself "his number one fan." #trump #minaj #nickiminaj Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may…

From Associated Press. Testiyfing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State Marco Rubio downplayed concerns that the Trump administration is undermining NATO, but also repeated a long-standing complaint that allies need to boost defense spending. #NATO #rubio Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

From Associated Press. Immigration enforcement operations and confrontations with activists continued Wednesday morning in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., as they had for the previous weeks of the surge despite calls to de-escalate. (AP video: Mark Vancleave) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

From Associated Press. India and the European Union reached a free trade agreement that could affect as many as 2 billion people after nearly two decades of negotiations. Here’s what to know. #india #europeanunion #modi #trade

From Associated Press. A man sprayed an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a town hall in Minneapolis. Security expert Mike Clumpner explains the challenges of protecting lawmakers at public events. (AP Video: River Zhang) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

From Associated Press. Bill Belichick won six Lombardi Trophies as a head coach with the Patriots, two as an assistant with the Giants and has more Super Bowl rings than anyone in NFL history. Yet somehow he’s not a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer. News of the snub stunned players, coaches, fans and anyone…

From Associated Press. A growing number of voices, both Democrats and Republicans, have raised concerns about Kristi Noem’s leadership. #kristinoem Read more: https://bit.ly/4bXjqkE Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

From Associated Press. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said technical talks with Denmark and Greenland on an Arctic security deal are off to a strong start, telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday he’s optimistic the discussions will “wind up in a good place.” #rubio #greenland Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be…

From Associated Press. Watch live from Washington as U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith deliver remarks on the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation in their state.

From Associated Press. Arctic air is hitting parts of the U.S. after a winter storm. At least 10 people have died in New York City as of Tuesday since the bitter cold and snow hit this weekend.

From Associated Press. The return of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old police officer killed while fighting Hamas militants during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, fulfilled nationwide hopes to return all the hostages, living or dead. Forensic teams combed a cemetery in northern Gaza, working to locate, exhume and identify Gvili’s remains as part of…

From Associated Press. A documentary about First Lady Melania Trump will be released on Friday and distributed by Amazon Prime Video, offering a behind the scenes peek at Mrs. Trump’s life during the 20 days leading up to Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration. (AP Video by Mike Pesoli) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may…

From Associated Press. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending the Trump administration’s actions in Venezuela to US Senators, saying "we are certainly better off today in Venezuela than we were four weeks ago." A protester disrupted the hearing as Rubio started to testify. #rubio #venezuela #USA Read more: https://bit.ly/45CaNrR Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​…

From Associated Press. A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month.Minneapolis police…

From Associated Press. A man wearing a black jacket was tackled to the ground after spraying a substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis on Tuesday. (Reposted to correct the spelling of “substance” in the headline.) #shorts #minneapolis #ilhanomar #congress

From Associated Press. At least four people were reported killed in a Russian drone strike on a passenger train in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Tuesday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted a short video showing burning carriages on his Telegram channel. Several carriages caught fire in the attack on a stretch of railway in the Izyum area…

From Associated Press. Earth is closer than it’s ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U.S. and other countries become “increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic,” The Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists said as it advanced its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds till midnight. The AP’s Luke Garratt explains. #doomsdayclock Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​…

From Associated Press. Three brothers — ages 6, 8 and 9 — died in Texas during the massive winter storm gripping the U.S. after falling through an icy pond, authorities said Tuesday. Their mother said she jumped into the freezing water but wasn’t able to save them. #shorts #texas #mother #winter #storm

From Associated Press. A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month.Minneapolis police…

From Associated Press. Thousands of people gathered in Serbia’s capital on Tuesday to protest against a government crackdown on universities that have been a main force behind more than a year of protests shaking the rule of autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic. (AP video by Marko Drobnjakovic) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available…

From Associated Press. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday her government has at least temporarily stopped oil shipments to Cuba, but struck an ambiguous tone, saying the pause was part of general fluctuations in oil supplies and that it was a “sovereign decision” not made under pressure from the United States. (AP Video shot by…

From Associated Press. For more than two years, Israelis pinned yellow ribbons to their lapels and gathered to remember the hostages abducted during the deadliest day in the country’s history. But in a sign marking the end of a painful chapter, they removed their ribbons and turned off a clock Tuesday in Tel Aviv’s Hostages…

From Associated Press. Thousands of students carrying torches marched on Tuesday through the streets of Havana to honor Cuba’s national hero, José Martí, on the 173rd anniversary of his birthday. (AP Video shot by Ariel Fernández and Milexsy Durán) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

From Associated Press. Watch live as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day policy meeting. Read more: https://bit.ly/3O8M2xq #federalreserve #jeromepowell #interestrates #usa #live

From Associated Press. Watch live as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day policy meeting. Read more: https://bit.ly/3O8M2xq #federalreserve #jeromepowell #interestrates #usa #live

From Associated Press. The relationship between the UK and China has deteriorated in recent years over growing concern about Chinese spying and surveillance, China’s support for Russia in the Ukraine war and Beijing’s crackdown on civil liberties in Hong Kong, the former British colony. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for…

From Associated Press. The relationship between the UK and China has deteriorated in recent years over growing concern about Chinese spying and surveillance, China’s support for Russia in the Ukraine war and Beijing’s crackdown on civil liberties in Hong Kong, the former British colony. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for…

From Associated Press. The suspect, Patrick Gary Schlegel, has a criminal history that includes a December warrant for escape stemming from a smuggling conviction. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qUsbRd Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

From Associated Press. The suspect, Patrick Gary Schlegel, has a criminal history that includes a December warrant for escape stemming from a smuggling conviction. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qUsbRd Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

From Associated Press. The aircraft was en route from India’s financial capital of Mumbai to Ajit Pawar’s home city Baramati when it crash-landed and burst into flames some 254 kilometers (159 miles) from Mumbai. The reason for the crash was not immediately known. Television footage showed smoke rising from the wreckage. #india #ajitpawar Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress…

From Associated Press. A landslide over the weekend forced more than 1,500 people to evacuate the town of Niscemi on the Italian island of Sicily, according to local authorities.The natural disaster occurred on Sunday evening but continued to spread throughout Monday. Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni traveled to Niscemi on Wednesday. #shorts #sicily #italy #landslide

From Associated Press. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to China, aiming to improve relations with Beijing amid tensions with the United States. Starmer will be accompanied by a delegation of corporate leaders on the visit, starting Wednesday, and is due to meet with President Xi Jinping. Read more: https://bit.ly/4bXdI2d (AP video by Wayne…

From Associated Press. A formal ceremony at St. Paul’s Cathedral marks Dame Sarah Mullally’s confirmation as Archbishop of Canterbury. She becomes the first woman to serve as spiritual leader of the Church of England. #live #stpaulscathedral #britain

From Associated Press. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss the Trump administration’s actions in Venezuela, including the capture of former president Nicolas Maduro and ongoing policy toward the country’s interim leadership and oil cooperation. #live #marcorubio #venezuela #usa

From Associated Press. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel planned a "limited" reopening of Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt in both directions, allowing Palestinians to enter and leave the territory after nearly two years of closure. #netanyahu #israel #rafah Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via…

From Associated Press. TikTok agreed to settle a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff’s attorneys confirmed. Read more: https://bit.ly/4rfWK3s Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

From Associated Press. Parts of the country sweltered in temperatures of close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). Temperatures were expected to drop Wednesday, although the heat wave was due to linger until the weekend. The heat wave followed another earlier this month amid one of Australia’s hottest ever summers. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qNZntI (AP…

From Associated Press. As “Bridgerton” enters its fairytale era in season four with a masquerade ball meet-cute, AP entertainment journalist Hilary Fox sat down with the cast of the steamy Netflix hit to discuss their own Cinderella moments, being spotted by fans and sex scenes. With the focus on Luke Thompson’s Benedict and the mysterious…

From Associated Press. A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall Tuesday and was tackled to the ground. The incident came amid heightened tensions over federal immigration enforcement in the city. Read more: https://bit.ly/4t2AETZ #ilhanomar Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for…

From Associated Press. Protesters held a demonstration outside a federal courthouse in Minneapolis, rallying against Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino. Bovino and a few agents are expected to leave as early as Tuesday. (AP video by Mark Vancleave) Read more: https://bit.ly/49Z66d4 #minneapolis Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing…

From Associated Press. Hours before a man was tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar during a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday, President Donald Trump criticized Omar as he spoke to a crowd in Iowa. Read more: https://bit.ly/4t2AETZ #trump #iowa #ilhanomar Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This…

From Associated Press. A man wearing a black jacket was tackled to the ground after spraying a substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Omar continued the town hall after the man was ushered out of the room. #shorts #minneapolis #ilhanomar #minnesota

From Associated Press. A man wearing a black jacket was tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis on Tuesday. (AP video by Laura Bargfeld) Read more: https://bit.ly/4t2AETZ #ilhanomar Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for…

From Associated Press. With his White House mired in the fallout over two fatal Minneapolis shootings, President Donald Trump pivoted to campaign mode in Iowa Tuesday, pitching affordability and looking to rally midterm support while lowering expectations for his party’s chances. Read more: https://bit.ly/4bnkpKQ Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for…