2026.01.31
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Pho, handwarmers, grief and loss: a week on the block where Alex Pretti was killed
Residents line up to support businesses that became refuges from teargas, and refresh the memorial daily
Maanvi Singh in Minneapolis, with photographs by Paola Chapdelaine
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/a-week-on-the-block-where-alex-pretti-was-killed
CBP employee in Minnesota charged after reportedly being found ‘covered in vomit’ in car
Alfredo Mancillas was reportedly slumped in vehicle and ‘covered in vomit’ when state troopers found him in St Paul
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/cbp-border-agent-charged-drunk-driving
Trump’s post-truth agenda beaten back as Americans refuse to accept ICE lies
Effort to manipulate killing of Alex Pretti collapsed after footage torpedoed ‘domestic terrorist’ claim – could this be a turning point?
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/trump-facts-ice-lies-alex-pretti-killing
French MPs demand explanation over tech firm’s contract to help ICE in US
Revelation that subsidiary of Capgemini is to help trace and expel migrants in US provokes outrage in France
Kim Willsher in Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/french-mps-demand-explanation-over-tech-firm-capgemini-contract-ice
More News
One dead and six missing as fishing boat out of historic Massachusetts port is lost at sea
Fate of the Lily Jean, out of Gloucester with crew of seven, remains unknown after empty life boat and debris field discovered
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/lily-jean-fishing-boat-gloucester-massachusetts
What have we learned from the newly released Epstein files?
Latest documents indicate high-profile figures continued friendships with financier after child sex abuse convictions
Epstein files – latest updates
Geraldine McKelvie
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/epstein-files-what-have-we-learned-prince-andrew-peter-mandelson-elon-musk-donald-trump
Epstein documents shed new light on ‘manipulator’ Ghislaine Maxwell
Accusers’ accounts say Maxwell, convicted in 2021 of sex-trafficking, ‘acted sweet’ but displayed ‘dark side’
Victoria Bekiempis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-documents
Trump has tapped a new Federal Reserve chair. Has he finally found his yes-man?
Lauren Aratani in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/31/trump-new-federal-reserve-chair
As US influence wanes, the Chinese trade surplus strangles manufacturing across the globe
Eduardo Porter
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/31/china-global-trade-us-economy
This one weird trick could stop US women from voting
Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/31/save-act-voting-arwa-mahdawi
Record harvest sparks mass giveaway of free potatoes across Berlin
From zoos to soup kitchens, people are hauling away tonnes of surplus spuds after the biggest crop in 25 years
Kate Connolly in Berlin
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/31/record-harvest-berlin-giveaway-potatoes
Mass grave in Jordan sheds new light on world’s earliest recorded pandemic
Researchers tell ‘human story’ about crisis during plague of Justinian, which killed millions in Byzantine empire
Richard Luscombe in Miami
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/31/plague-of-justinian-pandemic
Catherine Connolly is the third woman to become what? The Saturday quiz
From the Cloak of Invisibility and the Elder Wand to Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz (It ain't automagical!)
Thomas Eaton
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/31/catherine-connolly-is-the-third-woman-to-become-what-the-saturday-quiz
Can you eat pineapple leaves and how do our taste buds work? The kids’ quiz
Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes (It's automagical!)
Molly Oldfield
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/31/can-you-eat-pineapple-leaves-and-how-do-our-taste-buds-work-the-kids-quiz
Review
Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity
Rotterdam film festival
A set of shorts by film-makers from Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Syria and Somalia are shocking, funny and mysterious in equal measure
Peter Bradshaw
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/displacement-film-fund-review-cate-blanchett-short-film-collection-that-brims-with-life-and-intensity
Meera Sodha’s vegetarian recipe for patates yahni
Sometimes, all that’s required for supper is simply stewed Mediterranean vegetables and potatoes with a dollop of yoghurt on top …
Meera Sodha
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/jan/31/vegetarian-patates-yiachni-recipe-vegetable-stew-meera-sodha
Pho, handwarmers, grief and loss: a week on the block where Alex Pretti was killed
Residents line up to support businesses that became refuges from teargas, and refresh the memorial daily
Maanvi Singh in Minneapolis, with photographs by Paola Chapdelaine
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/a-week-on-the-block-where-alex-pretti-was-killed
CBP employee in Minnesota charged after reportedly being found ‘covered in vomit’ in car
Alfredo Mancillas was reportedly slumped in vehicle and ‘covered in vomit’ when state troopers found him in St Paul
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/cbp-border-agent-charged-drunk-driving
Trump’s post-truth agenda beaten back as Americans refuse to accept ICE lies
Effort to manipulate killing of Alex Pretti collapsed after footage torpedoed ‘domestic terrorist’ claim – could this be a turning point?
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/trump-facts-ice-lies-alex-pretti-killing
French MPs demand explanation over tech firm’s contract to help ICE in US
Revelation that subsidiary of Capgemini is to help trace and expel migrants in US provokes outrage in France
Kim Willsher in Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/french-mps-demand-explanation-over-tech-firm-capgemini-contract-ice
More News
One dead and six missing as fishing boat out of historic Massachusetts port is lost at sea
Fate of the Lily Jean, out of Gloucester with crew of seven, remains unknown after empty life boat and debris field discovered
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/lily-jean-fishing-boat-gloucester-massachusetts
What have we learned from the newly released Epstein files?
Latest documents indicate high-profile figures continued friendships with financier after child sex abuse convictions
Epstein files – latest updates
Geraldine McKelvie
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/epstein-files-what-have-we-learned-prince-andrew-peter-mandelson-elon-musk-donald-trump
Epstein documents shed new light on ‘manipulator’ Ghislaine Maxwell
Accusers’ accounts say Maxwell, convicted in 2021 of sex-trafficking, ‘acted sweet’ but displayed ‘dark side’
Victoria Bekiempis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-documents
Trump has tapped a new Federal Reserve chair. Has he finally found his yes-man?
Lauren Aratani in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/31/trump-new-federal-reserve-chair
As US influence wanes, the Chinese trade surplus strangles manufacturing across the globe
Eduardo Porter
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/31/china-global-trade-us-economy
This one weird trick could stop US women from voting
Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/31/save-act-voting-arwa-mahdawi
Record harvest sparks mass giveaway of free potatoes across Berlin
From zoos to soup kitchens, people are hauling away tonnes of surplus spuds after the biggest crop in 25 years
Kate Connolly in Berlin
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/31/record-harvest-berlin-giveaway-potatoes
Mass grave in Jordan sheds new light on world’s earliest recorded pandemic
Researchers tell ‘human story’ about crisis during plague of Justinian, which killed millions in Byzantine empire
Richard Luscombe in Miami
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/31/plague-of-justinian-pandemic
Catherine Connolly is the third woman to become what? The Saturday quiz
From the Cloak of Invisibility and the Elder Wand to Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz (It ain't automagical!)
Thomas Eaton
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/31/catherine-connolly-is-the-third-woman-to-become-what-the-saturday-quiz
Can you eat pineapple leaves and how do our taste buds work? The kids’ quiz
Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes (It's automagical!)
Molly Oldfield
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/31/can-you-eat-pineapple-leaves-and-how-do-our-taste-buds-work-the-kids-quiz
Review
Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity
Rotterdam film festival
A set of shorts by film-makers from Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Syria and Somalia are shocking, funny and mysterious in equal measure
Peter Bradshaw
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/displacement-film-fund-review-cate-blanchett-short-film-collection-that-brims-with-life-and-intensity
Meera Sodha’s vegetarian recipe for patates yahni
Sometimes, all that’s required for supper is simply stewed Mediterranean vegetables and potatoes with a dollop of yoghurt on top …
Meera Sodha
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/jan/31/vegetarian-patates-yiachni-recipe-vegetable-stew-meera-sodha
