Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that she does not believe the United States will use military force to take over the island. She called for a stronger NATO presence in the Arctic and warned that any American move on Greenland would have major implications for the alliance. The U.S.'s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has rekindled concerns about its intentions toward Greenland.
Friday, January 09, 2026
Should Greenland Push for Independence So That It Can Negotiate Directly with Washington? | DW News
9 Jan 2026 | U.S. Vice President JD Vance told Europe to take Donald Trump's desire to take control of Greenland "seriously." Trump has repeatedly stated his desire to own the Danish territory for reasons of national security.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that she does not believe the United States will use military force to take over the island. She called for a stronger NATO presence in the Arctic and warned that any American move on Greenland would have major implications for the alliance. The U.S.'s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has rekindled concerns about its intentions toward Greenland.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that she does not believe the United States will use military force to take over the island. She called for a stronger NATO presence in the Arctic and warned that any American move on Greenland would have major implications for the alliance. The U.S.'s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has rekindled concerns about its intentions toward Greenland.
A Message to Iranians from the Crown Prince
Iran im Aufruhr: Chamenei beschimpft Demonstranten – und droht Donald Trump
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Das geistliche Oberhaupt des Iran rückt die Demonstranten in die Nähe von US-Präsident Trump. Trotz eines Internet-Blackouts gehen die Proteste gegen das Regime weiter.
Das geistliche Oberhaupt des Iran, Ayatollah Ali Chamenei, hat am Freitag mit scharfer Rhetorik auf die Massenproteste in seinem Land reagiert. Er bezeichnete dabei die Protestteilnehmer als „Vandalen“ und richtete eine Warnung an US-Präsident Donald Trump. Der Nachrichtenagentur AFP zufolge war das offenbar von den Behörden gekappte Internet auch am Freitagmorgen noch gesperrt.
Die Islamische Republik werde „nicht zurückweichen“, sagte Chamenei nun am Freitag in einer vom Staatsfernsehen übertragenen Rede. An US-Präsident Trump gerichtet, sagte er, dessen Hände seien „mit dem Blut von mehr als tausend Iranern befleckt“. Wie die bis 1979 im Iran herrschende Schah-Dynastie sei Trump „arrogant“ und werde „gestürzt“. » | Sophie Barkey | Freitag, 9. Januar 2026
Das geistliche Oberhaupt des Iran, Ayatollah Ali Chamenei, hat am Freitag mit scharfer Rhetorik auf die Massenproteste in seinem Land reagiert. Er bezeichnete dabei die Protestteilnehmer als „Vandalen“ und richtete eine Warnung an US-Präsident Donald Trump. Der Nachrichtenagentur AFP zufolge war das offenbar von den Behörden gekappte Internet auch am Freitagmorgen noch gesperrt.
Die Islamische Republik werde „nicht zurückweichen“, sagte Chamenei nun am Freitag in einer vom Staatsfernsehen übertragenen Rede. An US-Präsident Trump gerichtet, sagte er, dessen Hände seien „mit dem Blut von mehr als tausend Iranern befleckt“. Wie die bis 1979 im Iran herrschende Schah-Dynastie sei Trump „arrogant“ und werde „gestürzt“. » | Sophie Barkey | Freitag, 9. Januar 2026
Sous la neige et les larmes, Crans-Montana rend un dernier hommage aux victimes de l’incendie
LE FIGARO : REPORTAGE - En cette journée de deuil national en Suisse, des centaines de personnes se sont réunies, en silence, devant deux écrans géants qui retransmettaient la cérémonie d’hommage. Ils étaient installés au cœur de cette station de ski meurtrie par l’incendie du Constellation.
Des larmes coulent sur leurs joues, des corps s’enlacent, des mains gantées se nouent, tandis qu’un homme caresse frénétiquement son chien. Des centaines de personnes ont bravé le froid glacial et les bourrasques de neige ce vendredi 9 janvier pour rendre un énième hommage aux 40 victimes – dont neuf Français - et 116 blessés de l’incendie du Constellation. Le cœur lourd, ils ont afflué en silence en début d’après-midi vers la chapelle St-Christophe - située au cœur de Crans-Montana - aux pieds de laquelle étaient installés deux écrans géants. Tous connaissent au moins une personne décédée ou blessée lors du drame, c’est pourquoi ils tenaient à être là pour assister, ensemble, à la cérémonie d’hommage national. Certains n’avaient qu’à traverser la rue tandis que d’autres n’ont pas hésité à faire plusieurs heures de route pour venir. Nicolas*, 20 ans, a fait le chemin depuis Lausanne avec sa famille pour dire au revoir à cinq de ses amis qui ont perdu la vie le soir de la Saint-Sylvestre. «Ils étaient simplement venus pour célébrer le Nouvel an et skier dans la station», s’attriste le jeune homme, une rose blanche dans la main. » | Par Clara Hidalgo, envoyée spéciale à Crans-Montana | vendredi 9 janvier 2026
Réservé aux abonnés
Des larmes coulent sur leurs joues, des corps s’enlacent, des mains gantées se nouent, tandis qu’un homme caresse frénétiquement son chien. Des centaines de personnes ont bravé le froid glacial et les bourrasques de neige ce vendredi 9 janvier pour rendre un énième hommage aux 40 victimes – dont neuf Français - et 116 blessés de l’incendie du Constellation. Le cœur lourd, ils ont afflué en silence en début d’après-midi vers la chapelle St-Christophe - située au cœur de Crans-Montana - aux pieds de laquelle étaient installés deux écrans géants. Tous connaissent au moins une personne décédée ou blessée lors du drame, c’est pourquoi ils tenaient à être là pour assister, ensemble, à la cérémonie d’hommage national. Certains n’avaient qu’à traverser la rue tandis que d’autres n’ont pas hésité à faire plusieurs heures de route pour venir. Nicolas*, 20 ans, a fait le chemin depuis Lausanne avec sa famille pour dire au revoir à cinq de ses amis qui ont perdu la vie le soir de la Saint-Sylvestre. «Ils étaient simplement venus pour célébrer le Nouvel an et skier dans la station», s’attriste le jeune homme, une rose blanche dans la main. » | Par Clara Hidalgo, envoyée spéciale à Crans-Montana | vendredi 9 janvier 2026
Réservé aux abonnés
Steve Schmidt: We Will UNMASK Trump’s Secret Police
That fat-faced son of a junkie makes me feel like puking! He should have stayed with the eff*** hillbillies. He hasn’t a character good enough for the world stage. — © Mark Alexander
Why Is the US Quitting International Organisations? | Inside Story
9 Jan 2026 | There are yet more signs that the US is disengaging from the global order established after World War Two. President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to pull out of more than 60 agencies, half of them part of the United Nations. Trump argues that being a member of these organisations is contrary to his country's interests. The Secretary of State went as far as saying they're useless or wasteful. This move has prompted global outrage, with the UN saying its 'responsibility to deliver’ will not waver. So, where does this all leave the multilateral global order?
Presenter: James Bays
Guests:
Adolfo Franco -- Republican strategist and former adviser to US Senator John McCain
Andrew Gilmour -- Former UN Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights
Matthew Duss -- Executive VP of the Center for International Policy and a former foreign policy adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders
Presenter: James Bays
Guests:
Adolfo Franco -- Republican strategist and former adviser to US Senator John McCain
Andrew Gilmour -- Former UN Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights
Matthew Duss -- Executive VP of the Center for International Policy and a former foreign policy adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders
"The Biggest Mistake Any President Has Made in the History of This Country.”
Trump must be the most disgusting president ever! The worst of the worst. — © Mark Alexander
Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Harsher Crackdown as Protest Movement Swells
THE GUARDIAN: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls protesters ‘vandals’ and ‘saboteurs’ and blames the US for instigating the unrest
Iran’s supreme leader has vowed that authorities will “not back down” in the face of growing protests, blaming the US for instigating demonstrations that started over economic conditions and have since expanded to calls for political reform.
In his first speech since the protests started 13 days ago, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signalled on Friday that a greater crackdown was coming. He described protesters as “vandals” and “saboteurs”, and accused them of working on behalf of foreign agendas.
Protesters are “ruining their own streets to make the president of another country happy … because he said he would come to their aid”, Khamenei said – a reference to Donald Trump, who has threatened American intervention in Iran if authorities kill protesters.
The US president, in an interview with Fox News on Thursday, suggested the supreme leader was preparing to flee Iran. “He’s looking to go somewhere. It’s getting very bad,” Trump said.
In a separate speech, the head of Iran’s judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, said consequences for demonstrators would be “decisive, maximum and without any legal leniency”. » | William Christou and Deepa Parent | Friday, January 9, 2026
Iran’s supreme leader has vowed that authorities will “not back down” in the face of growing protests, blaming the US for instigating demonstrations that started over economic conditions and have since expanded to calls for political reform.
In his first speech since the protests started 13 days ago, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signalled on Friday that a greater crackdown was coming. He described protesters as “vandals” and “saboteurs”, and accused them of working on behalf of foreign agendas.
Protesters are “ruining their own streets to make the president of another country happy … because he said he would come to their aid”, Khamenei said – a reference to Donald Trump, who has threatened American intervention in Iran if authorities kill protesters.
The US president, in an interview with Fox News on Thursday, suggested the supreme leader was preparing to flee Iran. “He’s looking to go somewhere. It’s getting very bad,” Trump said.
In a separate speech, the head of Iran’s judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, said consequences for demonstrators would be “decisive, maximum and without any legal leniency”. » | William Christou and Deepa Parent | Friday, January 9, 2026
‘We Are Not For Sale’: Chair of Greenland’s Top Labor Union Rebukes Trump’s Call for Annexation
THE GUARDIAN: Exclusive: SIK leader Jess Berthelsen rejects Trump claim that the US needs Greenland for ‘national security’
Greenland “will not be annexed”, the longtime leader of its largest labor union has declared, refuting Donald Trump’s claims that the Arctic territory’s current status poses a national security threat to the US.
In an interview with the Guardian, Jess Berthelsen, chair of SIK, Greenland’s national trade union confederation, said people in the territory do not recognize the US president’s allegations that Russian and Chinese ships are scattered throughout its waters. “We can’t see it, we can’t recognize it and we can’t understand it,” he said.
The Trump administration has renewed its threats to seize Greenland in recent days, and claimed that officials are even considering using military force as an option, following a raid in Venezuela that culminated in the arrest and ouster of the nation’s president Nicolás Maduro, and his wife Cilia Flores. » | Michael Sainato | Friday, January 9, 2026
Trump is like a toddler having a tantrum. He must have what he wants, when he wants it. So typical of a spoilt child. Spoilt children won’t take no for an answer, as we all know. — © Mark Alexander
Greenland “will not be annexed”, the longtime leader of its largest labor union has declared, refuting Donald Trump’s claims that the Arctic territory’s current status poses a national security threat to the US.
In an interview with the Guardian, Jess Berthelsen, chair of SIK, Greenland’s national trade union confederation, said people in the territory do not recognize the US president’s allegations that Russian and Chinese ships are scattered throughout its waters. “We can’t see it, we can’t recognize it and we can’t understand it,” he said.
The Trump administration has renewed its threats to seize Greenland in recent days, and claimed that officials are even considering using military force as an option, following a raid in Venezuela that culminated in the arrest and ouster of the nation’s president Nicolás Maduro, and his wife Cilia Flores. » | Michael Sainato | Friday, January 9, 2026
Trump is like a toddler having a tantrum. He must have what he wants, when he wants it. So typical of a spoilt child. Spoilt children won’t take no for an answer, as we all know. — © Mark Alexander
These Are the Criminals of January 6th…
“We're Returning to a Pre-1945 World” Yanis Varoufakis & Gillian Tett on "Fractious" Global Politics
Hunderttausende syrische Flüchtlinge sorgen für Spannungen in Jordanien | DW Nachrichten
ZDF-Korrespondentin zu den Protesten in Iran
Gavin Newsom Posts AI-generated Video of the Arrest of Criminals
Europe Hit by Deep Snow, Frigid Cold and Arctic Winds | DW News
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)