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Today, the UK government has defended its decision to hand over the Chagos Islands after US President Donald Trump called the deal “an act of GREAT STUPIDITY!” on Truth Social.

Adam and Chris put the president’s comments to Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, and ask whether Keir Starmer’s relationship with Donald Trump is being tested by his social media posts.

And, we hear Darren Jones’ vision for reforming the civil service, including a digital state and changing following a speech he gave on Tuesday morning at a London tech company.

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When US President Donald Trump returned to the White House for a second term, he promised a "Golden Age of America".

And a year on, he’s been flexing his political muscles around the world and at home.

Has he changed the nature of the American presidency forever?

Our Washington correspondent Gary Donoghue reflects on global impact of the president's bold promises and how they are playing with his Maga base.

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A six-page Instagram post by Brooklyn Beckham on Monday night, laid out in detail his angst against his parents, Sir David and Lady Beckham.

He claimed his mother had "hijacked" the first dance at his wedding, which - he says - had been planned "weeks in advance" to a romantic love song.

Elsewhere in the post, Brooklyn accused his parents of trying to derail their wedding, claiming his fashion designer mother had "cancelled making Nicola's dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress".

The Beckhams have yet to respond.

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President Donald Trump says he's going to tell world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week that the United States "has to have" Greenland.

But why has Greenland become so important in his thinking?

Trump says he will, "100%" follow through on his threats to impose tariffs if a deal over Greenland is not reached, and responded, "no comment" on Monday when asked whether he would use force to seize the island.

Even if Trump’s attempt to control Greenland goes no further, has trust between the United States and its Nato allies been damaged beyond repair?

Tristan Redman speaks to the BBC’s World News correspondent, Joe Inwood.

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Chapters:

00:00 What has Trump said?

01:11 The Greenland question

03:16 How did it become a major crisis?

04:53 The European response

06:53 The Washington Group

10:06 Donald Trump's text message

11:45 What did the text message say?

16:00 What happens next?

20:00 What could this mean for Europe?

A Palestinian children's football club in the occupied West Bank could face being demolished despite an international campaign to save it.

Its supporters have said it provides a rare sporting opportunity for young Palestinian players, but Israel insisted it's been built without the necessary permits.

The club said that after representations from a lawyer it was recently given a seven-day reprieve, but that expired on Monday.

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Plans for a huge Chinese embassy in London have been approved by the UK government after years of debate over security risks.

The decision is "now final unless it is successfully challenged in court", the UK Housing Secretary Steve Reed has said.

Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith said granting permission for the embassy is a "terrible decision" that "ignores the brutality of the Chinese Communist Party".

"National security is our first concern," the UK government said and added that intelligence agencies "have been involved throughout the process".

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US President Donald Trump has said he will tell European leaders "we have to have" Greenland at this week's forum in Davos, Switzerland.

On social media, Trump shared a message apparently from Emmanuel Macron, in which the French president says: "I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.”

He also shared a message he said was from Nato's secretary general and posted generated images of himself placing an American flag on Greenland.

Greenland's prime minister said "we will not let ourselves be pressured", as European allies have rallied to defend the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

Meanwhile Trump has also said the UK's plan to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is an "an act of GREAT STUPIDITY". His administration has previously backed the deal.

The UK said it has to hand over the islands because the military base is under threat "after court decisions undermined our position".

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Heavy machinery is being used to assist in the recovery following a two-train crash in southern Spain which killed at least 41 people.

Rescuers worked through a second night as more bodies are feared to be trapped in the wreckage.

More than 120 people were injured when carriages on the Madrid-bound train derailed and crossed over to the opposite tracks, hitting an oncoming train in Adamuz on Sunday evening.

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US President Donald Trump has said he no longer feels “an obligation to think purely of peace” after not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

His comments came via text message to the Prime Minister of Norway after he threatened eight European countries with new tariffs over their position on Greenland.

The president said that while peace would "always be predominant" he "can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America."

Adam and Chris are joined by Katya in Brussels and Caitríona in Washington to discuss how the Prime Minister and other European leaders might respond and where this latest development leaves NATO and the special relationship.

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Some EU leaders have accused US President Donald Trump of economic blackmail, after he threatened to raise tariffs on countries that oppose his bid to take over Greenland.

French President Emmanuel Macron and others have suggested using Europe’s so-called “trade bazooka” to counter Washington's actions. But will they go ahead, and would President Trump care?

We asked our Europe correspondent Nick Beake how this might play out.

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