The massive turnout in Minneapolis despite a whipping, cold wind underscores how the fatal shooting of 37‑year‑old Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Wednesday (7 January) has struck a chord, fueling protests in major cities and some towns.

Good and Ross – whose brief confrontation Wednesday ended with him firing his weapon at least three times as she attempted to drive away – are now at the center of furious debate over the Trump administration’s building immigration crackdown, each side angrily assigning blame to the other.

On a snowy residential street Wednesday (January 7) morning, Good crossed paths with a 10-year Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and Iraq War veteran named Jonathan Ross, who was dragged about 100 yards six months prior by a driver during an immigration operation in a Minneapolis suburb.

For several minutes, Good partially blocked traffic on the street. Some unmarked government vehicles idled; others drove around. “Go home,” a bystander yelled.

Whistle blasts pierced the early January chill in a now-familiar community response employed by activists in US cities to alert neighbors to the presence of immigration officers.

Renee Nicole Good’s final moments were spent in her maroon Honda Pilot, her son’s stuffed animals peeking out from the glove compartment. She had stopped in the middle of a tree-lined south Minneapolis street and motioned for unmarked government vehicles to drive past.

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Newly released footage from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross's phone, alongside bystander video and a 3D reconstruction of the encounter, captures Good and her wife challenging the ICE officers.

Yet there is almost no consensus among the political parties in the aftermath of the death of Good, who was behind the wheel of an SUV after dropping off her 6-year-old at school when she was shot and killed by an ICE officer.

Lawmakers are demanding a range of actions, from a full investigation into Renee Good’s shooting death and policy changes over law enforcement raids to the defunding of ICE operations and the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in what is fast becoming an inflection point.

The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill, where Democrats, and certain Republicans, are vowing an assertive response as President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation operations spark protests nationwide.

He was fired after emails emerged showing supportive messages he had sent to Epstein after the American was convicted for soliciting prostitution from a minor. He said he would have apologised were he "in any way complicit or culpable" but stressed that was never the case.

In his first interview since being sacked as the UK's ambassador to the US over his links to Epstein, he told the BBC he thought he had been "kept separate" from the sexual side of the late financier's life because he was gay.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said this was due to repeated misuse of the AI chatbot to generate obscene, sexually explicit, indecent, grossly offensive and non-consensual manipulated images, despite prior regulatory engagement and formal notices issued to X and xAI.

South Korea quickly denied the accusation. But the development is likely to further dim prospects for efforts by South Korea’s liberal government to restore ties with North Korea.

The election is being held in three phases due to armed conflicts. The first round took place December 28, 2025 in 102 of the country’s total 330 townships. A final round is scheduled for Januart 25, though 65 townships will not take part because of fighting.

Voting expanded to additional townships including some areas affected by the civil war between the military government and its armed opponents.

Dozens of rescuers including police, firefighters and disaster-response personnel have raced against time to find more survivors in dangerous conditions in the rubble of twisted tin roofs, iron bars and combustible heaps of garbage and debris.

Twelve workers have been rescued with injuries from the huge mound of garbage that collapsed among the low-slung buildings of a waste management facility in the village of Binaliw in Cebu City, authorities said.

If the lower chamber is dissolved, official campaigning for a general election may start on either January 27 or February 3, with voting set for February 8 or February 15, respectively.

Some lawmakers within the LDP are calling for a dissolution while public approval ratings for her Cabinet remain high at around 70 percent in media polls, with a party member saying, "We will proceed with preparations with an early dissolution in mind."

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has told a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) official that she is considering dissolving the House of Representatives at the outset of the ordinary parliamentary session scheduled to begin on January 23, a source familiar with the matter said.

While Trump’s actions have unnerved leaders around the globe, Canadians have particular reason to worry. After all, with Greenland, Trump and his advisers are seeking control of a territory that is democratic, strategically located in the Arctic, and part of NATO.

The shock capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Trump’s ramped-up talk of seizing Greenland have rattled Canada, forcing citizens to take seriously the US president’s past threats to Canadian sovereignty.

For months, many Canadians hoped Donald Trump had lost interest in making their country the 51st US state — his plate full with turning Washington and the global trading system upside down. Those hopes are fading.

Even if US President Donald Trump prevails in his effort to take control of the arctic island, those challenges won’t go away. Now the president is again pitching the idea that wresting control of Greenland away from Denmark could solve the problem.

Denmark and other European allies have voiced shock at Trump's threats to take control of Greenland, where the United States already has a military base.

Greenlanders are voicing concern after US President Donald Trump on Friday (9 January) again suggested the use of force to seize Greenland as he brushed aside Denmark's sovereignty over the autonomous Arctic island.

The crisis has exposed an uncomfortable reality - Denmark is rallying support to protect a territory whose population wants independence, and whose largest opposition party now wants to bypass Copenhagen and negotiate directly with Washington.

“We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and four party leaders said in a statement on Friday (January 9) night.

The US may no longer be a reliable ally of Europe, but for now it remains a necessary one. With Europe needing US military and diplomatic support to rebuff Russia, Trump’s renewed threats against Greenland have put it in a bind: how to keep the US out of Greenland, but invested in Ukraine?

An alliance based on collective defense – where an attack on one is an attack on all – now faces the prospect that one member might attack another.

For Europe, Donald Trump’s return to the White House has been a bonfire of certainties. His administration’s threat to annex Greenland, an autonomous part of Denmark, has plunged NATO into an unprecedented situation: …

Speaking during a traditional New Year press conference, Meloni said the use of military action in Greenland would not be in anyone’s interest and would have serious consequences for NATO.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday (January 9) that the US will move to take over Greenland "whether they like it or not," arguing American control is necessary to prevent Russia or China from occupying the island. Trump said he'd prefer to make a deal "the easy way."

This is a look at some of the ways the US could take control of Greenland and the potential challenges. 1. Military action could alter global relations 2. Bilateral agreements may assist effort 3. Influence operations expected to fail 4. Disagreement unlikely to be resolved

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to intervene in recent days and warned Iran’s rulers against using force against demonstrators. On Saturday, Trump said the US stands “ready to help”.

In a phone call on Saturday (10 January), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the possibility of US intervention in Iran, according to an Israeli source who was present for the conversation.

Iran’s attorney general, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, said on Saturday that anyone protesting would be considered an "enemy of God" - an offence that carries the death penalty.

Verified videos and eyewitness accounts seen by the BBC appeared to show the government was ramping up its response, as it continues an overarching internet blackout.

There were fresh reports of violence across Iran, although an internet blackout made it difficult to assess the full extent of unrest.

US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to intervene in recent days, posted on social media on Saturday: "Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!!"

Moore was being held without bail on Saturday (January 10) at the Clay County jail in West Point on murder charges and ahead of an expected initial appearance on Monday (January 12) before a judge.

Daricka Moore was arrested at a police roadblock in Cedarbluff just before midnight after dozens of local, state and federal officers flooded the northeast Mississippi area.

US: A 24-year-old Mississippi man killed six people — his father, brother, uncle, 7-year-old cousin, a church pastor and the pastor’s brother — at three locations during a Friday (January 9) night rampage in a rural area, authorities said. apnews.com/article/miss...

It is the first visit to China by a Canadian prime minister in more than eight years. Xi invited Carney to China when they met during an Asia-Pacific summit in October last year. The visit comes as the two countries move to restore stronger ties after years of tensions.

Carney will travel to China from January 13 to 17. He will also attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland from January 19 to 21.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday (January 7) that he will visit China next week to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as Canada looks to reduce its reliance on the United States, which has threatened its economy and sovereignty.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stressed that while most protests have been peaceful, those who cause damage to property or put others in danger would be arrested. He faulted “agitators that are trying to rile up large crowds.”

The Minneapolis gathering was one of hundreds of protests planned in towns and cities across the country over the weekend. It came in a city on edge since the killing of Renee Good on Wednesday (January 7) by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer.