Exactly four years after a mob of Donald Trump&s supporters perpetrated the worst attack on the US Capitol since Major General Robert Ross ordered British soldiers to set it ablaze more than two centuries before, US vice-president Kamala Harris presided over a joint session of Congress to give Trump the peaceful transfer of power she was denied after the 2020 election.

A terror attack in New Orleans has left the city&s mayor searching for expert security advice ahead of next month&s Super Bowl.

A police officer advised residents in London terrorised by drug dealers that playing classical music out loud would drive them away.

French president Emmanuel Macron extended an olive branch to US president-elect Donald Trump yesterday, declaring that France is &a solid ally& as he outlined his vision for global diplomacy in 2025 during his New Year&s address to French ambassadors.