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For the first time, the Secretary-General formally told all 193 members that the UN will be insolvent within six months unless arrears are cleared or 1940s-era budget rules are rewritten.
On 30 Jan 2026 the Senate passed, 71-29, a five-bill package funding 80 % of federal operations through 30 Sept 2026 plus a two-week continuing resolution for the Department of Homeland Security, ensuring at least a weekend partial shutdown while House members return to vote.
On 30 Jan 2026 Senate negotiators and President Trump carved the Homeland Security budget out of a six-bill package and agreed to fund it only through 14 Feb, but procedural holds and the House’s recess mean the government will still lapse into a partial shutdown at midnight.
On 30 Jan 2026, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer secured 30-day visa-free travel for Britons and halved Scotch whisky duties to 5% during a Beijing visit, even as U.S. President Donald Trump warned the outreach was “very dangerous.”
On 29 Jan 2026, EU foreign ministers unanimously added Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the bloc’s terrorist list, reversing years of hesitation.
Late on 29 Jan 2026 negotiators split Homeland Security from a six-bill package, locking in full-year funding for 96 % of agencies while keeping DHS on a two-week continuing resolution to avert a weekend shutdown sparked by an ICE shooting.
On 29 Jan 2026, President Trump announced that Vladimir Putin had "agreed" to halt Russian attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities for seven days of forecast −30 °C cold, a step neither the Kremlin nor battlefield activity has yet confirmed.
On 28 Jan 2026 a Learjet 45 carrying Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar crashed while attempting an emergency landing outside Baramati, instantly removing a six-time deputy CM from Maharashtra’s power structure and setting off a statewide shutdown and federal probe.
Between 25–28 Jan 2026, Washington moved the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group into U.S. Central Command waters and President Trump publicly warned Tehran that, without a swift no-nukes deal, the next U.S. assault would eclipse last June’s “Operation Midnight Hammer.”
On 28 Jan 2026 Ajit Pawar’s Learjet 45 slammed short of Baramati’s Runway 11 during a second approach in marginal visibility, killing all five aboard and triggering an AAIB probe into VIP-flight safety at India’s non-instrumented airstrips.
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