🚨 12-HOUR NEWS RECAP

1. 🇺🇸LA wildfires close in on Bel Air, threatening priceless art and mansions, leaving 16 dead and thousands displaced.

2. 🇺🇸Trump slams LA politicians over fire response, asking: “What’s wrong with them?”

3. 🇺🇸 Rep. Cory Mills suggests raising flags from half-staff on Inauguration Day to avoid a somber tone for Trump’s swearing-in.

4. 🇵🇱🇺🇸Poland backs Trump’s call for NATO nations to hit 5% GDP on defense, calling it a “wake-up call.”

5. 🇺🇸 Rory Callum Sykes’ mother mourns the former child star, who tragically died in the LA wildfires.

6. 🇨🇿 A propane-butane explosion in the Czech Republic kills 6, injures 8, and destroys a restaurant in Most.

7. 🇬🇧 Labour MP Dan Carden demands a national inquiry into grooming gangs, while Starmer stays silent.

8. 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Brazilian judge blocks Bolsonaro’s trip to Trump’s inauguration, questioning the legitimacy of the invitation.

9. 🇬🇧🇨🇳 UK Finance Minister  Rachel Reeves faces backlash over her £600M China deal, called “chump change” by critics.

10. 🇬🇧🇺🇸Former MP Lord Owen praises Elon as a “serious figure” reshaping global politics.

Source: Various