By Alexandra Banner, CNN

Construction is underway at the White House’s East Wing for President Donald Trump’s sprawling new ballroom — but a far more interesting project is happening underground. Beneath the site, a “top secret” bunker is likely being rebuilt with modern technology to counter evolving threats.

Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.

1⃣ Davos 2026

President Trump’s desire to take over Greenland — and his tariff threats — will loom large over this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where more than 3,000 business and political leaders from over 130 countries are gathering. Trump, who will speak at the forum on Wednesday, told reporters that he expects little pushback on his plan, despite sharing a message from French President Emmanuel Macron questioning the move. Meanwhile, markets reacted nervously today, with European stocks falling and US futures pointing lower as investors worldwide try to gauge how tensions between the US and Europe might develop.

2⃣ Anti-ICE protests

The Department of Justice is investigating protesters who interrupted a Christian church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday. Dozens of demonstrators chanted “ICE out!” and forced the service to stop, targeting a pastor who is reportedly a top local official with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. President Trump sharply condemned the anti‑ICE protest, describing the demonstrators as “agitators and insurrectionists” and said they should be “thrown in jail, or thrown out of the Country.” The DOJ probe comes as opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is playing out both on the streets of Minneapolis and in Minnesota’s federal courts.

3⃣ Epstein files

Few Americans are satisfied with the amount of evidence released in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with most saying they believe the government is intentionally holding back information. One month has now passed since Congress’ deadline for the Justice Department to release all files on Epstein, but the department recently estimated it has made available less than 1% of the records. Also this week, a 10-foot-tall replica of President Trump’s alleged birthday message to Epstein appeared on the National Mall. The president has denied that he signed the letter or had a close relationship with Epstein.

4⃣ Solar radiation storm

The sun is currently releasing the largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years, forecasters say. Ranked at a level four out of five on a severity scale, the storm is being tracked by the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center. While it poses increased radiation risks for astronauts in low-Earth orbit and passengers on polar flights — and could disrupt satellite communications and GPS — meteorologists say people on the ground face minimal danger. The storm may produce dazzling auroras, potentially visible today across much of the northern US and as far south as Alabama and Northern California.

5⃣ Indiana Hoosiers

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Moscú desató durante la madrugada de este martes una andanada de 372 drones y misiles sobre Ucrania que dejó a miles de hogares en Kyiv sin electricidad en medio de una intensa ola de frío invernal, según según funcionarios ucranianos.

El bombardeo del lunes por la noche marcó el mayor ataque ruso de drones y misiles contra Ucrania en lo que va de enero, según un recuento de CNN basado en cifras de la fuerza aérea ucraniana.

El 9 de enero, Rusia atacó Ucrania con 278 vehículos aéreos no tripulados y misiles.

Al menos una persona murió y otra resultó herida en la región de Kyiv, informó un funcionario militar regional, Mykola Kalashnyk.

En ataques separados en las últimas 24 horas, al menos tres personas murieron en las regiones orientales de Donetsk y Járkov, de acuerdo con funcionarios militares regionales, quienes agregaron que otras 27 personas resultaron heridas en todo el país, incluidos residentes de edad avanzada.

Solo en Kyiv, más de 330.000 hogares estaban sin calefacción, comunicó el mayor productor privado de energía del país, DTEK Group.

Al menos tres distritos de la capital, hogar de más de un millón de habitantes, estaban sin agua, según cifras de la empresa municipal de suministro de agua.

Más al sureste, en partes de Dnipropetrovsk, más de 15.000 hogares quedaron sin calefacción, informó Oleksiy Kuleba, ministro ucraniano de restauración.

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By Christian Edwards, CNN

London (CNN) — Britain’s government has green-lit plans for China to build a “mega” embassy close to London’s financial district, despite warnings from lawmakers, residents and Chinese dissidents-in-exile that the sprawling complex could pose security risks.

China bought the site at Royal Mint Court, where Britain used to strike coins, for around $312 million in 2018. But a decision on the plans for the new 20,000 square-meter (215,000 square-foot) embassy – which would become China’s largest diplomatic outpost in Europe – was delayed three times before the government granted approval on Tuesday.

The delays are a measure of the British government’s uncertainty about its approach to China. Britain wants China’s money and diplomatic goodwill, but has long been wary about allowing Beijing to build an embassy that would sit near fiber-optic cables carrying sensitive data for financial firms, and which some fear could be used to spy on Chinese nationals living in London.

The planning decision, a 240-page document, concluded that “the proposal complies with the development plan when taken as a whole,” and as such “planning permission and listed building consent should be granted.”

Days before the government’s approval, the Telegraph, a British newspaper, published what it said were unredacted plans showing that China intends to build a complex of 208 rooms underneath the embassy. One of the rooms, the paper said, would sit directly alongside and only a few feet away from fiber-optic cables that carry millions of British people’s email traffic and financial data.

Alicia Kearns, the shadow national security minister for the opposition Conservative Party, warned last week that, if granted, the plans “would give the Chinese Communist Party a launchpad for economic warfare against our nation” and “create a daily headache for our security services.”

MI5, Britain’s domestic spy service, has not raised any formal objection to the embassy plans, despite warning about broader threats from China. After his annual threat update in October, Ken McCallum, the head of the agency, told reporters: “Do Chinese state actors present a UK national security threat? The answer is, of course, yes they do, every day.”

MI5 also issued a rare alert in November, warning lawmakers that China’s intelligence services are using LinkedIn to pose as recruiters to target people who work in Parliament. The Chinese embassy in London dismissed the claim as “malicious slander.”

Britain’s decision may have been influenced by the fact that it needs China’s approval to revamp its own embassy in Beijing. China has reportedly stalled the British plans while seeking the go-ahead for its new London embassy, which will allow it to move from its current outpost near Regent’s Park.

But Britain also feared that denying China permission to build its new embassy could harm trade relations between the two countries. In dire need of good economic news, Keir Starmer – the first Bri

By Graham Hurley, CNN

(CNN) — Vincent Hawkins still has the megaphone he was holding when his face was mangled by a tear gas canister. Blood streamed down his face as he clutched his hand over his eye, shuffling in confusion. Moments later – for the first time in his life – the 25-year-old emergency room nurse found himself on the other side. He was the patient.

As waves of federal agents surge to several cities across the US, cracking down on what the Trump administration calls the “worst of the worst” illegal immigrants, a growing number of Americans are taking to the street to express their concerns over what they see as heavy-handed overreach. Those protests reached a fever pitch after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis earlier this month.

While tensions flare and protests build, so does widespread concern over what some say is the excessive use of crowd control tactics to quell and disperse demonstrators not just in Minnesota, but in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland as well.

Law enforcement officers are typically trained to use force only when the crowd poses an imminent threat or is interfering with an officer’s official duties, according to CNN’s senior law enforcement analyst, Josh Campbell. Now the practice is drawing heightened scrutiny – particularly surrounding situations with small crowds and in residential neighborhoods. The effects of the crowd control devices commonly used by law enforcement are usually short-lived and temporary, but some can have a lasting, if not permanent, impact.

“I will never see through my left eye again, not even light,” said 21-year-old protester Kaden Rummler, in a statement to the Associated Press. “I’m just glad I’m alive to tell my story.”

Rummler was maimed by a projectile fired by a federal officer at a recent protest in Santa Ana, California the AP reported.

Video shows him advancing toward agents, falling to the ground after being hit in the face by the object, then bleeding profusely as he is dragged away by an officer.

Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin described the group to CNN as “violent rioters” who were throwing rocks, bottles and fireworks at law enforcement. She said two officers were injured in the altercation but declined CNN’s request to comment on the man’s injury. It is unclear whether any objects were thrown at law enforcement and by whom. Rummler is seen holding a megaphone throughout the incident.

Federal agents using what are known as “less-lethal” projectiles against unruly crowds is not a new tactic, nor has it always been controversial. What seems different here is how quickly law enforcement is resorting to using them. The Rev. David Black was one of the first faces to be associated with this trend.

While praying aloud at a protest in front of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago last fall, one agent unleashed multiple rounds of pepper balls at Black’s face. Minutes later, he was inundated with pepper spray by a group of officers.

“I was drenched from the crown of my head to the socks in my shoes,” recalled Black at the time. “It was indiscriminate and it was vicious.”

Videos of the incident exploded on social media, drawing enough scrutiny that a lawsuit was filed, eventually prompting a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order restricting federal agents in the Chicago area from firing various types of “less-lethal” projectile

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