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World leaders, the bosses of the world’s biggest companies and a sprinkling of celebrities gathered in the small Swiss mountain town of Davos for the annual World Economic Forum this week.On the other side of the Atlantic, President Donald Trump was starting his political comeback as the new US president.”Nothing will stand in our way”, he declared, as he vowed to end America’s “decline”.Towards the end of the gathering, President Trump was beamed in straight from the White House webcam to deliver his message of world domination directly to the global elite.While he charmed, almost seduced the audience with a…

Spoiler alert! – This video reveals details about the latest series of The Traitors.Series three of the BBC’s hit show The Traitors comes to a close tonight, with just five contestants left in the running to bank the prize money.In the final episode we will find out if ‘The Seer’ used their power to their advantage, and if a faithful or a traitor prevailed.After keeping viewers on the edge of their seats for weeks, take a look at some of this series’ most iconic moments – from Charlotte’s fake Welsh accent, to Linda’s conspicuous head turn.Video produced by Sophie Bott

Customers of the mobile network, Three, have told the BBC they cannot make 999 calls, as the network faces a significant outage.The firm has apologised after more than ten thousand people told outage tracker Downdetector they were unable to make or receive phone calls on Thursday.The BBC has been told by members of the public that 999 calls will not connect from their devices using the Three network. The BBC has not been able to independently verify their claims.Three told the BBC it was “investigating this urgently”, adding that data from emergency services showed the “majority” of 999 calls were…

Michelle Roberts, Nat Wright and Adam EleyBBC NewsSubmitted by userKyle took finasteride last spring, after a friend recommended itSome online sites are prescribing men a hair loss drug that has potentially risky side effects without consistent safety checks, the BBC has found.The side effects of finasteride can include suicidal thoughts and impotence, yet some big brand companies will send the pills in the post without seeing or chatting with the customer. We investigated after hearing stories from men through Your Voice, Your BBC News.Kyle, who is 26 and from Wakefield, regrets buying the pills online after filling out a ‘tick-box’…

Michelle Roberts, Nat Wright and Adam EleyBBC NewsKyleSome online sites are prescribing men a hair loss drug that has potentially risky side effects without consistent safety checks, the BBC has found.The side effects of finasteride can include suicidal thoughts and impotence, yet some big brand companies will send the pills in the post without seeing or chatting with the customer. We investigated after hearing stories from men through Your Voice, Your BBC News.Kyle, who is 26 and from Wakefield, regrets buying the pills online after filling out a ‘tick-box’ form. He says his life has been turned upside down by…

Across 14 categories, 70 artists are nominated and those include some of the biggest names in UK music and beyond. The winners will be announced at a star-studded ceremony at London’s O2 Arena on 1 March, hosted by Jack Whitehall. Here are the nominations in full:Artist of the yearBeabadoobeeCentral CeeCharli XCXDua LipaFred AgainJamie xxMichael KiwanukaNia ArchivesRachel ChinouririSam FenderGroup of the yearBring Me The HorizonColdplayThe CureEzra CollectiveThe Last Dinner PartyAlbum of the yearCharli XCX – BratThe Cure – Songs Of A Lost WorldDua Lipa – Radical OptimismEzra Collective – Dance, No One’s WatchingThe Last Dinner Party – Prelude to EcstasySong of…

Major infrastructure projects like nuclear power stations, railway lines and wind farms will be built faster under new planning rules, the government has pledged. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Nimby (Not in My Back Yard) “blockers” of major infrastructure projects will have fewer chances “to frustrate growth” through repeated legal challenges.Currently, infrastructure schemes can be challenged in the courts up to three times – ministers intend to reduce that to once in most cases. Tory shadow levelling up secretary Kevin Hollinrake accused Labour of “taking forward Conservative initiatives” but warned their efforts would fail unless they stopped “blocking our…

A US lawsuit filed on behalf of LinkedIn Premium users accuses the social media platform of sharing their private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence (AI) models.It alleges that in August last year, the world’s largest professional social networking website “quietly” introduced a privacy setting, automatically opting users in to a programme that allowed third parties to use their personal data to train AI.It also accuses the Microsoft-owned company of concealing its actions a month later by changing its privacy policy to say user information could be disclosed for AI training purposes. A LinkedIn spokesperson told BBC News…

Nikita YadavBBC News, DelhiGetty ImagesMF Husain’s paintings have often attracted controversy due to their depiction of Hindu godsA court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ordered the seizure of two “offensive” paintings by MF Husain, one of India’s most famous artists.The court on Monday granted permission for the police to seize the artworks after a complaint was filed alleging that the paintings, displayed at an art gallery and featuring two Hindu deities, “hurt religious sentiments”.Husain, who died in 2011 aged 95, often faced backlash for the depictions of nude Hindu gods in his paintings. The Delhi Art Gallery (DAG) which…

BBCOlimata felt like “a shell of a human”, when she had anorexia, as a teenagerLives are being lost and families torn apart because of “woefully inadequate care” for people with eating disorders, according to a group of MPs.The “alarming” rise in disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, over the past decade, has now become an “emergency”, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eating Disorders says in a report.And greater awareness about different types of eating disorders and how they affect males and females of all ages and ethnicities is urgently needed.NHS England acknowledged services were under extreme pressure but said all…