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It comes more than a year after she revealed her engagement during a live BBC weather forecast. Source link

In the words of BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg, pro-Kremlin bloggers, MPs and activists, who supported the war, were furious. “How could celebrities be out partying like this while Russian soldiers were putting their lives on the line in the ‘special military operation’?” Source link

The housing market is set to be subdued in 2024 despite hopes of an interest rate cut. Source link

Technology professor Gina Neff explained the New York Times’s allegations against Microsoft and Open AI to BBC News. Neff, who serves as the executive director of the Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy at the University of Cambridge, set up the stakes of this lawsuit as an important litmus case for generative artificial intelligence and original journalism.”They have to look at how these intellectual property cases play out because they cannot provide for the enormous and exciting possibilities that generative AI offers until we settle these IP issues,” said Neff. Source link

A care home has been put in special measures because of serious safeguarding concerns including one patient being left lying in urine-soaked sheets.Scholars Mews Care Home, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, was criticised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for a “significant deterioration” in the standard of care. It follows an unannounced inspection in October after concerns were raised over safeguarding and staffing levels.Avery Healthcare, which runs the home, said it had taken immediate action to address the findings.

The secretive artist pens a rare statement about the late comedy pioneer and “born troublemaker”. Source link

A man hid in the undercarriage of a plane travelling from Algeria to France. Source link

It had been due in a few days to join the group, seen as a counterweight to the Western-led world. Source link

Large technology firms have faced increased scrutiny of their practices in the US and beyond. Source link

Stuart McAdam, head of incidents at Food Standards Scotland, said:  “We are aware that this recalled product may be popular over the festive period, especially as it has also been sold as part of a Christmas gift hamper and so we are urging consumers to check whether they have this product or may have gifted it to others.”