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Trending News: BBC Inside Science – How did President Trump transform science in 2025? – BBC SoundsNHS tracker: are hospital surgery wait times improving near you?Ugandan election 2026: Yoweri Museveni faces Bobi Wine in presidential pollUK company sends factory with 1,000C furnace into space.Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick sackedFlu outbreak: How are hospitals in your area affected?Intriguing finds could solve mystery of women in medieval cemeteryNottingham A&E: ‘Every hospital corridor I saw had people in beds’Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty and dozens of other groupsOne in 10 A&E patients waited over 12 hours in 2025ICE agent shoots Minneapolis man in leg after attack, officials sayNasa astronauts begin ‘bittersweet’ medical evacuation from space stationUK economy grew by 0.3% in November, beating forecastsWoman hospitalised over dessert containing nuts at Bradford business.Ofwat investigation opened into Kent and Sussex water issues.Serial houseplant killer? Here’s how to keep them alive.Elon Musk’s X to block Grok from undressing images of real peopleDenmark warns of ‘fundamental disagreement’ with US over Greenland.US and UK pulling some personnel from Qatar military baseUganda election 2026: Poll chief says he has been threatened over results declarationNo 10 Welcomes Reports X is Addressing Grok DeepfakesWarmer seas bring record number of octopuses to UK waters.Russian Doctors Arrested as Nine Babies Die in Siberian Maternity Hospital Amidst Growing OutrageHen cages and pig farrowing crates face ban in EnglandHow do Labour MPs feel after another government U-turn?Tech Life – When will a robot do my laundry? – BBC SoundsRail upgrade ‘will actually happen’ after delays, Reeves says2025 likely to be UK’s hottest year on record, says Met OfficeThetford dig unearths Iron Age war trumpet and boar standard.No power or water and -19C: Kyiv seeks relief from Russian strikes and coldGlobal temperatures dip in 2025 but more heat records on way, scientists warnGovernment drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UKHoney, I shrunk the data centres: Is small the new big?UK secures record supply of offshore wind but price risesFirst leukaemia patient to get pioneering drug on NHS says it is ‘very sci-fi’.Iran protests: More than 2,000 people reported killed as Trump says ‘help is on its way’Monzo bank says issue affecting its mobile app resolvedMP’s school visit cancelled over pro-Palestinian protests.Apple turns to Google to power AI upgrade for Siri.New Birmingham-Manchester rail link to be proposedCritical incident declared at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.Hunt for gunman after Corsican exile Alain Orsoni is shot dead at mother’s funeralNHS funds football pitch in Carloway in LewisInstagram Denies Breach After Users Receive Password Reset Emails, But Security Experts Raise AlarmsMarine Le Pen’s political fate rests on appeal trial opening in FranceBBC Inside Science – BBC SoundsLib Dems set out plan to end 12-hour A&E waitsSafe spaces needed for drug-addicted children, say grieving mumsWhy More CEOs are Sharing the Top JobCharity shortlisted for helping people heat their homes.Jerome Powell: World central bank chiefs declare support for US Fed chair.London’s Christmas trees get new lease of lifeDevon parents urge flu vaccines after son’s intensive care battle.Crackdown on illegal working in UK leads to surge in arrestsCold and data centres drive up US greenhouse gas emissions.I spent months finding out whether gut health can improve ageing.Thorpeness homeowner fears losing property to coastal erosionTrump briefed on military and covert options for Iran, sources say.New Lord Speaker announced as Lord Michael Forsyth.What a new law and an investigation could mean for Grok AI deepfakes.Trump plan to cap credit card costs hits bank shares.UK to Bring Into Force Law to Tackle Grok AI Deepfakes This WeekHungary grants asylum to Polish ex-justice minister Zbigniew ZiobroUK can legally stop shadow fleet tankers, ministers believeRelearning to walk and talk after a brain tumourIs this the year domestic robots come in our homes?Afrima Awards 2026: Burna Boy, Shallipopi and Rema win as Nigerian stars dominateFormer chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK.Ofcom investigates Elon Musk’s X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes.Revolutionary eye injection saved my sight, says first-ever patientWhy the NHS still wastes billions on patients who shouldn’t be in hospitalAi, Japanese chimpanzee who counted and painted, dies at 49Himalayan winters are seeing less snowfall as more ice meltsMet Police and Sadiq Khan hail lowest homicide rates since 2014.Vets under increasing pressure to make money for corporate owners, BBC toldMargam park Roman villa find could be ‘Port Talbot’s Pompeii’Grok AI: Malaysia and Indonesia block X chatbot over sexually explicit deepfakesThousands of tourists stranded in Lapland as cold grounds flights.Dozens arrested and one police officer injured in Minneapolis ICE protests.‘Out of stock’: What went wrong at luxury retailer Saks?Khartoum: Sudan’s government return to capital after nearly 3 years of warTrump wants Venezuela’s oil. Will his plan work?Kemi Badenoch says Conservatives will channel public’s anger at Labour.The real impact of roadworks – and why they’re set to get worse.Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’Donald Trump won’t take Greenland by force, Lord Mandelson saysPotholes map rates council road repair progress.How to Watch the Golden Globes and Who is NominatedLord Peter Mandelson says he never saw any girls when visiting sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s properties‘I had no electricity for six months’: American families struggle with soaring energy pricesOne dead and 300 buildings destroyed in Australia bushfiresTories would ban under-16s from social mediaGoogle employee made redundant after reporting sexual harassment, court hearsThe FTSE 100 has hit a record high. Is now the time to start investing?The Berkshire mum looking to encourage others into rugbyIran protesters defy crackdown as videos show violent clashesBob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, dies aged 78.Town cashing-in on China’s billion-dollar appetite for luxury durianVideo filmed by ICE agent who shot Minneapolis woman emergesRare first Superman comic once stolen from Nicolas Cage sells for $15m.
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Vince Zampella, Call of Duty co-creator, dies in California car crash
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