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For five decades Martyn Butler supported the Terrence Higgins Trust and fought for LGBT rights. BBC News

Social media influencers Charley Marlowe and Max Balegde go head-to-head in a curling match, with the help of Team GB’s mixed-doubles partners Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds. Which team will claim the bragging rights and be crowned champions? Follow the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics across the BBC from Friday, …

Sky’s coverage of the downfall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has won best news programme at the Broadcast Awards. The hour-long special, fronted by lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim, aired in December 2024 following the sudden ousting of the dictator. Featuring on-the-ground reporting and interviews from chief correspondent Stuart …

The government has argued having a “blanket rule” for where prisoners are housed could breach human rights law. BBC News

A blind disability rights campaigner fears the move will mean she loses her independence. BBC News

Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao have been reportedly detained after exposing corruption by a senior official in Sichuan. BBC News

[ For patients with hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive metastatic breast cancer, the addition of palbociclib to maintenance anti-HER2 and endocrine therapies leads to improved progression-free survival, according to a study published in the Jan. 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. In a …

“Finding this out last Friday, so close to the biggest competition of my life, was incredibly disappointing. “Nevertheless, I will face this challenge head-on and do everything I can to make the best of the situation. “To my fans: I wish I had better news, but I’m grateful beyond words …

As well as hosting international rugby, the stadium is also a venue for other sporting events such as the European Champions Cup final and the Champions League final. It has also staged concerts by acts including Oasis, Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Harry Styles and Billy Joel, with Take That and Metallica …

One of the screenwriters of an Oscar-nominated film has been arrested in Tehran days after signing a statement condemning Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his regime’s violent crackdown on protesters. Mehdi Mahmoudian, who co-wrote the script for the Iranian drama It Was Just An Accident, was arrested on Saturday, …

Unlike the West African regional bloc Ecowas, France, the EU and the Biden administration, today’s White House does not regard the Russian military presence as a threat to regional stability or human rights. Russia has deployed about 1,000 security contractors in Mali, with smaller contingents of mercenaries or regular troops …

It is latest in a series of prisoner releases announced by the government amid US pressure for reforms. BBC News

[ Powered intracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (PITA) is associated with higher rates of fever one week postoperatively compared with cold adenotonsillectomy in children, according to a study published online Dec. 30 in Clinical Otolaryngology. Roee Noy, M.D., from the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, and colleagues conducted a …

Don Lemon has been charged with federal civil rights crimes over the anti-ICE church protest in Minnesota, the Department of Homeland Security has said. The charges include conspiracy and interfering with the First Amendment rights of worshippers. The 59-year-old was one of four people detained in connection with the protest …

The deputy attorney general said it was a “standard investigation” after Pretti’s fatal shooting in Minneapolis. BBC News

The makers of Amazon’s Melania documentary have defended its exorbitant cost following accusations of bribery to appease the Trump empire. Amazon paid $40 million to Melania Trump’s production company for the film rights and another $35 million for marketing — making it one of the most expensive documentaries ever produced. …

In response, Araghchi said: “Iran has always welcomed a mutually beneficial, fair and equitable NUCLEAR DEAL – on equal footing, and free from coercion, threats, and intimidation – which ensures Iran’s rights to PEACEFUL nuclear technology, and guarantees NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS.” BBC News

Hardy, a partner in the public law and human rights team at Bindmans Solicitors, said Delek’s presence on the database meant it had been found to have “a clear and direct link to activities in breach of Article 49 of the fourth Geneva Convention”, contributing “to the maintenance of the …

The proposed bill would enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. BBC News