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. Hotel adverts banned over misleadingly cheap rooms
[41 hours old]: Ads for Hilton, Travelodge, Booking.com and Accor are banned by the Advertising Standards Authority.

. 'This is the big one' - tech firms bet on electrifying rail
[513 hours old]: Railway operators have new options for electric trains including getting rid of locomotives altogether.

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* Zelensky ready to work with US on 'their vision' for ending Ukraine war
[1 hours old]: Kyiv says it is willing to engage with a US-backed draft peace plan aimed at ending the war with Russia.

* Households face unexpected rise in energy prices in new year
[0 hours old]: Regulator Ofgem says a change in the price cap in January means a 0.2% increase in gas and electricity prices.

- How could the UK have handled Covid differently? Key findings from the inquiry
[15 hours old]: The long-awaited report is published into how well or badly the government handled the Covid pandemic.

* The curious case of why Poundland is struggling during a cost-of-living crisis
[1 hours old]: Why - in an age where so many of us are feeling the financial pinch - are some budget shops on UK high streets having such a tough time?

- Strictly star arrested on suspicion of rape
[8 hours old]: Hertfordshire Police said the man had been released on bail under investigation.

- How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes
[2 hours old]: The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.

- Mexico's Fatima Bosch, who walked out on organisers, crowned Miss Universe
[2 hours old]: A scandal-filled pageant season ends with the crowning of a new Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand.

- Friday-night drug deals helping Russian war machine, UK crime agency warns
[8 hours old]: The National Crime Agency says a "vast criminal ecosystem" funds "really bad things" around the world.

- Serious Fraud Office was warned about diamond scam but decided not to act
[3 hours old]: Whistleblower reported diamond retailer “Vashi” to the Serious Fraud Office a year before it collapsed.

- Biggest prostate cancer screening trial in decades begins in UK
[7 hours old]: The study aims to find the best way to detect prostate cancer - the most common cancer in men in the UK.


* Starmer labels Farage 'spineless' over handling of racism claims
[1 hours old]: The PM accuses Farage of not adequately explain reports of racist comments it is alleged he made while at school.

- Australia is banning social media for kids under 16. How will it work?
[8 hours old]: The world-first law aims to reduce the "risks" children face online - but it's received pushback.

- 'Fatal cost' of 'toxic No 10' and 'Migration overhaul'
[8 hours old]: The papers on Friday are leading on the long-awaited report into how MPs handled the pandemic.

- Weekly quiz: Why was KPop Demon Hunters banned by a school?
[13 hours old]: How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

- Five claims made in new book about Princess Diana's Panorama interview
[13 hours old]: Dianarama re-examines the 1995 BBC Panorama interview by disgraced reporter Martin Bashir.

- Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev: Putin propagandist or key to peace with Ukraine?
[2 hours old]: Putin's envoy finds himself under the spotlight over a draft peace plan that emerged after he spent days with Steve Witkoff in Miami.


* UK has coldest night of autumn as ice warnings issued
[0 hours old]: Temperatures fell as low as -11.7C in Scotland overnight after the cold snap brought snow to parts of the UK on Thursday.

- Starmer arrives in South Africa as G20 gathers without Trump
[3 hours old]: The PM is aiming to support British business on his trip to Johannesburg.

- School repairs left unfinished as firm behind huge PFI contract goes into liquidation
[3 hours old]: The news heightens concerns that 88 schools in Stoke-on-Trent could be left with unfinished work.

* Government borrowing for October higher than expected
[1 hours old]: Borrowing was more than £2bn higher than expected in October, latest official figures show.

- Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for record-breaking m
[5 hours old]: The auction shattered the previous record for a price tag fetched for a work by a female artist.

- Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia's teen social media ban
[6 hours old]: It joins other platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat in the ban that starts next month.

- Graduate jobs under threat from AI, PwC boss says
[6 hours old]: The accountancy giant says artificial intelligence will eventually lead to fewer entry-level positions at the firm.

- Norris tops session disrupted by loose manhole cover
[2 hours old]: Lando Norris is fastest in a second practice session at the Las Vegas Grand Prix interrupted and then curtailed by a loose manhole cover.

- One win in six - what is going wrong at stumbling Liverpool?
[2 hours old]: Champions Liverpool are eighth in the Premier League after 11 matches - but what are the tactical reasons behind their poor form?

- The mate-sipping London import aiming to down England
[3 hours old]: Rodrigo Isgro arrived in London as a 15-a-side rookie, but the Harlequins wing is out to upset his club team-mates and end England's 10-match winning run.

* Smith dismissed by Carse as Australian wickets tumble
[0 hours old]: Australia captain Steve Smith is caught behind by England's Harry Brook at second slip for 17 as Australia fall to 30-3 on day one of the first Ashes Test in Perth.

- From 18st kid to world champion - the rise of Benavidez
[1 hours old]: David Benavidez talks to BBC Sport about looking to inspire after being an overweight kid at 18st 6lb before his title defence against Britain's Anthony Yarde.

- 'Best display of season' but Chelsea rue missed opportunity
[9 hours old]: Having suffered plenty of past heartache at Barcelona's expense, Chelsea may have ordinarily celebrated a 1-1 Women's Champions League draw - but this was a missed opportunity.

* US and Asia stocks slide as AI jitters persist
[0 hours old]: Strong sales at artificial intelligence chip giant Nvidia did little to quell investor worries.

- The 'toughest crop': Can tech help cardamom farmers?
[9 hours old]: Sensitive to the weather and soil cardamom is difficult to cultivate - can tech help?

- Vinted blocks 'sickening' sexually explicit ads
[15 hours old]: The online marketplace removed adverts which included a video a user said depicted a pornographic scene.

- Channel Tunnel says UK investment 'non-viable' as it halts projects
[13 hours old]: The company claims "unsustainable" levels of taxation has made any future investments "non-viable".

* How much gas and electricity does a typical household use?
[1 hours old]: Typical gas and electricity bills are forecast to fall slightly from January when a new energy price cap began.

- Community food boxes 'selling out within minutes'
[2 hours old]: A waste food box scheme is cutting the cost of living for families, those behind the project say.

- Are the chips down for traditional fish supper?
[3 hours old]: One Hull fish and chip shop owner says he is now selling chilli and curry "just to get people in".

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. The Google Boss And The Massive AI Gamble
[62 hours old]: Google boss gives BBC a warning about the economic risks of the AI bubble.

. Beyond Ultra-Processed Foods: Can Farmers Fix Our Health and the Planet?
[27 hours old]: James Rebanks on how to build a secure, sustainable and healthy food system.

. Almost one million young people still not in work or education, figures show
[18 hours old]: Whilst the figure has dropped slightly, it still equates to one-in-eight young people in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics.

. Why an AI 'godfather' is quitting Meta after 12 years
[21 hours old]: One of the pioneers in the current AI boom, he has had disagreements with fellow engineers over the future of the technology.

. Ford boss: 'Now is not the time to tax electric vehicles'
[33 hours old]: Ford's UK boss says it is "not the right time" to tax electric vehicles when demand has already stalled.

. The contradiction at the heart of the trillion-dollar AI race
[43 hours old]: The confusing question lingering over the AI hype is whether it could be a bubble at risk of bursting

. US jobs saw surprising jump in September after slow summer
[17 hours old]: The report, which had been delayed by the government shutdown, gives the first official data on the job market in weeks.

. Good for mortgages, bad for the food shop - how inflation dip affects you
[44 hours old]: The rate of inflation has fallen prompting hopes of lower mortgage rates, but food prices are still rising.

. Nvidia shares rise after strong results ease 'AI bubble' concerns
[24 hours old]: The chip maker says revenue for the three months to October jumped 62% to bn.

. Major League Baseball signs deals with Netflix, ESPN and NBCUniversal
[30 hours old]: The media deals will allow the platforms to show select baseball games over upcoming seasons.

. UK inflation rate hits lowest level in four months
[48 hours old]: Prices have been rising more slowly in the twelve months to October but food prices bucked the trend.

. Ex-Harvard president Larry Summers stops teaching as university investigates Epstein emails
[30 hours old]: The former US treasury secretary has faced a backlash over frequent messages to Epstein.

. Dutch government suspends intervention into chipmaker Nexperia
[41 hours old]: The move comes after Beijing blocked exports of the firm's chips in response to the Hague intervening into Chinese-owned chipmaker.

. On the front line of Europe's standoff with Russia's sanction-busting shadow fleet
[56 hours old]: With Europe imposing sanctions on Moscow, there has been a growing network of vessels sailing without a valid flag from Russia through European waters.

. Time taken to bring shoplifters to justice is 'unacceptable', retailers tell BBC
[43 hours old]: The BBC followed a series of shoplifting cases which highlight how shops have waited months for thieves to be brought to justice.

. Judge rules Meta doesn't have monopoly after Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
[60 hours old]: The decision allows Instagram's parent company to avoid the prospect of the company breaking up

. White House has apologised over Georgia raid, says Hyundai boss
[33 hours old]: The carmaker's CEO said the raid was "a bad surprise" but the firm will continue to invest in the US.

. Baby Shark: How a 90-second clip created a 0m business
[58 hours old]: Shares in the firm behind the highly-addictive children's song rose by more than 9% in their stock market debut.

. Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
[69 hours old]: In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.

. From florist to drone maker: How the weapon became so mainstream
[154 hours old]: With drones centre stage in Ukraine, military firms around the globe are ramping up their production.

. Will AI mean better adverts or 'creepy slop'?
[66 hours old]: Advertisers are using AI to personalise adverts but not everyone agrees that's a good idea.

. The Kenyan start-up aiming to electrify African transport
[249 hours old]: From fleets of e-bikes to individual riders, eWaka aims to sell across Africa's delivery market.

. Fire-blocking chemicals promise safer buildings
[345 hours old]: New treatments promise to make buildings fire-resistant without using older, toxic chemicals.

. Will quantum be bigger than AI?
[369 hours old]: The highly complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.

. The start-up creating science kits for young Africans
[417 hours old]: Stemaide's goal is to bring tech skills to young Africans and prepare them for future jobs.

. Businesses are running out of pennies in the US
[491 hours old]: Find a penny, pick it up, then what? Now the US has stopped making pennies, a shortage has emerged and created confusion.

. The US bet big with Argentina bailout - is it paying off?
[513 hours old]: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called the Argentine peso "undervalued". But not many people agree.

. Should K-beauty products have to come from South Korea?
[536 hours old]: Sales of Korean skincare treatments continue to soar, but some are now made by overseas companies.

. The South African start-up bringing tech to townships
[585 hours old]: Entrepreneur Talifhani Banks has bought a modern delivery system to smaller firms in South Africa.

. These robots can clean, exercise - and care for you in old age. Would you trust them to?
[585 hours old]: It sounds like something from a sci-fi film - but some scientists believe this clever new tech could help alleviate strains on the UK care system

. Why the 5G symbol on your phone doesn't mean you have 5G
[583 hours old]: New research shows that 40% of the time a phone displays the 5G symbol, it is actually using a 4G connection.

. The striking Swedish workers taking on carmaker Tesla
[609 hours old]: The industrial action against the company's operation in Sweden has reached its second anniversary.

. Can the plastic recycling industry be saved?
[682 hours old]: Plastic recycling plants in Europe are being shut as they struggle to find a business model

. How the outsourcing sector became South Africa's newest goldmine
[706 hours old]: South African firms that do remote work for North American and European businesses growing strongly.

. The £5.30 orange juice that tells the story of why supermarket prices are sky high
[722 hours old]: Butter, chocolate, coffee and milk have all seen prices rocket. Tracing back through the story of one particular supermarket staple begins to explain why

. How Milei's 'Thatcherite' economics divided his nation - but won over Trump
[908 hours old]: Ahead of Milei's visit to the White House - amid protests and anger on the streets back at home - Ione Wells unravels the paradox that Argentina's president has created

. Trump's state visit is mired with potential pitfalls despite careful planning
[1594 hours old]: Months of preparations have gone into this state visit - but the Lord Mandelson question is not the only concern troubling insiders.

. The UK car industry is at a tipping point - can it be saved?
[2410 hours old]: Tariffs, Brexit, pandemic havoc... All of this caused short-term disruption - but the impact concealed a deeper problem for the UK automotive industry

. Three bits of good news about inflation drop
[45 hours old]: The UK inflation rate fell to 3.6% in the year to October, but food prices rose again following a dip in September. The BBC's deputy economics editor Dharshini David explains.

. The Egyptian green tech firm looking to cut energy bills
[81 hours old]: Saving System has developed a device that it says can help firms save electricity.

. Why debit cards can cost more than credit cards
[163 hours old]: Are credit cards 'bad' and debit cards 'good'? Martin Lewis explains why it's not that simple.

. The Briefing Room
[187 hours old]: What are the consequences of the UK's low productivity growth?