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Ofcom investigating X after reports AI chatbot Grok used to create sexualised images of children

The media watchdog has said it contacted the social media platform on Monday last week and set a firm deadline of last Friday to "explain what steps it has taken to comply with its duties to protect its users in the UK". The company replied by the deadline, and Ofcom has since carried out an "expedited assessment of available evidence as a matter of urgency". It added the formal investigation will look into whether X, owned by tech titan Elon Musk, has "failed to comply with its legal obligations under the Online Safety Act". The regulator said: "There have been deeply concerning reports of the Grok AI chatbot account on X being used to create and share undressed images of people - which may amount to intimate image abuse or pornography - and sexualised images of children that may amount to child sexual abuse material." The investigation has been welcomed by technology secretary Liz Kendall, who will give further detail on the government's response in the Commons later today. Ms Kendall said: "It is vital that Ofcom complete this investigation swiftly because the public - and most importantly the victims - will not accept any delay."The content created and shared using Grok in recent days has been deeply disturbing and I will be updating Parliament later today on the government's response." Downing Street suggested the government was open to ending its use of X if the platform did not act on concerns about its AI chatbot, adding "all options are on the table". Asked whether the government would leave X, the prime minister's official spokesman said: "Our focus today and over the last week has been fully on protecting children and ensuring this vile content is taken down immediately." Read more from Sky News:Trump wants a deal but insists US will acquire GreenlandAll of the winners from the Golden Globes The use of Grok to create sexually explicit content has sparked a wave of concern among ministers who have expressed support for a UK ban if Ofcom decides to block access to the platform. But the Tories have said they do not think a ban would be the correct approach. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said she believes banning X is the "wrong answer". Speaking before the investigation was launched, she said: "I'm not even sure what question it is that they're answering. "What we are seeing is a Labour government that did not have a plan, and they're just throwing out random policies, probably to distract from the fact that they're putting businesses in a very difficult position." Trade secretary Peter Kyle, who previously served as technology secretary, defended the UK's Online Safety Act but said there was "more work to do" to protect people online, "particularly in places like X". "Let me be really clear about X - X is not doing enough to keep its customers safe online," he told Sky News. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said US vice president JD Vance was sympathetic to efforts to tackle the Grok-produced images, although Donald Trump's free speech tsar later compared the UK's threats to Vladimir Putin's Russia. Mr Lammy, who met Mr Vance in the US on Thursday, told The Guardian he raised the issue of Grok "and the horrendous, horrific situation in which this new technology is allowing deepfakes and the manipulation of images of women and children, which is just absolutely abhorrent". "He agreed with me that it was entirely unacceptable," Mr Lammy said. In response to ministers' threats, Mr Musk has accused the UK government of being "fascist" and trying to curb free speech. Responding to a post on X claiming the UK arrests more people for social media posts than "any other country on earth", Mr Musk wrote: "Real fascism is arresting thousands of people for social media posts." Nigel Farage said he fears the government will end up "suppressing free speech" after the regulator Ofcom announced the formal investigation. Speaking at a press conference in central London on Monday, the Reform UK leader said: "Nothing from the current set of regulators in government would surprise me when it comes to the suppression of free speech. "Do we like and welcome the particular feature on Grok that has made the news over the weekend? No. "But let's talk to Grok. They have already made one or two steps in our direction. My fear is we will end up suppressing Grok and further suppressing free speech and we do not want to do that." Sky News has contacted X for comment.

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Jan 12
Golden Globes: One Battle After Another, Hamnet and Adolescence dominate

One Battle After Another, about a group of washed-up revolutionaries, took four gongs - including best motion picture comedy/musical, best director for Paul Thomas Anderson and best supporting actress for Teyana Taylor. However, its lead star, Leonardo DiCaprio failed to bag best actor - one of the most competitive categories of the night - with the prize instead going to Timothee Chalamet. Along with the top prize for dramatic film, Hamnet saw Irish star Jessie Buckley take best actress in a motion picture/drama. Her powerful performance as Shakespeare's wife was at the heart of the adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's book about the death of Shakespeare's son, which historians believe inspired the playwright to write Hamlet. Accepting her prize, Buckley praised the international nature of the movie, directed by Oscar-winner Chloe Zhao, saying: "This was such an extraordinary set to be part of, telling the story of probably the most famous Brit ‍who ever lived and we had a Chinese director, a lot of Irish and a mostly Polish crew." Meanwhile, in the TV categories, Adolescence cleaned up winning in all four of its categories. The drama, starring Stephen Graham, depicts the aftermath of the stabbing of a teenage girl, as a 13-year-old boy from her school is arrested for her murder. It was one of the most talked-about shows of last year. In addition to winning the best limited series, anthology series, or television motion picture, three of its stars also took home an award. Stephen Graham was named best actor in a TV miniseries, 16-year-old Owen Cooper was named best supporting actor and Erin Doherty was named best supporting actress. Only Ashley Walters missed out, to co-star Cooper, with the pair going head-to-head in the same supporting category. Speaking on stage, co-creator Jack Thorne told the audience: "Removing hate is our generation's responsibility. "It requires thought from the top down. The possibility seems remote now, but hope is a beautiful thing." Insisting the show was not about "being frightened of young people", he said it instead offered a positive message, saying the drama's young cast were "proof the world can be better". In her speech, Doherty who played a therapist in the show, dedicated her award to those pursuing the challenging career, saying: "Life can be tough, mental health is everything." Making history as the category's youngest winner, Cooper admitted he "took a risk" being the only boy in his drama classes, adding: "it was embarrassing, but I got through it." He concluded his acceptance speech with incredulity at his win, looking to the audience and saying: "It's mad, what is going on!" Graham, who appeared to read his notes from his hand, thanked his family and friends, and was briefly distracted by rapper Queen Latifah in the audience. Other actors who saw big wins included Chalamet, who won his first Golden Globe. The 30-year-old touched on the fact he had left the Globes in previous years without a win, saying: "I'd be lying if I didn't say those moments made this moment that ‍much sweeter." He also thanked his parents and his girlfriend of three years, Kylie Jenner, saying: "I love you, thank you so much." Rose Byrne was named best actress in a musical/comedy for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. Accompanied to the awards by her brother, she told the audience her husband, actor Bobby Canavale had not come with her as he was out buying a bearded dragon. In one of the most unexpected wins of the night, Narcos star Wagner Moura won the award for best actor in a drama for The Secret Agent. The film was also named best non-English language film. Collecting the prize, the Brazilian star said: "The Secret Agent is a film about memory, or the lack of memory and generational trauma. I think that if trauma can be passed along generations, values can too. "So, this is to the ones that are sticking with their values in difficult moments." Stellan Skarsgard earned a Globe for his supporting role in Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value, admitting as he took his gong: "I was not prepared for this because, of course, I thought I was too old." The Swedish star is 74. Vampire horror Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B Jordan, took best cinematic and box office achievement, a rare film that earned both critical and commercial success. It also took best original score. Thanking the audience "for showing up", Coogler said parts of making the movie were "a grind", calling for them to wear "performance fishing gear in the swamps". He added: "We didn't know people would show up, so we just want to say thank you." Potential snubs on the night included Guillermo del Toro's gothic horror Frankenstein, the second installment of the Wizard Of Oz prequel Wicked: For Good and Yorgos Lanthimos's Bugonia starring Emma Stone. All went home empty handed. KPop Demon Hunters - Netflix's most-watched film ever - was named best animated film, while the movie's signature track Golden won the best original song prize. Accepting the award, Korean-American singer Ejae said: "It's never too late to shine like you were born to." Hosted by US comedian Nikki Glaser for a second-year running, celebrities largely steered ​clear of political topics, with a few wearing "Be Good" badges on their black-tie attire to honour Renee Good, the woman fatally shot by an immigration officer last week in Minneapolis. Glaser took a few light-hearted jabs, joking that the ceremony was "without a doubt the most important thing that's happening in the world right now". She also took the odd pot shot at some of the stars in the room, including DiCaprio for his dating of younger women, before apologising, for the "cheap" remark, and adding: "We don't know anything else about you, man." A gentle nod back to the days of Gervais eviscerating attendees in the Globes heyday, with Gervais now coming full circle and winning best TV stand-up comedy performance for his special Morality. Gervais did not attend the event, with Wanda Sykes instead accepting his award for him and thanking "God and the trans community". Gervais, a self-confessed atheist, has defended remarks he made in a previous show about transgender people in his comedy. Presenting best motion picture musical or comedy, which was one of the final awards of the night, after failing to win in her own category, Julia Roberts received a huge standing ovation, thanking the audience and telling them: "I'm gonna be impossible for at least a week." Taking to the stage a few moments later to award best motion picture - drama, Roberts's friend and many-time co-star George Clooney pretended to be irked that there was no standing ovation for him. With the Globes kicking off awards season proper, Oscar nomination voting kicks off today, ahead of the ceremony in March. The next big awards show to look forward to is the BAFTA film awards on 22 February.

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Jan 12
Ofcom investigating X after reports AI chatbot Grok used to create sexualised images of children

The media watchdog has said it contacted the social media platform on Monday last week and set a firm deadline of last Friday to "explain what steps it has taken to comply with its duties to protect its users in the UK". The company replied by the deadline, and Ofcom has since carried out an "expedited assessment of available evidence as a matter of urgency". It added the formal investigation will look into whether X, owned by tech titan Elon Musk, has "failed to comply with its legal obligations under the Online Safety Act". The regulator said: "There have been deeply concerning reports of the Grok AI chatbot account on X being used to create and share undressed images of people - which may amount to intimate image abuse or pornography - and sexualised images of children that may amount to child sexual abuse material." The investigation has been welcomed by technology secretary Liz Kendall, who will give further detail on the government's response in the Commons later today. Ms Kendall said: "It is vital that Ofcom complete this investigation swiftly because the public - and most importantly the victims - will not accept any delay."The content created and shared using Grok in recent days has been deeply disturbing and I will be updating Parliament later today on the government's response." Downing Street suggested the government was open to ending its use of X if the platform did not act on concerns about its AI chatbot, adding "all options are on the table". Asked whether the government would leave X, the prime minister's official spokesman said: "Our focus today and over the last week has been fully on protecting children and ensuring this vile content is taken down immediately." Read more from Sky News:Trump wants a deal but insists US will acquire GreenlandAll of the winners from the Golden Globes The use of Grok to create sexually explicit content has sparked a wave of concern among ministers who have expressed support for a UK ban if Ofcom decides to block access to the platform. But the Tories have said they do not think a ban would be the correct approach. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said she believes banning X is the "wrong answer". Speaking before the investigation was launched, she said: "I'm not even sure what question it is that they're answering. "What we are seeing is a Labour government that did not have a plan, and they're just throwing out random policies, probably to distract from the fact that they're putting businesses in a very difficult position." Trade secretary Peter Kyle, who previously served as technology secretary, defended the UK's Online Safety Act but said there was "more work to do" to protect people online, "particularly in places like X". "Let me be really clear about X - X is not doing enough to keep its customers safe online," he told Sky News. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said US vice president JD Vance was sympathetic to efforts to tackle the Grok-produced images, although Donald Trump's free speech tsar later compared the UK's threats to Vladimir Putin's Russia. Mr Lammy, who met Mr Vance in the US on Thursday, told The Guardian he raised the issue of Grok "and the horrendous, horrific situation in which this new technology is allowing deepfakes and the manipulation of images of women and children, which is just absolutely abhorrent". "He agreed with me that it was entirely unacceptable," Mr Lammy said. In response to ministers' threats, Mr Musk has accused the UK government of being "fascist" and trying to curb free speech. Responding to a post on X claiming the UK arrests more people for social media posts than "any other country on earth", Mr Musk wrote: "Real fascism is arresting thousands of people for social media posts." Nigel Farage said he fears the government will end up "suppressing free speech" after the regulator Ofcom announced the formal investigation. Speaking at a press conference in central London on Monday, the Reform UK leader said: "Nothing from the current set of regulators in government would surprise me when it comes to the suppression of free speech. "Do we like and welcome the particular feature on Grok that has made the news over the weekend? No. "But let's talk to Grok. They have already made one or two steps in our direction. My fear is we will end up suppressing Grok and further suppressing free speech and we do not want to do that." Sky News has contacted X for comment.

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Jan 12
Man Utd next manager: Club to accelerate appointment after meetings with Michael Carrick and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Further talks are planned with Carrick and his representatives on Monday - no such talks are on the agenda for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as things stand. However, United bosses have made no final decisions, and Solskjaer remains an option. United hope to have an interim in place by the end of Tuesday following Ruben Amorim's sacking on January 6, so that they can take charge of training on Wednesday and begin the preparations for the Manchester derby, live on Sky Sports, on January 17. Man Utd 1-2 Brighton - report and reactionGot Sky? Watch Man Utd games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺 Over the last few days, both Carrick and Solskjaer have met with Jason Wilcox, United's director of football, who is leading the process to appoint a new boss. Carrick and Solskjaer were both candidates for the role and both former United players have met with the club's bosses and made their pitches for the job. Sky Sports News has been told Carrick was particularly impressive with his plans for the remainder of the season in those meetings, but there is also an awareness of how popular Solskjaer was during his previous stint as head coach. The current short-term interim head coach, Darren Fletcher, said after the 2-1 defeat by Brighton in the FA Cup that he has now reached the end of his agreed period in charge of the first team, and he will report to the Carrington Training Centre on Monday to find out what the club want from him next. United only have the Premier League to focus on now, having been knocked out of both cup competitions, and so the focus for the new interim head coach will be to qualify for European football next season. Neville: Solskjaer return would be like Groundhog Day Sky Sports' Gary Neville on a potential return for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: "They put Ryan [Giggs] in charge 10 years ago, then Ole came in charge and you go back to the old boys, then you go for a new one, then you go for more experience. "It is almost like a cycle, like a movie we have all seen before and Groundhog Day. "What I do think is Ole is someone who absolutely loves the club, he knows the job, he has been in the job." A 40 game season: What is left to play for? The final whistle against Brighton was met with a few boos, then stunned silence. Just where do Manchester United go from here? One statistic flew around United's FA Cup defeat to Brighton. 40 games - that is how long United's season will be. Their shortest season since the 1914-15 campaign, where there were no cup games due to the First World War. Defeat to Grimsby in the Carabao Cup second round, then a first ever defeat to Brighton in the FA Cup also made it the first time United have been knocked out the two domestic cup competitions at the first hurdle since the 1981-82 season. That was not the only déjà vu United experienced on Sunday night. Another was Danny Welbeck. The last time United had 45 games or less in the season was 11 years ago, when Welbeck scored a FA Cup winner in a 2-1 win at Old Trafford for Arsenal. Sounds familiar. And with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Michael Carrick the two main contenders for the United interim job - having held those positions in the past - it's one nod to the past too many. So what does the future hold? Read the full feature here... Man Utd's next five fixturesJanuary 17: Man City (H) - Premier League, kick-off 12.30pm, live on Sky SportsJanuary 25: Arsenal (A) - Premier League, kick-off 4.30pm, live on Sky SportsFebruary 1: Fulham (H) - Premier League, kick-off 2pm, live on Sky SportsFebruary 7: Tottenham (H) - Premier League, kick-off 12.30pmFebruary 10: West Ham (A) - Premier League, kick-off 8.15pm

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'Major incident' declared in Kent as thousands without water across South East England

Both Southern Water and South East Water (SEW) - which supply parts of Kent, Surrey and Sussex - said cold weather brought by Storm Goretti and a power cut at pumping plants were to blame for the outages. Linden Kemkaran, leader of KCC, declared a major incident across the county on Monday morning, saying more households have been impacted in the last 24 hours. "We are putting additional arrangements in place to prepare for further potential disruption," she said in a statement on X. The issue has forced a number of schools in Kent and Sussex to close on the first day of the week. It comes after 24,000 properties in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, spent days without any running water, and almost two weeks without drinkable water last month. Here is what you need to know. Where is affected? Currently, roughly 30,000 properties across the two counties are impacted, South East Water said in a statement to Sky News. "This includes 16,500 properties in East Grinstead and the surrounding areas in Sussex, with parts of Tunbridge Wells also affected, along with some localised issues in other parts of Kent," the company said. At the time of writing 11 postcodes across four areas are still experiencing little to no water supply, according to the SEW website. These include: • Maidstone• West Sussex and surrounding areas• Tunbridge Wells• Canterbury• Whitstable SEW said supplies to East Grinstead, West Sussex, and Blean, Maidstone, are not expected to return until Tuesday. Southern Water said on 11 January that households in Thanet, Sittingbourne, Medway and surrounding areas are currently not experiencing a loss of water supply, but some drinking water storage reservoirs are at low levels due to Storm Goretti. The company said this could mean there is a "higher risk of supply issues in the coming days" but it is "taking action now to do all we can to prevent that". What caused the problem? SEW said Storm Goretti, which hit the UK last week, affected its ability to "treat the raw water at the normal rate at our main Sussex water treatment works". It said this, coupled with the outbreak of burst water mains due to freezing conditions across Sussex, means its drinking water storage levels are running low. SEW incident manager Mike Court said: "We're sorry to our customers across Kent and Sussex who are experiencing issues with their drinking water supply, including no water, intermittent supply interruptions or low pressure." He said water treatment works continue to operate at full capacity and tankers are "pumping water directly into the storage tanks and network to increase the amount of water available in the affected areas". Repair teams are also working "around the clock" to fix leaks and bursts, Mr Court said. Read more from Sky News:Victims of Bolton crash namedOfcom investigating X 'Extremely frustrating' Dave and Valerie Matson have lived in and around Tunbridge Wells for 55 years. They told Sky News that the current water outages are "extremely frustrating". "I know it's jolly cold, but this should not happen," Mrs Matson said. Mr Matson, a former director of a company, said it has only been a short while since residents in Tunbridge Wells were last affected by water outages. "It destroyed Tunbridge Wells in the run-up to Christmas," he said. "Literally all the shops were shut... and the restaurants, normally they are rammed in December, but they have lost thousands and thousands. I think it is absolutely appalling." Mr Matson put the problems down to "greed and incompetence" of water companies, adding: "They have got a duty to their customers, they have got to talk to their shareholders and say 'we have got to spend money, we have got to do what we should have done over the years'." He added: "We can cope with it, but I feel so sorry for the vulnerable people and businesses. It is hard enough for shops in this county and across the UK." Where are bottled water stations located? Multiple bottled water stations have been set up in the area to distribute water to local residents until supplies are fully restored. SEW said its customer care team is also delivering bottled water to the customers on our Priority Services Register who are most in need and we have carried out 5,700 deliveries of bottled water over the weekend. The company said the following stations are open until 10pm: • Kings Centre - Moat Rd, East Grinstead RH19 3LN • East Grinstead Sports Club - Saint Hill Rd, East Grinstead RH19 4JU • East Court, College Lane, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3LT Recurring problems at South East Water In 2023, SEW was found to be the worst company for supply interruptions in the UK. Since then there have been multiple high-profile outages. The last was in December 2025, when 24,000 people suffered days without water in Tunbridge Wells after a "water quality issue" at the Pembury Water Treatment Works. Earlier this month, chief executive of SEW David Hinton was criticised by MPs for a "fundamentally lacking" human response to the crisis during an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee hearing. One committee member said they were "quite shocked" at the "lack of accountability" the chief executive was taking for the incident, although he did begin his questioning with an apology to customers. He blamed a lack of infrastructure in the South East for the failures and said that the risks are "inevitable" without investment.

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Jan 12
Golden Globes 2026: The full list of winners

Action thriller One Battle After Another didn't disappoint, while TV miniseries Adolescence - the most talked about show of last year - took all the prizes it was up for. Both won four Globes apiece. Here are all the other movie and TV winners on the night. FILM Best film - drama Hamnet Frankenstein It Was Just An Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Best film - musical or comedy One Battle After Another Blue Moon Bugonia Marty Supreme No Other Choice Nouvelle Vague Best non-English language film The Secret Agent It Was Just An Accident No Other Choice Sentimental Value Sirat The Voice Of Hind Rajab Best animated film KPop Demon Hunters Arco Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Elio Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain Zootopia 2 Best actress - drama Jessie Buckley - Hamnet Jennifer Lawrence - Die, My Love Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value Julia Roberts - After The Hunt Tessa Thompson - Hedda Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby Best actor - drama Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams Oscar Isaac - Frankenstein Dwayne Johnson - The Smashing Machine Michael B Jordan - Sinners Jeremy Allen White - Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Best actress - musical or comedy Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Cynthia Erivo - Wicked: For Good Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another Amanda Seyfried - The Testament of Ann Lee Emma Stone - Bugonia Best actor - musical or comedy Timothee Chalamet - Marty Supreme George Clooney - Jay Kelly Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon Lee Byung-Hun - No Other Choice Jesse Plemons - Bugonia Best supporting actress Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another Emily Blunt - The Smashing Machine Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value Amy Madigan - Weapons Best supporting actor Stellan Skarsgard - Sentimental Value Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein Paul Mescal - Hamnet Sean Penn - One Battle After Another Adam Sandler - Jay Kelly Best director Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another Ryan Coogler - Sinners Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein Jafar Panahi - It Was Just An Accident Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value Chloe Zhao - Hamnet Best screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme Ryan Coogler - Sinners Jafar Panahi - It Was Just An Accident Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value Chloe Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell - Hamnet Best original song Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick - KPop Demon Hunters; Golden Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen - Avatar: Fire and Ash; Dream As One Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson - Sinners; I Lied To You Stephen Schwartz - Wicked: For Good; No Place Like Home Stephen Schwartz - Wicked: For Good; The Girl In The Bubble Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner - Train Dreams; Train Dreams Best original score Ludwig Goransson - Sinners Alexandre Desplat - Frankenstein Jonny Greenwood - One Battle After Another Kanding Ray - Sirat Max Richter - Hamnet Hans Zimmer - F1 Cinematic and box office achievement Sinners Avatar: Fire And Ash F1 KPop Demon Hunters Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Weapons Wicked: For Good Zootopia 2 TV Best TV series - drama The Pitt The Diplomat Pluribus Severance Slow Horses The White Lotus Best TV series - comedy or musical The Studio Abbott Elementary The Bear Hacks Nobody Wants This Only Murders In The Building Best limited TV series Adolescence All Her Fault The Beast In Me Black Mirror Dying For Sex The Girlfriend Best TV actress - drama Rhea Seehorn - Pluribus Kathy Bates - Matlock Britt Lower - Severance Helen Mirren - Mobland Bella Ramsey - The Last Of Us Keri Russell - The Diplomat Best TV actor - drama Noah Wyle - The Pitt Sterling K Brown - Paradise Diego Luna - Andor Gary Oldman - Slow Horses Mark Ruffalo - Task Adam Scott - Severance Best TV actress - comedy or musical Jean Smart - Hacks Kristen Bell - Nobody Wants This Ayo Edebiri - The Bear Selena Gomez - Only Murders In The Building Natasha Lyonne - Poker Face Jenna Ortega - Wednesday Best TV actor - comedy or musical Seth Rogen - The Studio Adam Brody - Nobody Wants This Steve Martin - Only Murders In The Building Glen Powell - Chad Powers Martin Short - Only Murders In The Building Jeremy Allen White - The Bear Best TV actress - limited series Michelle Williams - Dying For Sex Claire Danes - The Beast In Me Rashida Jones - Black Mirror Amanda Seyfried - Long Bright River Sarah Snook - All Her Fault Robin Wright - The Girlfriend Best TV actor - limited series Stephen Graham - Adolescence Jacob Elordi - The Narrow Road To The Deep North Paul Giamatti - Black Mirror Charlie Hunnam - Monster: The Ed Gein Story Jude Law - Black Rabbit Matthew Rhys - The Beast In Me Best supporting actor - TV Owen Cooper - Adolescence Ashley Walters - Adolescence Billy Crudup - The Morning Show Walton Goggins - The White Lotus Jason Isaacs - The White Lotus Tramell Tillman - Severance Best supporting actress - TV Erin Doherty - Adolescence Carrie Coon - The White Lotus Hannah Einbinder - Hacks Catherine O'Hara - The Studio Parker Posey - The White Lotus Aimee-Lou Wood - The White Lotus Best TV stand-up comedy performance Ricky Gervais - Mortality Bill Maher - Is Anyone Else Seeing This? Brett Goldstein - The Second Best Night Of Your Life Kevin Hart - Acting My Age Kumail Nanjiani - Night Thoughts Sarah Silverman - PostMortem PODCAST Best podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard Call Her Daddy The Mel Robbins Podcast SmartLess Up First from NPR

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London 'one of the safest' cities in the world, Sir Sadiq Khan says, as he swipes at Donald Trump

Appearing on Mornings With Ridge And Frost on Sky News, the mayor of London also took the opportunity to swipe at US President Donald Trump, calling him a "bully" as a long-running spat between the pair rumbled on. Mr Trump used his address to the UN General Assembly in September to criticise the UK, and London specifically, saying the capital was being run by a "terrible mayor" who had "changed" the city. But on Monday Sir Sadiq said London was "more than two-and-a-half times safer than New York, five times safer than LA, 12 times safer than Chicago". Read more: London homicides fall to lowest level in over a decade Asked by Sky News lead presenter Wilfred Frost if he has spoken on the phone recently to Zohran Mamdani, his counterpart in New York City, the London mayor replied: "We message regularly and stuff, and, it brings a smile to my face, talking about Zohran." The two men have bonded over their shared liberal values - and their fierce criticism of Mr Trump. Politics latest - follow live When the Democrat mayor was elected in November - making him the first Muslim and South Asian mayor of New York City, as well as the youngest in more than a century - Sir Sadiq declared that "hope won". Sir Sadiq told Sky News: "He's going to do a great job, I think, in the second-greatest city in the world, and try to make the progress we've made in London." Mr Mamdani officially began as mayor shortly after midnight on New Year's Day, and has faced harsh criticism from Mr Trump, who called him a "communist" - though a meeting after the mayor's election was unexpectedly friendly. Asked if he has any tips for Mr Mamdani on how to handle the US president, the mayor of London replied: "He doesn't need advice from me. He's going to be great mayor. "I've got on really well with all the mayors of New York. It's our nearest competitor and a friend and colleague, as a city." But in a clear rebuke to Mr Trump, Sir Sadiq added: "What I would say to anybody is, whether you're nine years old, whether you're 14 years old, whether you're older. Don't let bullies win." A lengthy rivalry There is no love lost between the two men, who have been hurling insults across the Atlantic for the past eight years. It appears Mr Trump took a dislike to the mayor of London after he gave permission for protesters to fly a giant blimp of the president styled as a baby, during his first state visit to the UK. Since then, the pair have traded derogatory remarks, with the president calling Sir Sadiq a "horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor" as well as "incompetent" and a "disaster" in an interview with Politico last month. But the mayor responded by branding Mr Trump as "racist, sexist, misogynistic" and "Islamophobic", adding that he was "living rent-free" in the president's head. During Monday's interview, Sir Sadiq also refused to rule out running to be mayor of London for a fourth term, saying: "My last election was nearer than my next one, so ask me again in a year's time."

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Jan 12
Man Utd will play just 40 games this season so what is left to play for after FA Cup exit to Brighton?

One statistic flew around United's FA Cup defeat to Brighton. 40 games - that is how long United's season will be. Their shortest season since the 1914-15 campaign, where there were no cup games due to the First World War. Defeat to Grimsby in the Carabao Cup second round, then a first ever defeat to Brighton in the FA Cup also made it the first time United have been knocked out the two domestic cup competitions at the first hurdle since the 1981-82 season. That was not the only déjà vu United experienced on Sunday night. Another was Danny Welbeck. The last time United had 45 games or fewer in the season was 11 years ago, when Welbeck scored an FA Cup winner in a 2-1 win at Old Trafford for Arsenal. Sounds familiar. Man Utd 1-2 Brighton - report and reaction And with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Michael Carrick the two main contenders for the United interim job - having held those positions in the past - it's one nod to the past too many. So what does the future hold? United are now one of only three Premier League teams who just have top-flight football on their calendar between now and May, the others being Bournemouth and Everton. Even the bottom five teams in the division still have a chance of a trophy this season. United's silverware ship has sailed. There is still a Champions League place up for grabs, with the club three points behind fourth place in a race that even could see fifth place qualify - and interim head coach Darren Fletcher believes this team can qualify for Europe's top table next season. "That can be achieved this season," said Fletcher. "It's not what fans want to hear about Manchester United. They should be winning cups and challenging for the Premier League. "That is where we're at. We have to face that and deal with that. It's not Manchester United level and what's expected. But we have to do something about that. We have to take a step forward by qualifying for the Champions League, which is important for a number of reasons. "The players have to step up. They will come together. I challenge them to do that, they have enough quality and leaders to do that. "Don't waste the season, that is the challenge I would set." Champions League football from here would represent success for United - it wouldn't for the old version of United that we used to know but it absolutely would for this current standard of the club. But even then, there are a few problems in the way of that goal. United's next two games - which follow this latest blow - are against the two best teams in the country. Manchester City come to Old Trafford next. It's a difficult challenge anyway, but it's even harder when nobody inside the club knows who will take the team for that game. Come the end of Arsenal away, the game after the Manchester derby, United could be nine points adrift of the top four. United could, of course, take points from both fixtures. But given where they are right now and Fletcher calling them a "fragile" team, two defeats are very possible. Another problem is: can this United team be really backed to qualify for the Champions League? The Opta supercomputer gives them a 4.9 per cent chance of reaching that goal come May. Right now, four teams are statistically better placed than United to finish in the top four. That includes fifth-placed Brentford, who Opta believe have twice as much of a chance than United of getting there. With Keith Andrews' side being a club completely aligned top to bottom, making transfers to improve the squad, possessing excellent home form and a striker on course for over 30 goals for the campaign, how do you argue against that logic when United have the opposite of all of them? United are currently predicted to finish eighth, 10 points off the Champions League places, which may not even be enough for European football. The prospect of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS' two full seasons at the club ending in back-to-back trophyless campaigns and no European football is a more than realistic possibility. No wonder there was a banner claiming Ratcliffe is unable to fix the current situation - and a protest planned for the upcoming Fulham game about the current ownership structure being unfit for purpose. Like at full-time against Brighton on Sunday, United fans have little to shout about between now and May. Perhaps the silver lining for them is - with 17 games of the season to go - they don't have to put themselves through the mill for much longer. Watch Manchester United's next two games against Man City and Arsenal live on Sky Sports on January 17 and January 25.

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