Who is James Murray, the new health secretary replacing Wes Streeting? From a high-profile, media-friendly Secretary of State to a relatively unknown MP, the departure of Wes Streeting and arrival of James Murray has raised eyebrows in the health and political worlds. It is one of the biggest Cabinet jobs with the largest public service departmental budgets. There will be a steep learning curve with no time for preparation away from the front line. Murray says he's deeply honoured to be appointed to the brief and continue Wes Streeting's brilliant work on such a critical mission, but who is he, and what issues will he face in his in tray?

Near the Kremlin several dozen people are queuing outside the presidential administration office. They've come to submit petitions calling on President Vladimir Putin to end a crackdown on the internet. Russian authorities have been tightening control of the country's cyber space. Access to global messaging apps has been restricted and there are widespread disruptions to, even shutdowns of, mobile internet. Petitioning the president is legal.

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The share declines were sparked by AI firms such as Anthropic, the company behind the chatbot Claude, releasing new tools. The share declines were sparked by AI firms such as Anthropic, the company behind the chatbot Claude, releasing new tools. But, after second day of Wall Street falls, analysts say sell-off'may overstate AI's immediate risk to complex deal-making' Shares in commercial property services companies have tumbled, in the latest sell-off driven by fears over disruption from artificial intelligence. After steep declines on Wall Street, European stocks in the sector were hit on Thursday. The estate agent Savills' shares fell 7.5% in London, while the serviced office provider International Workplace Group, which owns the Regus brand, lost 9%.

The technical failure coincided with TikTok's ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored. TikTok is currently experiencing a widespread service outage in the US, causing disruptions for millions of users only a few days after the company officially transferred control of its American business to a group of majority-US investors . The technical issues led many TikTok users to speculate about whether the app's new owners were intentionally suppressing videos about political topics, particularly content related to recent federal immigration operations in Minnesota. TikTok has denied the allegations, attributing the problems to a power outage. TikTok users began reporting on Sunday that they were having trouble uploading videos to the app as well as viewing content that had already been posted on the platform.

Georgieva said that AI would wipe out many roles traditionally taken up by younger workers. Georgieva said that AI would wipe out many roles traditionally taken up by younger workers. Young will suffer most when AI'tsunami' hits jobs, says head of IMF Artificial intelligence will be a "tsunami hitting the labour market", with young people worst affected, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned the World Economic Forum on Friday. Kristalina Georgieva told delegates in Davos that the IMF's own research suggested there would be a big transformation of demand for skills, as the technology becomes increasingly widespread. "We expect over the next years, in advanced economies, 60% of jobs to be affected by AI, either enhanced or eliminated or transformed - 40% globally," she said.