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The FBI is searching President Joe Biden's home in Delaware as part of investigation into classified documents, his lawyer says. In a statement, Mr Biden's attorney said the search was "planned" with the president's "full support". CBS has reported that the investigation relates to a wider probe into the handling of classified documents. The FBI has not commented on the search. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Update; The FBI has not commented on the search. As it was consensual, no search warrant was sought. Mr Biden's lawyer, Bob Bauer, said that the search was carried out "without advance public notice" in the interests of "operational security and integrity". The search is the latest in a series carried out at various locations, following the discovery of classified documents at the Penn Biden Center - an office space - in Washington DC in November. This was not made public at the time. Story

Find out everything you need to know about a major shift in how Netflix plans to stop people sharing passwords with other households, Netflix's impending crackdown on password sharing includes plans to force users to regularly connect via their home Wi-Fi. An update to the streaming giant's help page reveals details of how the company will finally take a tougher stance against the practice, which millions of people in the UK are estimated to partake in.

2022 was the biggest year ever for cryptocurrency hacking, with more than £3.2bn stolen worldwide, according to new research. October alone saw £629m taken - the most recorded in a single month. It helped the overall year dwarf 2021's previous high of £2.7bn, although the total number of hacks fell slightly.

A young couple in Iran have been jailed for more than 10 years each after a video on social media showed them dancing at one of Tehran's main landmarks. Astiaj Haghighi and her fiancé Amir Mohammad Ahmadi were also banned from social activities on the internet and from leaving the country for two years. The Instagram users, both aged in their 20s, were arrested on 1 November after the video of them dancing at the Azadi Tower went viral.

Ukrainian troops on the front lines in the Donbas have told the BBC that Russian forces are "learning every day and changing their strategy" as they continue to gain ground around the heavily contested town of Bakhmut. But the soldiers also insisted that morale remains high, despite growing exhaustion after almost a year of war. The two Ukrainian soldiers swept into the room, still visibly flushed with adrenalin, having just driven straight from the furiously active front lines along the rolling, snow-covered hills further south. Peering over a giant map at their brigade's temporary headquarters, they jabbed at the spots where Russian forces were inching forwards towards a key road.

Dr Phil, the daytime television show offering life advice to US households for more than two decades, will go off air. Phil McGraw, the show's host, will be exiting the programme for "new ventures", CBS Media Ventures announced on Tuesday. The talk show, on air since 2002, is known for interviewing guests with unconventional stories. New episodes will still air through the end of the current 2022-2023 cycle. Mr McGraw, once a licensed psychologist. started his television career as a life coach on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the 1990s, where he rose to prominence in US households. Ms Winfrey then helped him launch his own programme. Since then, Dr Phil has been offering advice on an array of topics from mental wellness to parenting to family relationships.

Czech President-elect Petr Pavel has told the BBC that Ukraine should be allowed to join Nato "as soon as the war is over". Mr Pavel, a retired Nato general, said Ukraine would be "morally and practically ready" to join the Western alliance once the conflict had ended. In his first broadcast interview with the international media since his election, Gen Pavel gave a robust defence of Western military support to Kyiv, saying there should be "almost no limits" to what countries should send. Speaking from the renaissance Hrzansky Palace, a few hundred metres from Prague Castle, he said for him sending Western fighter planes such as F-16s was "not taboo", but he was unsure they could be delivered in a timeframe that could prove useful to Kyiv.

A newly discovered comet will make its closest approach to our planet on Wednesday. Astronomers say the object's journey toward us took around 50,000 years. Photographs captured by astronomers show a distinct green hue around the body of the comet. But those expecting a brilliant streak of emerald in the sky will be disappointed. Its brightness is right at the threshold of what is visible to the naked eye. "You might have seen these reports saying we're going to get this bright green object lighting up the sky," says Dr Robert Massey, deputy executive director of the Royal Astronomical Society.

PayPal said Tuesday it will trim about 7% of its total workforce, or about 2,000 full-time workers, as the digital payments company contends with what it calls "the challenging macro-economic environment." PayPal said it will make the cuts over several weeks, with some of its organizations affected more than others. The company did not further specify. PayPal is the parent of payment apps Venmo and Xoom and the coupon service Honey, among other brands.

Ozzy Osbourne has said he is not “physically capable” of doing his tour dates in Europe and the UK following extensive spinal surgery. The 74-year-old former Black Sabbath singer had a fall at home in 2019 that aggravated injuries from a near-fatal quad bike crash in 2003. Since then, Osbourne has performed during the closing ceremony at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and an NFL game in the US in September.

Andrew Tate: 'You know I'm innocent'

CNN — Bad boys for life! Will Smith and Martin Lawrence announced Tuesday that they are reuniting for another sequel in their “Bad Boys” franchise. Smith took to social media with the news of “Bad Boys 4” with a video on his verified Instagram account. In the video, Smith amps his followers up as he climbs into the car and drives. “Yo, I’ve got an announcement,” he says in the beginning. “Y’all better stop scrolling. Seriously.” He then heads to Lawrence’s house, where Lawrence opens the door and asks, “It’s about that time?” They say in unison “Bad boys 4 life” before riffing on the fact that the third film, released in 2020, was titled “Bad Boys For Life.” Lawrence shared the video on his verified account. The first two films were “Bad Boys” released in 1995 and “Bad Boys II” in 2003. According to Deadline, the new film is in early pre-production with the third movie’s directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah returning to direct the fourth.

A radioactive capsule that fell off a truck in the Australian outback - sparking a radiation alert and a search of hundreds of miles of road - has been found. Western Australia's emergency services minister confirmed the silver capsule, which emits Caesium-137, had been located. Authorities have been involved in a needle-in-a-haystack hunt for the 6mm by 8mm capsule and were slowly retracing the truck's 870-mile route with radiation-scanning equipment.

Demand for gold surged to its highest in more than a decade in 2022, fuelled by “colossal” central bank purchases that underscored the safe haven asset’s appeal during times of geopolitical upheaval. Annual gold demand increased 18 per cent last year to 4,741 tonnes, the largest amount since 2011, driven by a 55-year high in central bank purchases, according to the World Gold Council, an industry-backed group.

France has signalled openness to sending fighter jets to Ukraine as western countries weigh the next steps in military assistance to help Kyiv resist Russian attacks. “By definition, nothing is excluded,” President Emmanuel Macron said at a press conference in The Hague on Monday, adding that he had not received a request for jets from Ukraine. Since the US and Germany announced last week their decision to send main battle tanks to Kyiv

WASHINGTON—Resilient demand, easing inflation and China’s reopening should allow the global economy to grow a bit faster than previously expected, the International Monetary Fund said. In its latest World Economic Outlook, released Monday Washington time, the IMF sees the global economy growing 2.9% this year, up from its October projection of 2.7%. The IMF expects growth to accelerate to 3.1.% in 2024, still less than last year’s 3.4%.

A highly drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea has been detected in the U.S. for the first time, raising concerns among public-health officials about the scarcity of treatments and a future when gonorrhea could become untreatable. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said on Jan. 19 that it had detected two cases of a novel strain of gonorrhea that was more impervious to existing antibiotics than any other strain previously recorded in the U.S.

The eurozone economy grew faster than China and the U.S. last year, underlining how the fading Covid-19 pandemic continues to scramble traditional patterns of global growth. Figures released by the European Union’s statistics agency Tuesday showed the currency- area’s economy grew at an annualized rate of 0.5% as higher energy costs weighed on household spending. This translated into 3.5% growth in gross domestic product for 2022 as a whole, a faster rate than seen in either China or the U.S.

For the first time ever, wind and solar generated more electricity in the European Union than any other source - preventing a feared return to coal as the continent battled an energy crisis. As Russia cut off gas supplies to Europe last year, countries including the UK, Germany and Italy put more coal power on standby to fill the gaps, raising feared of increased greenhouse gas emissions from the most polluting fossil fuel.

Former New Zealand rugby player Campbell Johnstone has been praised for his "strength" and "bravery" after becoming the first All Black to come out as gay. The 43-year-old, who played three Test matches for New Zealand in 2005, said he had been “leading a double life”, but hoped his decision will put an end to “the pressure and stigma surrounding the issue”. Johnstone said he told his family and friends “a long time ago” before coming out publicly on New Zealand’s Steven Sharp current affairs programme.

US President Joe Biden has ruled out sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, despite renewed calls from Ukrainian officials for urgent air support. Asked by a reporter on Monday if the US would be providing the planes, Mr Biden simply replied "no". His comment comes a day after Germany's leader also ruled out sending jets. Ukraine has long been pushing its allies to send advanced war planes to help Kyiv take control of its airspace in its ongoing war with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the country's top military officials say there should be no taboos on such military aid - but the US and its partners fear this would lead to further escalation with a nuclear-armed Russia.

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