Davos: US support for Ukraine ‘never doubted’, says Nato chief, amid scepticism over Trump’s Greenland ‘deal’ – live updates

Good morning from Davos, amid relief and scepticism that Donald Trump has reached a rather vague agreement with Nato over Greenland.Hours after telling the World Economic Forum that he wouldn’t use force to seize the island from Denmark, Trump surprised us by declaring that “the framework of a future deal” on Greenland had been reached, after talks with Nato chief Mark Rutte.With Trump lifting the threat to impose new tariffs on eight European countries, the crisis that was threatening to rupture the Nato military alliance may have eased.But….leaving the forum last night, Rutte told the AFP newswire:“I think it was a very good meeting tonight

Big tech continues to bend the knee to Trump a year after his inauguration

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, the Guardian’s US tech editor.One year ago today, Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States. Standing alongside him that day were the leaders of the tech industry’s most powerful companies, who had donated to him in an unprecedented bending of the knee. In the ensuing year, the companies have reaped enormous rewards from their alliance with Trump, which my colleague Nick Robins-Early and I wrote about last month after Trump signed an executive order prohibiting states from passing laws regulating AI

McLaren to continue fairness approach in F1 despite nervy end to last season

The McLaren team is to continue its policy of pursuing a rigorous fairness towards Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri for the 2026 Formula One season. That is despite their doing so last season allowed a late challenge from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen which might have prevented the team securing the drivers’ title, which was ultimately won by Norris.Last year McLaren enjoyed the most competitive car for most of the season and from the off, the team insisted their drivers would be free to race one another and the team would apply what they referred to as their “papaya rules” to ensure they were scrupulously fair to both in racing situations.It was an admirable approach but one that attracted criticism, not least as the team found themselves with increasingly complex precedents set when they did, at times, intervene. At the same time, with the drivers taking points off one another across the year, it let Verstappen back into the title fight, which he lost by just two points at the season finale in Abu Dhabi

Britain facing ‘catastrophe’ because of children being addicted to social media, peers told – as it happened

Nash goes on to make the case for a ban.We have reached an inflection point. We are facing nothing short of a societal catastrophe caused by the fact that so many of our children are addicted to social media.Many teenagers are spending long hours – five, six, seven or more a day – on social media. The evidence is now overwhelming as to the damage that this is causing

‘We want to make jacket potatoes sexy again!’: how the humble spud became a fast food sensation

After Spudulike closed in 2024, the reign of the jacket potato seemed over in the UK. But now the favourite is back, piled with new toppings, sold by new companies and promoted all over social media by potato influencersThey were once a lunch option that inspired little excitement – but the jacket potato’s time has finally come. After decades in epicurean exile, the humble spud has made a roaring comeback in the UK and piqued the interest of foodies across the world. A-listers, tourists and trend-hopping teenagers are queueing for hours to get their hands on them. For Jacob Nelson, who sells loaded spuds that have gone super-viral on social media, this was all part of the plan

Four in five blind people struggle with gap at UK train stations, survey finds

Four in five blind and partially sighted people in the UK have struggled to cross the gap between trains and station platforms, according to a survey, with some falling and injuring themselves.Many blind and partially sighted people avoid taking train journeys owing to anxieties around whether they will be properly supported after having had inconsistent experiences, according to research from the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).It found that more than one-third (37%) of blind and partially sighted people felt unable to take all the train journeys they wanted and needed. The gap between the platform and trains was a “significant source of fear”, with some people being struck by a train or coming into contact with an electric rail, or trapped in train doors and dragged as the train departed, the RNIB found.This is partly because tactile wayfinding, which uses raised bumps and colours to help blind and visually impaired people navigate, is less common in British train stations than in many comparable countries such as European nations and Japan, with just one-fifth of blind and visually impaired people surveyed by the RNIB saying they had encountered it at a station