Watch: Backlash against Musk's Grok AI explained

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The UK government says X limiting Grok AI image edits to users who pay a monthly fee is "insulting" to victims of misogyny and sexual violence.

It follows backlash after Elon Musk's AI engine digitally changed images of people by undressing them - something it says it now can only do for those who pay a monthly instalment.

The BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman explains what's happened and why.

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Staffordshire polar bears playing in the snow

Polar bears Nanook and Noori enjoy rolling around in the snow at the Peak Wildlife Park near Leek.

Stoke & Staffordshire

Architect Shalom Baranes shows plan for a new $400 million ballroom at the White House.

Watch: Latest plans for White House ballroom revealed

President Trump's architect told the National Capital Planning Commission that the new ballroom will match the height of the White House.

US & Canada

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Why are there huge protests going on in Iran?

Anti-government protests in Iran have continued for the 13th consecutive day.

Middle East

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Man's body found outside property

Surrey

A group of mourners gather in the snow, they have sombre expressions on their faces, and one of them is holding a bunch of red flowers

Day of mourning for Crans-Montana fire victims in Switzerland

Church bells rang across the country for five minutes to commemorate the young people killed in the bar fire.

Europe

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Watch: BBC reports from outside Venezuela's 'El Helicoide' prison

BBC reporter Norberto Paredes is in Caracas as the Venezuelan government begins to release its political prisoners.

Latin America

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Hundreds object to proposed sports pitch

Sussex

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Cleaner hoisted in air by shop shutters remembered

Anne Hughes reluctantly shot to fame when a clip of her mishap went viral on TikTok.

Wales

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A man standing in front of Belfast Lough. He is wearing a black and grey rain jacket with an Ulster Wildlife logo on it. He is also wearing a black hat.

'Oysters are a missing habitat, a missing species, that do fantastic things for biodiversity'

Thousands of European oysters have been placed on the Belfast Lough seabed, in a bid to bring back native reefs that had almost disappeared.

Northern Ireland

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Watch: Rowers capture close encounter with whales

Footage shows the mammals diving alongside the boat, which one of the rowers called "surreal".

England

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Ashford International celebrates 30th anniversary

Kent

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Man admits knife attack on soldier near barracks

Kent

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Thundersnow captured in Storm Goretti

A doorbell camera captures thundersnow during Storm Goretti in Pembrokeshire.

Wales

A Greenland resident speaks to Kate Adler about President Trump

'He's crazy': BBC speaks to Greenlanders about Trump's threats

The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler visits the Arctic island to ask what people think of the US president's plans.

World

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