Kemi Badenoch blames Donald Trump's 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden

Kemi Badenoch has blamed Donald Trump's 2020 electoral defeat for the Government's failure to secure a free-trade deal with the US – a key goal of the UK's post-Brexit plans.

The Business Secretary claimed President Joe Biden's White House moved away from such deals, instead preferring to strike 'smaller packages on single issues'. 

She said the change in administrations in Washington had been why the Government missed its manifesto pledge to strike trade deals by the end of 2022 with countries that account for 80 per cent of British trade. Mrs Badenoch told MPs on the Business and Trade Committee: 

'The biggest thing that had an impact on us reaching that objective was the change in administration from President Trump to President Biden. 

'We were carrying out negotiations for a US FTA [free trade agreement]. The administration changed and the Biden administration is not doing FTAs.' 

Her comments came on Tuesday just hours before Mr Trump pressured his closest rival for the Republican candidacy to drop out of the contest after beating her in New Hampshire, winning 54.5 per cent of the vote.

Photos: Joy Awards 2024 Full Winners List

The fourth edition of the Joy Awards ceremony was held on January 21, 2024, at the prestigious Bakr Al-Sheddi Theatre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Joy Awards ceremony took place in Riyadh on Saturday evening and featured some of the most celebrated regional and international talents, such as Muna Wassef and Anthony Hopkins, both of whom were honoured with a lifetime achievement award for their contributions. 

Singers Assala Nasri and Al Shami, the series Crystal, and the film Sattar were among the big winners of the 2024 Joy Award. 

Now in its third year, Joy Awards is one of the region’s most coveted prizes, honouring talents across film, TV, sports and even social media. 

It is organised by Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority and broadcast live on MBC channels and streaming platform Shahid. 

Here is the full list of winners for the 2024 Joy Awards.

Feature film

Alhamour HA

Alkhallat+

Sattar [Winner]

Beit El Ruby

Actress in Film

Elham Ali (The Cello)

Amina Khalil (Wesh X Wesh)

Souad Abdullah (The Cello)

Nelly Karim (Voy! Voy! Voy!) [Winner]

Actor in film

Abdulaziz Alshehri

Ibrahim Al Hajjaj (Sattar and Alkhallat+)

Karim Abdel Aziz [Winner]

Zyad Alamri

Series

Amr Ikhlaa season three

Bi rouhhom fi albeit

Melh Wa Samra

Crystal [Winner]

Actresses in series

Huda Hussain (Melh Wa Samra)

Caresse Bashar (Fire on Fire)

Pamel El Kik (Crystal)

Rahaf Mohammed (Bi rouhhom fi albeit) [Winner]

Actor in a series

Mahmoud Nasr (Crystal)

Basel Khayat (Al Thaman)

Saad Aziz (Sekket Safar) [Winner]

Ibrahim Al Hajjaj (Minho Waladna)

Rising talent in a series

Fay Fouad (Mama Ghanima)

Asayel Mohammed (Sekket Safar)

Jamal Al Saleh (Bi rouhhom fi albeit)

Walid Qashran (Studio 23) [Winner]

Favourite song

Wayak Wayak - Ahlam

Fouq – Assala

Ya Leil W Yal Ein – Al Shami [Winner]

Mezlaaj - Oumaima Taleb

Female Musical Artist

Assala Nasri

Ahlam

Nancy Ajram

Oumaima Taleb

Male Musical Artist

Abdul Majeed Abdullah

Ayed [Winner]

Tamer Ashor

Majid al-Muhandis

Rising Talent in Music

Al Shami

Sultan Al Murshed

Talal Sam [Winner]

Waleed Mohammed

Favourite Male Influencer

Abu Noah

Bandar Madkhali (Bandritax)

Omar Farooq

Ahmed Al-Qahtani (Shongxbong) [Winner]

Favourite Female Influencer

Abrar Al-Othman

Bibi Alabdulmohsen [Winner]

Narin Amara (narins_beauty)

Yara Alnamlah

Distinguished Athlete

Abdullah Alrabiah [Winner]

Nawaf Alaqidi

Salem Aldawsari

Yassine Bounou

Favourite Athlete

Al Bandari Al-Hwsawi

Hessa Alisa

Anas Jaber [Winner]

Saba Tawfiq

Personality of the Year

Eva Longoria

Diamond Entertainment Makers Award

Elie Saab

Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

Essad Youniss

Anthony Hopkins

Muna Wassef

Ali Al-Midfa

Quincy Jones

Kevin Costner

Rabeh Saqer

Honorary Entertainment Makers Awards

Lang Lang

Walid Fayed

Alia Bhatt

Zack Snyder

Martin Lawrence

Team behind the series Taht El Wesaya

Mohammed Al-Mansour

Mohamed Abdel-Al

Najwa Karam

Photos: Stop everything & check out Cristiano Ronaldo's mega-mansion on Dubai's 'Billionaire's Island'

Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly purchased a mega-mansion on 'Billionaires Island' in Dubai.

The Al-Nassr superstar - who boast an incredible property portfolio across multiple countries - enjoyed a brilliant 2023 where he was the top scorer in the world. Ronaldo - who earns £175m-a-year with the Saudi club - will be honoured for this achievement at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai, a city where he now has a new residence.

According to Bloomberg, the Portuguese superstar has bought a mansion on Jumeirah Bay Island, which is better known as 'Billionaires Island', a secluded Dubai enclave that is home to the super rich. 

The report claims Ronaldo will receive the mega-mansion at some point in 2024 and while specifications are not known, it is rumoured to cost in the region of tens of millions of euros. 

For context, a separate mansion for sale on Billionaires Island - which only opened in 2017 - is measured at 30,000 square metres, has six bedrooms, private access to the beach, a showroom for seven cars, a spa, a swimming pool with a view of downtown Dubai and accommodation for employees on site. 

It is known as Billionaires Island because the number of billionaires who live there per square km reportedly surpasses any other location in the UAE, with Bloomberg also reporting how the island is home to wealthy Saudis, Israelis, Indians and Russians.

Golden Globes 2024: The full list of winners

On Sunday the 7th of January 2024, the 2024 Golden Globe Awards wrapped up, honoring the standouts in television and film. 

This year's ceremony was the 81st Golden Globe Awards and it hosted by comedian Jo Koy and broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, following a star-studded red carpet pre-show.

"Barbie" and "Succession" both came into the night with nine nominations, tied for the most of any other movie or TV show. "Barbie" was competing for the best musical or comedy motion picture award, but lost out to "Poor Things," while "Succession" was nominated for and won best television drama. "Succession" stars Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Matthew MacFadyen also took home acting awards for their roles in the acclaimed HBO series. 

But the team behind "Barbie" didn't go home empty-handed. The box office smash took home a new award, cinematic and box office achievement — beating out Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" concert film, among others — and Billie Eilish's "What Was I Made For?" won best original song. 

"Oppenheimer," the other half of the box office phenomenon dubbed Barbenheimer, scored eight nominations, the second most of any movie or TV show. "Oppenheimer" won best drama motion picture, beating out five other films, including Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" and Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein biopic "Maestro." "Oppenheimer" director Christopher Nolan also took home a Golden Globe, as did actors Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy and the film's composer, Ludwig Göransson. 

This was the first Golden Globes being held since the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which used to run the award ceremony, disbanded following a series of scandals. 

The Golden Globes assets were sold to Dick Clark Productions, which had long co-produced the show with the HFPA. 

The ceremony was broadcast live on CBS and streamed live on Paramount+ and the CBS app. 

CBS and Paramount+ are part of Paramount Global, which also owns CBS News. 

Below is the full list of nominees and winners.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

• Da'Vine Joy Randolph, "The Holdovers" — Winner
• Emily Blunt, "Oppenheimer"
• Danielle Brooks, "The Color Purple"
• Julianne Moore, "May December"
• Jodie Foster, "Nyad"
• Rosamund Pike, "Saltburn"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

• Robert Downey Jr., "Oppenheimer" — Winner
• Ryan Gosling, "Barbie"
• Robert DeNiro, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
• Charles Melton, "May December"
  
• William Dafoe, "Poor Things" 
• Mark Ruffalo, "Poor Things"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Ali Wong, "Beef" — Winner
• Brie Larson, "Lessons in Chemistry"
• Riley Keough, "Daisy Jones & the Six" 
  
• Elizabeth Olsen, "Love and Death"
• Juno Temple, "Fargo"
• Rachel Weisz, "Dead Ringers"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Steven Yeun, "Beef" — Winner
• Matt Bomer, "Fellow Travelers"
• Sam Claflin, "Daisy Jones & the Six"
• David Oyelowo, "Lawmen: Bass Reeves"
• Jon Hamm, "Fargo"
• Woody Harrelson, "White House Plumbers"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Television Series

• Elizabeth Debicki, "The Crown" — Winner
• Meryl Streep, "Only Murders in the Building"
• Hannah Waddingham, "Ted Lasso"
• Christina Ricci, "Yellowjackets" 
  
• Abby Elliott, "The Bear"
• J. Smith-Cameron, "Succession"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Television Series

• Matthew Macfadyen, "Succession" — Winner
• James Marsden, "Jury Duty"
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach, "The Bear"
• Billy Crudup, "The Morning Show" 
• Alexander Skarsgård, "Succession"
• Alan Ruck, "Succession"

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture

• Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, "Anatomy of a Fall" — Winner
• Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, "Barbie"
• Tony McNamara, "Poor Things"
• Celine Song, "Past Lives"
• Christopher Nolan, "Oppenheimer"
• Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, "Killers of the Flower Moon"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Jeremy Allen White, "The Bear" — Winner
• Jason Sudeikis, "Ted Lasso"
• Bill Hader, "Barry"
• Jason Segel, "Shrinking"
• Steve Martin, "Only Murders in the Building"
• Martin Short, "Only Murders in the Building"

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

• "Ricky Gervais: Armageddon" — Winner
• "Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact"
• "Chris Rock: Selective Outrage"
• "Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer"
• "Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love"
• "Trevor Noah: Where Was I"

Best Motion Picture — Non-English Language

• "Anatomy of a Fall" (France) — Winner
• "The Zone of Interest" (United Kingdom)  
• "Society of the Snow" (Spain) 
• "Fallen Leaves" (Finland)
• "Past Lives" (United States)
• "Io capitano" (Italy)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Ayo Edebiri, "The Bear" — Winner
• Natasha Lyonne, "Poker Face"
• Quinta Brunson, "Abbott Elementary" 
• Rachel Brosnahan, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
• Selena Gomez, "Only Murders in the Building"
• Elle Fanning, "The Great"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

• Kieran Culkin, "Succession" — Winner
• Brian Cox, "Succession"
• Pedro Pascal, "The Last of Us"
• Jeremy Strong, "Succession"
  
• Gary Oldman, "Slow Horses"
• Dominic West, "The Crown"

Best Motion Picture — Animated

• "The Boy and the Heron" — Winner
• "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"
• "Elemental"
  
• "The Super Mario Bros. Movie"
• "Wish"
• "Suzume"

Best Director — Motion Picture

• Christopher Nolan, "Oppenheimer" — Winner
• Martin Scorsese, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
• Greta Gerwig, "Barbie" 
  
• Yorgos Lanthimos, "Poor Things"
• Bradley Cooper, "Maestro"
• Celine Song, "Past Lives"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

• Emma Stone, "Poor Things" — Winner
• Margot Robbie, "Barbie"
• Natalie Portman, "May December"
• Fantasia Barrino, "The Color Purple" 
• Alma Pöysti, "Fallen Leaves"
• Jennifer Lawrence, "No Hard Feelings"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama

• Cillian Murphy, "Oppenheimer" — Winner
• Bradley Cooper, "Maestro"
• Leonardo DiCaprio, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
  
• Colman Domingo, "Rustin"
• Andrew Scott, "All of Us Strangers"
• Barry Keoghan, "Saltburn"

Best Original Score — Motion Picture

• Ludwig Göransson, "Oppenheimer" — Winner
• Robbie Robertson, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
• Mica Levi, "The Zone of Interest"
• Daniel Pemberton, "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" 
• Jerskin Fendrix, "Poor Things"
• Joe Hisaishi, "The Boy and the Heron"

Best Original Song — Motion Picture

• "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (from "Barbie") — Winner
• "Dance the Night" by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (from "Barbie") 
• "Addicted to Romance" by Bruce Springsteen (from "She Came to Me")
• "Road to Freedom" by Lenny Kravitz (from "Rustin") 
• "Peaches" by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond and John Spiker (from "The Super Mario Bros. Movie") 
• "I'm Just Ken" by Andrew Wyatt and Mark Ronson (from "Barbie")

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

• "Barbie" — Winner
• "Oppenheimer"
• "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"
• "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"
• "The Super Mario Bros. Movie"
• "John Wick: Chapter 4"
• "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1" 
• "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" 

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• "Beef" — Winner
• "Lessons in Chemistry"
• "Daisy Jones & the Six"
• "All the Light We Cannot See" 
• "Fellow Travelers"
• "Fargo"

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• "The Bear" — Winner
• "Ted Lasso"
• "Abbott Elementary"
• "Jury Duty"
• "Only Murders in the Building"
• "Barry"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

• Sarah Snook, "Succession" — Winner
• Bella Ramsey, "The Last of Us"
• Helen Mirren, "1923"
•  Keri Russell, "The Diplomat"
• Emma Stone, "The Curse"
• Imelda Staunton, "The Crown"

Best Television Series – Drama

• "Succession" — Winner
• "The Last of Us"
• "The Crown"
• "The Morning Show"
• "The Diplomat"
• "1923"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

• Paul Giamatti, "The Holdovers" — Winner
• Jeffrey Wright, "American Fiction"
• Matt Damon, "Air"
  
• Joaquin Phoenix, "Beau is Afraid"
• Timothée Chalamet, "Wonka"
• Nicolas Cage, "Dream Scenario"

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

• "Poor Things" — Winner
• "Barbie"
• "American Fiction"
  
• "The Holdovers"
• "May December" 
• "Air"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama

• Lily Gladstone, "Killers of the Flower Moon" — Winner
• Carey Mulligan, "Maestro"
• Sandra Hüller, "Anatomy of a Fall"
• Annette Bening, "Nyad"
• Greta Lee, "Past Lives"
• Cailee Spaeny, "Priscilla

Best Motion Picture — Drama

• "Oppenheimer" — Winner
• "Killers of the Flower Moon" 
• "Maestro"
• "Past Lives"
• "The Zone of Interest"
• "Anatomy of a Fall"

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!

Photos: Kanye West's sweet message for his wife Bianca Censori on her birthday!

Kanye West's wife, Bianca Censori is celebrating her birthday today and the rapper took to Instagram to boast about her.

He shared a photo of her and wrote: 

"Happy birthday to the most beautiful super bad iconic muse inspirational talented artist masters degree in architecture 140 IQ loving by my side everyday when half the world turned their backs on me and the most amazing step mom to our children I love you so much thank you for sharing your life with me." Kanye West shares several raunchy photos of wife to celebrate her on birthday He proceeded to share several raunchy photos of Bianca. 

Kanye West shares several raunchy photos of wife to celebrate her on birthday.