BURSTIn today’s newsletter: A new study shows that people don’t just regain weight after stopping GLP-1 drugs, they see other positive health markers reverse – leading to questions about long-term impacts and solutions
Good morning. If you are as chronically online as I am, you have probably noticed a major shift by some of your favourite celebrities and influencers: many suddenly look much thinner.
This phenomenon (one assumes) is due to weight loss drugs, which have transformed how obesity is tackled across much of the western world. Brands including Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have become household names in a short period of time.
Venezuela | Britain’s Ministry of Defence said it had provided military help to the US forces that seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker north-west of Britain and Ireland, initially arguing the operation was legal because the vessel had breached US sanctions on Iran.
Ukraine | Keir Starmer has said that MPs would have a debate and vote before any UK troops were deployed on peacekeeping duties in Ukraine.
NHS | Patients are collapsing in hospitals unseen by staff because overcrowding means they are stranded out of sight on corridors, the NHS’s safety watchdog has revealed.
Greenland | France has said it is working with allies on how to react if the US were to invade Greenland, as the French, German and Polish foreign ministers met.
Elon Musk | The influential Commons women and equalities committee will stop using X after the social media site’s AI tool generated thousands of digitally altered undressed images of women and children.
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