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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & Canada’My memory is fine’: Biden hits back at special counselPublished35 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Biden responds to special counsel – ‘I’m elderly and know what the hell I’m doing’US President Biden has angrily criticised an investigation into his handling of classified files which questioned his memory.He held a surprise news briefing on Thursday evening, telling reporters: “My memory is fine.”Mr Biden confronted a claim that he struggled to remember when his son died, saying,”How the hell dare he raise that?”Special Counsel Robert Hur decided not to charge Mr Biden for mishandling files.But his report made several scathing remarks, including suggesting the president’s memory had “significant limitations”.It said that it would be difficult to convict the president of improper handling of files because “at trial, Mr Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory”.Mr Biden responded that despite his age, he was the most qualified person to be president.Referring to interviews he gave the special counsel late last year, he said: “I was very occupied. I was in the middle of handling an international crisis,” – referring to the 7 October attacks by Hamas in Israel which occurred a day before.Mr Biden’s age has become a top concern for voters going into November’s presidential election. Asked to comment on the latest developments in the Gaza war during Thursday’s evening news conference, he confused the presidents of Mexico and Egypt. “I think as you know initially, the president of Mexico, Sisi, did not want to open up the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in. I talked to him. I convinced him,” he said.Related TopicsDonald TrumpUS politicsJoe BidenTop Stories’My memory is fine’: Biden hits back at special counselPublished35 minutes agoUS says it will not back unplanned Rafah offensivePublished41 minutes agoPutin says deal can be reached to free US reporterPublished9 minutes agoFeaturesFive things in the Biden classified documents report’Fat people can be heroes, not just the punchline’Why the e-bike boom is raising fire fearsA mosque demolished, and orphans displaced in IndiaWeekly quiz: Who beat Miley to win Song Of The Year?‘Get it up ye!’ How 17-year-old Kevin Bridges conquered the world’We are surrounded’ – Guarding the Middle East’s most dangerous borderWhat happened to Labour’s £28bn for green projects?North Koreans working in China ‘exploited like slaves’Elsewhere on the BBC’If I can’t live with you, I don’t want to live anyway’The Hungarian footballer executed for loveAttributionSoundsFrom the seizure of Crimea to the war in UkraineThe inside story of a decade of clashes, as told by the Western leaders who traded blows with PutinAttributioniPlayerFrom The Fall to Fifty ShadesActor Jamie Dornan shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren LaverneAttributionSoundsHow do they make two million litres of stout per day?Gregg Wallace hops into the world of Irish stout at the Guinness brewery in DublinAttributioniPlayerMost Read1’My memory is fine’: Biden hits back at special counsel2Putin says deal can be reached to free US reporter3Piers Morgan to move TalkTV show to YouTube4US says it will not back unplanned Rafah offensive5Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s commander-in-chief6TikTok and Temu pull cheap heaters over fire risk7Count on in Pakistan after controversial election8US court sceptical of move to bar Trump from ballot9Why the e-bike boom is raising fire fears10Five things in the Biden classified documents report
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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaPutin tells Tucker Carlson deal can be reached to free jailed US reporter Evan GershkovichPublished4 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Tucker Carlson NetworkImage caption, Mr Carlson interviewed the Russian president in the KremlinBy Mike WendlingBBC NewsPresident Vladimir Putin has said he believes a deal can be reached to free Evan Gershkovich, a US reporter detained last year in Russia.Speaking with US host Tucker Carlson, Mr Putin said talks were ongoing with the US about the journalist, who is being held on espionage charges. In the interview, Putin held forth on Ukraine, US presidents and the CIA.It’s the first time the Russian leader has sat down with a Western journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.Mr Putin said he believed a deal could be struck to release Mr Gershkovich, 32, “if our partners take reciprocal steps”.”The special services are in contact with one another. They are talking… I believe an agreement can be reached.”Mr Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg, about 1,600km (1,000 miles) east of Moscow, on 29 March of last year.In January, Russia again extended his pre-trial detention until the end of March. He faces up to 20 years in prison if found guilty. The interview, more than two hours long, was filmed in Moscow on Tuesday.It began with a question about Mr Putin’s reason for ordering the invasion of Ukraine two years ago.”Tell us why you believe the United States might strike Russia out of the blue,” Mr Carlson asked. “How did you conclude that?””It’s not that America, the United States, was going to launch a surprise strike on Russia,” Mr Putin said through a translator. “I didn’t say that. Are we having a talk show or a serious conversation?”What does Putin gain from Tucker Carlson interview?Mr Putin then spoke at length – more than half an hour – about the history of Eastern Europe, beginning with the establishment of the Russian state in the 9th Century. He argued that parts of Ukraine had long belonged to Russia. He has given various justifications for the invasion, which he repeated during the interview.Mr Putin also insisted that Russia has no interest in invading Poland, Latvia or other Nato countries, calling such a scenario “absolutely out of the question”. He accused Nato member states of trying to intimidate people with what he called an imaginary Russian threat, and accused the CIA of supporting Russian separatist groups, controlling US foreign policy and destroying the Nord Stream pipeline.Mr Putin also discussed his relationship with American presidents, repeating a story he has previously mentioned about Bill Clinton suggesting that Russia could join Nato, only to withdraw the option shortly afterwards. He said he had a “very good relationship” with George W Bush.”He was no worse than any other American or Russian or European politician,” Mr Putin said. “I assure you he understood what he was doing as well as others. I had such [a] personal relationship with Trump as well.”Mr Putin said he did not recall the last time he spoke with President Joe Biden. Before the interview, Mr Carlson claimed “not a single Western journalist has bothered to interview” Mr Putin since 2022. But Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told the BBC: “Mr Carlson is not correct, and he couldn’t have known that. We receive a lot of requests for interviews with the president.”Countless reporters from Western countries, including the BBC’s Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg, have sent the Kremlin repeated interview requests. All of the BBC’s requests have been ignored.Russian state media spent several days covering Mr Carlson’s visit, broadcasting footage of his various trips to restaurants and a visit to see the Spartacus ballet at the Bolshoi Theater.Mr Carlson was the highest-rated primetime host on Fox News until he was taken off air in April 2023, for reasons the channel has never made clear. He started his own media company and found an outlet on X, formerly Twitter.Content on the Tucker Carlson Network consists mostly of friendly interviews with right-wing politicians – including a chat with Donald Trump timed to coincide with a Republican presidential debate – and other figures such as Andrew Tate and Russell Brand.Related TopicsRussiaVladimir PutinUnited StatesMore on this storyRussia extends US journalist Gershkovich’s detentionPublished26 JanuaryThe former Fox star interviewing Vladimir PutinPublished3 hours agoRussian state media revels in Tucker Carlson visitPublished2 days agoWhat does Putin gain from Tucker Carlson interview?Published6 hours agoTop StoriesNo charge for Biden over classified documents but report questions memoryPublished1 hour agoStarmer defends U-turn on £28bn green spendingPublished5 hours agoUS will not support unplanned Rafah offensivePublished1 hour agoFeaturesFive things in the Biden classified documents report’We are surrounded’ – Guarding the Middle East’s most dangerous borderWhat happened to Labour’s £28bn for green projects?North Koreans working in China ‘exploited like slaves’Why the e-bike boom is raising fire fearsListen: Starmer faces backlash over scaling back of green plan. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaBiden classified documents: Special counsel raises questions about the president’s ‘poor memory’Published41 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsUS election 2024Image source, Getty ImagesBy Matt MurphyBBC News, WashingtonA landmark report from Special Counsel Robert Hur has raised serious questions about President Joe Biden’s memory, allegations the White House has been quick to rebuff. Declining to prosecute Mr Biden for retaining troves of classified documents, Mr Hur – a Republican – said the 81-year-old would likely present himself at trial as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory”. Elsewhere, the report challenged Mr Biden for retaining reams of classified information, and for storing it improperly and insecurely. The White House has already attacked the report, saying the descriptions of the president’s memory were not “accurate or appropriate” and said that they had no place in a Department of Justice report. Major questions raised about the president’s memoryThe report found that the president’s memory “appeared to have significant limitations”.The quotes are among dozens of examples in the report which raise major questions about Mr Biden’s memory and mental agility. In one passage, the special counsel described extended interview with the ghost writer of Mr Biden’s book, Mark Zwonitzer, where the president appeared to struggle to recall significant events from his time serving as vice-president to Barack Obama. “Mr Biden’s recorded conversations with Zwonitzer from 2017 are often painfully slow, with Mr Biden struggling to remember events and straining at times to read and relay his own notebook entries.” The report then details Mr Biden’s interviews with the special counsels’ office, for which he sat voluntarily, six years later. It describes his memory as having become worse in intervening period. “In his interview with our office, Mr Biden’s memory was worse. He did not remember when he was vice president, forgetting on the first day of the interview when his term ended (‘if it was 2013 – when did I stop being Vice President?’), and forgetting on the second day of the interview when his term began (‘in 2009, am I still Vice President’).” Elsewhere, the report says that Mr Biden struggled to remember key events that caused divisions in the early days of the Obama administration. In particular, it suggests that Mr Biden struggled to describe the intricacies of a debate surrounding the surge of troops into Afghanistan in 2009. The then vice-president was opposed to President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 additional US troops into the country to support the government of Hamid Karzai. Instead, Mr Biden wanted to expand special operations missions and drone strikes. “His memory appeared hazy when describing the Afghanistan debate that was once so important to him. Among other things, he mistakenly said he “had a real difference” of opinion with General Karl Eikenberry, when, in fact, Eikenberry was an ally whom Mr Biden cited approvingly in his Thanksgiving memo to President Obama.”Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Mr Biden disagreed with Mr Obama’s decision to send 30,000 US troops to shore up Hamid Karzai’s governmentElsewhere, Mr Hur’s report also suggests that Mr Biden could not recall when exactly his son, Beau, passed away. “He did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died.” The president’s son, a former US army soldier in Iraq and Delaware’s ex-attorney general, died in May 2015, aged 46. Mr Biden has described the event as one of the worst days of his life. While Mr Hur’s report offers these examples as evidence of Mr Biden’s diminished mental faculties, the report has already come under attack from Democrats. Richard Sauber – Mr Biden’s special counsel – condemned the report and urged Mr Hur, who has no medical training, to “revisit [his] descriptions of President Biden’s memory and revise them so that they are stated in a manner that is within the bounds of your expertise and remit”.Mr Sauber also observed that the interviews began the day after the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October last year, and that Mr Hur seemed to accept it was reasonable that other witnesses could not recall events which, in some cases, occurred almost 15 years ago. Biden stored classified documents next to a dog bedIn another section of the report, Mr Hur described how investigators who raised Mr Biden’s home in Delaware found scores of classified documents relating to Afghanistan in his cluttered garage. The report said the files were discovered “near a collapsed dog crate, a dog bed, a Zappos box, an empty bucket, a broken lamp wrapped with duct tape, potting soil, and synthetic firewood”.Image source, FBIImage caption, A number of classified files were found in Mr Biden’s cluttered garageBut it noted that “reasonable juror could conclude that this is not where a person intentionally stores what he supposedly considers to be important classified documents, critical to his legacy”. Instead, Mr Hur once again raised questions over Mr Biden’s memory, saying the discovery looked “like a place a person stores classified documents he has forgotten about or is unaware of”. Biden thought Obama was making a major mistake with Afghanistan surgeShortly after coming to office, Mr Obama became convinced that a surge of US forces into Afghanistan was the only way to maintain stability in the country. Mr Biden, as previously stated, was strongly opposed to the policy. The then vice-president viewed himself as “a historic figure” who frequently maintained diaries and records with a view to later writing his legacy. The report says Biden had a strong motive to keep the classified documents about Afghanistan, because he wanted to prove that he was opposed to Mr Obama’s decision to send extra troops there.He “believed President Obama’s 2009 troop surge was a mistake on par with Vietnam”, the report states, adding: “He wanted record to show that he was right about Afghanistan; that his critics were wrong.”Contrast drawn with evasive TrumpMr Hur credits Mr Biden with immediately handing over the documents to investigators after he found them. “Mr Biden turned in classified documents to the National Archives and the Department of Justice, consented to the search of multiple locations including his homes, sat for a voluntary interview. and in other ways cooperated with the investigation.” And he drew a strong distinction with former President Donald Trump, who he says adopted the opposite approach. Mr Trump is facing multiple charges for obstructing efforts to investigate the storage of the files at his Florida home. “Unlike the evidence involving Mr. Biden, the allegations set forth in the indictment of Mr Trump, if proven, would present serious aggravating facts.”Most notably, after being given multiple chances to return classified documents and avoid prosecution, Mr Trump allegedly did the opposite. According to the indictment, he not only refused to return the documents for many months, but he also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence and then to lie about it.”Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Donald trump allegedly kept secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate after he left office and obstructed government efforts to retrieve themIt was reasonable for Biden to keep some classified diaries Mr Biden has long kept notebooks in which he would write classified information during meetings. The report noted that during his eight years as vice-president, Mr Biden regularly kept notebooks that included details of classified subjects, including the President’s Daily Brief and National Security Council meetings. These notebooks were later removed from the White House and discovered in unlocked drawers and from the basement of his Delaware and Virginia homes. Mr Biden, the report said, was aware the notebooks contained classified information but still read aloud from them to his ghost writer. But the report accepts that given the precedent set by former President Ronald Reagan – who also kept notebooks filled with classified information – that it may have been reasonable for Mr Biden to believe that he had a right to hold onto the information. “Many jurors would conclude that, given the Department’s treatment of Mr Reagan, who kept his classified diaries for more than a decade before his death, it would have been plausible for Mr Biden to believe he could properly keep his classified notebooks. Citing relevant sources of likely would not sway such jurors from this conclusion.” Related TopicsRepublican PartyUS election 2024Joe BidenMore on this storyBiden will not be charged over top secret documentsPublished36 minutes agoBiden interviewed over handling of classified filesPublished10 October 2023Top StoriesSpecial counsel raises questions about Biden’s memoryPublished41 minutes agoStarmer defends U-turn on £28bn green spendingPublished4 hours agoKing doing ‘extremely well’ after diagnosis, says Queen. VideoKing doing ‘extremely well’ after diagnosis, says QueenPublished3 hours agoFeaturesWhat does Putin gain from Tucker Carlson interview?’We are surrounded’ – Guarding the Middle East’s most dangerous borderWhat happened to Labour’s £28bn for green projects?North Koreans working in China ‘exploited like slaves’Listen: Starmer faces backlash over scaling back of green plan. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaBiden ‘wilfully retained’ classified files but will not be chargedPublished16 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesUS President Joe Biden “wilfully retained and disclosed classified materials”, a special counsel has found, but he will not face charges.The investigation began more than a year ago after several secret documents were found at Mr Biden’s home and former private office. The files were immediately returned to US officials when discovered.”We conclude that the evidence does not establish Mr Biden’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt,” the report reads.”Prosecution of Mr Biden is also unwarranted based on our consideration of the aggravating and mitigating factors,” says justice department Special Counsel Robert Hur.Mr Hur’s 345-page report was released publicly on Thursday after the White House said it would not request any redactions.Investigators conducted 173 interviews with 147 witnesses, including President Biden himself. He answered questions in the Hur inquiry over the course of two days in October.Mr Hur’s report says that it would be difficult to convict Mr Biden of improper handling because “at trial, Mr Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory”.Mr Hur’s report revealed for the first time that the documents were classified as Top Secret – the highest level of secrecy, and were regarding military and foreign policy in Afghanistan.The documents recovered also included notebooks containing Mr Biden’s entries about national security and foreign policy matters “implicating sensitive intelligence sources and methods”.The report went on say that Mr Biden’s actions “present[ed] serious risks to national security, given the vulnerability of extraordinarily sensitive information to loss or compromise to America’s adversaries”.”But addressing those risks when pursuing criminal charges, the only means available to this office, is not the proper remedy here.” This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts.Top StoriesStarmer defends U-turn on £28bn green spendingPublished57 minutes agoSpecial counsel will not charge Biden over classified documentsPublished16 minutes agoKing doing ‘extremely well’ after diagnosis – QueenPublished37 minutes agoFeaturesWhat does Putin gain from Tucker Carlson interview?’We are surrounded’ – Guarding the Middle East’s most dangerous borderWhat happened to Labour’s £28bn for green projects?North Koreans working in China ‘exploited like slaves’Paris 2024 medals to include Eiffel Tower metalAttributionSportI rarely saw people like me in lead roles, says One Day starClimbing Everest? You need to bring your poo backDisney boss betting big on Taylor Swift and Fortnite to boost streaming serviceIndian player sparks conversation on sexism in chessElsewhere on the BBC’If I can’t live with you, I don’t want to live anyway’The Hungarian footballer executed for loveAttributionSoundsFrom the seizure of Crimea to the war in UkraineThe inside story of a decade of clashes, as told by the Western leaders who traded blows with PutinAttributioniPlayerFrom The Fall to Fifty ShadesActor Jamie Dornan shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren LaverneAttributionSoundsHow do they make two million litres of stout per day?Gregg Wallace hops into the world of Irish stout at the Guinness brewery in DublinAttributioniPlayerMost Read1Special counsel will not charge Biden over classified documents2King doing ‘extremely well’ after diagnosis – Queen3What does Putin gain from Tucker Carlson interview?4Deal done five years after footballer Sala’s death5Starmer defends U-turn on £28bn green spending6Fashion icons assemble for Enninful’s last Vogue7Pizza takeaway raid in search for Clapham suspect8Nuclear fusion leap brings clean power dream closer9Starmer says he was shocked by Sunak’s trans jibe10More than 100 Raac school buildings to be rebuilt](https://newsinsightplus.com/wp-content/uploads/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/17DFD/production/_132598779_gettyimages-1835509429.jpg)
![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityBusinessMarket DataEconomyYour MoneyCompaniesTechnology of BusinessCEO SecretsArtificial IntelligenceSuper Bowl: Uber Eats advert criticised for peanut allergy jokePublished53 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsSuper BowlImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The advert will feature on Super Bowl SundayBy Ashleigh SwanBusiness ReporterUber Eats is facing a backlash after its Super Bowl advert appeared to make light of a man having an allergic reaction to peanut butter. The Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) charity said it was “surprised and disappointed” to see the company use allergies as a joke.One person, himself allergic to peanuts, called the ad “disgusting, tone-deaf and completely unnecessary”.The BBC has approached Uber Eats for a comment. “Don’t Forget Uber Eats” was launched as the company’s Super Bowl advert with millions of Americans expected to view it on Super Bowl Sunday. It features former Friends co-stars Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer, as well as David and Victoria Beckham. The premise of the advert is about people forgetting things. One scene shows the Beckhams in their kitchen, with David saying to former Spice Girl Victoria, “Remember when you used to be a Pepper Lady?” She responds, “Wasn’t it the Cinnamon Sisters?” But the controversy comes when it features a man – appearing to have an allergic reaction with hives on his face and a swollen eye – asking, “There’s peanuts in peanut butter?” as he looks at the label of the jar. He is shown later saying, “Oh, it’s the primary ingredient.”Food Allergy Canada said that food allergy was “no laughing matter” and asked the company to edit the ad.This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on TwitterThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Skip twitter post by Food Allergy CanadaAllow Twitter content?This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.Accept and continueThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.End of twitter post by Food Allergy CanadaDr Sung Poblete, head of the charity FARE, said she found adverts that use food allergies as humour concerning as it could encourage bullying among children. “These types of commercials and types of jokes allow kids to think that there’s not going to be any harm and it’s going to be funny,” she said. She said she wanted to educate Uber Eats on what it is like to live with a food allergy to help raise awareness. Anaphylaxis is defined by the NHS as a life-threatening allergic reaction that happens very quickly. It can be caused by food, medicine or insect stings.The ad appears to try to cover its humour by stating in a small font at the bottom of the screen: “Please please do not forget there are peanuts in peanut butter.” But JD Arland in Indiana, who is allergic to peanuts and soy, said: “The text at the bottom makes it even worse.”He took to social media to vent his frustration, saying: “Disgusting, tone-deaf, and completely unnecessary use of an allergic reaction in an ad.”I have been ruthlessly bullied throughout my life by this stereotypical depiction of anaphylaxis. Perpetuating this offensive joke is unacceptable Uber Eats.”Despite his anger, Mr Arland told the BBC he saw an opportunity for education.”As somebody [with food allergies]… ordering delivery is really hard, because you have to not only know the restaurant, but how it’s being prepared, and you have to rely on the the driver, or the app or the system to relay your special instructions to the restaurant.”So I’d love to see more of a commitment from Uber Eats to the food allergy community on their platform.”Super Bowl adverts have become an important part of the NFL competition with some viewers only watching the game to see the ads. It is expected that more than 100 million people will watch the game on Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaAzerbaijan election: President Ilham Aliyev wins vote criticised by monitorsPublished2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Crowds took to the streets of the capital Baku to celebrate Ilham Aliyev’s fifth consecutive termBy Ian CaseyBBC NewsAzerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has won a fifth consecutive term in power with more than 92% of the vote, according to election authorities.However, international observers say he had no meaningful challenger.The main rival parties boycotted the election, with one opposition leader calling it an “imitation of democracy”.Wednesday’s vote was planned for 2025, but a snap poll was called after the government seized control of a region run by ethnic Armenian separatists.Mr Aliyev ran against six other candidates although none were critical of his rule.Thousands of supporters took to the streets of the capital Baku to celebrate the president’s re-election. State media cited election officials as saying Mr Aliyev had received 92.05% of the vote with over 93% of ballots counted, with turnout at around 76%.The president typically wins over 85% of the vote in elections which rights groups say are neither free nor fair.Artur Gerasymov, who led an observer mission from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, told reporters on Thursday that President Aliyev “was not meaningfully challenged… [which] resulted in a contest devoid of genuine pluralism”.Explained: The conflict in Nagorno-KarabakhArmenia and Azerbaijan to work towards peace dealPresident Aliyev announced the early poll after his popularity surged last year in the wake of Azerbaijan’s successful military campaign in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.Azerbaijan’s lightning offensive in September brought an end to three decades of ethnic Armenian rule in the region – which is recognised internationally as Azerbaijani territory.Most of its 120,000 ethnic Armenian residents fled to neighbouring Armenia although some of the most senior officials in the breakaway territory were arrested and have been held in pre-trial detention in Azerbaijan for months, accused of various offences.Mr Aliyev described the Karabakh victory as “an epochal event unparalleled in Azerbaijan’s history”, adding that the election would mark the “beginning of a new era” as it was being held on all of its territory for the first time.Ali Kerimali, the leader of Popular Front, one of Azerbaijan’s main opposition parties, said there were “no conditions in the country for the conduct of free and fair elections”. “Freedom of assembly is restricted, media are under government pressure, and political dissent is being suppressed,” he added.Image source, President of AzerbaijanImage caption, Ilham Aliyev, pictured casting his ballot on Wednesday, has officially won over 92% of the vote with most ballots countedMr Aliyev first took office in 2003, following the death of his father, Heydar Aliyev. His family seized power in 1993, two years after Azerbaijan gained independence from the former Soviet Union.In recent months, Azerbaijani authorities have intensified pressure on independent media outlets, arresting several critical journalists.Azerbaijan has drawn criticism from human rights group Amnesty International, which accuses authorities of repressing freedom of expression and targeting critical voices of the president.A number of foreign leaders have congratulated Mr Aliyev on his electoral win, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.Related TopicsAzerbaijanMore on this storyArmenia and Azerbaijan to work towards peace dealPublished8 December 2023Nagorno-Karabakh profilePublished30 JanuaryDeserted Karabakh reveals scale of military defeatPublished3 October 2023Top StoriesCancer waiting times in 2023 worst on recordPublished1 hour agoLive. 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