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The World Health Organization has released a new report on Omicron sub-variant BA.2 which shows the strain accounted for 21.5% of all new Omicron cases analyzed worldwide in the first week of February. Omicron, in turn, represented nearly all of the variants identified globally (98.3%) in the genomically-sequenced samples submitted to the GISAID data-sharing hub in the previous 30 days.

Jamie Redknapp and his wife Frida celebrated their very first Valentine's Day as a married couple this week – but it wasn't quite as romantic as you might think.The newlyweds only recently returned from their honeymoon in the Maldives, along with their baby son Rafael. But it was back to earth with a bump on Monday.WATCH: Jamie Redknapp's baby son is already taking after him!Jamie, 48, shared a snapshot showing the couple looking hot but happy as they posed with their trainer after a boxing session.

Swedish House Mafia have shared an update on their forthcoming new album, ‘Paradise Again’, revealing the long-awaited comeback LP is “done”.After disbanding almost a decade ago, the EDM supergroup – comprised of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso – announced in 2018 they would be reuniting for a homecoming show in Stockholm, Sweden.They followed this up last year with ‘It Gets Better’, their first new music since the release of their last album, September 2012’s ‘Until Now’.

Marta Balaga Danish helmer Lone Scherfig is already developing the second season of “The Shift”, she revealed on Monday during an online Berlinale Series Market talk “From Film to Series.”Set in a maternity ward and starring Sofie Gråbøl and Pål Sverre Hagen, it’s the first series as a showrunner for Scherfig, who in 2019 opened Berlinale with “The Kindness of Strangers” and won a Silver Bear for “Italian for Beginners.”“It’s a tribute to the people who work in the healthcare system under extreme pressure, to the care and the love they show, even despite tough working conditions,” she said. “The Shift” is produced by Creative Alliance, with Beta Film handling the sales.

A model who has spent $150,000 (over £100,000) on her bum as she tries to achieve ‘the world’s biggest’ has revealed her struggles around finding the perfect man.

We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Encanto holds firm at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart.

Jamie Redknapp and his wife Frida have been giving fans some serious holiday envy with their gorgeous honeymoon photos. Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the Swedish model uploaded a series of pictures from their glorious getaway in the Maldives.MORE: Inside Jamie Redknapp and wife Frida's luxurious Maldives honeymoon with baby RaphaelThe couple, who tied the knot in October, were accompanied by their three-month-old son Raphael as they stayed at the exquisite 5-star One&Only Reethi Rah resort.WATCH: Jamie Redknapp shares adorable clip of baby Raphael"Lil Raphael managed to clear his schedule to join us on our honeymoon," the doting mum simply remarked in the caption.

Clark Olofsson is not a widely known figure in the States, but for three decades he was Sweden’s answer to John Dillinger. With his daring criminal lifestyle and charismatic personality, Olofsson captured the public’s imagination and eventually became the most infamous celebrity in the country.

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Many Voices Speak – aka Swedish musician Matilda Mård – has announced that she will release her second album, ‘Gestures’, in April. New single, ‘Seat For Sadness’, is out now.“The verse of this song kind of came to me all at once”, she says of the single. “Then it took quite a long time until I got the rest of the song out of me”.“I lived in Berlin at the time and rented a piano room at a music school, and most of the hours spent in there I was searching for the rest of the song”, she continues.

Annika Pham Stockholm-based production house Hobab whose buzzy Cannes Directors’ Fortnight “Clara Sola” was snapped by New-York-based Oscilloscope Laboratories, is ramping up its ambitions, with female-led projects.“Our vision is to combine arthouse sensitivity with mainstream appeal, and to help talents – both Nordic and international – grow with care,” said Nima Yousefi, producer and joint owner with Peter Krupenin.Pedigree European shingles Finland’s Tuffi Films, Denmark’s Toolbox and Italy’s Intramovies have boarded as co-producers Hobab’s next Swedish feature drama “Sisters,” from first-time fiction helmer Mika Gustafson.Ruben Öslund’s former alumna at Göteborg’s Valand Academy, Gustafson had her international break with the short film “Mephobia,” followed by the doc-biopic “Silvana,” about rapper and feminist icon Silvana Imam. Due to start lensing in June, “Sisters” is penned by Gustafson with actor-screenwriter Alexander Öhrstrand, seen in “The Bridge” and “The Hunt for a Killer.”The coming of age story follows siblings Laura (16), Mira (12) and Steffi (7), fending for themselves in a Swedish working-class suburban housing estate, as their mother vanishes for lengthy periods.

Scotland is bracing for a second storm after being battered by Storm Malik.

The Kooks have announced their sixth album ’10 Tracks To Echo In The Dark’ by sharing new EP ‘Connection –  Echo in the Dark Part 1’. Check out everything below, along with our interview with singer Luke Pritchard.Work on the album started in Berlin with local producer Tobias Kuhn before the pandemic, and features collaborations with German duo Milky Chance and Swedish EDM musician Neikid. Although the album was finished with Tobias in London, the European flavour was a deliberate response to the continuing problems for British musicians after Brexit.’10 Tracks To Echo In The Dark’ is the first album The Kooks have made since Luke got married to singer-songwriter Ellie Rose and the couple became parents to son Julian, who is now 10 weeks old.

Helena Christensen proved she doesn't need to be in a swimsuit to make a statement as she shared the most stunning selfie on Instagram on Wednesday - and she looks amazing. The Danish model posted a photo in which she was wearing a black hoodie and she was sheilding her eyes from the sun. MORE: Helena Christensen causes a meltdown in low-cut bodysuitHelena was glowing and her green eyes stood out as she looked directly at the camera. Her backdrop was a beautiful stream and it appeared she was back at her home in the Catskills, NY.WATCH: Helena Christensen causes a stir as she takes icy cold dip in her swimsuit She simply captioned the image: "Feeling like a @boss in my natural element.