If you’ve still not checked out Netflix’s hit thriller The Night Agent, reviews for its recently-released third season might make you reconsider.

While the hit spy series – led by Gabriel Basso as FBI agent Peter Sutherland – doesn’t quite have the profile of Netflix originals like Stranger Things, Squid Game or Wednesday, its first season remains one of the most-watched in the platform’s history, so the following is clearly there.

On Thursday, The Night Agent returned for its third outing, and impressively, the reviews at the time of writing are unanimously positive, with a rare 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

When we last caught up with Peter Sutherland, he was being given a new mission to act as a double agent to crime boss Jacob Monroe, with the new season picking up one year on.

Here’s a quick snapshot of what critics have been saying about the new batch of episodes so far…

“The Night Agent takes a big gamble with season three – and it mostly pays off […] Brasso still pulls his weight in the fight scenes, which feel refreshingly brutal and grounded. As unrealistic as they can be sometimes, they’re still more visceral than most, committed to showing the toll of this line of work. The emotional toll takes precedence though, and therein lies the key to making this series work.”

“The Night Agent doesn’t break new ground, but not every show needs to do that. If The Pitt has taught us anything, it’s that there’s an appetite for old-fashioned dramatic structures that are done well. This one doesn’t rise to the levels of that HBO hit, but it does what it sets out to do remarkably well. It values escapist entertainment above all else.”

“The Night Agent season three is the show’s best instalment yet, thanks to a tighter narrative, compelling characters, solid action, and great twists […] For a while, the show knew what it was: a Netflix thriller that did not need to be much more than what it promised to be, which is fun and binge-worthy. As of The Night Agent season three’s ending, the show still isn’t on the level of other quality TV shows, but it certainly keeps improving [and] season three is the best of the bunch.”

“While there were certainly solid moments in Season 2, it sometimes felt overpacked, juggling so many moving pieces that the plot grew convoluted and the emotional throughline occasionally got lost. With its return, however, The Night Agent returns to its roots, delivering a tighter, more focused season that feels completely sure of itself — and easily the strongest the series has produced so far.”

“Is season three The Night Agent’s best outing, then? I think you could make a case, certainly. It has tighter storytelling and a strong sense of character, and there’s no sign of things neatly wrapping up any time soon.

“That desire to keep the show going may prove its undoing down the line, but for now, at least, I don’t think we’ve exhausted everything it has to offer just yet.”

“One of the biggest changes for the third season of Netflix’s The Night Agent is that Luciane Buchanan’s character Rose Larkin isn’t a part of it.

“Both Buchanan and creator Shawn Ryan are on record saying [this absence] was only because the story that Ryan and his writers broke for season three didn’t include Rose, and that she could come back in future seasons. Still, it’s a big loss for the show, and that loss is evident in the first episode of season three […] The Night Agent is still perfectly good ‘watch while doing laundry’ TV but it feels like the third season is even more lunkheaded than the first two, and the absence of Buchanan is huge.”

All three seasons of The Night Agent are now streaming on Netflix. Watch the trailer for season three below:

Richard Holden accused ex-Conservative Robert Jenrick of “jumping into bed with the first people who would have him” in a scathing BBC Question Time takedown.

Jenrick was kicked out of the Conservative shadow cabinet in January after leader Kemi Badenoch unearthed his plans to defect.

Hours later, Reform leader Nigel Farage announced that his party had acquired yet another ex-Conservative.

Jenrick was announced as Reform’s “shadow chancellor” – or Treasury spokesperson – this week.

On BBC Question Time, the Newark MP tried to justify his decision by slating the Conservatives.

Despite serving as the cabinet-attending immigration minister under Rishi Sunak, health minister under Liz Truss and housing secretary under Boris Johnson, Jenrick said: “I want to have a good government running this country for once, which we haven’t had for along time.”

“Obviously, that is a government you were a part of,” host Fiona Bruce pointed out.

“Yeah and I resigned from that government,” he insisted. “In the last parliament, I was the only person to resign on a matter of principle.”

Jenrick resigned from Sunak’s cabinet after complaining the Rwanda deportation scheme did not go far enough.

He claimed: “It was failing on immigration. It was making promises and consistently breaking them.”

Bruce then pivoted to Holden, who currently sits as Tory shadow transport secretary – and who was supposedly “sighing” a lot while Jenrick talked.

Holden said: “Look, Robert says it was a principled decision. Robert got kicked out of the Conservative Party. That’s what actually happened.

“People remember what happened when Kemi got rid of him.”

He continued: “I supported Robert in the leadership election so to see him go was a really tough thing for me. Robert and I have known each other for a very long period of time and I’d like to think that there was a friendship there as well.

“A lot of those decisions Robert painted as about the good of the country, and things like that. I’m not convinced of that.

“I think he got kicked out and then he jumped into bed with the first people who would have him – Nigel Farage and co.”

When reminded that Jenrick was only kicked out because of his plans to join Reform, Holden said: “Well, Nigel Farage didn’t seem to think that on the day.”

Jenrick insisted: “I was obviously about to do this, I made it my decision and I was convinced it was the right one.”

He claimed Holden was “pretending everything was sweetness and light” in the Tory Party right now, but claimed his former colleague shares Jenrick’s concerns over its “massive mistakes” in the past.

US president Donald Trump isn’t too happy about former President Barack Obama’s recent comments about the existence of extraterrestrials.

In fact, he says the former president’s assertion on a podcast that aliens from outer space are “real” was a “big mistake.”

Obama recently told podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen that ETs are “real, but I haven’t seen them, and they’re not being kept in Area 51. There’s no underground facility unless there’s this enormous conspiracy, and they hid it from the president of the United States.”

In addition, presidential daughter-in-law Lara Trump claimed Trump already has a speech about the existence of extraterrestrials ready to engage during a podcast interview on Wednesday.

But White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the same day that “a speech on aliens would be news to me,” while admitting it “sounds very exciting, though.”

Donald Trump didn’t seem very interested in discussing ETs when reporters questioned him on the topic Thursday.

In fact, he turned a question by Fox News’ Steve Doocy about Obama’s alienating remarks into an attack on the former president.

After Doocy asked, “Barack Obama said that aliens are real. Have you seen any evidence of non-human visitors to earth?” Trump fired back, “Well, he gave classified information. He’s not supposed to be doing that.”

Doocy then asked the obvious follow-up question, “So aliens are real?” but Trump did not address the question directly.

“I don’t know if they’re real or not,” Trump said. ”[Obama] made a big mistake.”

Trump’s seeming lack of interest in extraterrestrials sets him apart from other presidents.

Bill Clinton reportedly tried to get answers about Area 51 when he was in office, while Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan both reported actually seeing UFOs, according to Politico.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said the US will contribute $10 billion to the Board of Peace during a bizarre address at his club of world leaders’ first meeting.

Trump made the announcement toward the end of a long, rambling speech as the board — which critics fear will undermine the United Nations and is largely made up of countries run by oppressive and authoritarian leaders — convened in Washington, D.C.

The president gave no further details on the funding, such as where the money is coming from and the scope of what it can be spent on.

The initial remit of the board, first proposed last September, was to implement Trump’s vision for the reconstruction of Gaza following the Hamas-Israel war.

But Trump later made clear his intention for the board is to tackle other conflicts worldwide.

“The Board of Peace is showing how a better future can be built, starting right here in this room,” Trump said at the Donald J. Trump US Institute of Peace, a building the president recently renamed for himself.

“And I want to let you know that the United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace, and we’ve got great support for that number.”

Trump also said Board of Peace contributing nations had raised $7 billion as an initial down payment for Gaza’s regeneration.

HuffPost has contacted the White House for more details on the US contribution.

More than 20 countries have joined Trump’s board, with member nations mandated to contribute $1 billion to secure a permanent board seat.

Argentina, Hungary and Saudi Arabia are among the first recruits, while major Western countries — including the UK, France and Germany — have snubbed Trump’s offer.

The president revoked Canada’s invitation after the country’s prime minister, Mark Carney, appeared to reference Trump in a speech condemning “authoritarianism and exclusion.”

In the address to the inaugural meeting of his creation, Trump said that those who haven’t accepted are “playing a little cute.” “You can’t play cute with me,” he warned.

He later attempted to ease concerns about his organisation jeopardising the UN’s role as the world’s main peacekeeper, saying: “We’re going to strengthen up the United Nations.”

The summit came as Trump threatens war against Iran. He used the meeting to reveal that he’ll decide whether to attack the county within the next 10 days amid attempts to get a deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program.

War and peace weren’t the only things on Trump’s mind as he lurched from one random subject to another.

Pivoting to party politics, Trump fixated on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her comments at last week’s Munich Security Conference.

He called Ocasio-Cortez an “attractive woman” who was “unable to answer questions,” a reference to apparent errors the congresswoman made that have become a media talking point.

He went on to say one of Ocasio-Cortez’s answers could be “career-ending” but failed to specify which one he was referring to.

Some billed Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance at the foreign policy talking shop as a step toward a potential presidential run in 2028, a characterization the 36-year-old told The New York Times was “out of touch and missing the point.”

Trump also jabbed at California Gov. Gavin Newsom, another potential Democratic Party presidential candidate.

In another deviation where he seized on someone’s appearance, Trump praised the looks of the Paraguayan president while mispronouncing his name and then backpedaled, apparently fearing people might think he was attracted to men.

“President Pena of Paraguay is here,” Trump said, mispronouncing Peña. “President?” he asked, looking around the room to find Peña. “President, thank you very much.”

“Young, handsome guy. It’s always nice to be young and handsome. Doesn’t mean we have to like you. I don’t like young, handsome men. Women I like. Men… no, I don’t have any interest.”

The platform also gave him the chance to again air his grievance about missing out on the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize.

Thanking FIFA President Gianni Infantino, present at the meeting, for the peace prize that his soccer team awarded to him, Trump said: “I got screwed by Norway.”

Gordon Ramsay has said he believes the Beckhams are “too close” not to get their relationship back on track amid the very public fall-out the family has been embroiled in over the last few weeks.

The Kitchen Nightmares star has been a close friend of Sir David Beckham and his family for more than 25 years, and recently shared his take on the feud headlines surrounding them.

During a new interview with HuffPost UK to promote his Netflix documentary Being Gordon Ramsay, he insisted he doesn’t think the rift between the former England striker and his eldest son Brooklyn Peltz Beckham will be a permanent one.

“They’re loving parents,” he said of Sir David and his wife Victoria Beckham. “Those kids are gorgeous.”

He continued: “That bond with your son is one of the most important bonds you’ll have in your life. So, I’m confident they’ll get back [to where they were].

“[Families] do fall out – I fell out with my parents and I fell out with my kids. [The Beckhams] are too close not to get this back on track. And I’m confident that they will get it back on track.”

Opening up more about the relationship between his own family and the Beckhams, Gordon then explained: “All the kids grew up together. The Ramsays and the Beckhams would spend incredible summers together, and then the kids, Jack and Brooklyn, would go surfing, Romeo would go surfing, and they just had the most amazing time.

“Then come Christmas, we’d go off to some beautiful places like the Maldives together, so yeah, the closeness was unique – and the bond.”

Reflecting on his friendship with Sir David, Gordon noted: “It takes years to really know a proper friend. We’ve been mates now for 25 years, we saw each other yesterday for coffee, and I love him.”

“It’s just so nice when you’ve got such lovely friends that enjoy great food, great wine and we do crazy shit together,” he added. “Sporadic days here, there and everywhere, where we’ll just go off with Tana and Victoria, and just have the most amazing time in private. That’s the hallmark of a great friend.”

After months of rumours suggesting he was no longer speaking to his famous parents, Brooklyn set the record straight last month, confirming that he is estranged from his family for several reasons and has no intention of reconciling.

Last week, Gordon told The Sun: “It’s a very difficult situation. Victoria is upset, and I know 24/7, seven days a week, just how much David loves Brooklyn.

“Brooklyn and I have messaged a little bit, our relationship is solid. I love him – his heart is incredible. But it’s hard, isn’t it, when you’re infatuated? Love is blind. It’s easy to get up on that rollercoaster, and get carried away. But it will come back.”

Since then, it’s been pointed out that Brooklyn appears to have unfollowed – but not blocked – Gordon on Instagram, with reports claiming he’s also done the same to two of the chef’s children.

Being Gordon Ramsay is now streaming on Netflix. Watch the trailer below:

Grey’s Anatomy actor Eric Dane has died at the age of 53.

Eric was best known for his performance as Dr Mark Sloan – also known by the nickname “McSteamy” – in the long-running medical drama, as well as his roles in Charmed and Euphoria.

Last year, he disclosed that he had recently been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with his family announcing his death in the early hours of Friday morning, in a statement to People magazine.

They said: “With heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane passed on Thursday afternoon following a courageous battle with ALS.

“He spent his final days surrounded by dear friends, his devoted wife, and his two beautiful daughters, Billie and Georgia, who were the centre of his world.”

Eric’s family’s statement continued: “Throughout his journey with ALS, Eric became a passionate advocate for awareness and research, determined to make a difference for others facing the same fight

“He will be deeply missed, and lovingly remembered always.”

They added: “Eric adored his fans and is forever grateful for the outpouring of love and support he’s received. The family has asked for privacy as they navigate this impossible time.”

Eric began his acting career in the early 90s with roles in Saved By The Bell, Roseanne and Married… With Children, before landing a recurring role in Gideon’s Crossing.

He was cast as Jason Dean in Charmed in 2003, premiering as Mark Sloan in Grey’s Anatomy three years later.

After an initial guest spot, he was bumped to the drama’s principal cast in 2007, before bowing out in 2012, though he did return for a special appearance in 2021.

He also appeared as Tom Chandler in The Last Ship and Cal Jacobs, Jacob Elordi’s on-screen dad, in Euphoria.

Eric’s film work included X-Men: The Last Stand, the ensemble rom-com Valentine’s Day, the tear-jerking family drama Marley & Me, the musical Burlesque and Family Secrets, his final on-screen performance, which will be released posthumously.

The actor is survived by his wife, fellow performer Rebecca Gayheart, and their two daughters.

Almost everyone will watch their hair turn grey as they approach their golden years. For most people, there isn’t much they can do except grey gracefully or pick out a shade of hair dye they like.

Although it’s not as common, others start to go grey much younger, even before they turn 20. When hair turns grey prematurely, the reason isn’t always obvious. Rumours abound that everything from stress to a good scare can turn your hair grey, sometimes instantly.

We asked four top doctors specialising in hair what causes our locks to turn grey and if there is ever a reason to be concerned. Here’s what they said.

Hair turns grey when it loses a pigment called melanin, Dr. Akhil Wadhera, a dermatologist with Kaiser Permanente in Northern California, explained to HuffPost. Typically, this occurs as part of the normal ageing process starting in your mid-30s to early 40s. However, some people turn grey at a relatively young age.

The most common reason for premature greying is genetics, he said. If your parents went grey at a young age, your hair is likely to turn grey earlier, too.

Nevertheless, some young adults whose parents retained vibrant hair colour into old age experience premature greying for various reasons. Some of those, like genetics, are beyond their control. Others are a result of lifestyle choices or environmental factors.

It’s common for people to say they’re under so much stress that they’re going grey. Although most people make these statements in jest, there is some truth behind them.

“Stress can cause premature greying of hair,” Wadhera said. “In fact, there was a study with over 1,000 young Turkish adults that showed that perceived stress scale scores correlated with premature hair greying severity.”

However, Dr. Ehsan Ali, an internal physician at Beverly Hills Concierge Medicine and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with specialised training in geriatric medicine, emphasises that acute or chronic stress is required to cause premature greying. “A bad week at work isn’t enough to turn hair grey,” he explained.

That’s because acute stress can trigger a fight-or-flight response, says Dr. Zafer Çetinkaya, head hair transplant surgeon at EsteNove in Istanbul.

When this happens, our bodies release stress hormones, including norepinephrine, he said. Norepinephrine can stop the production of the pigment-producing cells that give our hair its colour. “Once this ‘reservoir’ of stem cells is empty, the follicle can no longer produce colour,” causing hair to gradually turn grey, he explained.

External factors can also cause our hair to turn grey early. “Hair follicles are particularly sensitive to oxidative stressors in the environment such as pollution, ultraviolet light, smoking, hydrogen peroxide and ionising radiation, all of which can result in premature greying,” Wadhera said.

The oxidative stress caused by exposure to these elements “disproportionately affects the cells responsible for hair pigment,” explained Dr. Corey Maas, a hair transplant specialist at the Maas Clinic in California. “Over time, this damage reduces the follicle’s ability to maintain consistent colour.”

However, these external factors typically play only a small role in the greying process. Moreover, how much the environment affects your hair colour depends on several factors that vary widely from person to person, Maas explained.

“Greying is the result of a complex interaction between genetics, cumulative exposure, and how well an individual’s body is able to repair and replace damaged processes of youthful pigmentation,” he said. “The environment can nudge the process along,” but when and how quickly depends on the individual, Maas said.

In horror movies, a character sometimes suddenly develops a streak of white hair after a particularly frightening experience. However, off-screen, hair won’t turn grey instantly, no matter how scared we are.

“The idea of hair turning white overnight from fright is often referred to as Marie Antoinette syndrome,” because the queen’s hair supposedly suddenly turned white before her execution, Çetinkaya said. “In reality, hair that is already outside of the scalp cannot change colour” naturally, he said.

Nevertheless, sudden shock or intense fear can cause hair to go grey over time. Extremely stressful situations can trigger a condition called alopecia areata, Çetinkaya said.

When this happens, “the immune system selectively attacks pigmented hairs, which causes dark hairs to fall out rapidly,” he explained. When a person with some existing grey hair develops alopecia areata, their grey hairs are left behind as their darker hair sheds.

That “creates the appearance of sudden greying,” when what’s really happening is that the loss of darker hair is making the existing grey hair more noticeable, Çetinkaya explained.

Several medical conditions can also contribute to premature greying. “As a specialist, I look for vitamin B12 deficiency, pernicious anaemia, and thyroid dysfunction,” Çetinkaya said.

“These conditions can disrupt the metabolic environment of the hair follicle,” which can result in hair turning grey prematurely. Rare autoimmune conditions such as vitiligo can also target pigment, causing hair to grow in white, he added.

According to Wadhera, low levels of vitamin D3 and deficiencies in minerals such as iron and zinc can also cause premature greying.

If you start greying due to age, there is nothing to worry about except deciding whether to accept your grey hair or visit a salon to choose a new colour.

However, if you start going grey early, before your mid-30s, you may want to investigate. One or two grey hairs usually aren’t cause for concern, Ali said. However, if you notice a proliferation of greys “very early or very rapidly, this can be a clue to look deeper at nutrition, thyroid function, autoimmune issues or lifestyle stressors,” he explained. Your primary care physician can help if you are concerned.

Nevertheless, Ali stresses that going grey isn’t usually a medical or personal failure. Even though there is “a lot of unnecessary fear and marketing around this topic,” going grey is “usually a normal, genetically programmed process,” he said.