Russia strikes at heart of Ukraine’s digital economy with attacks on ISPs and datacentres

About 100,000 households in Kyiv and the surrounding region suffered temporary internet outages after strikes on Wednesday and Thursday, according to Ukraine's digital transformation ministry. On Friday, another drone…

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New Strictly Come Dancing couples to perform first live dance

Read our privacy notice . The new couples for Strictly Come Dancing’s 2026 series will perform their first live dance during Saturday’s show. It comes after last weekend’s launch episode of the BBC dancing show saw Love…

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Black woman found hanging from tree was dead before body was 'staged', police say

The disclosure was made in court by a detective on Friday, who also said they believed Tasia Fortune, a mother of four, had been killed in a dispute related to drugs. The 29-year-old's body was found hanging from a tree…

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Andy Burnham to head to Liverpool for first Labour conference as Prime Minister

Prime Minister Andy Burnham at No 10 North in Manchester earlier in September (Oli Scarff/PA) PA Wire News Briefings Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would…

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Centuries-old Grade II-listed pub where Pepys and Defoe drank burns down in 'heartbreaking' fire as man in his 20s is arrested for arson

Fire crews were called to the Grade II-listed Worlds End pub in Tilbury, Essex , at 4.40pm on Wednesday and brought the blaze under control by 6.30pm. Diarist Samuel Pepys and author Daniel Defoe are said to have drank…

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Indie and punk music made me feel I was betraying my race

But alongside TLC, Aaliyah and Destiny's Child, she developed a passion for rock, indie and punk. "It was music that meant a lot to me as someone who was very shy and needed an outlet," she said. Yet she felt compelled…

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How the bare nails trend became a class issue

"It's crazy," the owner of Wumman Spa in London says. These customers still get their nails filed, buffed, and trimmed. "You still do the cuticle, you do the soaking and hydrate everything," says Buddemeier, "but you…

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South African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBC

"Is he talking about us?" Roelf Meyer remembers thinking when he first heard the US president say it. His response to Trump's claim is blunt. The notion of a mass attack on the white Afrikaner minority in South Africa…

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As Merz scrambles for support, Germany's identity crisis is laid bare

His coalition government is in crisis. But this breakdown of business as usual in Germany has been brewing for years. It's a nation wrestling with new, uncomfortable and unresolved realities. Think of certain stereotypes…

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Inside the FBI hack: Agents fearful and angry after 'dangerous' data breach

"This is really bad for our undercover agents," says one former FBI agent, who fears for the safety of his colleagues. The former cyber investigator is in a group chat with current agents who are worried their personal…

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