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AWS says wartime damage means some Middle East cloud resources are gone for good
AWS has confirmed that some cloud resources and data hosted in the Middle East have been permanently lost following damage sustained during the recent US-Iran war. The admission means customers who did not migrate their workloads in time following earlier attacks now have no way of recovering data stored exclusively in the affected locations, underlining…
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Binoche directs behind-scenes documentary on dance collaboration with Khan
Juliette Binoche makes her directing debut with In-I in Motion, a documentary revisiting her 2008 dance-theatre collaboration with British choreographer Akram Khan. The film draws on behind-the-scenes footage of their creative process to explore In-I, the love-story piece that premiered in London to mixed reviews, offering an unusually candid look at two celebrated performers working…
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Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave brings open-world design to tactical gameplay
Nintendo has applied its successful open-world design philosophy to Fire Emblem with Fortune’s Weave on Switch 2. The game significantly departs from traditional Fire Emblem structure by allowing players to experience multiple storylines and hero paths within a single playthrough, making it the reviewer’s favourite Switch 2 title to date. This approach matters because it…
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Three Durham Reform councillors quit as Welsh leader arrested for assault
Reform UK has been hit by fresh turmoil after three more Durham County Council councillors resigned from the party, taking the total number of departures on the authority to 16 since last May’s elections. The exits come in the same week that Reform’s Welsh leader, Dan Thomas, stood down following his arrest on suspicion of…
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British mother remains missing after armed abduction in Malawi
Nusrat Osman, a 47-year-old British mother from Leicester, was abducted by four armed men in Blantyre, Malawi five days ago and remains missing with no contact from the captors. Her family has made a public appeal, but h
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Meta Developing Camera-Free Smart Glasses to Address Privacy Concerns
Meta was reported to be preparing a camera-free pair of smart glasses, codenamed Luna, unveiled alongside other hardware at its Meta Connect event. According to The Information, the move was designed to address a growing privacy backlash against Meta’s existing Ray-Ban smart glasses, which have been used to covertly film people and have subsequently been…
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Reach axes 220 journalism roles as AI summaries cannibalise news traffic
Reach, the publisher of the Mirror, Express and numerous regional titles, is cutting a further 220 editorial jobs as it responds to a sharp decline in online traffic driven by readers relying on AI-generated summaries instead of clicking through to news websites. The company says the move reflects a “mammoth shift” in how audiences consume…
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Beauty triumphs over novelty in Alvin Ailey’s New Works
This review of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New Works programme at Sadler’s Wells, London, praises a mixed bill that leans on skill, craft and emotional depth rather than avant-garde novelty. While acknowledging the programme could be seen as dated, the critic argues its enduring qualities of beauty and humanity give it lasting appeal, singling…
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Jammz finds new artistic direction through Royal Court theatrical debut
Grime MC Jammz reflects on how appearing in Debris Stevenson’s play Poet in da Corner in 2018 changed the course of his career, taking him from music into theatre. He describes how what began as helping write a song for the production led to an unexpected acting role at the Royal Court, after artistic director…
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Sandbanks property developer denies intentional strangulation during marital separation dispute
A jury has heard that Gemma Martin, the estranged wife of Sandbanks property developer Paul Pressland, had written a divorce “wish list” shortly before he allegedly strangled her at their £3million home. Pressland, 63, denies intentional strangulation and claims he acted in self-defence during a row that broke out after the couple’s guests had left…