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FIA wrong to lift Russia ban – Ukraine minister
Ukraine’s Minister for Youth and Sport, Matvii Bidnyi, has criticised the FIA’s decision to lift its ban on Russian and Belarusian motorsport competitors, arguing that nothing has changed to justify softening the policy. He spoke shortly after a Russian drone strike hit Kyiv’s central railway station, saying attacks on Ukraine continue almost daily and describing…
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Barclays faces complaint over backing for power plant near world’s largest mangrove forest
Barclays Bank is facing a formal complaint over its financial links to a coal-fired power station near the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, which spans Bangladesh and India and is home to millions of people. Three complainants have submitted a case to the UK government’s Office for Responsible Business Conduct, alleging the bank breached…
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Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines | Jenny Jones
In a Guardian opinion piece, Green party peer Jenny Jones explains why she has stopped paying the sewage element of her Thames Water bill, in protest at the company’s repeated pollution of rivers and coastlines. She frames the move as a direct response to government inaction, arguing that water companies are failing their basic duties…
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Is this the future of America?
The Verge examines how Loudoun County, Virginia, became “Data Center Alley,” the world’s densest cluster of data centres, and the growing local and national backlash this has provoked. What began in 2007 as a deliberate economic strategy to diversify county revenue away from residential property taxes has, aided by the legacy infrastructure of AOL and…
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Gun battle leaves one dead in Dutch village ‘linked to notorious drug lord Fat Jos’ after armed men attack house then open fire on cops
A gun battle in the Dutch village of Overasselt left a 51-year-old security guard dead and two police officers injured after armed men attacked a house before opening fire on responding officers. Authorities have arrested 34 people following the pre-dawn shootout, which local media have linked to notorious drug lord Jos Leijdekkers, also known as…
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UK cyber bill targets AI users, not the vendors building it
The UK government has turned down proposals from members of the House of Lords to bring AI vendors and frontier model developers within the scope of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, opting instead to rely on voluntary safeguards. Cybersecurity minister Baroness Lloyd of Effra argued that regulating AI companies through the bill would not…
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Putin issues new threat over Russian attacks on UK sites
Vladimir Putin has issued an ominous warning that whether Russia might strike British military sites is a “military secret”, following the UK’s decision to give Ukraine blueprints for the Scalp missile, a variant of the Storm Shadow that can strike deeper into Russian territory. The remarks escalate tensions between Moscow and London after Russia had…
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Trisha Krishnan Toplines Panorama Studios’ First Tamil Film, a Psychological Horror Shot in London (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian actor Trisha Krishnan is set to lead Panorama Studios’ first Tamil-language production, a yet-untitled psychological horror film directed by Raja Krishna Menon. Principal photography has begun in London, with Radhika Sarathkumar and Aparna Balamurali co-starring alongside her. The project marks a genre first for Menon, previously known for films such as “Airlift” and “Chef”,…
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Why the UK pays more interest on its debt than rival countries… and it’s not just the ‘moron premium’: ALEX BRUMMER
Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces a significant challenge with the UK’s high government borrowing costs, which at roughly £135billion a year on £3trillion of national debt exceed those of every other G7 nation. Columnist Alex Brummer argues this is not simply a legacy of the 2022 “moron premium” blamed on Liz Truss, but stems from deeper…
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Government shutdown averted, City land Ndiaye as Premier League smashes £3.46bn deadline day record
MPs passed a stopgap funding bill averting a shutdown ahead of the midterms, while Manchester City’s £65m Iliman Ndiaye deal capped a record-breaking Premier League summer; also: Tupac’s killer convicted, Netflix’s GTA VI preview soars, and Dick Van Dyke, 100, still working out.