47 h. ago Plunging used electric car prices costing fleet businesses 'hundreds of millions'

Car leasing firms say they have been the driving force behind EV growth - but are now being being left to 'shoulder' massive losses resulting from plummeting residual values.

Economics

9 d. ago ECB expected to cut rates in April and June as tariffs threaten recession

Growing concern about growth and deflationary pressure predicted to force central bankers’ hands in Eurozone and UK

Economics

1 week ago Police lock down Canadian Parliament as officers talk to barricaded man

The Canadian Parliament's security force has locked down the institution after a man barricaded himself in the East Block section

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2 w. ago ANDREW NEIL: How Rachel Reeves led to tax rises and MUCH worse after Spring Statement

A government that was elected last July with a core mission to boost Britain's economy was forced to announce the official Whitehall number cruncher had slashed its growth forecast in half.

Politics

3 w. ago Jade Goody's rough childhood from rolling mum's cannabis joints aged five to finding dad dead in KFC

Jade Goody's childhood was far from easy as she was forced to grow up very quickly from rolling mum Jackiey Budden's cannabis joints at just five-years-old to witnessing her dad's drug addiction.

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3 w. ago Australian government agencies could be customers of Israeli spyware, research suggests

While it is unknown if any Australians have been targeted, the military-grade program from Paragon Solutions provides full access to encrypted messaging appsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian government agencies could be customers of military-grade spyware from Israeli firm Paragon Solutions, a new report suggests.In January, Meta revealed more than 90 people, including journalists, had their WhatsApp compromised by the software, although it is unknown if any Australians were targeted.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ontario’s police force using ‘growing ecosystem’ of Israeli spyware – report

Findings raise questions about extent and scope of Canadian authorities’ use of cyberweaponsResearchers have uncovered “possible links” between Ontario’s provincial police force and an Israel-based military-grade spyware maker called Paragon Solutions, raising questions about the extent and scope of Canadian authorities’ use of cyber weapons.The new findings were published by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, which tracks and identifies digital threats against civil society, and come three years after a parliamentary committee in Canada called for Ottawa to update the country’s privacy laws in the wake of press reports that the national police force was using spyware to hack mobile phone devices. No laws were ever passed to address the controversy. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Ontario’s provincial police force could be using Israeli spyware, report finds

Report on ‘possible links’ raises questions about extent and scope of Canadian authorities’ use of cyber weaponsResearchers have uncovered “possible links” between Ontario’s provincial police force and an Israel-based military-grade spyware maker called Paragon Solutions, raising questions about the extent and scope of Canadian authorities’ use of cyber weapons.The new findings were published by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, which tracks and identifies digital threats against civil society, and come three years after a parliamentary committee in Canada called for Ottawa to update the country’s privacy laws in the wake of press reports that the national police force was using spyware to hack mobile phone devices. No laws were ever passed to address the controversy. Continue reading...

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