7 h. ago Bake Off's Prue Leith left floored after The Beatles legend issued brutal criticism

The Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith has served some of the most famous faces in the world, including The Beatles, but one of the band members had some harsh words for her

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12 h. ago Pregnant teen drug mule to serve 2 years in Georgia jail after plea deal

The British student nurse was arrested in Tbilisi in May after 11kg of cannabis and over 400g of hashish, a highly potent form of cannabis, were found in her luggage.

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13 h. ago Bella Culley to serve 2 years in Georgia jail after 'drug mule' plea deal

The pregnant student nurse, aged 19, was arrested in Tbilisi in May after 11kg of cannabis and over 400g of hashish, a highly potent form of cannabis, were found in her luggage

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19 h. ago Dutch volleyballer and convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde denied Australian visa

Player’s visa application rejected ahead of world championships Van de Velde served prison sentence for raping 12-year-old girl in 2014Netherlands beach volleyball player and convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde has been banned from entering Australia for the looming world titles.Van de Velde had been named in a Dutch team to contest the world championships in Adelaide starting on 14 November, but the Australian government rejected his visa application. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago The world’s oldest president declared winner of latest election

Cameroon’s incumbent Paul Biya has been confirmed as winner of the latest election

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34 h. ago World’s oldest serving head of state declared winner in Cameroon election

Paul Biya, 92, said to have won 53.66% of vote after volatile two weeks since election, when opponent claimed victoryPaul Biya, the world’s oldest serving head of state, has been declared the winner of Cameroon’s election, granting him an eighth term that could keep him in office until he is nearly 100.The country’s constitutional council said Biya won 53.66% of the vote, while his former ally turned challenger, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, got 35.19%. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Cameroon's incumbent president Biya is declared the winner of the latest election after unrest

Cameroon’s top court has declared incumbent Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president, the winner of the latest election

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41 h. ago Caroline Flack’s mum, Christine, on seeking answers and setting the record straight

It’s five years since the TV presenter killed herself after being charged with assaulting her partner. Her mother Christine wants the world to know what the police, crown prosecution service and media got wrongWhen Christine Flack was invited by Disney to make a documentary about her daughter Caroline, one that would focus on the last few months before her suicide in 2020, of course she had to think hard. Why put Caroline back under the spotlight, expose her to more scrutiny, when tabloids and talkshows and social media had long since moved on?“I knew there could be as many bad outcomes as good outcomes,” says Christine. “Certain things will be picked up and stories might come out, including ones that aren’t true. But I’d been trying for four years to understand what happened and I still had so many questions. I’d come to a brick wall so I went ahead.” She pauses for a moment before adding: “And whatever happens next, I always say that no one can do anything worse to me now. Nothing...

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4 d. ago World media reacts to Celtic serving Sturm Graz a 'hard lesson' as one 'goosebump inducing' moment goes global

The Hoops battled back to secure their first win of the league phase

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5 d. ago OpenAI's CEO defends decision for AI erotica on ChatGPT as 'we're not world's moral police'

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has defended a decision to allow the world's most popular chatbot, ChatGPT, to serve explicit content

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6 d. ago The Guardian view on the cloud crash: an outage that showed who really runs the internet | Editorial

A failure at Amazon’s server centre paralysed global services for 15 hours. It was not just a glitch but a stark reminder of our digital dependency and fragilityAn outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday disrupted apps and websites around the world, affecting more than 2,000 companies and leaving millions of users unable to access services like Snapchat, Roblox, Signal, Duolingo and even Amazon’s own operations. Removing the tech from our tech-dependent existence led to workers being sent home and exams delayed. The crash, which lasted 15 hours, underlined how deeply our digital lives depend on a small number of cloud providers – and how vulnerable many everyday systems are to a single failure.If data is the new oil, then cloud computing is the pipeline, the refinery, the tanker fleet and, increasingly, the pump too. The big three – AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud – account for 60% of global cloud computing. They own the networks and cables that move data across the worl...

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6 d. ago Man with severe nut allergy warns travellers over flying with one of the world's biggest airlines

A man with a severe nut allergy has warned others about flying with one of the 'world's best airlines' after plane passengers were served nut-based dishes and handed out nut snacks.

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7 d. ago Lisbon funicular trams ordered to stay closed after crash report reveals failings

A preliminary safety report has revealed a number of failings that led to the deadly crash

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7 d. ago ‘I’m having a great day’: AWS outage offers some a brief glimpse of a tech

There was a different side to the chaos of the Amazon outage that affected crucial services around the world, such as no exams, light switches not working, and less work to doWorkers were sent home, exams were delayed, coffee machines had to be turned on manually and language app users feared their hard-won progress was lost as a result of the global outage of Amazon Web Services on Monday, as some made light of their briefly tech-free existence.A glitch in the AWS cloud computing service brought down apps and websites for millions of users around the world affecting more than 2,000 companies, including Snapchat, Roblox, Signal and language app Duolingo as well as a host of Amazon-owned operations. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say

Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’Business live – latest updatesExperts have warned of the perils of relying on a small number of companies for operating the global internet after a glitch at Amazon’s cloud computing service brought down apps and websites around the world.The affected platforms included Snapchat, Roblox, Signal and Duolingo as well as a host of Amazon-owned operations including its main retail site and the Ring doorbell company. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago AWS outage: Amazon Web Services crash shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say

Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’Experts have warned of the perils of relying on a small number of companies for operating the global internet after a glitch at Amazon’s cloud computing service brought down apps and websites around the world.The affected platforms included Snapchat, Roblox, Signal and Duolingo as well as a host of Amazon-owned operations including its main retail site and the Ring doorbell company. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Amazon Web Services outage to spark dispute timebomb as 'half the internet catches flu'

The world is in chaos thanks to the Amazon Web Services outage, with a leading tech expert warning that it could create a real world of trouble for banking issues

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8 d. ago FBI investigating ‘suspicious’ hunting stand with sightline to Trump’s Air Force One landing zone

Secret Service discovered suspicious tree stand before Trump’s arrival in Florida for the weekend

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1 week ago MI5 faces ‘new era’ tackling terrorism and rise in state threats

Security Service chief Sir Ken McCallum said the ‘more hostile world’ had forced the biggest shift in MI5’s mission since September 11 2001.

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1 week ago Boxxe CEO on the importance of maintaining human connection as technology evolves

Phil Doye looks back at the early 1990s roots of the IT provider and discusses how it evolved from selling Microsoft Licensing to the public sector to expansion across other services and partnering with many of the world’s leading tech companies.

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