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July 20, 2024

IT outage causes worldwide chaos that could last weeks

An unprecedented global computer outage caused major chaos across Britain and around the world without warning yesterday grounding thousands of flights, knocking TV stations off air and leaving patients unable to see doctors.

4 mins

Security giant CrowdStrike is £60bn Nasdaq favourite

Before this week, CrowdStrike was known for finding the cause of problems, rather than causing them. The company headquartered in Austin, Texas, but with a reach across the world - was most famous for having investigated large-scale hacks, such as those on Sony Pictures and breaches at the Democratic National Committee that it blamed on Russian spies.

2 mins

Turning it off and on again won't fix a broken internet

Yesterday's global computer shutdown has been billed as the most serious the world has ever seen. We should view it as a timely warning and prepare for worse, says Chris Blackhurst

3 mins

Ukraine must be allowed to strike Russia, says Zelensky

President urges Keir Starmer to 'show leadership' and permit British missiles to be used on targets inside Russian territory

4 mins

Starmer is fine at diplomacy – but that was the easy part

Striking a new tone on the EU was not a problem for the new prime minister, writes Andrew Grice. The second phase coming up with detailed policy - will be much more difficult

4 mins

Is imprisoning protesters necessary or authoritarian?

Amnesty International has expressed \"alarm\" at the four- and five-year sentences imposed on five Just Stop Oil protesters, which are thought to be the longest ever handed down for a peaceful demonstration.

2 mins

Five arrested after rioters in Leeds overturned police car

Unrest began after social workers dealt with residential issue

4 mins

Six million lives at risk from extreme heat, report warns

Millions of vulnerable people in England are having their lives put at risk by extreme temperatures, a new report has warned. Research by Friends of the Earth found 1.7 million children under five and 4.3 million older people are at high risk of developing heat-related illness as record extreme summer temperatures become more common across the UK.

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New rights will let workers ignore messages after hours

Workers will soon be able to ignore work-related emails and calls outside office hours under new rules to be introduced by the Labour government. Meeting the party's \"right to switch off\" campaign pledge, the plan will see workers empowered to disconnect from their jobs outside regular hours, including the right to refuse to take on extra work at the weekends.

2 mins

Biden privately accepts race for second term almost over

Adviser says president admits path to victory is very narrow

4 mins

Trump's 'bizarre, boring' speech good for Democrats

Donald Trump's campaign spent the better part of four days promising a changed Trump - a more solemn, thoughtful man, whose politics were forever altered by a would-be assassin's bullet. That image was shattered over 93 minutes on Thursday night.

2 mins

Israel presence in occupied territory 'unlawful', says UN

The top United Nations court has ruled that Israel's presence in the Palestinian-occupied territories is \"unlawful\" and called for it to end. The court pointed to the building and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, its annexation and imposition of permanent control over lands, and discriminatory policies against Palestinians.

3 mins

Gershkovich jailed for 16 years for 'spying' in Russia

US journalist Evan Gershkovich has been jailed for 16 years in a Russian prison on \"politically motivated\" charges of espionage.

2 mins

Trump's message isn't one of unity, whatever he might say

It is hard to decide which is the best moniker to apply to him after this strange but magnificent political week for Donald Trump - is he the martyr of Milwaukee, or the messiah of Milwaukee? In the eyes of the faithful - and given the quasi-religious devotion he is now attracting - it is both.

3 mins

If museums start returning their items, where will it end?

All parents recall the training they tried to instil in their young children around the concept of sharing. The calm interventions when two go to war over one toy; the sense of panic in one that the other may waddle off with its plastic treasure toddlers

3 mins

What the industry thinks of Labour's new housing plans

A new government means a new target for building homes - but developers have heard it all before, says Chris Blackhurst

4 mins

Lowry leads British Open with Scheffler on the hunt

Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Zach Johnson miss the cut

3 mins

F1 season sparks into life with four-way team battle

It's Saturday night in Bahrain, March 2024. Away from the hullabaloo of paddock gossip and the Red Bull soap opera, the world champions had blown away the field - again - on their more comfortable field of racing tarmac.

3 mins

Maiden century by Hodge leads West Indies fightback

Kavem Hodge and Alick Athanaze led a West Indies revival as they finished a sunny second day of the second test on 351-5, 65 runs behind England at Trent Bridge on yesterday.

1 min

'Before I got back to diving, it was my plan - be involved in some journalistic way'

Tom Daley tells Will Jennings he has already won in Paris before his first dive... by competing and commentating

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