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Cloudflare down: X and more apps hit by internet outage
A number of websites, including social media platform X, appear to have been hit by problems affecting internet infrastructure firm, Cloudflare.Thousands of users reported issues with X and other...
MI5 warns MPs and peers over risk of Chinese espionage
BBCMPs and members of the House of Lords have been warned by MI5 that they face a significant risk of espionage from the Chinese state.Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle...
Annual energy bills predicted to fall by £22 in January
Archie MitchellBusiness reporterPA MediaHousehold energy bills are expected to fall slightly in the new year before rising again in April, according to consultancy Cornwall Insight.The forecaster expects the annual...
How serious is Labour backlash over asylum plans?
Even though elements of Shabana Mahmood's package of asylum reforms had been pre-announced over the course of several days, there was something new and potentially controversial left over for...
Once-extinct European wildcats set to make a comeback in England
Jenny Kumah and Malcolm Prior,BBC News rural affairs teamTom MasonThe South West Wildcat Project hopes to bring back 50 European wildcats across the mid-Devon countrysideWildcats – one of the...
Competition watchdog investigating eight firms over online pricing
Investigations have been opened into eight companies, including ticket resellers and driving schools, by the UK's competition regulator as part of a review of online pricing practices. The cases...
The Ashes: Mark Wood bowls in Perth nets to boost England first-Test hopes
Wood, one of the fastest bowlers to play Test cricket for England, has a chequered injury history.His latest spell out of the Test side began 15 months ago with...
Don’t blindly trust what AI tells you, Google boss tells BBC
Faisal Islam,Economics editor and Rachel Clun,Business reporterGetty ImagesPeople should not "blindly trust" everything AI tools tell them, the boss of Google's parent company Alphabet told the BBC.In an exclusive...
When is the Epstein files vote – and why does Trump now want them released?
Bernd Debusmann Jrat the White HouseGetty ImagesLawmakers are facing mounting calls to push for the full release of the documentsUS President Donald Trump has urged Republicans in Congress to...
Newspaper headlines: ‘Labour asylum mutiny begins’ and ‘crackdown’ on ticket touts
The home secretary's "sweeping changes" to asylum laws dominate the papers again, with the Metro declaring it the beginning of "another rebellion" within the Labour party. The paper reports...
Shelters plea for Gazans as winter rains raise fears of more disease and death
Yolande Knell,Middle East correspondent, Jerusalem and Wahiba Ahmed,JerusalemBBCChildren and families will perish, warns Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee CouncilAid agencies have reiterated calls for Israel to allow more...
