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Dominican Republic: ‘Cascade of failures’ causes nationwide blackout
The Dominican Republic has experienced a nationwide power cut which officials said was linked to a failure in the electricity transmission system. At 13:23 local time (17:23 GMT), an...
Newspaper headlines: ‘Defiant Davie’ and ‘Reeves blamed over jobs bloodbath’
A wider mix of stories pepper Wednesday's front pages but the Daily Telegraph continues to cover the fallout of the BBC story it broke last week. It leads with...
Taliban orders women to wear burkas to access hospitals, MSF says
The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have ordered female patients, caretakers and staff to wear a burka – a full Islamic veil - to enter public health facilities in the...
Tony Pulis column: ‘VAR has to rein its neck in’ – how I’d change football for the fans
Referees are controlled and guided by governing bodies so they have to be held accountable for a lot of the above misgivings, but we have to get away from...
Novak Djokovic had ‘slap from reality’ but believes he can win record 25th Grand Slam
Sinner reached all four major finals in a year when he also served a three-month doping suspension after twice testing positive for a banned substance in 2024.Wada accepted Sinner...
Mercedes: Toto Wolff set to sell stake in deal which values F1 team at £4.6bn
The other shareholders in the team are Mercedes and chemicals giant Ineos, who each also own a third of the company.A Mercedes spokesperson said: "We will be making no...
BBC must fight to restore trust, Nandy tells MPs
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the BBC must fight to restore trust after criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump.She said a...
Liverpool v Man City: Howard Webb backs officials over disallowed Reds goal
Webb, speaking on the Match Officials Mic'd Up show, said that while he accepted there would be a difference of opinion, there were valid reasons for the goal to...
More than 90 prisoners freed by mistake since April
A total of 91 prisoners were freed by mistake between April and October this year, according to new government figures.The data for England and Wales was published by the...
Suicide bombing in Islamabad kills 12, says Pakistan’s interior minister
Caroline Davies,Pakistan correspondent, Islamabad and Dearbail JordanPakistan: Suicide attack outside Islamabad court kills 12A suicide attack outside a court in Pakistan's capital Islamabad has killed 12 people and injured...
