Software made by US cybersecurity company was intended to protect against crashes and disruptions in vital systems – it ended up taking them down A global technology outage on Friday grounded flights, disrupted health services, crashed payment systems and blocked access to Microsoft services in what experts believe is one […]
More than 5,000 flights cancelled worldwide after problem affecting Microsoft Windows Business live – latest updates Passengers have described “bedlam” at UK airport check-ins after a global IT outage on what was due to be the busiest day for flying since the start of the Covid pandemic, while train networks […]
International court of justice says it should leave ‘as rapidly as possible’ and make full reparations for ‘wrongful acts’ The UN’s international court of justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories “as rapidly as possible” and make full reparations for its “internationally wrongful acts” […]
Health secretaries failed to amend contingency planning before Covid killed more than 230,000, report says Covid inquiry – live updates Five key takeaways from Covid report The UK’s pandemic planning was beset by “fatal strategic flaws” and citizens everywhere were failed, a damning first report from the UK Covid-19 public […]
People told to stay at home due to unrest in Harehills area of West Yorkshire city A police car was flipped on to its side after unrest broke out in Leeds on Thursday evening, and local people were advised to stay at home. Footage on social media appeared to show […]
Former president talks about shooting at Pennsylvania rally after formally accepting Republican nomination It’s not clear exactly what was discussed when, reportedly, Donald Trump met with the Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle, two days ago, not long after an assassination attempt on the former president’s life when he was shot […]
PM wants to rethink UK’s immigration policies but did not make progress on returns deal at summit with EU leaders Keir Starmer is looking into plans to process asylum seekers outside the UK as part of a rethink of the government’s immigration policies, even as a returns agreement with the […]
Funding and staffing shortages mean plan to introduce cap in October 2025 impossible to deliver, councils say Long-awaited changes designed to protect individuals from having to sell their homes to meet large social care bills must be further delayed because of funding and staffing shortages, the leaders of England’s largest […]
Trump’s running mate introduced by wife Usha; speeches condemn Democratic administration’s foreign policy; Trump entered hall to rapturous applause Trump sees former ‘Never Trumper’ Vance as a way to expand base Who is Usha Vance, wife of Trump’s running mate? In his speech to the Republican convention, Greg Abbott gave […]
Warning on ‘cycle of low wages’ comes as government pledges in king’s speech to introduce fair pay agreement A specific minimum wage for social care is needed if England is to avert a staffing crisis, according to leading thinktanks. Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation have also called for the […]