Governments, doctor surgeries and even rival AI firms have been caught up, and the episode is sharpening questions about Europe's reliance on a handful of US tech giants.
Microsoft Outlook going down for an extended period has affected services in the UK. At least 74 countries are affected… It has been down for at least 14 hours – Microsoft executive Charles Lamanna says this is not a cyber-security incident. OpenAI and Anthropic reported problems with their tools as well. Defence Minister Luke Pollard…
Suspect held in New York jail has been linked to handler behind Iran-linked operations in Britain When the US took custody of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi in May, investigators hoped the string of terror and arson attacks he was accused of promoting and directing against American and Jewish targets in the UK and Europe on behalf of Iran would stop. They were wrong. An updated indictment, released on Tuesday by the US Department of Justice, describes some of what happened next. It revea...
From the US midterms to Brazil and Hungary, extremists are floundering yet the left still overestimates their power. Reality is on our side From Brazil to Hungary and Britain to the US, why are so many people so surprised by the right’s election defeats? Flávio Bolsonaro, Viktor Orbán, Reform UK, the Tories and a vast array of Republican candidates have all been rejected in national or local contests this year, even in usually reliably conservative Mississippi. Apparently impregnable incumben...
Used in the famous ‘I am your father’ scene, the on-screen prop was originally expected to sell for a fraction of the price Auctioneers estimated it would sell for over $1m, but on Thursday a Star Wars lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the famous “I am your father” scene from The Empire Strikes Back ended up selling for nearly $5m. Darth Vader’s saber was one of 27 lightsaber props up for sale by Heritage Auctions in the US, including ones used by Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hayden Chr...
Government services and schools impacted by Outlook and Teams issue as company says fix not ‘taking as expected’ Microsoft outage – live updates Microsoft struggles to fix huge outage affecting Outlook and Teams Australian schools, courts and government services have been hurled back in time to how business used to be done after a global Microsoft outage caused emails and online meetings to go dark. Australians began reporting issues with Microsoft 365 – which includes Outlook and Teams – jus...
A widespread outage has hit Microsoft platforms, with a fix "not taking as expected".
Microsoft services including Outlook, Teams and Copilot suffered a worldwide outage on Thursday, disrupting access for tens of thousands of users across 74 countries and territories. The company blamed elevated infrastructure loads and said it was working to restore services, but recovery remained limited hours later.
Seventeen years after the video, both men are behind bars: Brand, 51, jailed on Monday for rape and sexual assault, and Combs, 57, serving 50 months for prostitution-related offenses.
Legislators demand Trump’s commerce secretary explain why he allowed chip sales to company linked to alleged Chinese spy
Caleb Claussen a second rider from Project Echelon Racing to give Chaney Windows and Doors 'depth and versatility'
The armed assailant has been identified as a doctor, who was embroiled in a legal dispute with the building’s management.
Richard Williams describes how the industry has changed, as he is honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award
President says US does not need an agreement with Tehran as he directs JD Vance to focus on domestic concerns
Higher returns for backers do not guarantee national prosperity. Public investment should develop domestic capabilities and meet urgent social needs Britain keeps selling its most valuable companies. The Financial Times calculates that 300 went to foreign buyers, mostly American, over the past decade. What if innovation were scaled up to serve social needs here rather than US investors’ profits? That is the provocation issued by the thinktank Common Wealth in a paper titled We Aren’t the Cham...
This sex scandal should be a warning to Britain: we are just as vulnerable to spies and seduction
The US soldier was arrested near Gloucester earlier this week
A large cordon was in place in the upmarket Logan Circle neighbourhood of Washington DC .
The latest film version of the Dickens classic A Christmas Carol is decent enough, though its star is rather better as the legendary miser before redemption arrives Here for lovers of Dickens – and fans of subtext – is an unexpectedly watchable new movie version of A Christmas Carol starring a top-hatted and heavily madeup Johnny Depp; it is a film about whether it’s possible for a man to earn redemption before it is too late. (The answer is … sure, as long as you say sorry and change your wa...
Born in Sacramento to two American parents, Klein relocated to New Zealand when he was just two years old because of a work opportunity his father received. Despite being an American citizen by birth, New Zealand was all Klein knew until he returned to the U.S. in 2023, aged 23.
‘I look out for my team,’ a store manager tells me, but Poundland’s US owner doesn’t care. Labour may be too late to prevent it becoming yet another casualty of venture capital In the Poundland I visit, a treasure trove of bargains, the staff are dejected. The shelves are emptying because the owners have withheld £50m needed for new stock and paying wages. It’s just one of 600 stores in peril, and these employees just a few of 12,000 at risk of losing their jobs – with 30,000 jobs at risk in...
Police confirm at least five people shot in incident at Logan Circle, one mile north of the White House Multiple people shot in Washington DC as police warn people to stay inside Armed police and members of the National Guard were visible around the Logan Circle area of Washington DC after the incident began on Thursday morning. At least five people have been shot in Northwest Washington DC on Thursday morning, local police confirmed to the Associated Press. Continue reading...
Reform leader this week criticised the Labour party for ‘cosying up to’ and ‘promoting’ disgraced comedian UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage appeared on Russell Brand’s US podcast nine months after the comedian was investigated by police over allegations of sexual assault, the Guardian has learned. The Reform UK leader this week criticised Labour for “cosying up to” and “promoting” Brand a decade ago, after the comedian was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and s...
David, 51, and Victoria, 52, are struggling to have it trademarked due to the fact Las Vegas company Drink Harlo LLC already sells nutritional goods under the name HARLO in the US.
Exclusive: With a billion dollars from both Indonesia and Brazil – in addition to money from wealthy European donors – the ‘breadth of support’ for global forest protection scheme at Cop31 is hailed by foreign secretary amid aid cuts from nations like the US and UK
US investment firm Gordon Brothers is ‘taking due care’ to consider if one of three bidders has enough funds Business live – latest updates Poundland’s owner has said it is “taking due care” to consider if one of three bidders had enough funds to ensure its survival after the troubled budget retail chain secured two more weeks to find a deal. The management of Poundland , which employs approximately 12,000 people and operates 600 stores in the UK and Ireland, won approval from the high court...
Sisters Hayley Michaelson and Lauren Cohen, together with their husbands, Marc Michaelson and Johnny Cohen, came up with their idea for a globe-shaped surprise collectible toy
CEO says ‘democratic approach’ has helped brand outperform tough market, with big rises in China and US Burberry has returned to profit as its back-to-basics strategy drove strong sales of the British brand’s coats, jackets and handbags over the summer. Joshua Schulman, the chief executive, said the luxury brand had outperformed a “challenging luxury market” to achieve sales growth of 6%, helped by strong online and wholesale sales particularly in China and the US. “Our strategy is working,”...
UK luxury brand Burberry has beaten forecasts for second-quarter sales and first-half profit, saying its more affordable products had won over younger shoppers in the US and China.
The ‘Worldeez’ toy consisted of a globe which when unwrapped revealed gifts themed on individual countries
Four free exhibitions take you from a luxury white enclave in Rio de Janeiro to exhausted erotic dancers touring the US and a culture-changing London address ★★★★☆ Continue reading...
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? The recent US elections reminded the Thursday quiz that we have just passed the sixth anniversary of Rudy Giuliani’s Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference , which was not only hilarious in and of itself, but sparked one of the best viral laughing videos of all internet history. Whether you will be laughing as hard after facing this week’s quiz remains to be seen. Here are 15 pu...
Global technology editor Dan Milmo on the scandal rocking the world of AI: US intelligence believes the lover of Nvidia’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, is a Chinese spy Nvidia is one of the biggest companies in the world. Its chief executive, Jensen Huang, is worth around $150bn (£112bn). But the AI giant’s stock is sliding – and Huang’s position is under question – after it emerged on Sunday that he had been having an affair with a woman US intelligence services believe is a Chinese spy. Gl...
Since the US war on Iran began in February, there have been hundreds of oil spills, posing a ‘generational’ threat to wildlife The vast, dark slicks in the strait of Hormuz are visible from space. Throughout October, oil tankers were struck by missiles or sea mines in the waterway and spilled crude into the sea. The pollution has spread across the Gulf, contaminating coastlines and threatening to cause lasting damage to marine ecosystems that are home to dolphins, sea turtles and countless sp...
The Foreign Secretary was speaking after Donald Trump said the war with Iran was militarily ‘effectively over’.
The United States have cancelled media access scheduled for Wednesday as Manchester United prepare to make a move for their head coach Mauricio Pochettino.
EasyJet shareholders have given the green light to the airline's £5.7billion private equity takeover in a move paving the way for it to fall into US hands.
President claims US ‘did not start war with Iran’ in Veterans Day speech where he also backed defense secretary again day after failed impeachment vote Democrats lambast absent peers over failed Hegseth impeachment House Republicans block effort to impeach Hegseth Sign up for the US Breaking News email Some Democrats, out of the 11 who missed the key procedural vote on Tuesday to impeach Pete Hegseth, blamed a traffic jam in Washington DC for their inability to make it to the US Capitol in ti...
Al Gore, Founding Partner & Chairman, Generation Investment Management and Former US Vice President discusses the future of climate action with Bloomberg's Akshat Rathi at Bloomberg Green at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye. (Source: Bloomberg)
US envoys to visit Moscow and Dublin on Thursday for talks with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy respectively Russia and Ukraine have agreed to the “largest prisoner exchange” of the war at their first US-brokered talks since February but made little progress towards a broader peace agreement. Both sides sent senior delegations to the two-day talks, led by Donald Trump’s envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, in an effort to find a solution to end the nearly-five-year war. Continue rea...
Ethics watchdogs question necessity of the US secretary of state flying between DC and Gainesville so often Marco Rubio , the US secretary of state, has emerged as a superfan of the University of Florida ’s football team, spending more than $1.2m of taxpayers’ money on frequent personal trips to watch them play, a report published on Wednesday claims. Ethics watchdogs have questioned the necessity of the country’s top diplomat shuttling so often between Washington DC and Gainesville, where hi...
Team must win World Cup group to trigger rule Spain, US, Germany and England currently in top four The top four-ranked teams will be separated until the semi-finals at the 2027 Women’s World Cup, provided they each win their group, after a change to the tournament’s draw procedure was confirmed by Fifa. Spain, the United States, Germany and England are currently ranked one to four in the world respectively, although the US and England still need to qualify for the tournament. The seedings wil...
After missing out on Jeffery Simmons and Jonathan Taylor, New York took a huge swing on the league's leading rusher before standing pat
US-Russia-Ukraine talks took place in Abu Dhabi after a roughly 9-month hiatus owing to war in Iran
US indictment links alleged plot to attack British air base to wider campaign across Europe targeting Jewish sites
A selection of images from the famous US highway, which was established on 11 November 1926 Continue reading...
Pochettino wants to leave USA role for United United board meeting scheduled for Wednesday Manchester United have a framework agreement with Mauricio Pochettino for him to become their head coach if Michael Carrick is sacked. Carrick is expected to be fired in line with the recommendation from Jason Wilcox, the director of football, and Omar Berrada, the chief executive, to Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Pochettino is the US men’s national team head coach and in August signed a contract to 2030 but he wa...
Attorneys general from 13 US states have threatened Britain with reprisals over the 'harmful anti-Israel' trade ban, warning the actions could force American firms to cut ties with the UK.
The fight at Cardiff's Principality Stadium is due to finish in the early hours to align with US primetime.
181GW of gas-fired capacity proposed for sites in US and Europe because of delays in connecting to national grids, says report Developers of AI datacentres plan to build on-site climate-destroying gas power stations on a huge scale to meet their energy demands, research reveals. Datacentres planned across the US, the UK and mainland Europe have proposals to build fossil fuel plants on-site to create 181GW of gas-fired capacity because of delays to connect to national grids, according to the f...
Move comes as chipmaker reels from reports its CEO was having an affair with an alleged Chinese spy Business live – latest updates Nvidia has appointed a leading US law firm to conduct a “thorough and independent” investigation into the relationship between its chief executive, Jensen Huang, and an alleged Chinese spy . The $4.1tn (£3tn) chipmaker has hired New York-based Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for the investigation, which will be led by the Wachtell partner Joon Kim. Wachtell’s websi...
The FBI says the case is of “the utmost concern” to Washington and its allies, while army counterintelligence chiefs warn that insider threats are “real and persistent”.
Yesterday it emerged that the Pentagon had withdrawn at least a dozen aircraft from a Royal Air Force base in Suffolk after Iranian threats to US military sites.
Britain's competition watchdog told food giant Unilever and US spice maker McCormick they must address competition concerns in recipe mixes and sauces or face an in-depth investigation of their planned $65 billion food deal.
Many governments are yet to set targets, leaving recipient countries struggling to plan and attract private investment Developing countries have been left in limbo by the failure of some of the world’s biggest economies to flesh out their plans for new climate finance. Poor countries are supposed to receive $300bn a year from the governments of industrialised nations by 2035, along with about $1tn from other sources, to help them cope with the effects of extreme weather and shift to a low-car...
A lesson from the US midterms is that electorates are repelled by the arrogant mega-rich buying democracy. This is a fight Labour can afford to pick For most people, $224m (£168m) is a lot of money, especially if you spend it and get nothing in return. But Elon Musk is richer than most people. In fact, there is no one richer. As the wealthiest of the US’s tech oligarchs Musk could afford to blow huge sums on a failed bid to prop up Republican candidates in Texas, his adoptive home state, in l...
Mohammad al-Saadi, 32, was extradited to the US in May over charges linking him to 20 attempted terror attacks across the US and Europe.
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