
#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Starmer urges Mauritius to ensure deal that protects Chagos Islands from ‘malign influence’. The prime minister has stressed he wants ‘strong protections’ for the UK-US military base on the island chain
#Politics #Mauritius #United Kingdom #Africa #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia #USA #Europe #North America

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Woman freed by Hamas told Starmer she was held in Unrwa premises, her mother says. British-Israeli Emily Damari was taken hostage on 7 October 2023 and says Hamas denied her medical treatment after shooting her twice
#Health #Politics #United Kingdom #Palestine #Europe #Asia #Israel

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Just Stop Oil protester, 78, released to home detention after fitting tag found. Gaie Delap had prison term extended because contractors could not find wrist strap of right size
#United Kingdom #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × ‘Perfect rat storm’: urban rodent numbers soar as the climate heats, study finds. Sharp rise in population in 11 of 16 cities expected to continue as rising temperatures make it easier for the animals to breed, say researchers
#Weather #United Kingdom #USA #Europe #North America

#computerweekly.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Police swoop on Sky ECC cryptophone distributors in Spain and Holland | Computer Weekly. Police have arrested three men and one woman over their alleged role in distributing Sky ECC encrypted phones used by organised crime groups across multiple countries. The Dutch public prosecutors’ off
#Tech #France #United Kingdom #Canada #Spain #Kingdom of the Netherlands #Belgium #Europe #North America #Netherlands

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Ofsted overhaul for English schools to be put out for public consultation. Five-step rating from ‘exemplary’ to ‘causing concern’ set to replace single-word judgments
#Education #United Kingdom #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Bristol memorial service pays tribute to civil rights activist Paul Stephenson. Paul Boateng and Sir Trevor Phillips among those present to remember man who played pivotal role in 1963 bus boycott
#United Kingdom #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × ‘We’d go absolutely nuts’: PM warned of Labour fight if he backs huge oilfield. Exclusive: MPs and ministers say they would oppose Starmer if he tries to approve Rosebank development
#Politics #United Kingdom #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × WH Smith sale could turn high street into ‘book desert’, authors say. The retailer is in talks to sell its 500 high street stores, which could be a ‘nail in the coffin for British writers’
#United Kingdom #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Ex-Barclays CEO gears up for explosive trial over City regulator’s allegations on Jeffrey Epstein ties. Court papers seen by the Guardian mean Jes Staley’s appeal against FCA ruling will demand answers on links to sex offender
#Business #United Kingdom #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Britain’s favourite fish at risk of wipeout within decades, predicts report. Brown trout unlikely to survive in most rivers at height of summer by 2080, says Environment Agency
#United Kingdom #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × AstraZeneca axes £450m vaccine plant in Liverpool, blaming state funding cut. Days after Rachel Reeves highlighted life sciences as UK strength, firm decides against site expansion
#United Kingdom #Europe

#bbc.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Barclays outage affecting payments and online banking. The bank says its app also affected, as is the phone line and messenger service for customers
#Business #Tech #United Kingdom #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × York Minster congregation outraged over ‘deeply inappropriate’ concert. Gig at cathedral by metal band Plague of Angels would be ‘outright insult’ to their faith, say parishioners
#Religious #Showbiz #United Kingdom #Europe #music

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × ‘We’ve got rats as big as your feet’: Birmingham residents despair as rubbish piles up. Since the council declared itself bankrupt, and bin workers went on strike, the city’s streets have become clogged with bin bags and fly-tipping
#Health #United Kingdom #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Philp says Britons need better ‘work ethic’ and claims mini-budget might have worked if Truss had listened to him – politics live. Shadow home secretary says Britons need to ‘up their game’ if country is to compete with China, India and South Korea
#Politics #United Kingdom #China #Europe #Asia #India #South Korea

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Kim Jones steps down from Christian Dior menswear after seven years. British designer’s departure prompts speculation he could soon head up Burberry
#Christian #Fashion #Religious #United Kingdom #Burberry #Europe #Christian Dior

#computerweekly.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Barclays hit by major IT outage on HMRC deadline day | Computer Weekly. Customers of Barclays Bank are left unable to access web app and online banking following a significant IT outage that seems to have come at the worst possible time
#Business #Tech #United Kingdom #Europe

#computerweekly.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Verizon unveils enterprise network AI strategy | Computer Weekly. Business IT and comms division of telco giant relevels strategy for deployment of artificial intelligence in enterprise use cases.
#Tech #United Kingdom #Europe

#computerweekly.com. #Jan.31.2025 × AI jailbreaking techniques prove highly effective against DeepSeek | Computer Weekly. Researchers at Palo Alto have shown how novel jailbreaking techniques were able to fool breakout GenAI model DeepSeek into helping create keylogging tools, steal data, and make a Molotov cocktail
#Tech #United Kingdom #Europe

#computerweekly.com. #Jan.31.2025 × DeepSeek API, chat log exposure a ‘rookie’ cyber error | Computer Weekly. Security researchers at Wiz find a trove of DeepSeek data including API secrets and chat logs publicly exposed via an open source database management tool, raising questions about the fast-growing serv
#Tech #United Kingdom #Europe

#theguardian.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Pressure grows on Met over ‘heavy-handed’ policing of pro-Gaza protest. Trade unions write to home secretary to complain about officers’ behaviour and tactics in London on 18 January
#United Kingdom #Europe

#computerweekly.com. #Jan.31.2025 × Everywoman in Tech Forum 2024: Being the best leader you can be | Computer Weekly. With the theme of ‘igniting leadership potential’, the 2024 Everywoman in Tech Forum focused on helping women to be strong and authentic tech leaders.
#Tech #United Kingdom #Europe

#wikipedia.org. United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and
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