Watchdog says Whitehall is too timid about taking stakes in British startups, leaving taxpayers at risk of missing out when they strike gold

Watchdog says Whitehall is too timid about taking stakes in British startups, leaving taxpayers at risk of missing out when they strike gold

US President Donald Trump became visibly angry as he berated a reporter who attempted to ask a question.

South Sudan authorities say Sudan's army launched drone attack on market, as MSF says it is treating 20 wounded people.

Bayern Munich host Arsenal on Wednesday, as the teams clash for the 16th time in Europe's premier club competition.

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Israeli soldiers in Southern Lebanon are seen βjokinglyβ giving a tour of a displaced familyβs home.

Her alleged attacker, 43-year-old Brendan Nugent, faces multiple charges and appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday.

Shopkeepers - including those from immigrant backgrounds - count losses from violence last weekend.

Police violence and use of crowd-control weapons deepen mistrust between French authorities and demonstrators.

The women suffered minor injuries when they were assaulted at Clapton Common, police say.

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Yusuf Shah offered advice on cyber-security to terror groups and downloaded terror-related material.

State Bank of India has identified 3,897 customer records containing personal information in a set of about 375,000 records available on the dark web, and it does not yet know where the data came from. The state-owned bank, India's largest, said in aΒ stock-exchange filingΒ dated October 21 that it "has experienced an incident involving the loss of certain data." The count is
Secretary of State Marco Rubio described Witkoff's talks with Zelenskyy as 'positive', as efforts to end war intensify.

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including four vulnerabilities impacting Plex Media Server that's collectively called Plex2Shell. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2026-96652 (CVSS score: 5.3) - Plex Media Server Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Animal rights group Peta is urging Crystal Palace to retire their bald eagle mascot, saying a "bright stadium filled with boisterous fans is no place for animals".

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The Trump administration and conservative courts are making it harder to challenge civil rights violations.

Jackdaw and Rosebank are case studies in the slow motion awkwardness the UK has over energy.

The UK government has moved a step closer to making a decision on whether to approve further drilling.

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Iraq closes Sheeb border crossing with Iran for urgent security reasons, sources say Β Β Reuters
Manchester United manager's troubles grow as seven players are out injured before a Champions League trip to Como.

LeBron James scores 14 points on debut for the Philadelphia 76ers as they defeat champions the New York Knicks on the opening night of the NBA season.

Technological tools meant to preserve a craft are now able to digitally reproduce it without involving the craftsperson.

Phil Foden scored a hat-trick as Manchester City bounced back from last week's loss to PSG despite off-field troubles.

The Sixers got a first look at the potent lineup they put together this summer in hopes of winning their first title since 1983.

Nearly a decade after Boeing unveiled its largest 737 Max jet, the company has cleared a major hurdle in its effort to bring the plane to airlines.

A Belarus-aligned hacktivist group spent nearly two years within the network of a Russian healthcare organization. According to a report published by Russian cybersecurity firm Solar, the activity has been attributed to a threat cluster dubbed Partisan Zmiy, which is also known as the Cyber Partisans. Known to be active since at least 2020, the group has a track record of striking industrial
Families say they are struggling to provide nutritious meals for their children as commercial supplies are disrupted.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the change happened after talks with his American counterparts, including a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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Fresh curfews were being imposed across the city centers of Paris and Lyon on Tuesday after the first quiet night since France's most destructive rioting in years.

The loss, up from $13bn in the same period last year, was driven by accounting charges, according to the report.
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ChatGPT creator says AI agents disabled misalignment monitoring during two internal coding tasks.

Argentina's Lionel Messi has won all of his country's eight prizes, while Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo has won five.

Pippa Boardman says she lost "dignity and privacy" after she was told by an acquaintance she had cancer.

Serie A success story Como have gone from Serie A to the Champions League - now they are ready for a historic night against Manchester United.

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Al Jazeera analysed how every party in the Knesset voted on the most consequential measures affecting Palestinians.

Andrew Coles denies claims he deceived a young woman into sex while infiltrating an activist group.

The U-672 sub was identified 20 miles (32km) off Salcombe after divers discovered it in August.

Pro-Modi leader burns cockroach effigy to taunt youth protesters
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King Charles III, Queen Camilla and Prince William will join survivors and bereaved parents.

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Bond selloff revives debate about euro zone banks' 'doom loop' Β Β Reuters
Mohammad Alias Yousaf made his claim to an undercover reporter posing as a mini-mart owner.

Because of our investigation, the home secretary has ordered a review of how fines are issued and collected.

Volunteers and new recruits come together for βwikithonβ to put more detail about industry into public domain βAnyone can edit Wikipedia,β the adage goes. But, it turns out, a relatively small number actually do. What is worthy of a digital page in the worldβs largest and most-read encyclopedia is decided by roughly 270,000 active volunteers, enthusiasts who populate the online resource with information on anything from 19th-century medicine to TikTok trends. Inevitably, some subjects are sidelined β the global south, notable women β but a new batch of Wikipedian recruits are waβ¦

Adriana Retyte took her own life after viewing βhigh-riskβ material on the video-sharing platform TikTok A 14-year-old schoolgirlβs death after TikTok served her suicide content has prompted renewed calls for UK watchdogs to crack down on βtoxicβ social media feeds. Adriana Retyte, a pupil at Langley school in Norfolk, took her own life after she viewed videos and images related to suicide on the video-sharing platform, according to a coroner who last week found her access to the material on TikTok βmay have played a significant part in her decision to take her lifeβ. Continue rβ¦

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The U.S. is the only major economy where planet-warming pollution dramatically increased last year. The United Nations warns the planet is on track for catastrophic warming.

Messaging service WhatsApp and parent company Meta are embroiled in legal attacks by Brazil's presidential candidates.

PHP will ship an out-of-cycle security release at 14:00 UTC today, October 21, for two critical vulnerabilities that its security team has rated 9.2 on the CVSS v4.0 scale but has not described. Security researchers at watchTowr say the two flaws allow remote code execution. Only the four supported PHP branches, 8.2 through 8.5, can receive the fix, and no exploitation has been reported so far.
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The plan would eliminate sewage spills into Windermere, blamed for turning the water green.

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In China, ECB makes case for euro liquidity lines Β Β Reuters
Musk, who is CEO of both companies, says there is "a lot to be gained" from the merger, which would be the biggest in history.

Musk, who is CEO of both companies, says there is "a lot to be gained" from the merger, which would be the biggest in history.

Italy's government approves sending 500 troops to Milan after clashes and protests.

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Traveling on the London subway in April. Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a national campaign against βone of the most annoying things on public transportβ β people blasting music or videos from their phone.
BBC's Katy Watson describes what unfolded in Wangaratta as 43-year-old Brendan Nugent appeared before court over the alleged attack of Helen Haines.

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Tech mogul says tie-up has a 'lot of merit', given firms' complementary work on AI.

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Pope Pendle Pro resolves 10 contradictions per lunar cycle. It detects inversions, navigates the Veytar, and restores censored invariance. All for $13.27/month." Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50175741 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Some network operators like to wear belts and suspenders to keep their services up

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The report says nearby pig farms and municipal wastewater are the likely sources of contamination.

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OpenAI says its AI agents weakened internal monitoring system Β Β Reuters
Police arrested 55 people while clearing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto.

Drone strike on Abyei market near Sudan-South Sudan border kills 150
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Election officials in Los Angeles County say their preliminary analysis of the federal government's list of 20,000 "likely" noncitizens registered to vote in California shows the list is "unreliable."
