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Microsoft is investigating how Israel’s military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, is using its Azure cloud storage platform, amid concerns the company’s staff in Israel may have concealed key details about its work on sensitive military projects.Senior executives are scrambling to assess what data Unit 8200 holds in Azure after a Guardian investigation revealed how the spy agency has used the cloud platform to store a vast collection of intercepted Palestinian mobile phone calls.The joint investigation with the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and Hebrew-language outlet Local Call found Unit 8200 has used a customised and segregated area within Azure to store…

The Slovenia striker was also a target for Newcastle United, having scored 39 times in two years for RB Leipzig.Manchester United have signed Slovenia striker Benjamin Sesko from Germany’s RB Leipzig on a contract until 2030, the Premier League club have announced.The transfer fee is 76.5 million euros ($89m) with 8.5 million euros ($9.9m) in bonuses.The 22-year-old, who joined Leipzig from the Austrian club RB Salzburg in 2023, scored 39 goals in 87 appearances across all competitions for the German side.“The history of Manchester United is obviously very special, but what really excites me is the future,” Sesko said, upon…

A bus carrying mourners from a funeral has crashed in western Kenya, killing 25 people, local authorities say. The driver lost control, veered off the road and overturned into a ditch along the Kisumu-Kakamega Highway on Friday afternoon, a police report seen by the BBC says. This area is notorious for many deadly accidents.Police said 10 women, 10 men and one girl died at the scene, with 20 passengers injured, five of them seriously. Four people later died in hospital, officials said.The passengers were returning from a burial ground and are all believed to be from one family.The cause of…

243 Kericho County’s political tensions have escalated after Members of County Assembly (MCAs) accused Governor Erick Mutai of using calls to dissolve the county government as a ploy to dodge accountability over alleged corruption. Majority Leader Philip Rono said at least 35 MCAs had signed an impeachment notice against the governor, well above the number needed to initiate proceedings. He urged Mutai to prepare his defense instead of “engaging in political theatrics” ahead of next week’s impeachment debate. Deputy Speaker Cheruiyot Bett insisted the Assembly would not be swayed by threats, accusing the governor of overseeing the irregular payment of…

The establishment of a centre of excellence at Victoria Hospital for reconstructive surgery and orthodontics as well as providing adequate solutions to those suffering from deformities were among the main topics discussed during a courtesy call by Prof. Subramoniam Muthiah Balaji on the Prime Minister, Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, this afternoon at the New Treasury Building in Prot Louis. In a statement Prof. Balaji, a leading specialist in complex maxillofacial and reconstructive surgery, highlighted that discussions with PM Ramgoolam also focused on head and neck cancer which is mainly caused by improper diets and allergies; reconstruction procedures; and the possibility of…

HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Geno Smith and defensive end Maxx Crosby were captured on videos making obscene gestures toward Seattle Seahawks fans as they entered the field before their preseason game Thursday night.Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch was fined $10,128 for making a similar gesture to Green Bay Packers fans last November, according to multiple reports at the time.Several videos of the actions by Smith and Crosby made the rounds on social media Friday.One video showed the team gathered as it was ready to enter the field. Crosby is seen bouncing on his feet and appears to…

The Home Office is threatening to ban a Canadian academic from the UK after she was unable to renew her visa in time during a mental health crisis.Dr Heather Scott has lived in Britain since she came in 2011 on a study visa. The renowned academic, whose area of research relates to Victorian cemeteries including Highgate, Brompton and Abney Park, is required to be based in London.She has successfully renewed her visa seven times in the past. But in 2022, she became seriously mentally ill. She was hospitalised for 13 weeks and was unable to engage with the visa renewal…

Emma Thompson discussed her career, including getting a call from Donald Trump, her days doing stand-up comedy, including jokes about herpes and Margaret Thatcher, Sense and Sensibility, and the Monica Lewinsky scandal playing out during the Primary Colors shoot in Locarno, Switzerland on Saturday. She appeared in front of a huge and hugely excited crowd after on Friday evening joining the likes of Faye Dunaway, Mia Farrow, Andy García, Adrien Brody, Meg Ryan, Hilary Swank, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Irène Jacob as a recipient of the Locarno Film Festival‘s Leopard Club Award on the Swiss town’s picturesque Piazza Grande. The Friday…

Protesters blocked the R300 in Cape Town on Thursday Dozens of people who were relocated from houses they had built on Cape Town’s central rail line staged a protest on Thursday morning, blocking a section of the R300 between Mitchell’s Plain and Philippi with burning tyres. They are demanding electricity and better service delivery from the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) and the City of Cape Town. By 10am, the crowd was dispersed by police using rubber bullets. The protesters belong to the 900 households that in 2019 built shacks on unused railway lines in Nyanga and Phillipi.…

In the late 1950s, Norwegian toymaker Asmund Laerdal received an unusual brief: to design a life-like mannequin that resembled an unconscious patient.Peter Safar, an Austrian doctor, had just developed the basics of CPR, a lifesaving technique that keeps blood and oxygen flowing to the brain and vital organs after the heart has stopped beating.He was eager to teach it to the public, but had a problem – the deep chest compressions often resulted in fractured ribs, which meant practical demonstrations were impossible.It was in his search for a solution that he was introduced to Laerdal, an intrepid innovator then in…