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UK’s small power plants face continued cyber risk after Iran-linked hack

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T09:00:10+00:00

Government measures to improve resilience are not due until 2030 and July’s hack has not altered this timeline Hundreds of Britain’s smallest power plants could remain at a higher risk to state-sponsored cyber-attacks until the 2030s despite a successful Iran-linked hack last month, it has emerged.Officials this week briefed energy bosses on the breach, which is understood to have shut an unnamed small gas power plant for four days last month, and put the industry on alert over the growing cyber threat facing energy infrastructure. Continue reading...

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UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran hack

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T09:00:10+00:00

Decision not to improve resilience sooner described as ‘unacceptable gamble with our national security’Hundreds of Britain’s smallest power plants could remain at a higher risk to state-sponsored cyber-attacks until the 2030s despite a successful Iran-linked hack last month, it has emerged.Officials this week briefed energy bosses on the breach, which is understood to have shut an unnamed small gas power plant for four days last month, and put the industry on alert over the growing cyber threat facing energy infrastructure. Continue reading...

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UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran-linked hack

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T09:00:10+00:00

Decision not to improve resilience sooner described as ‘unacceptable gamble with our national security’Hundreds of Britain’s smallest power plants could remain at a higher risk to state-sponsored cyber-attacks until the 2030s despite a successful Iran-linked hack last month, it has emerged.Officials this week briefed energy bosses on the breach, which is understood to have shut an unnamed small gas power plant for four days last month, and put the industry on alert over the growing cyber threat facing energy infrastructure. Continue reading...

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Vulnerable children deliberately self-harming to stay in care, research finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T09:00:09+00:00

Report shines light on ‘catastrophic situation’ where young people make themselves more ill to avoid losing supportSome of the most vulnerable children and young people in care are deliberately self-harming to avoid being abandoned when they get better or turn 18 and face a “cliff edge” of no further support, according to research.Abi Booth, a psychotherapist who works with children and young people, said some were in a “catastrophic situation” in which they were hurting themselves to keep their place in therapeutic facilities.In the UK, the youth suicide charity Papyrus can be contacted on 08

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Scenes From a Destroyed Barbershop in Lebanon

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-27T09:00:01+00:00

Our reporter Abdi Latif Dahir visits a barbershop in Lebanon that was demolished in an Israeli airstrike in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Жодна готівка до Sense Bank не вносилась: ексголова наглядової ради прокоментував звинувачення НАБУ

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-08-27T08:41:00+00:00

Ексголова наглядової ради Sense Bank заявив, що звинувачення у платежі на 150 млн грн для сплати застави за підозрюваного не підтверджені жодною технічною експертизою / фото - ВікіпедіяЗвинувачення на...

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Donna trovata impiccata nel Catanese, compagno indagato per omicidio

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-27T08:39:49+00:00

Secondo gli inquirenti, dall'autopsia non sono arrivate indicazioni univoche. Ma lui si difende: “I messaggi arrivati sul mio cellulare confermano che si è tolta la vita”

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les dernières informations au 27 août 2026

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-27T08:37:39+00:00

L’armée de l’air ukrainienne a affirmé jeudi avoir « abattu ou neutralisé » 233 cibles aériennes russes au cours d’une attaque menée pendant la nuit, à partir de 18 heures mercredi. Les principales zones visées étaient les régions d’Odessa, de Kiev, de Dnipropetrovsk, de Poltava et de Zaporijia.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les dernières informations

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-27T08:37:36+00:00

L’armée de l’air ukrainienne a affirmé jeudi avoir « abattu ou neutralisé » 233 cibles aériennes russes au cours d’une attaque menée pendant la nuit, à partir de 18 heures mercredi. Les principales zones visées étaient les régions d’Odessa, de Kiev, de Dnipropetrovsk, de Poltava et de Zaporijia.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : le Kremlin rejette les « histoires alarmistes » des médias américains après la visite du directeur de la CIA à Moscou

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-27T08:37:36+00:00

Dmitri Peskov faisait référence à des informations, publiées par le Wall Street Journal et CBS, affirmant que le déplacement à Moscou de John Ratcliffe avait pour but d’« adresser un avertissement à la Russie contre toute attaque [sur] les pays de l’OTAN ». Si la Maison-Blanche ne s’est pas précisément exprimée sur ces informations, Donald Trump avait pourtant qualifié cette visite de « semi-routine »

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Corea del sud, il mistero dell’isola degli innamorati: 4 cadaveri trovati in 3 giorni

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-27T08:30:57+00:00

Al momento non è stato accertato nessun collegamento tra le morti a Jeju, ma la vicenda scuote l’opinione pubblica anche per le gravi falle nella gestione di diverse di denunce di scomparsa. E mentre la polizia finisce sotto accusa, il turismo nella località Unesco, già in calo, rischia un nuovo contraccolpo

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Silver futures nearly flat at ₹2.39 lakh per kg

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-08-27T08:29:21+00:00

Silver contracts for September delivery on the Multi Commodity Exchange fell by ₹31, or 0.01%, to ₹2,39,607 per kg, with a turnover of 6,876 lots

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Albanese vows refugee intake won’t be slashed after earlier reports of Coalition-level cut

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-27T08:06:57+00:00

Prime minister intervenes after news Tony Burke was planning to cut intake of 20,000 arrivals by a thirdFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has guaranteed Australia’s annual refugee intake won’t be cut next financial year, shutting down plans for the arrivals quota to drop back to Coalition-era levels of 13,750.Labor MPs and refugee advocates reacted angrily to news on Thursday morning that the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, was planning to cut intake of 20,000 arrivals by a third in 2027-28. Cont

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