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Hobbs and Whistles owner investigates hack that may have exposed customer data

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-13T10:11:46+00:00

Cyber-attack on TFG London comes less than a week after online fashion seller Asos was hit by hackersBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles has warned that its websites and IT systems have been hit by a cyber-attack that may have compromised customers’ personal data.The South-African listed TFG London said that it had identified the “cybersecurity incident” at the three UK-based retail chains on Sunday. Its two other UK brands – Inside Story and White Stuff – are not affected. Continue reading...

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Trump targets Ilhan Omar at rally following raid on her home – US politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-13T10:08:40+00:00

President says Somalia, birthplace of the Minnesota Democratic congresswoman, is ‘one of the worst countries on the planet’Sign up for the US Breaking News emailHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar said she will “not be silenced” and called a search of her Washington home part of President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign.She comes from one of the worst countries ⁠anywhere on the planet. What a mess they have done - Somalia.A federal judge has ordered Donald Trump’s administration to temporarily halt the broadcast of taxpayer-funded television

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Zelenskyy says Russia ‘did not heed’ Trump’s call for energy ceasefire and gave ‘no early warning’ before strikes on Kyiv – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-13T10:06:51+00:00

Ukraine’s president says his country has halted strikes on Russian oil refineries for two days after Trump’s ceasefire announcementOn frozen Russian assets, Poland’s Sikorski says the use of frozen Russian assets is “a complicated issue,” but takes a very clear stance in response to any suggestion of releasing them back to Russia.“We are working on it, but there is also some rumours that some people are expecting these assets to be released back to Russia. I don’t think I’m speaking just for myself in saying: over our dead bodies.”“Russia right now is not ready for ceasefire, but still, this o

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‘Our future is being stolen’: Greta Thunberg joins students protesting in Paris

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-13T10:03:01+00:00

Swedish activist stands alongside French teenagers calling for investment to fix teacher shortages and crumbling schoolsThe Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined demonstrating high school students in France as the country braced for another day of nationwide protests over chronic teacher shortages, overcrowded classes and crumbling buildings.“Young people are not being included in the conversation,” Thunberg, 23, who became famous as a teenager through school strikes demanding action on the climate crisis, told reporters outside the Lycée Paul Éluard in the Paris suburb of Saint-D

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How a scandal engulfing Brazil’s top court could return the Bolsonaros to power

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-13T10:00:05+00:00

The judge who helped convict Jair Bolsonaro is caught up in a crisis that could benefit his son and damage LulaMarina Silva on Flávio Bolsonaro: He will try to finish his father’s ‘perverse project’ to destroy the AmazonThundering to a crowd of thousands of far-right supporters in São Paulo on 7 September, Brazil’s Independence Day, the senator Flávio Bolsonaro focused less on his opponent in the presidential election, the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, than on someone who is not running at all.“Whoever votes for Lula is voting for Alexandre de Moraes,” Bolsonaro shouted, referri

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Millions of Medicaid recipients to face draconian requirements as of 1 January

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-13T10:00:03+00:00

Trump’s reform law that seeks to make coverage harder to get, and to keep, includes working 80 hours per monthIt is a date keeping US healthcare providers up at night: 1 January 2027.As the midterm elections loom, everyone from hospital leaders and to patient advocates are focused on the New Year, when Republicans scheduled the most controversial elements of their healthcare reform law to go into effect. Continue reading...

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Activist Greta Thunberg joins French student protests

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-10-13T09:58:11+00:00

Thunberg arrives at Paul Eluard high school in the heart of the movement in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis.

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The monetisation of mental health

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-10-13T09:44:47+00:00

The monetisation of mental health

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La Hongrie commence à supprimer les lois anti-LGBT+ de l’ère Orban

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-13T09:36:56+00:00

Viktor Orban avait progressivement restreint les droits LGBT+ en Hongrie. Il s’agit du premier signe clair d’un changement de politique sur ce sujet depuis l’arrivée au pouvoir du conservateur Péter Magyar.

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La Hongrie commence à supprimer les lois anti-LGBT + de l’ère Orban

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-13T09:36:54+00:00

Viktor Orban avait progressivement restreint les droits LGBT + en Hongrie. Il s’agit du premier signe clair d’un changement de politique sur ce sujet depuis l’arrivée au pouvoir du conservateur Péter Magyar.

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Україна може втратити $5 млрд експорту через зупинку металургії: галузі потрібна окрема програма відновлення

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-10-13T09:36:52+00:00

фото depositphotos.comУкраїнська металургія наблизилася до критичної межі: великі підприємства зупинені або суттєво скоротили виробництво, а за негативного сценарію країна у 2027 році може не виробити...

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When transfer pricing becomes a tax on Global South

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-13T09:36:39+00:00

The FM is right to push BRICS on transfer pricing. The numbers show why it cannot stop at a communique 

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"Були протиріччя": Сирський назвав причину конфлікту з Федоровим

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-10-13T09:35:00+00:00

За словами ексголовкома, Федоров віддавав перевагу закупівлям дронів, але ігнорував інші потреби війська, через що виникав дефіцит певних видів озброєння.

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