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Royal Artillery under fire after denying access to looted Asante treasure

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T13:45:27+00:00

‘Extraordinary’ golden lamb’s head pillaged in 1874 from what is now Ghana remains hidden in officers’ messThe Royal Artillery is facing criticism after it emerged they are refusing public access to an “extraordinary object” looted by the British army in the 19th century from the Asante people in modern-day Ghana.The glistening golden ram’s head would seemingly be worthy of any museum, but it remains hidden within the regiment’s mess at Larkhill in Wiltshire. Continue reading...

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Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video to come under UK regulator for first time

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T13:40:25+00:00

Streaming giants will be subject to same Ofcom scrutiny as traditional broadcasters such as the BBC Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video and Disney+ are to come under “enhanced regulation” by the UK media regulator, Ofcom, making the streaming giants subject to the same scrutiny as traditional broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV.Under the new regulatory regime, which will also apply to public service broadcaster (PSB) video-on-demand services such as ITVX and Channel 4, the platforms will have to adhere to regulations relating to accurate and impartial news and protecting audiences from harmful and

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Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video to come under stricter regulation in UK

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T13:40:25+00:00

Streaming giants will be subject to same Ofcom scrutiny as traditional broadcasters such as the BBCNetflix, Amazon’s Prime Video and Disney+ are to come under “enhanced regulation” by the UK media regulator, Ofcom, making the streaming giants subject to the same scrutiny as traditional broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV.Under the new regulatory regime, which will also apply to public service broadcaster (PSB) video-on-demand services such as ITVX and Channel 4, the platforms will have to adhere to regulations relating to accurate and impartial news and protecting audiences from harmful and o

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Your Russia-Ukraine war questions answered as Europe marks four years since the full-scale invasion - live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T13:36:45+00:00

Central and eastern Europe correspondent Shaun Walker joins Jakub Krupa to answer readers’ questions about four years of war, and where it’s headingZelenskyy says “we must be just as determined and strong as we were when the invasion began,” as “the threat hasn’t become smaller.”He says Europe can only respond to this war working together with the US, even as he remarks it “is not an easy task to maintain transatlantic unity and cooperation in the current conditions.”“So there must be no place in the free world for Russian oil, for Russian tankers, Russian banks, Russian sanctions …, schemes,

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Кінець анонімності? Нардеп Юрчишин пояснив, як в Україні можуть "приручити" Telegram

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-02-24T13:31:59+00:00

Юрчишин наголошує, що якщо не робити нічого зараз, то це питання забудеться до "чергового теракту, який здійснюватимуть українські громадяни, завербовані через Telegram.

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Andrew ‘rude, arrogant and entitled man’, says minister as MPs debate release of trade envoy documents – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T13:30:57+00:00

Chris Bryant says former prince ‘could not distinguish between public and private interest’Keir Starmer is taking part in a coalition of the willing video call to discuss Ukraine. There is a live feed of his public contribution here.Kemi Badenoch is holding a press conference now. She is appearing with the relatives of children who she says have died as a result of social media – either because they took their own lives, or because it led to them being attacked. She says she wants to give them a platform to tell their stories. Continue reading...

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Reddit fined £14.5m in UK over use of under-13s’ data

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T13:30:29+00:00

Information Commissioner’s Office imposes largest fine yet for a breach of children’s privacy The UK information regulator has fined the social news service Reddit £14.5m for using the data of children under the age of 13 unlawfully and potentially exposing them to inappropriate and harmful content.The hefty punishment from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the largest fine yet for a breach of children’s privacy and comes after the US-based company introduced age checks in July, including age verification to access mature content. Prior to this, the ICO said, there were “a large n

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Trump’s new global tariffs kick in at 10%; Meta strikes $60bn chip deal with AMD - business live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T13:19:46+00:00

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsWhile many exporters around the world cheered when the supreme court ruled against Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs last week, the unintended consequence could be that the trade war escalates further, says Neil Wilson at the broker Saxo Markets.Trump warned countries not to ‘play games’ and threatened ‘a much higher tariff’ than they had agreed to...the unintended consequence of the Supreme Court ruling could be an escalatory trade war that markets hadn’t anticipated. Or as Trump put it the Supreme Court had ‘unwittingly’ handed him ‘far mo

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Meta agrees $60bn deal with chipmaker AMD despite AI bubble fears

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T13:18:32+00:00

Facebook owner’s investment described by semiconductor company as ‘big bet’ on artificial intelligenceBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of Facebook has agreed to buy $60bn (£44.5bn) of artificial intelligence chips from the US semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices despite fears over the vast sums being spent on the AI industry.Meta, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, has clinched the five-year deal in which it will also buy 10% of the chip company. Continue reading...

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Epstein tried to use Andrew’s trade envoy role ‘to enrich himself’, says Davey in MPs’ debate – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T13:17:25+00:00

Lib Dem leader outlines how financier tried to use then prince to set up a meeting with GaddafiKeir Starmer is taking part in a coalition of the willing video call to discuss Ukraine. There is a live feed of his public contribution here.Kemi Badenoch is holding a press conference now. She is appearing with the relatives of children who she says have died as a result of social media – either because they took their own lives, or because it led to them being attacked. She says she wants to give them a platform to tell their stories. Continue reading...

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Guerra Ucraina-Russia, le news. Meloni ai Volenterosi: “Creare le condizioni per la pace”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-02-24T13:15:30+00:00

Cremlino: “Non raggiunti gli obiettivi, la guerra continuerà.Regno Unito e Francia vogliono dare arma nucleare a Kiev”. Zelensky in videocollegamento con il Parlamento europeo: “Russia dittatura mentalmente instabile e antieuropea”. Costa e von der Leyen a Kiev

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Witness to immigration agent’s killing of friend last year dies in Texas car crash

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-24T13:13:20+00:00

Joshua Orta was passenger when Ruben Ray Martinez was fatally shot in his car by immigration agent in March 2025The passenger in the car when Texas driver Ruben Ray Martinez was fatally shot in March 2025 by a federal immigration agent gave a lengthy statement to lawyers for the slain man’s family disputing the government’s version of events.That witness died on Saturday in a fiery car crash in San Antonio, a lawyer for Martinez’s family said. Continue reading...

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Suzlon to launch DevCo; signals shift beyond wind to solar & BESS

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-24T13:07:27+00:00

The DevCo unit will focus on identifying high-potential wind and hybrid sites 3-5 years in advance using proprietary resource data, securing land parcels, obtaining regulatory approvals and arranging grid connectivity through State and Central transmission utilities

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