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Often dubbed "Russia's Google", the tech firm admits customers may experience disruption to digital services due to the attacks. Often dubbed "Russia's Google", the company runs the country's most popular search engine, as well as a food-ordering and taxi app used by tens of millions of people. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks were in response to weeks of Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centres. Both sides have stepped up.

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Pillay is recognised for her "efforts to promote peace and international law", the Norwegian Nobel Committee says. The South African judge was recognised "for her efforts to promote peace and international law" which paved the way for a "more comprehensive global legal order", the Nobel committee said. Pillay, 85, has taken part in high-profile work considering allegations of human rights violations during a decades-long career, including in Rwanda, Myanmar and.

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Truckloads of Eritrean soldiers have been seen driving into Ethiopia, which has reportedly responded with drone strikes. In a letter to the UN Security Council, Ethiopia's foreign minister called it a "blatant act of aggression that engages Ethiopia's inherent right to self-defence", following reported strikes on Eritrean troops in Tigray. Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel responded by saying it was facing "an unprovoked war of aggression" from its neighbour. Fighting.

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Education minister Edouard Geffray makes the offer after another day of sometimes violent demonstrations by high-school students. Education minister Edouard Geffray made the offer in a television interview on Thursday evening, at the end of another day of sometimes violent demonstrations by high-school students. The government says 6,877 people have been arrested, 86% of whom are under the age of 18, since protests began centred around demands for more resources.

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Storm expected to make landfall on US’s northern Gulf coast with risk of flash floods and isolated river flooding Isaias has become the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season, with wind speeds of 80mph and a minimum pressure of 975mb. It is expected to strengthen to a category 2 hurricane as it approaches the US’s northern Gulf coast on Friday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Alonzo Lunsford tells the BBC the punishment befits the crime but he has some doubts whether the public should be able to watch it. Listen: 'I played dead', Fort Hood survivor Alonzo Lunsford who was shot seven times tells BBC's Today A former US Army sergeant who survived the mass shooting on Fort Hood has said that while he supports the execution of the gunman by firing squad, he is.