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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/361e/live/26b1dd90-cd4e-11f1-8177-0f8bd59b54c4.jpg”] Getty Images The States of Guernsey said about 40 people in care will be eligible for the scheme. A new government savings scheme will set aside £10 a week for children in care for them to access when they turn 18. Established by the States’ Children and Family Community Services and Guernsey…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d236/live/42c8fb90-cc94-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.png”] BBC Roslynn Garner-Gatley says she relies entirely on oil for heating and hot water A woman has said she is frightened to put her heating on because the cost of domestic oil has nearly doubled. Roslynn Garner-Gatley, 76, lives in a three-bedroom semi-detached cottage in Yealmpton, south Devon, with no gas supply…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f340/live/eba975d0-cdcc-11f1-bd0d-75577ccf219c.jpg”] Getty Images The UK government says it is working to identify any potential exposure in its online services, after critical cyber-security flaws were identified in the PHP programming language that underpins a significant number of the world’s websites. Governments and some of the world’s biggest companies are rushing to protect systems that…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fccd/live/bf4a03d0-ce15-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] How did AI discover the internet’s massive cyber-security risk? For more than a decade, serious flaws had gone undetected in the technology underpinning much of the internet. It took AI to bring them to light and caused a global cyber-security alert. The vulnerabilities lie within a programming language called PHP, which has…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2dd2/live/280120d0-cdc5-11f1-ae0b-3f5d64e6a869.jpg”] AFP via Getty Images Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford deny that their country is interfering in the US midterm elections The US Embassy in Ottawa has accused Canadian officials of election meddling ahead of the November midterms. The embassy said Canadian leaders have brushed off concerns…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a70c/live/920779f0-cd4f-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.png”] BBC Charlie West, left, Rachel James and Owein Iveson have all moved overseas Last year Rachel James quit her corporate job in London, packed a suitcase and booked a one-way ticket to Sydney, without a job lined up or a plan in place. “I went for a fresh start,” says the 26-year-old…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/51e1/live/804b8da0-cc6e-11f1-baeb-8d65d4bcd7ab.jpg”] Getty Images Indian tech workers are facing growing uncertainty amid US immigration curbs For millions of Indians, the road to the ultimate career aspiration had a familiar script – an engineering degree to get a tech services job, then a posting in the US, repeated visa renewals and then the green card…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6026/live/1fd68c80-cd78-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] EPA Meta has been hit with numerous legal fines this year Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has been hit with the largest ever fine against it for its business practices. A judge in New Mexico on Wednesday ordered the company to pay $25bn (£18.6bn) following a two-week trial earlier…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8b7c/live/04502cf0-cd5a-11f1-b962-b7ff822cde72.jpg”] Getty Images Prime Minister Andy Burnham has asked ministers to develop a plan to remove standing charges from gas bills. These are fixed daily fees that cover the costs of connecting to a supply. They vary by region and households must still pay them even when energy is not being used. Industry…