Tag: bbc.com
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Bomb threat forces Tel Aviv to Vienna flight to land in Bulgaria
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f91d/live/31ebfb00-cb5a-11f1-97b1-010e9e08360f.jpg”] NurPhoto via Getty Images An Austrian Airlines jet similar to the one diverted to Bulgaria An Austrian Airlines flight from Israel to Austria has been forced to divert to Bulgaria after a reported bomb threat. The Airbus A320 plane was travelling from Tel Aviv to Vienna on Sunday night but made an…
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Anthropic says it will commit 5% of its shares to ‘public benefit fund’
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/87fa/live/537946d0-cb5d-11f1-a1ba-9502012907ad.jpg”] SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Jack Clark, a co-founder and Head of Public Benefit of Anthropic Artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic says it will commit 5% of its shares to a fund that will make donations for the “public good”. The announcement comes as Anthropic lays the ground for a potential blockbuster…
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People playing loud music on buses could face £100 fine
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/db1b/live/55c58490-cb0c-11f1-8d4d-2553b65f173b.jpg”] Getty Images Passengers who play loud music on buses in England could be fined up to £100 under an attempt by the government to crack down on antisocial behaviour. The measures also seek to tackle littering, vaping and threatening behaviour to help improve journeys on all forms of public transport. Offenders on…
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GTA 6: Can you cheat on someone with a video game character?
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e828/live/0110bda0-bb78-11f1-bc1f-3f186ca4140c.jpg”] Rockstar games The relationship between the two main characters, Jason and Lucia, is at the centre of Rockstar’s latest Grand Theft Auto title Imagine your partner spending hours flirting with someone else, trying to hold their hand and taking them on dates. Most people would have questions. But what if that someone…
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Free-scoring Brighton continue to impress and entertain as they thrash Palace
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/0d46/live/f82b45d0-cb25-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Shades of Barca and Beckham – Brighton aim to maintain superb start To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Brilliant Brighton put five past struggling Crystal Palace ByMichael Emons BBC Sport journalist Published 18 October 2026 Not only are…
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Microsoft pulls out of Nscale’s Essex AI data centre
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/46c0/live/18b0c090-cb13-11f1-a9ef-8b4e735f71f0.jpg”] Nscale Nscale said it remained committed to building a £2bn AI data centre in Loughton A tech company has said it still plans to build the UK’s largest AI data centre despite Microsoft pulling out of the project. Nscale announced last year it had pledged £2bn to build and open a pioneering…
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BBC pauses civil service secondment scheme
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Manifest: From reality TV to Wembley arena in one turbulent year
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1182/live/ee2b5bb0-ca1c-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Alan West manifest performed their first UK concert at Wembley Arena When I first meet Turkish girl group manifest, we’re on a boat cruising down the River Thames. The six band members are clutching Union jack umbrellas as they pose for press photographs and mingle with British pop acts, including K-pop-trained boyband…
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North Korea: What satellite images reveal about Kim Jong Un’s summer retreat
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a208/live/829d3600-c861-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.png”] Vantor/BBC An 80m (263ft) luxury vessel has been repeatedly spotted in satellite images off North Korea’s Wonsan coast from July to mid-October this year. What stands out is the 50m swimming pool along the deck, with a cluster of waterslides at one end. After sitting idle for months at a maintenance facility,…
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Dubois vs Wardley 2: Londoner retains title with dominant second-round stoppage
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/7b3f/live/ab9ff830-ca78-11f1-aebd-051362f1d912.jpg”] Dubois destroys Wardley in two rounds to retain title Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Daniel Dubois (left) has picked up 13 of his 24 wins inside two rounds ByKal Sajad BBC Sport boxing journalist at O2 Arena, London Published 17 October 2026 Daniel Dubois underlined his status as Britain’s leading heavyweight with…