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The whole of Bangkok has been declared a flood disaster zone as authorities try to pump days of floodwater into the sea. Heavy rain over the last two days has overwhelmed Bangkok’s water systems, with more rain forecast on Sunday. People have been urged to stay at home and those living close to the city’s […]

Internet and call services have been disrupted in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray after fighting broke out this week between regional forces and the national army. Services provided by state-owned telecoms operator Ethio Telecom have been completely cut, although those from the much smaller private firm Safaricom remain operational. Internet monitoring group NetBlocks earlier posted […]

Cyber-criminals who hacked the FBI say they have extremely sensitive medical data for thousands of its special agents. BBC News has seen samples of the stolen “fitness-for-work” medical examinations, which contain information such as blood and urine test results, and doctors’ notes mentioning conditions such as a “shellfish and banana allergy”. The records include agents’ […]

Robbie Williams gave an impromptu performance outside a hotel in Peru’s capital Lima, after his concert at stadium in the city was cancelled. Authorities announced that the Arena 1 Park gig could not go ahead, citing failures by the venue to comply with safety regulations. Robbie told fans outside his hotel he was “broken-hearted” and […]

Netanyahu, who is subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged war crimes, launched scathing attacks on nations and leaders who have criticised him. “They accuse Israel, tiny Israel, of colonialism – some colonialism. And who’s accusing us? Among them are people in Britain and in France. For God’s sake, they invented the […]

It’s entirely possible other governments have been the victim of rogue AI agents. Former Australian government cybersecurity adviser Alastair MacGibbon told the BBC he’d heard whispers that several others have been notified of similar recent breaches by OpenAI agents. “Some have chosen to not be public – that’s every government’s choice on how it wants […]

Trump will aim to achieve other deals around trade and tariffs – like lowering Chinese tariffs on American products, increasing imports of Chinese rare earth minerals, and increasing exports of US agricultural products, according to David Firestein of the Bush China Foundation. But China appears to have reneged on promises to buy more American agricultural […]

And other companies are trying to address privacy concerns in different ways – without getting rid of the camera. The Taiwanese firm HTC recently launched Vive Eagle glasses, which cost less than a quarter of Snap’s. Thomas Dexmier, a vice president at HTC Vive, says that if anyone near an Eagle specs wearer says “stop […]

Burying the bodies of people killed in Oleshky has been restricted by Russian occupation authorities, residents say. This has made counting the dead even harder. They “do not allow us to bury the dead if they were killed by a drone, stepped on a landmine or were killed in any other way”, said Tetiana. Russia’s […]