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NHS suffering ‘serious’ and widespread disruption, while people are told of possible delays in receiving prescriptions Microsoft outage – live updates Hospitals, GPs and police forces across the UK have been hit by the global Microsoft outage, as key services battle to get systems back online. Police forces across the country reported that their systems had been affected, while NHS sources said t…

The report on food and emissions comes ahead of a joint UK-EU summit next week Hello and welcome to the UK politics live blog. There will be a “growing pressure” for parliament to scrutinise EU legislation under new deals on food and emissions to be sealed ahead of the UK’s summit with the bloc next week, a Lords’ committee has warned. Although important details remain to be determined of the leg…

Heavy rain and strong winds have also caused disruption across British Columbia, Canada, over the last week Storm Charles has brought destructive weather to the Iberian peninusla this week, particularly in Portugal and the far south of Spain. Heavy rain and strong south-westerly winds arrived first in the Portuguese island of Madeira, before the system headed towards the mainland on 11 November. …

Ukraine and Russia have agreed to expand next round of negotiations to include European countries in Dublin EU leaders will continue talks on their diplomatic and financial support for Ukraine today, after Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged them to “pay attention” to Vladimir Putin’s demands on security. “There is no need to reinvent the wheel. Europe had a functioning European security architecture until…

Microsoft 365 also hit but tech company says no indication problem was caused by cyber-attack Microsoft outage – live updates Microsoft has said it is “seeing positive results” from its efforts to fix an outage of some of its systems that has caused huge disruption to users, organisations and businesses across the globe. The tech company said it is attempting to improve capacity to enable more us…

Suspect held in New York jail has been linked to handler behind Iran-linked operations in Britain When the US took custody of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi in May, investigators hoped the string of terror and arson attacks he was accused of promoting and directing against American and Jewish targets in the UK and Europe on behalf of Iran would stop. They were wrong. An updated indictment, r…

Few solid clues have emerged as to the true nature of Megaspeed, whose former director Alice Huang has been accused of being a Chinese spy Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast From washing dishes at Denny’s to rockstar of AI: the rise and fall of Jensen Huang A lottery retailer in rural Australia, a dilapidated storefront in Kuala Lumpur, and a near-empty office in Singapo…

Former CEO Jensen Huang and US commerce secretary to appear before Congress amid bipartisan concern that America’s security was put at risk Nvidia scandal – latest updates Analysis: Jensen Huang built an AI kingdom. Now he’s gone, will Nvidia’s ramparts be breached? Nvidia’s ousted CEO Jensen Huang and Donald Trump’s commerce secretary are expected to testify before Congress in the coming weeks, …

Greens retaliate against Labor’s move to run an open ticket in Prahran by leaving the party off how-to-vote cards in 15 seats The Greens have retaliated against Labor’s decision to run an open ticket in a key inner-city seat by refusing to direct preferences to the party in 15 electorates across the state at this month’s Victorian election. The move has sparked a war of words between the two part…

Research finds highest levels of cancer-related PAH pollutants in cities that have widespread wood heating Children’s exposure to home wood-burning could be as significant as exposure to traffic exhaust, suggests new research across six European towns and cities. Scientists measured the air in buildings where children spend much of their time; in schools, sports centres and homes. Specifically, t…

Political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, one of seven athletes at risk of execution in Iran, given prestigious Magnitsky humanitarian award A boxer and political prisoner on death row in Iran said he will “never surrender” as he accepted a prestigious human rights prize on behalf of “the generation that is paying the price of freedom with their lives”. Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani , an Irania…

Defence minister says extent of sexual misconduct found by study is ‘unacceptable’, as military tries to attract more recruits Germany’s defence minister has promised a “zero tolerance” approach to sexual abuse in the armed forces after a study found soldiers, particularly women, faced extensive harassment within the ranks. The first comprehensive study of its kind into the Bundeswehr, conducted …

Royal commission also hears from construction company employee who says workers were ‘fearful’ of union Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A major contractor on a troubled Victorian rail project shut down by union officials was warned that the minister’s office felt it would not “have any more work” in the state if it did not resolve the industrial dispute, a royal commi…

Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law and journalist Danny Vincent on the sentencing of the iconic Hong Kong campaigner Joshua Wong to another 10 years in prison. Send your comments and questions to tif.questions@theguardian.com He has been leading protests since he was 14. Joshua Wong has been on the cover of Time magazine, the focus of a Netflix documentary and an icon for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy…

Maryland Democrat challenges party leader after midterms sweep, saying: ‘The American people called for change’ Chris Van Hollen, the Democratic senator of Maryland, said Thursday that he will run for Senate majority leader in the next Congress, setting up a challenge to Democratic leader Chuck Schumer after the party swept to power in the midterm elections. Van Hollen said in a statement that “t…