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Thousands of supermarket fridges still exposed after cyberattacks

No group has claimed the attack, and experts warn thousands of similarly exposed devices remain online as a separate incident disrupts Dutch grocer Albert Heijn.

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Louvre could be forced to close without major overhaul, director warns

A year after thieves made off with €88 million of crown jewels that have never been found, the new man in charge says leaking pipes and crumbling galleries mean security fixes alone won’t save the Paris landmark.

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Euronews tops rankings as fastest growing news website

Euronews is the fastest-growing news website in the English-speaking world for the second month in a row, nearly doubling its audience as rivals shed readers.

USA

US theme park Six Flags shuts nine roller coasters after fatality

Police are investigating after TV footage showed riders being evacuated from the 60-metre high Goliath ride.

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USA

Judge orders Trump to pull taxpayer-funded adverts

The White House calls the adverts, reportedly paid for with $20 million of Homeland Security funds, public service announcements, but they have drawn criticism from both parties.

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UK’s Burnham says Russia interfered in Brexit vote

The prime minister said Germany’s Friedrich Merz had told him the far-right AfD was linked to Russia, as he faces questions at home over Labour’s ties to the UAE.

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French police suspend use of stun grenades at student protests

More than 6,500 people, most of them minors, have been arrested since the movement began and one teenager lost his hand when handling a police grenade.

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Zelenskyy: Russia attack that killed 14 is birthday 'gift' to Putin

Four children are among the dead after an overnight barrage that Ukraine's president said showed the urgent need for more air defences as Kyiv residents spent the night sheltering in subway stations.

Israel

Israel pauses to mourn the 1,200 victims of 7 October attacks

A group representing the bereaved families organised tributes, including a silence at 6:29am - the minute the attack began - and a ceremony that will follow tonight in Tel Aviv.

USA

Christa Pike awake after lethal injection as lawyers seek answers

Christa Pike remains shackled to her hospital bed with burned and blistered arms, while Tennessee has suspended executions and its prison chief has resigned.

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France test-fires new nuclear-capable missile from submarine

"To be free, one must be feared," Emmanuel Macron has posted, weeks after vowing that hybrid attacks blamed on Russia would "not go unanswered".

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Bulgarian PM says drone attack is 'flagrant' breach of maritime law

The EU pledged "full solidarity" with its eastern members as the search went on for the sunken vessel's crew, and no one has yet been blamed for the strikes.

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Bulgaria calls off search for 10 missing sailors after their ship sank

A second vessel hit in the same strike is still on fire and expected to go down, as Bulgaria's president convenes her national security council.

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Kosovo police use tear gas on protesters objecting to war crimes court

Anger has been building since former president Hashim Thaci, viewed by many as a hero of the independence struggle, was sentenced last month over crimes committed during the 1990s war against Serbia.

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Israel bars UK Green leader after vote to define Zionism as racism

UK Jewish groups say the motion stokes hatred after a string of attacks on their community, while the government and other parties have condemned a policy that even at least three out of five Green MPs opposed.

United Kingdom

US pulls all B-1 bombers from UK airbase at centre of terror probe

Donald Trump has criticised the UK authorities decision to release six men on bail after they were arrested following an incident near airbase RAF Fairford.

France

IEA says 325 million barrels of emergency oil has been released

G7 leaders agreed on Friday to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude after US pressure on Europe, with supplies squeezed by Iran's restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

China

China opens anti-dumping probe into EU days before trade talks

Running a €1 billion-a-day deficit with China, Brussels has nearly tripled the rate of its own trade investigations and is warning of "harsher measures" unless Beijing offers something concrete.

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Spain faces housing protests in more than 50 cities

The eviction of an 87-year-old woman has turned anger over rents that have nearly doubled in ten years into a threat to Pedro Sánchez's minority government.

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Second Kyiv bridge hit in two days as Russia targets Dnipro crossings

With the Northern Bridge's traffic blocked a day after jet-powered drones forced the Southern Bridge shut, two of the eight Dnipro crossings joining Kyiv's halves are now disrupted.

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