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Jun 26, 2026 - World

Neso asks generators to provide extra electricity on Friday evening to meet demand from fans and air conditioningBusiness live – latest updatesGreat Britain’s energy system operator has raised the alarm over electricity supplies for the second time this week as a heatwave continues to disrupt Europe’s energy markets.The National Energy System Operator (Neso) issued a notice late on Thursday asking generators to provide any extra electricity possible to Friday evening to help meet rising demand as households turn on air conditioners and electric fans to cope with the heat. Continue reading...

Jun 26, 2026 - World

Sentencing of 27-year-old Sadia Moalim Ali condemned by former president and prime ministers as well as rights groupsA rickshaw driver in Somalia has been sentenced to three years in prison for comments she made on social media, in a case that has caught the public’s attention and provoked outrage in the country.Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old nursing graduate, was originally charged with insulting government institutions and incitement to commit a crime, but convicted only of the former. Her sentence, immediately condemned as “fundamentally unjust”, was handed down on 25 June. Continue reading...

Jun 26, 2026 - World

The revised targeting guidance is the latest example of the Pentagon's rush to accelerate adoption of AI, a technology that is already transforming battlefields in conflicts around the world.

Jun 26, 2026 - World

Shabana Mahmood has demanded Mike Tapp be sacked over call for care worker exemption to migration rulesUK politics live – latest updatesAn extraordinary public row between the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and one of her junior ministers has escalated after he said he “won’t be intimidated” in response to calls by her for him to be sacked.Mahmood demanded on Thursday that the migration minister, Mike Tapp, be fired for writing an unauthorised article in the Times calling for overseas care workers to be exempt from controversial changes to the immigration rules. But Keir Starmer has so far not sacked Tapp for apparently breaking the rules around ministerial conduct. Continue reading...

Jun 26, 2026 - World

Three pumped storage hydroelectric power station sites in Scotland on list of 16 long-duration electricity storage plansBusiness live – latest updatesThe energy regulator has given the provisional green light for the construction of the first new hydropower projects in more than 40 years, part of plans to reduce Great Britain’s reliance on energy imports.Ofgem has published a list of 16 long-duration electricity storage projects, facilities that can store and release electricity for periods of eight hours or more, it has provisionally agreed can proceed. Continue reading...