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Uganda’s military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba has denied claims that soldiers assaulted Barbara Kyagulanyi, the wife of opposition leader Bobi Wine, during a raid at their home.Wine, who is in hiding, alleged on Saturday that his wife was held at gunpoint by military officers who assaulted her, taking away documents and electronic items. He said the house continued to be surrounded by the military.Speaking from hospital, Barbara Kyagulanyi said the officers had demanded to know Wine’s whereabouts and had assaulted her when she refused.It comes after the recent landslide victory of long-serving leader, and Kainerugaba’s father, President Yoweri Museveni. Wine rejected…
Xabi Alonso has requested four summer signings from Liverpool in a ‘secret’ meeting after their decision to sack Arne Slot, according to reports. The Reds performed well in midweek as they thrashed Marseille 3-0 in the Champions League but they once again showed their inconsistency this season by losing to Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday. After dragging themselves back to 2-2 after going 2-0 down in the first half, Liverpool lost the match in the fifth minute of injury time, when Bournemouth’s Amine Adli popped up with a winning goal. The writing seems to have been on the…
Image generated by Google Gemini Gmail’s sophisticated spam protection system experienced a complete breakdown over the weekend. The incident left millions of users drowning in promotional emails while legitimate messages triggered false security warnings. The disruption began Saturday (Jan. 24) around 5am Pacific time, affecting approximately 1.8 billion Gmail users worldwide with widespread email misclassification. The tech giant’s filtering system essentially abandoned its duties, dumping promotional and social emails directly into primary inboxes while flagging trusted senders with suspicious warnings. Google confirmed the incident through its official status dashboard but initially provided no timeline for restoration. What went wrong Gmail‘s…
EPACrowds gathered in Minneapolis despite the freezing temperaturesThe National Rifle Association (NRA) has joined other US gun lobby groups in calling for a “full investigation” by the Trump administration into the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota.Comments from the NRA come after a border agent fatally shot Pretti – registered nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital – in Minneapolis on Saturday.State and federal officials have given starkly different accounts. The Trump administration has said Pretti carried a gun and posed a danger to officers – while no available video shows Pretti holding a gun.The NRA labelled a suggestion by a…
Aston Villa have been told that they need to pay £40m if they are to sign Jean-Philippe Mateta from Premier League rivals Crystal Palace this month. Aston Villa beat Newcastle United 2-0 on Sunday to boost their Premier League title hopes, with Unai Emery’s side only four points adrift of leaders Arsenal. The Villans are also top of the Europa League group phase, so they will likely have a lot to play for in the final stages of this season. Therefore, it’s hardly surprising that they are looking to improve their squad this month, with their priority to sign a…
It’s hard to beat the Vitamix in this space. The high-performance blender brand makes machines that do more than just prep smoothies, but can also make salad dressing, sauces, batters and soups. It’s especially handy if you have a habit of adding tougher ingredients into your recipes – things like nuts, dried fruit and frozen produce. Whereas other, less powerful blenders may leave chunks once you introduce hardier ingredients, the Vitamix won’t, leaving you with a silky smooth final product. Depending on the model you get, you can also buy different attachments to make the most of the blender’s powerful…
Daniel De SimoneInvestigations correspondent BBCPaul Thompson was shot dead while being driven home in a taxi through Belfast in April 1994. He was murdered in a sectarian attack by loyalist paramilitaries who had set out to kill Catholics.The taxi driver was a friend who was collecting a fare at another address in the Springfield Park area in the west of the city. But no one at the address had rung the taxi firm. The call is suspected to have been a deliberate decoy by the killers who wanted to lure a taxi as prey. Paul was not specifically targeted. They…
BBCAllana Falconer has competed in 20 different Hyrox races since taking it up in 2023Hyrox is a fitness craze that shows no signs of dying out – with 1.3m people expected to compete in an event somewhere in the world this year.The competition, which is split between running and fitness exercises, has proven particularly popular with young millennials and Generation Z – people in their twenties to early forties. Its rapidly growing popularity has been attributed to social media.Fashionable looks are often a non-negotiable for competitors, with many choosing to compete in high-end fitness brands, matching their outfits with their…
Manchester City newbie Marc Guehi has shed light on his failed move to Premier League rivals Liverpool after a deal fell through in the summer. Guehi has been one of the Premier League’s most sought-after players over the past year, with Liverpool and Man City among those vying for his services. In the summer, the England international came close to joining Liverpool as the Premier League holders agreed a deal worth around £35m on deadline day. However, Crystal Palace opted to pull the plug at the eleventh hour, as they did not have enough time to secure a suitable replacement.…
The government has announced it is ploughing £36m into the Dawn supercomputer, which will lead to a sixfold increase in performance and make it one of the most powerful supercomputers in the UK. Through the funding, Cambridge, which is home to Dawn, will be provided with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips, which the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) said would be made available free of charge to UK researchers and startups. The funding is part of the government’s AI opportunities action plan, which is backing British AI with over £2bn in public compute infrastructure – including expanding…