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Cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov captured breathtaking views of aurora lights over Earth, seen from the International Space Station. The lights were captured during one of the most powerful solar storms in over 20 years, according to the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center. The last solar radiation storm of comparable severity was recorded in October 2003. Auroras are caused by solar storms emitting high-speed charged particles colliding with Earth’s atmosphere, creating vibrant light displays.
Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed US President Donald Trump dropping his tariff threat to European opponents of his plan to annex Greenland.”Now we can start hard yards and finding a way forward on security in the Arctic,” said the prime minister.Trump caused jitters across the western world when he ramped up calls for the US to take control of Greenland, a Danish territory in the Arctic, on national security grounds and threatened to impose 10% import taxes on eight countries including the UK.But the US president has now abandoned talk of a trade war after meeting Nato Secretary General Mark…
With six English teams participating in this season’s Champions League, and the league stage reaching the Christmas break, it’s already worth having a look to see just how many Premier League teams might get a crack at the Big Cup again next season. There will once again be 36 rather than 32 teams in next season’s Champions League, and two of those extra places will once again be awarded to the leagues who have been deemed to have performed best in Europe this season. In six of the last eight seasons, England would have claimed one of those two spots.…
European carmakers are pleading for speedy clarification on proposals published in December designed to ease the path to full electrification, with specific focus on the new small-car category.Carmakers including Renault and Stellantis have largely welcomed the proposed changes, which include allowing some combustion engine sales after 2035.
Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondentGetty ImagesProtesters have taken to the streets outside the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland this monthWhat on earth has the last fortnight been all about?In the wake of a successful military operation in Venezuela earlier this month, a buoyed-up Donald Trump started to ratchet up the rhetoric on Greenland.Day after day, the world was treated to claims of ownership, threats of military action and tariffs against traditional allies in Europe.Now, in an apparent puff of smoke, it may all have gone.Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte, arguably the Trump whisperer-in-chief, seems to have talked the president down from his…
The first asylum seekers have been housed in a former military site in East Sussex, the Home Office has confirmed. It said on Thursday 27 people seeking asylum were moved into the Crowborough training camp, which will be scaled up to more than 500. The government said the move is part of its “mission to end the use of expensive hotels”.There have been frequent protests against the plans.The plans were first announced last year but had been put on hold.Wealden District Council leader James Partridge said housing asylum seekers at the site was the “wrong decision”. But he added: “We…
According to reports, head coach Thomas Frank’s uncertain future at Tottenham Hotspur is threatening a transfer for forward Mathys Tel. Spurs fended off competition to sign Tel from Bayern Munich during the 2025 winter transfer window on loan with an option to buy for around £50m. The Frenchman struggled to make an impact for Spurs during the run-in, but they still opted to sign him permanently in the summer for a reduced fee of around £30m. Tel has six goals and two assists in his 40 appearances for Spurs across all competitions, but he has only made six Premier League…
Volvo is preparing to roll out “one of the biggest over-the-air updates in the history of the world” later this year when it remotely installs a new infotainment interface in 2.5 million cars worldwide. Every Volvo equipped with the company’s Android Automotive operating system – which was launched in 2020 on the XC40 Recharge (now badged EX40) – will receive the new Volvo Car UX (user experience) that features in the EX30, EX90 and new EX60. It means that a 2020 Volvo will effectively have the same displays and functionality as the latest models – and, importantly, it will swap the…
Image generated by Google Gemini Password manager users are under siege again. Cybercriminals have launched a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting LastPass customers with urgent “maintenance” alerts designed to steal master passwords within hours. Security experts are calling this latest attack “alarmingly effective” because it exploits users’ trust in legitimate security notifications during a strategically chosen holiday weekend. The scheme revolves around fake emails claiming users must backup their password vaults within 24 hours to prevent data loss. But here’s the twist: clicking those “backup” links doesn’t create any backup—it hands over the keys to everything users have tried to protect.…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to become the most powerful economic force since electrification and the rise of digital computing, according to executives speaking at the Dell Technologies Forum in Dubai. Addressing customers, partners and regional leaders, Mohammed Amin, senior vice-president, CEEMETA (Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, Turkey and Africa), at Dell Technologies, framed AI not as a threat to human progress, but as its next major accelerator. Drawing on historical comparisons, Amin explained how previous technological revolutions had reshaped global productivity. “Electricity augmented the global GDP by around 1.5% on an annual basis,” he said. “In the…