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The impending collision – predicted to happen at about 02:35 EDT (06:35 GMT) on Wednesday – is expected to captivate astronomers, both amateur and professional.”It’s something really huge smashing into the Moon. It’s not remotely dangerous, we can just watch the show,” says Dr Matt Bothwell, public astronomer at the University of Cambridge.”It’s going to impact and its going to send up a huge plume of dust, maybe 50km into the air or more, and that’s going to spread sideways over time,” Bothwell said.Given the Moon’s lack of atmosphere and far weaker gravitational pull, the moment of impact will be…

The live streams are still running, training their cameras on the beach at Ceuta, where nothing is happening. The self-styled citizen journalists are still pounding the streets, capturing their shaky smartphone footage. Zia Yusuf of Reform UK was out there at the weekend, wearing a crisp white shirt and smart tailored trousers, lest anyone confuse him with the other brown people there. The bad brown people.Why was the migrant incursion at Ceuta, on the Spanish-Moroccan border, such a big story across the world? How did it manage to pique the interest of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, to feature on…

Twenty five states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over a wave of tariffs against dozens of countries.The US says the tariffs, which range between 10% and 12.5%, were imposed due to trading partners – including the UK, China and the European Union – failing to properly tackle forced labour.In a legal document seen by the BBC, the coalition of Democratic states said the decision was “arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law.”In response, White House spokesman Kush Desai said the US is “using its lawful authority” to address practices that burden American businesses.Desai added that any foreign countries failing…

About 1,000 fewer prisoners will be released early after Andy Burnham’s intervention to exclude those convicted of rape, serious child sexual offences and grooming from the scheme.The justice secretary, Alex Norris, said 5,000 prisoners would be released over 10 months from October in England and Wales, down from the government’s original plan for 6,000 from September.The prime minister announced on Monday that prisoners convicted of rape, serious child sexual offences and grooming would be excluded from the scheme to ease overcrowding, after pressure from MPs, victims, campaigners and frontline prison officers.Norris told Sky News that he would like to have…

PC Harper’s mother ‘bitterly disappointed’ that her son’s killers remain eligible for early releaseGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The mother of PC Andrew Harper said her family are “bitterly disappointed” that her son’s killers remain eligible for early release after the government revised plans to tackle the overcrowding crisis in prisons.Following pressure from victims, MPs and frontline prison officers, rapists, child sexual abusers and groomers will be excluded from the scheme for England and Wales, the government said on Monday.But domestic abusers and killers will still be eligible for early release, including two men…

I’ll say it: Starz is the “bad boy” of streaming platforms. Although competitor HBO is much better known, Starz’s content has a similar vibe, focusing on bold, oftentimes gritty, and action-heavy original series like Power and Outlander. Plus, Starz has a catalogue of Lionsgate studio films like The Wolf of Wall Street and Django Unchained. Starz also has a suite of over 17 channels and on-demand streaming, with original series, blockbuster movies, and niche genres, including the Starz Encore suite, with Spanish-speaking content, action, and western movies.Starz is also one of the most inexpensive streaming platforms, on average about $7…

Madera Community Hospital in California is notifying just over 150,000 individuals that their personal, financial, and medical information was compromised in a data breach. A not-for-profit community healthcare provider serving Madera County and surrounding areas, Madera Community Hospital provides emergency services, surgical services, acute care, diagnostic imaging, and specialized medical programs. The incident, the hospital says in an incident notice, occurred in May 2025, when hackers accessed its network for two days and likely exfiltrated certain files. According to the hospital, after identifying files that were potentially exfiltrated in the attack, it engaged with experts and a data-review firm for…

Nigeria’s revenue agency has issued rules requiring crypto platforms and peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces to collect, report and remit taxes, including paying some withheld amounts in digital tokens.In its Guidelines on Taxation of Virtual Assets, the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) said income tax deducted at source and stamp duty “shall be remitted to the Service in the originating token of the transaction.” Value-added tax, by contrast, must be remitted in the currency used for the payment. The guidelines place exchanges and P2P marketplaces at the center of withholding, reporting and remittance under the country’s existing laws.Under the guidelines, platforms must withhold 1%…

Taiwan, once widely known as Formosa, conceals a remarkable natural world within its steep and rugged interior. It is one of the few places on Earth capable of supporting truly giant trees, including specimens that rise more than 80 meters above the forest floor. Since 2014, our group, the ‘Taiwan tree seekers,’ has worked to find, measure, and document these extraordinary trees. The team brings together professional tree climbers, ecologists, geologists, and remote sensing specialists. That long search reached a major milestone in 2023, when we identified an 84.1-meter-tall (276-foot-tall) Taiwania fir (Taiwania cryptomerioides). It is now recognized as the…

Eidesvik Reach, the joint venture of Reach Subsea and Eidesvik Offshore, is selling its 2009-built, 85-meter-long inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel Viking Reach.Source: Reach Subsea The joint venture, in which Eidesvik holds a 50.1% ownership interest and Reach Subsea 49.9%, has entered into a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with an undisclosed buyer for the sale of the vessel. As part of the transaction, Reach will also sell the work-class remotely operated vehicle (WROV) onboard the vessel to the buyer. The company said that the sale is consistent with its strategic focus on modernizing its asset base ahead of the…