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Bayern Munich midfielder Jamal Musiala says he is being treated for a “neurological dysfunction” after collapsing during a match for the second time in a four-day period.On Tuesday, Musiala collapsed six minutes after coming off the bench in Bayern’s 4-2 friendly victory at Heidenheim.The 23-year-old appeared dazed as he received medical treatment and was helped off the pitch.The incident occurred after he collapsed during Saturday’s 3-1 friendly win over RB Leipzig in Munich.Musiala later posted a statement on Instagram to ease fears about the situation.”I’ve been diagnosed with temporary, brief, but easily treatable absence seizures, which are due to a…

Forcing teenagers who fail GCSEs into multiple resits has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research to be published as pupils receive their grades on Thursday.The study by academics at University College London (UCL) compared the mental wellbeing of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who failed to reach a grade 4 or equivalent in maths or English GCSEs – and found that only those in England, where resits are mandatory, showed significantly lower wellbeing.Robbie Maris, a research fellow at UCL and one of the authors, said the dent to teenagers’ self-confidence when faced with resits…

Andy Burnham is far from the first prime minister to dream of taming the power of the mighty Treasury.Boris Johnson all but forced the resignation of Sajid Javid by handpicking his team; Margaret Thatcher favoured her economic adviser Alan Walters over Nigel Lawson, prompting the latter’s furious resignation; and Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s power struggle was the stuff of Whitehall legend.Burnham’s approach harks further back still to Labour prime minister Harold Wilson’s Department for Economic Affairs (DEA), a short-lived attempt to bring long-term thinking to British economic policymaking.The PM made the historical analogy as he gave fresh details this…

Monzo says a technical issue which left users unable to use their card for payments or transfers has now been resolved.The digital bank had previously posted on X, external it had “identified some issues” and activated a stand-in backup service which meant users could still make transactions like card payments and sending and receiving bank transfers.However, some users noted under the post, external that Monzo Stand-in was “not working as expected” and they could still not use their card.Following this, a Monzo spokesperson said all of its services were now “back up and running”. “We’re sorry for any inconvenience and…

The Cl0p ransomware group has named more than 40 organizations allegedly targeted in the recent campaign that exploited a vulnerability in PTC’s product lifecycle management (PLM) platforms Windchill and FlexPLM. The vulnerability and its exploitation The exploitation of the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-12569, came to light in June, when CISA added it to its KEV catalog and the vendor warned of attacks targeting it. The flaw is an improper input validation issue that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via specially crafted requests. Exploitation of the vulnerability was expected, with police in Germany reportedly alerting organizations…

In brief Maya Protocol halted MAYAChain after an attacker extracted roughly $1.7 million in Bitcoin and other assets. A post-mortem identified six bugs that created a false balance in a liquidity pool. CACAO plunged nearly 89% as the value of MAYAChain’s liquidity pools fell by roughly $10.9 million. Cross-chain liquidity network Maya Protocol halted operations Tuesday after an attacker exploited six software flaws to drain roughly $1.7 million in Bitcoin and other assets.In a post on X explaining what happened, Maya Protocol founder AaluxxMyth, also known as Maya, said the team halted the network to contain the damage and would…

The vast majority of existing vaccines need to be kept cold, a costly and logistical challenge that limits access to millions of people living in poor and wartorn regions. But a new vaccine could surpass these storage limitations. An experimental combination vaccine for tetanus and diphtheria remains effective when kept out of the fridge for a year or more, researchers report August 5 in Lancet Discovery Science. The team is now investigating whether the technique used for this vaccine can be applied to other vaccines, including those for hepatitis B and HPV. Sign up for our newsletter We summarize the…

George Monbiot is right that Britain has become dangerously complacent about food security (Britain’s scorched fields mean a food crisis – and the government is ignoring the one measure that would help, 13 August). A country facing climate shocks, disrupted trade routes and increasingly volatile harvests – all of which contribute to not only the availability of food but its increased cost – cannot rely indefinitely on just-in-time supply chains and supermarket logistics.But strategic food reserves are only part of the answer. The other underused resource is our communities themselves. Research has shown that during floods, infrastructure failures and other…

In August 2026, a rumor spread that progressive influencer Dean Withers, a college student in Colorado, faced sexual misconduct allegations.  Online posts accusing Withers made varying claims. One X post said he’d assaulted several men when they were minors. Another user shared a video in which a man claimed Withers was “talking to minors,” referring specifically to one person he described as a young girl. The post accused Withers of “engaging in child grooming behaviors” (archived): Another post said Withers had “raped a dude.” Meanwhile, several Snopes readers searched the website seeking more information. The unfounded allegations did not contain…

Did one of Italy’s most celebrated lakes dry up?  That’s the claim made by a report that has garnered more than 600,000 views on X and TikTok: that Lake Como, in northern Italy, is now empty:  “One of Italy’s most celebrated landscapes has turned into an immense field of mud, rocks and stranded boats. The first images were filmed in Bellagio [a town located on the banks of the lake – Ed]. You can see the water disappearing at astonishing speed, leaving jetties suspended above the void,” says the narrator of the report. The “journalist” hypothesises that the lake has…