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Welcome to Tuesday’s Morning Health Care! It’s the first day of Gastein and Claudia and I will be here all week, so we’re going to need gossip to survive. There are rumors about a place where people dance in a cage to let their hair down; if you know anything, do tell. What happens in Gastein … Get in touch: [email protected], [email protected]. Follow us on X: @chiappa_claudia,@domgiannini_   A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION, A LITTLE MORE ACTION: The slow implementation and inefficiency of health policy across Europe is hampering the bloc’s ability to respond to major challenges like climate change, health security,…

Under the triple lock system, the state pension increases each April in line with whichever of three measures is the highest:inflation in the September of the previous year, using a measure called the Consumer Prices Index (CPI)the average increase in total wages, including bonuses, across the UK for May to July of the previous yearor 2.5%The rise in wages of 3.9% is likely to determine the April 2027 state pension increase.The triple lock was introduced by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in 2010.It was designed to ensure the value of the state pension wasn’t overtaken by the increase in the…

Andy Burnham will signal he is prepared to look at scrapping the pensions triple lock to fund a national care service, telling the Labour conference he will be willing to make difficult arguments to tackle the UK’s intractable issues such as social care.Government sources have suggested the prime minister will signal his willingness to review the policy but stop short of a pledge to scrap it altogether. The Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, said the move would be “electoral suicide”, with an end to the triple lock likely to be attacked by the Conservaties and Reform.In his speech, he will…

I always feel like I’m overpaying whenever I buy something these days. I never seem to have access to the best coupons, and apps with algorithmically adjusted prices don’t exactly lower the cost of what’s in my cart. It feels like prices are constantly creeping up and my budget is being stretched thin.These core frustrations were what drew me to Gouged: The End of a Fair Price and What That Means for Your Wallet. Author Lindsay Owens knows what it’s like to advocate for consumers’ economic interests. She’s the CEO of Groundwork Collaborative, a DC think tank and corporate watchdog,…

Swati KhandelwalSep 29, 2026Identity Security / Artificial Intelligence A malicious MCP server could trick an application built on the official MCP Python SDK into handing over the OAuth credentials it uses to log in to a real service, the SDK’s maintainers said in a security advisory. Affected versions sent the client secret, the authorization code, and the PKCE proof key to a token endpoint the attacker controlled. The fix is in versions 1.30.0 and 2.2.0. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard for connecting AI applications to outside tools and data, and this package is its official Python…

In brief An Ontario judge denied Pleterski’s request to delay the trial so he could hire a lawyer. The four-week jury trial starts Monday on charges of fraud over $5,000 and laundering proceeds of crime. Investors handed Pleterski about $40 million, with bankruptcy proceedings recovering roughly $3 million. Aiden Pleterski, the 27-year-old who styled himself Canada’s “Crypto King,” will defend himself against fraud and money laundering charges at a Toronto jury trial starting Monday, after a judge refused to postpone it.Ontario Superior Court Justice Shaun Nakatsuru denied an adjournment application on Monday, CBC News reported, leaving Pleterski without counsel for…

What if you lost your voice? Today, AI can recreate it, and brain implants can turn thoughts into speech. This season of The Deep End follows people living through these vocal transformations — and asks what these remarkable technologies can teach us about why our voices matter in the first place.Trailer transcript Laura Sanders: One of today’s most powerful pieces of technology is something we’ve had all along… Female voices: “Hello?” “Hello.” Laura: The human voice. If you’ve ever saved and replayed a voicemail, or called someone just to hear their voice… Female voice: Hey dude, I’m just calling to…

BANGKOK (AP) — Rain eased in Thailand ’s capital on Sunday, but flooding persisted in several low-lying areas, with thousands forced to move into temporary shelters. At least eight people were reported killed in the past 10 days nationwide. Days of continuous downpours have caused widespread flooding and severe disruptions in Bangkok, impacting traffic and businesses, with accumulated rainfall exceeding 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) in many areas. Thailand’s Meteorological Department said moderate to heavy rain was still expected Sunday in several parts of the country, but conditions were expected to improve by Monday. The city set up more…

What passes for elections in Russia these days bears little resemblance to any recognizably democratic process. Opposition figures are jailed, exiled, or dead. Remaining candidates are carefully screened. In Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, ballots are cast at gunpoint. Some precincts’ vote tallies are mathematically impossible, and most Russians know that the outcome is predetermined. But in a dictatorship, even a rigged election has meaning. What matters is not the predictable victory declared by the ruling party, United Russia, following the Sept. 18-20 parliamentary elections but the signals that this completely orchestrated piece of political theater sends across Russia and to…

A video shared on Facebook claims that wearing sunglasses causes cancer. But there’s no evidence for this.The video includes a clip of Andreas Moritz, a “medical intuitive” who reportedly died in 2012.In it, he claims sunglasses block UV light from reaching the eyes and prevent the brain from producing a hormone needed for melanin production in the skin, leaving it “susceptible” to sunlight. He also claims the introduction of sunglasses led to a massive increase in cancers. Full Fact has fact checked this clip several times before.As we have already explained, melanin is produced locally by skin cells in response…