Author: Darren Smith

Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft 365 services have been disrupted for about 12 hours. Microsoft has ruled out a cyberattack and says engineers are reversing a network change while they investigate. Microsoft is struggling to resolve a global outage that has disrupted Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft 365 services for millions of users. The company said it was still “working to address the issue” and that the fix was not progressing as expected. Executive vice president Charles Lamanna ruled out malicious hacking. “We regret that today’s outages caused disruptions for our customers, and we are working to address the issue,”…

Warrenton Police say all three victims are in a stable condition and there is no continuing threat to the community. A student was flown to hospital by helicopter. Two students and a teacher were allegedly stabbed at Black Hawk Middle School in Warrenton, Missouri, on Thursday, and a juvenile suspect has been taken into custody. Warrenton Police were called to the school at about 8am, but the suspect had left by the time officers arrived. The school was placed in lockdown, and the young suspect was found soon after the investigation began. Police said all the victims were in a…

Ukraine’s security service says it targeted the corvette Naro-Fominsk during a wider drone operation against the Ust-Luga oil terminal. Little is known about the damage, and Finland says the Baltic remains safe. Finnish officials have confirmed that a Russian warship was attacked in the Gulf of Finland on Wednesday, though few details have emerged. Ukraine’s SBU security service said it targeted the vessel, the Naro-Fominsk, as part of a broader drone operation against Russia’s Ust-Luga oil export depot on the Baltic coast. The strike is thought to be the first time Ukrainian drones have hit a Russian ship in an…

John Gizzi, 55, was sentenced to four years and 11 months at Mold Crown Court. The judge said there was no offence in the indictment making him directly responsible for the serious injuries Natasha Farah suffered in April. A man who subjected his partner to a catalogue of violence and verbal abuse has been jailed for four years and 11 months. John Gizzi, 55, from St Asaph, Denbighshire, pleaded guilty to coercive and controlling behaviour towards Natasha Farah, 32, and to the intentional strangulation of her sister. Judge Mills told Mold Crown Court it was “one of the worst” cases…

The A720 was closed in both directions after the collision on Wednesday night, causing some of the worst traffic delays the city has seen. A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a road traffic offence. One of Scotland’s busiest roads was closed for nearly 18 hours after a pedestrian was killed on the Edinburgh City Bypass. Police Scotland said the 47-year-old woman was hit by a Citroen Berlingo on the westbound side of the A720, near the Baberton junction, at about 9pm on Wednesday. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The road reopened at 2.45pm on Thursday.…

The defence secretary pinned a Joint Service Commendation Medal on Specialist Thomas Iglesias, a day after the sentinel told Mr Hegseth’s party to keep silent at Arlington. The Pentagon said the award was for the “execution of his duties”. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has presented an award to the Army sentinel who reprimanded him and his advisers for laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Mr Hegseth posted images on Thursday showing him pinning a Joint Service Commendation Medal on Specialist Thomas Iglesias in his Pentagon office and shaking his hand. “We love soldiers. We love standards. Well done,…

A search is under way after the pensioner was last seen on Monday as the ship sailed from Malaga to the Caribbean. The US Coast Guard has asked nearby vessels to keep a sharp lookout. A 72-year-old British woman is missing from the cruise ship Marella Voyager, which was crossing the Atlantic from Malaga to the Caribbean. She was last seen late on Monday afternoon, according to Britannia Daily. The ship’s crew began an urgent headcount and ship-wide search on Tuesday evening, but she remains missing. The Foreign Office has confirmed she is British. Holiday operator Tui, which runs the…

The novelist has been placed under formal investigation for complicity in provoking discrimination, hatred or violence over an interview published four years ago. No trial has been ordered, and his lawyers say his remarks were predictions of possible violence, not encouragement. French novelist Michel Houellebecq was charged on 10 November over remarks he made in a 2022 interview with the magazine Front Populaire, in which he criticised Islam and voiced concern about mass immigration into France. An investigating judge in Nanterre, outside Paris, has placed him under formal investigation on suspicion of complicity in provoking discrimination, hatred or violence. This…

New South Wales Police say the remains, believed to be those of an adult man, were discovered near Avian Crescent in Lane Cove North. An update is expected on Thursday morning. Police in New South Wales have opened a murder investigation after a human torso was found inside a sofa in bushland on Sydney’s Lower North Shore. Officers were called to Lane Cove North at about 2.30pm on Wednesday following reports that human remains had been found near Avian Crescent. The remains have not yet been formally identified, but police believe they belong to an adult man. Detectives are expected…

A sentinel told the group to keep silent and show respect after the defence secretary and his staff were heard laughing at Arlington. The Pentagon said the soldier “correctly and respectfully” reminded everyone to maintain decorum. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and members of his team were told off by a guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after laughter was heard from the group at Arlington National Cemetery. The incident happened on Wednesday, after a Veterans Day ceremony. Mr Hegseth, his wife Jennifer and chief of staff Ricky Buria were among a party of Pentagon officials who had been…