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Woman allegedly raped at Michael Schumacher’s mansion by a racing driver
One of Michael Schumacher’s nurses was raped at his home by a racing driver friend of his son, Mick, it has been alleged.

Meta commits $1.5 billion for AI data center in Texas

Doris in Ireland squad but McCarthy misses out
Returning head coach Andy Farrell includes captain Caelan Doris in his Ireland squad for the autumn internationals, but Joe McCarthy misses out.

GB men's basketball team barred from internationals
Basketball's world governing body Fiba suspends the British Basketball Federation and bars the British men's team from international competition because of governance issues.

Wales legend Fishlock to retire from international football
Wales' greatest female footballer Jess Fishlock will win her 166th and last cap in this month's friendly against Australia in Cardiff.

Scottish Conservative leader's acid attacker denied parole
Russell Findlay says the process for deciding on prisoner release needs to be modernised.

UK targets Russian oil market in fresh sanctions
The government has also targeted a major Indian energy company and Chinese oil terminals in new sanctions.

After the PM's appearance at PMQs, what more do we know about the collapsed China spy case?
The detail of this story is enormously complicated, and it is possible the release of witness statements do not signal the end of the saga.

Watch: Freed detainee finds family alive after thinking they had been killed
Shadi Abu Sido told the BBC an Israeli prison officer said his family had been killed.

Case dropped for Met officer who shot unarmed man
The misconduct proceedings involving W80 came after years of legal battles over the case.

Asylum hotel a 'feeding ground for unrest', High Court told
Lawyers for a council are trying to stop The Bell Hotel in Epping from housing asylum seekers.

Controversial UK oil field publishes full scale of climate impact
The impact from the Rosebank oil field is estimated at nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming CO2.

Momentus Is Soaring on a New NASA Deal. Can MNTS Stock Keep Up the Strength?

Apple debuts new M5 chip alongside upgraded 14-inch MacBook Pro and iPad Pro

Silicon Valley is plowing money into AI, and the latest deals are eye-watering

England escape with a point as match against Pakistan is rained off
England avoided a shock defeat by Pakistan at the Women's World Cup, being saved by heavy rain in Colombo.

How are World Cup favourites shaping up - and who will win?
Now England have booked their place at the 2026 World Cup attention turns to how they might fare in North America next summer - and how some of their rivals are looking.

'Mercedes deals end Verstappen speculation - for now'
The spectre of Max Verstappen has hung heavily over both Mercedes drivers this season - and over Britain's George Russell more so than rookie Kimi Antonelli.

Rain rescues England from shock defeat against Pakistan
England slip to 79-7 against Pakistan before heavy rain abandons their group stage game at the Women's World Cup in Colombo.

Afghan Taliban and Pakistan agree short truce after deadly clashes
The move comes after fresh fighting and reports of Pakistani air strikes in Kandahar and Kabul.

Uni cricket club suspended over 'degrading' initiation event
Cardiff Students' Union said it would not tolerate "intimidating or degrading behaviour".

Gaza experts work to identify bodies of 90 Palestinians returned by Israel
Under the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel has agreed to hand over the bodies of 15 Palestinians in return for every dead Israeli hostage.

Row over bringing back military service splits German government
Plans to re-introduce military service have been thrown into chaos because of an 11th hour disagreement.

Man who murdered girlfriend in hot tub is jailed for life
Aren Pearson will spend at least 25 years in jail for stabbing Claire Leveque to death in Shetland in 2023.