King Charles has said he is "appalled and saddened by the most dreadful antisemitic terrorist attack on Jewish people" at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. At least 11 people were killed in the shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday and a further 29 taken to hospital, police said. The King said his and Queen Camilla's "hearts go out to everyone who has been affected so dreadfully". He praised the "spirit of community and love that shines so brightly in Australia", adding that the light of the Hanukkah festival "will always triumph over the darkness of such evil".

Castres: Palis, Ambadiang, Bottin, Goodhue, Vargas; Popelin, Fernandez; Walcker, Zarantonello, Azar, Maravat, Staniforth, Delaporte (c), Ardron, Papalii. Replacements: Durand-Pradere, Guerois-Galisson, Corato, Nakarawa, Cope, Doubrere, Herve, Karawalevu. Edinburgh: Brown, McCann, M Currie, O'Conor, Wells, Scott, Vellacott (c); Venter, Morris, O Blyth-Lafferty, Hunter-Hill, Young, McConnell, Douglas, Dodd. Replacements: Ashman, Jones, Hill, Boyle, Watson, Shiel, Lang, Goosen. Referee: Andrea Piardi Source link

Stop us if you've heard this one before. Microsoft is in court regarding allegedly sharp software licensing practices. The hearing before the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) concerns a case brought by Dr Maria Luisa Stasi, which accuses Microsoft of overcharging UK businesses and organizations that use Windows Server on rival platforms, such as Google or AWS. At its core, the case is simple – Microsoft is alleged to have used its market power to steer customers toward Azure. Microsoft: So what if it costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google?

Craig WilliamsBBC Scotland Getty Images SNP ministers have rallied around Angela Constance after opposition calls for her to resign The education secretary has rejected Conservative calls for Justice Secretary Angela Constance to be investigated by independent advisers who oversee the ethics code for government ministers. Constance is accused by opposition parties of misrepresenting the position of a leading expert on grooming gangs and misleading parliament. Speaking to BBC Scotland's Sunday Show, Jenny Gilruth said her colleague had made a general comment and said it was time to move on and focus on victims of child sexual abuse.

Nick Griggs produced a dominant performance to take the gold medal in the men's under-23 race at the European Cross Country Championships in Portugal, leading Ireland to team gold in the process. The 20-year-old finished in a time of 17 minutes and 47 seconds, 12 seconds clear of France's Aurelien Radja. Radja's compatriot Pierre Boudy came home third in 18:03. Griggs performance, combined with Callum Morgan and Niall Murphy finishing in eighth and 10th respectively, was enough to see Ireland take the team title ahead of France and Spain. Tyrone runner Griggs, who turns 21 next week, had previously won 3,000m gold at the European Under-20 Championships in Tallinn four years ago but had been chasing a return to the top of the podium since.

After decades of research and development, humanity finally has a data storage medium that will outlast us. The 5D Memory Crystal stores data by using tiny voxels – 3D pixels – in fused silica glass, etched by femtosecond laser pulses. These voxels possess "birefringence," meaning that their light refraction characteristics vary depending upon the polarization and direction of incoming light.  That difference in light orientation and strength can be read in conjunction with the voxel's location (x, y, z coordinates), allowing data to be encoded in five dimensional space. And because the medium is silica crystal, similar to optical cable, it's highly durable.

Kemi Badenoch says the Conservatives will scrap the ban on petrol and diesel vehicles due to come into force in the UK if they win the next election. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the Conservative Party leader said the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate (ZEV) was a "well-meaning but ultimately destructive piece of legislation". From 2030, all new cars will have to be electric or hybrid as part of government efforts to meet a legally binding aim of achieving "net zero" by 2050. The Conservative leader's comments come after her meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has lobbied the EU to water down its own plans for a ban.

Glasgow Warriors' stunning comeback victory over Toulouse in the Investec Champions Cup will do wonders for their confidence, says fly-half Adam Hastings. Franco Smith's side looked to be heading for a heavy defeat as the six-time European champions raced into a 21-0 half-time lead. Warriors caught fire in the second half to turn the game on its head, running in four unanswered tries to deliver arguably the greatest European win in their history. "It was just mental," Hastings, who was named player of the match, told BBC Scotland. "For to come out on a night like this, a sell out, and just get behind us, it means the world.

The US is suing a former senior manager at Accenture for allegedly misleading the government about the security of an Army cloud platform. Danielle Hillmer, 53, of Chantilly, Virginia, is accused of deceiving auditors over the capabilities of a service the government commissioned in 2017. Although it is only referred to as Company A in the court documents, Hillmer claimed to work for Big Four consulting firm Accenture during the stated timeline, according to a now-deleted LinkedIn account. The US alleges that between March 2020 and November 2021, Hillmer obstructed federal auditors and falsely represented the security of the company's cloud platform, which was used by other government customers beyond the…

Catherine WyattBBC religious affairs Hulu/Disney+ Host Stassi Schroeder reunites the cast to explore scandals in the Season 3 Reunion Infidelity, divorce, even "soft-swinging" - not words traditionally associated with Christianity, but just some of the themes in the hit US reality show, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The TV series follows a group of female influencers in Utah - the home of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) - as they deal with friendship fall-outs, romantic problems, and their relationship with their faith. "These Latter-day Saints are no angels," last month's trailer for season three declared, setting the tone for what was to come.

In the run-up to the second Test, England chose not to send players from the first Test to join a day-night England Lions game against a Prime Minister's XI in Canberra. The tourists instead opted for five days of training in Brisbane which, in the aftermath of the Gabba defeat, McCullum claimed left them "overprepared". On Sunday, the former New Zealand captain said he stood by his comments, but also explained he made them to draw attention away from the players. "There's things that you say and things that you do - in the job you're in, sometimes it's better for the scrutiny to be on yourself," said McCullum.

Microsoft is overhauling its bug bounty program to reward exploit hunters for finding vulnerabilities across all its products and services, even those without established bounty schemes. Tom Gallagher, VP of engineering at Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), told Black Hat Europe delegates yesterday that the company will adopt what it calls an "in scope by default" approach. Under the new model, MSRC will pay researchers who report critical vulnerabilities that have a demonstrable impact on Microsoft's online services. "Regardless of whether the code is owned and managed by Microsoft, a third party, or is open source, we will do whatever it takes to remediate the issue," Gallagher said.

"Starmer rocked by new Andy Burnham coup plot" is the Mail on Sunday's top story, detailing the Manchester Labour mayor's apparent "deal" to become an MP. Citing unnamed sources, the paper claims Burnham is close to striking "a deal to fight a by-election to return to the Commons and mount a leadership challenge" against Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Relatives of Virginia Giuffre proclaim "justice has not been served" after the Metropolitan Police dropped an investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the Sun reports. The former prince was accused of asking his personal police officer to dig up information about Giuffre.

Paul Lim became the oldest player to win a match at the PDC World Championship as the 71-year-old claimed a stunning victory over Jeffrey de Graaf. Backed by a partisan crowd at the Alexandra Palace, the Singapore veteran claimed a 3-1 success over the Dutch-born Swede. He beat a record held by Northern Irishman John MaGowan, who was 67 when he knocked out Chris Mason in the first round of the tournament in December 2008. "A moment like this has kept me going for all these years," said Lim. "The standard of play nowadays is not like how it was before.

Goldman Sachs warns that datacenter investments may fail to pay off if the industry is unable to monetize AI models, but hedges its bets by saying that demand could also overwhelm available capacity by 2030. Investors have been pouring cash into datacenters, buoyed by the AI-driven demand for compute resources that has led to a boom in construction of new facilities in the US and elsewhere. Analyst Omdia said this week that capital expenditure on bit barns is forecast to reach $1.6 trillion by 2030 thanks to AI, growing 17 percent annually between now and then.

Jayne McCormackPolitical correspondent, BBC News NI Getty Images The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has been accused of stalling plans by Stormont's justice minister to include transgender people as a "protected" group in new hate crime legislation for Northern Ireland. Naomi Long wrote to other executive parties at the start of November seeking approval for the move. In her letter, seen by BBC News NI, she said she wants to "provide equality" by including the measure as part of a bill aimed at changing sentencing laws. The DUP said it could only come to a view on an issue "upon the submission of a formal paper containing the relevant proposals".

Alfie Burden beat Stuart Bingham 63-8 to win the Snooker Shoot Out and claim his first ranking title in Blackpool. He turns 49 on Sunday but started the celebrations early by climbing on the table to huge cheers once victory was confirmed at Blackpool Tower Circus. Burden, who won the World Seniors Championship in May, takes home the £50,000 prize. "I've had a 30-year career and it has been mainly downs - I've underperformed - but tonight is a night for me," Burden told TNT Sports. "I'd like to thank all my family and friends for all the belief they've had in me.

Earth's orbit is starting to look like an LA freeway, with more and more satellites being launched each year. If you're worried about collisions and space debris making the area unusable – and you should be – scientists have proposed a new metric to contribute to your anxiety: the CRASH Clock. The CRASH (Collision Realization And Significant Harm) Clock is a proposed Key Environmental Indicator (KEI) to give an estimate of how long it would take before a catastrophic collision occurs if collision avoidance maneuvers cease or there is a loss of situation awareness.

David DeansWales political reporter PA Media Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn says the second phase of a town rejuvenation scheme criticised by Welsh MSs will not operate in Northern Ireland A controversial scheme which will see money spent in Wales while bypassing the Welsh government will not fully apply to Northern Ireland, the UK government has said. Sir Keir Starmer's government will decide how cash from the second phase of its scheme for town centre improvements is spent in Wales, while the Northern Ireland Executive will receive "corresponding funding" which it will control.

The seemingly unlikely comeback at the end of regulation came after a dramatic second-half that had begun with Scotstown leading 0-6 to 0-1. Kilcoo were playing into the considerable wind in the first half with the conditions hampering their attacking efforts. Despite a sizeable edge in possession through the opening period, there were just five minutes until the break before they registered their sole score of the first half. The point was provided by Eugene Branagan, but even the wavering trajectory of the ball as it bisected the posts was evidence of the difficulties endured by the Down side's players when shooting into the swirling breeze.

The total cost of a Workday implementation project at Washington University in St. Louis is set to hit almost $266 million, it was revealed after the project was the subject of protests from students. In late October, students demonstrated outside the Faculty Senate demanding the University’s leadership reveal more details about its finances, including its spending on Workday, amid concerns about job losses at the institution. In an email to Student Life, the institution’s independent student newspaper, David Gray, executive vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer (CFO), said the total cost of the project was set to reach upwards of $265 million over at least seven years, roughly $16,000 per student.

Two teenagers have died and a man is in a critical condition after the car they were travelling in hit a tree. A 17-year-old girl, who was driving, and a 17-year-old boy were pronounced dead at the scene near Rotherham, South Yorkshire Police said. A second passenger, an 18 year-old man, was seriously injured and remains in hospital. Police were called at 02:40 GMT after the silver Toyota Corolla, which was travelling on Todwick Road between Dinnington and Todwick, left the carriageway. Sgt John Taylor said the victims' families were being supported by officers.

Rovers were booed off by their fans at full-time following defeat by the Robins, in what was their fifth consecutive home league loss. They have the scored just three goals and conceded 27 during their losing run - which stretches back to the first weekend of October - and possess the worst goal difference in the division of -23. Clarke, 47, was appointed in place of Inigo Calderon in May. And, after losing the first three league games of the season, he seemed to have worked similar magic to his first spell in charge with a run of five wins and two draws that led them towards the play-off places.

President Trump and his patrons in big tech have long wanted to block states from implementing their own AI regulations. After failing twice to do so in Congress, the US president has issued an executive order that would attempt to punish states that try to restrain the bot business. The executive order, issued Thursday, largely mirrors a draft order leaked last month despite the White House declining to verify the draft's veracity. In short, Trump has empowered Attorney General Pam Bondi to set up an AI Litigation Task Force "whose sole responsibility shall be to challenge state AI laws" that the administration considers inconsistent with its policy "to sustain and enhance the United States' global AI dominance through a minimally burdensome national policy framework for AI."

Two people have died after a house fire and an explosion in a garden. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of the blast at about 18:10 GMT in the garden of a property that was left badly damaged by fire on Heol Fawr in Nelson, Caerphilly county. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene and their family have been informed, the fire service said. The Tylers Arms pub, which is next door to the site of the blaze, said on Saturday that it was "unable to open while police carry out their investigation at our neighbours".