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Russia accuses popular messaging apps of facilitating crime and sabotage as Moscow’s online restrictions tighten amid war in Ukraine.Russia has announced restrictions on voice calls made on the WhatsApp and Telegram messaging apps, the latest moves by Moscow to tighten its control over the internet.The curb on calls is set to impact WhatsApp’s estimated 96 million monthly users in Russia and Telegram’s more than 89 million users, according to Russian media monitoring service Mediascope.In a statement on Wednesday, Russia’s media and internet regulator, Roskomnadzor, justified the measure as necessary for fighting crime.“According to law enforcement agencies and numerous appeals from…

Kris HollandBBC News, East of EnglandGetty ImagesWomen across the East of England are now able to self-refer to their local maternity servicesThousands of expectant mothers in the East of England have taken up a new NHS service and more are being encouraged to take part.Women across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and elsewhere have been using the service, where they can refer themselves directly to their local maternity services – without the need to first see a GP – by completing an online form.Wendy Matthews, NHS England’s chief midwife for the region, said the referral system was a “leap forward in…

UDINE, Italy — Tottenham Hotspur desperately want to be a club defined by winning silverware.Wednesday’s dramatic UEFA Super Cup defeat to Paris Saint-Germain was therefore a brutal early lesson for head coach Thomas Frank in the job he has inherited. Welcome to Spurs, Thomas.May’s UEFA Europa League triumph — their first trophy in 17 years — was supposed to herald the dawning of a new era: the shedding of the derogatory “Spursy” tag, created through years of somehow always falling short when the prize was in sight.This was, in some ways, a step back towards those difficult days. They were…

The far-right minister said he will approve 3,000 new homes in the controversial E1 area project, hailing it as ‘Zionism at its best’.Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced he will approve thousands of housing units in a highly controversial and long-delayed illegal settlement project in the occupied West Bank, saying the move “buries the idea of a Palestinian state”.In a statement on Wednesday, Smotrich announced his intention to approve tenders to build more than 3,000 homes in the E1 area settlement project that would connect Jerusalem and the existing Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, located several kilometres to…

Andy Cohen is revealing some of the moments Love Island USA fans can look forward to with the upcoming season seven reunion. During a recent episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, which featured Islanders Olandria and Nic and Amaya and Bryan as guests, the host confirmed that the “extended version” of the controversial Heart Rate Challenge will be shown at the reunion on Aug. 25. “I thought it was interesting that you [Olandria] and Chelley saw Huda for the first time since you left the villa,” Cohen said. “I think that was pretty dramatic, and also we showed…

Barbara Plett UsherAfrica correspondent, BBC NewsWatch: BBC obtains rare video from inside besieged el-Fasher in SudanThe women at the community kitchen in the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher are sitting in huddles of desperation.”Our children are dying before our eyes,” one of them tells the BBC. “We don’t know what to do. They are innocent. They have nothing to do with the army or [its paramilitary rival] the Rapid Support Forces. Our suffering is worse than what you can imagine.”Food is so scarce in el-Fasher that prices have soared to the point where money that used to cover a week’s…

149 The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) has confirmed that the 2025 edition of the prestigious Accountancy Service Awards (ASA) will take place on October 3, 2025. The event, which honours excellence in the accountancy profession, will be held as a stand-alone ceremony for the first time, unlike previous editions which were combined with the ICPAU Annual Seminar. The ASA is one of Uganda’s most respected professional award ceremonies, celebrating both individuals and organisations that have made significant contributions to the growth and advancement of accountancy in the country and internationally. It also recognises those who have…

Australian surfers Molly Picklum and Jack Robinson have dominated the waves at Teahupo’o to take out the Tahiti Pro titles.Picklum out-pointed American rival Caitlin Simmers to win the women’s competition in a statement result before her Fiji world title charge.The Australian had already secured the No 1 seeding for the World Surf League finals later this month by reaching the final in pumping Teahupo’o swell.Conditions cleaned up and the waves grew just as Picklum hit the water on Thursday, Simmers (4.94-point total) wiping out in what would probably have been a 10-point ride as both surfers pushed the limits.The Australian…

One of the targeted recipients, Tiba Biotech, had a $750,000 contract with BARDA that was slated to end October 30. The company was developing an RNAi-based therapeutic for H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu. RNAi is short for RNA interference and refers to small pieces of RNA that can shut down the production of specific proteins. The approach has been well studied, and several RNAi-based drugs are on the market. The first was approved in 2018 to treat nerve damage caused by a rare disease called hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis.The contract cancellation came as a surprise to Tiba, which received…

The flow of new rental properties coming on to the market has fallen at the fastest rate since the first Covid lockdown five years ago, according to research by Britain’s property surveyors.Although the demand for properties is steady, there are fewer new rentals from landlords coming available, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) found.The July 2025 Rics Residential Market Survey showed a “firmly negative trend” in landlords making their properties available for rent, the weakest reading since April 2020.With the lack of fresh supply in the pipeline, rental prices are expected to rise over the next three months, according…