Microsoft blew off concerns of overspending on AI on Wednesday, reporting elevated earnings even as it faced an outage of its cloud computing service, Azure, and its office software suite, 365. The strong earnings report comes a day after a deal with OpenAI pushed the value of tech giant to more tha
Summary Thanks for reading the US politics live blog. We’re pausing the blog for now, and here is a look back at our top stories: The US government shutdown hit its 29th day, with no indication Democrats and Republicans were close to an agreement to restart funding. Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s top D
Meta reported mixed financial results for the third quarter of 2025. The company brought in record quarterly revenue but reported a major tax bill that dampened earnings per share, the company announced on Wednesday. The financial results come as Meta ends a multibillion-dollar hiring spree focused
Harry Farley, political correspondent, and Sam Francis, political reporter Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed calls for an investigation into Chancellor Rachel Reeves after she apologised for breaking housing rules when renting out her family home. In a letter to the prime minister, Reeves admitted she
Homeowners plagued by damp urge government to fix 'botched' insulation Zoe Conway and James Stewart BBC Bushra Rashid from Fishwick says that 2013 insulation work has damaged her health and her property Homeowners who say that botched insulation under government schemes left them living in mouldy co
Dozens dead in 'total devastation' left behind by Hurricane Melissa Hurricane Melissa floods and destroys towns across Caribbean including in Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti (pictured) Gabriela Pomeroy and Nardine Saad Hurricane Melissa has continued its devastating sweep across the Caribbean, destroying ho
'I'll never forgive the woman responsible for my wife's paddleboard death' Family photo Nicola Wheatley 40, was one of four paddleboarders killed after descending a weir in Haverfordwest The moment Darren Wheatley had to tell his seven-year-old son that his mother had died is something that will sta
Noor Nanji Culture reporter BBC Spoiler warning: This article reveals details from the seventh episode of The Celebrity Traitors It was the moment that had us at the edge of our seats. Jonathan Ross throwing his two fellow traitors under a bus in a brazen attempt to save himself in the latest episod
Reuters Precious crown jewels were taken during the theft earlier this month Five more suspects have been arrested over their involvement in the Louvre heist, Paris' public prosecutor has said. They were arrested on Wednesday night in the Paris region, Laure Beccuau's office said. A main suspect was
Cruise operator 'failed' woman who was left on island and died, family says Supplied Suzanne Rees was found dead hours after her cruise boat left Lizard Island The daughter of a woman who was left behind by a cruise ship on a remote island and later died has accused the operator of a "failure of
Gordon Corera BBC Security Analyst BBC It is a question that successive governments have struggled with: what kind of threat does China really pose to the UK? Trying to answer it may have contributed to the high-profile collapse of the case in which two British men, Christopher Cash and Christopher
Zoe Kleinman Technology editor Getty Images Virgin Media O2 is set to become the first mobile network operator to offer UK customers automatic connectivity via satellite in places without phone signal. O2 Satellite will be an optional service due to launch in the first half of 2026, following a part
