Simon Ormiston

Tech News

Supermarket hacks: why are fridges connected to the internet?

As hackers target supermarket cooling systems across Europe, new research finds nearly 13,000 refrigeration controls openly reachable online in 99 countries, from supermarkets to hospitals and farms, many running outdated software.

2 November 2026

Tech News

UK and Germany to jointly develop military AI

Government and industry figures will meet next spring to shape the plan, though no specific systems or budgets have been named so far.

2 November 2026

Tech News

UK pulls the plug on analogue phones in January - Europe is next

Businesses face soaring costs and disrupted services if they delay, as Brussels pushes for copper networks to be retired across the EU by 2035.

2 November 2026

Tech News

German MPs and ministers warned iPhones have been targeted by spyware

Those affected have been told to treat their phones as compromised, but it is not yet known who is behind the attack or how many people were hit.

2 November 2026

Israel

Too close to call: Israelis vote in Netanyahu-Eisenkot showdown

With no party expected to win an outright majority, weeks of coalition talks could follow a vote being closely watched in European capitals.

27 October 2026

Singapore

Merz courts Asian investors as he insists Europe remains a safe bet

The German chancellor's upbeat pitch comes at a time of mounting pressure in Berlin, where a ministerial resignation and rising far-right support have left the chancellor’s coalition on shaky ground.

27 October 2026

Europe News

Lula’s comeback puts brakes on Latin America’s rightward surge

Brazil’s re-elected leader now faces a hostile Congress at home and a Trump administration that had bet heavily on his rival.

26 October 2026

Israel

Why Israel’s wartime election isn’t just about the war

From army exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox to a stalled 7 October inquiry, the issues splitting voters have little to do with Gaza, Lebanon or Iran.

26 October 2026

Europe News

Ukrainian drone strike kills two as Kyiv and Moscow prepare for talks

Debris from a downed drone hit a moving commuter train, while Zelenskyy says territorial questions must be settled by leaders themselves.

26 October 2026

Europe News

UK remembers moment a Welsh village lost a generation of children

Survivors shared their memories with the royal party, six decades after an official verdict, a raid on donations and a fight over the tips that followed.

21 October 2026

Colombia

Colombia seizes 7.6 tonnes of Netherlands-bound cocaine in Cartagena

Separately, two Dutch nationals wanted by prosecutors in the Netherlands have been arrested in Colombia.

21 October 2026

Europe News

Zelenskyy backs freezing front line as step towards Ukraine ceasefire

The Ukrainian leader insists Kyiv must have a seat at any negotiations and wants security guarantees from Washington and European allies, as a row over slowed SpaceX satellite services rumbles on.

21 October 2026

United Kingdom

UN warns El Nino could be strongest on record

The UN's aid chief says the humanitarian system cannot cope alone, as $50 million is released for 11 frontline countries including Chad and Somalia.

21 October 2026

Australia

Australian model Sahara Ray dies aged 34

Her family said she passed away in hospital surrounded by loved ones, just months after she welcomed her first child, daughter Snow.

20 October 2026

Europe News

Russian Black Sea strikes deepen ‘perfect storm’ for food supplies

Ukraine is losing an estimated €60 million a day in export earnings as Moscow is accused of targetting the routes it uses to ship grain abroad.

20 October 2026

Europe Today

Ryanair CEO calls Ursula von der Leyen 'useless'

Ryanair is cutting a million seats from Belgium this winter as Michael O’Leary warns of steep fare rises in 2027 and demands foreign airlines pay their share.

20 October 2026

Canada

‘Albertans chose Canada’: Carney hails vote against separation

Separatist leaders vow to fight on, warning the province’s governing party could split over the issue.

20 October 2026

Gaza

UN food agency to cut aid to 500,000 people in Gaza

Families who keep their support will get smaller rations and less cash, even though two-thirds of the territory’s population still needs help to survive.

19 October 2026

Europe News

‘Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres’: What does the student slogan mean?

A Snapchat message, which students believe came from an undercover police officer, has become the rallying cry of a youth movement that has now spread to Belgium and Italy.

19 October 2026

Europe News

'We tore it up': French looters brag online as police 'lost control'

More than 2,000 shops were hit and the damage is put at hundreds of millions of euros, leaving the government to answer for its failure to see the violence coming.

19 October 2026