Why did the government sign the Chagos deal now?

EPA In a fast-moving world, suffused by conflict and political uncertainty, it might seem odd for the UK government to surrender sovereign British territory in a distant sea. Indeed, the government’s critics go further and say the decision to give up a key strategic foothold in the Indian Ocean is a dangerous weakening of UK…

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Polimoda director Massimiliano Giornetti says the new generation of designers shows greater resilience

Translated by Nicola Mira Published June 11, 2025 Since February 2021, Massimiliano Giornetti has led Polimoda, the Florence-based fashion school where he once earned his degree in collaboration with the London College of Fashion. He returned to the school in 2019 as head of fashion design. Alongside his academic career, Giornetti built a distinguished track…

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The Discord Invite Loop Hole Hijacked for Attacks

Check Point Research uncovered an active malware campaign exploiting expired and released Discord invite links. Attackers hijacked the links through vanity link registration, allowing them to silently redirect users from trusted sources to malicious servers. The attackers combined the ClickFix phishing technique, multi-stage loaders, and time-based evasions to stealthily deliver AsyncRAT, and a customized Skuld…

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Discovery could boost solid-state battery performance

An emerging technology to make lithium-ion batteries safer and more powerful involves using solid rather than liquid electrolytes, the materials that make it possible for ions to move through the device to generate power. A team of University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their colleagues have discovered that the mixing of small particles between…

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The UK Conservatives face problems

Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent BBC Listen to Henry read this article “Could this be like the 1920s where the Liberals got overtaken by Labour – but this time it’s the Conservative Party being overtaken by Reform?” It’s an interesting question – perhaps a little niche. But it’s certainly not a question you’d expect to…

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