Andy Burnham pledge to end indefinite prison terms ‘a step towards healing’

Campaigners have hailed Andy Burnham’s pledge to bring an end to indefinite jail terms as “a day that thousands of families have spent years fighting for”.

The prime minister has said he will “end the injustice” of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences during this parliament, meaning people will no longer be trapped indefinitely under a sentence abolished more than a decade ago.

Turkiye, Somalia forces free cargo vessel hijacked by pirates

Somali authorities say 14 pirates were killed in the 10-day operation to free a Cameroon-flagged cargo vessel.

Turkish and Somali forces have freed a cargo ship held captive by pirates off the coast of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland state, according to authorities.

PSA: Swap the radial ability menu in Star Wars Zero Company for more of a trad XCOM-style experience

Star Wars Zero Company is enough like XCOM that everyone's been calling it ZCOM, but there are some ways it isn't quite XCOM enough for me. For starters, the radial menu you use to select each character's actions, a controller-friendly system that flings all your abilities out in a circle around the active character like a medieval jailer's ring of keys.

Ukrainian nuclear power plant without external power for over a week

This is the 27th time since Russia invaded Ukraine that the Zaporizhzhia plant has had to rely on emergency diesel supplies.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in southeastern Ukraine has been without off-site power for more than a week, the world’s nuclear energy watchdog has warned.

A native port of Donkey Kong 64 is finally playable on PC thanks to a team of programmers who boast that 'no generative AI [was] used at any point in the process'

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A native PC port of Nintendo's 1999 platformer Donkey Kong 64 is finally here, and the team that pulled it off is proud to say that they used zero generative AI tools in the process.

60 Years Later, the Best 'Peanuts' Quote of All Time Still Doesn't Get the Credit it Deserves

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Unless Woodstock is saying something even more brilliant, though it's hard to tell.

Not even Charles Schulz recognized the brilliance of his most profound Peanuts line

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American cartoonist Charles Schulz died on February 12, 2000, at age 77. The next day, the final Peanuts comic strip ran in newspapers, ending the 50-year run of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the gang. That timing might seem logical — you might assume the comic strip was written and submitted shortly before publication — but Peanuts strips, particularly Sunday ones like this, were done weeks ahead of time, making the timing something of a small coincidence.

England v Pakistan: Nasser Hussain calls early end to play at Lord's 'a joke'

The decision to abandon play an hour before scheduled at the end of the third day of England's second Test against Pakistan was called "a joke" by Nasser Hussain.

On a Saturday badly affected by persistent showers at Lord's, players left the field at 17:08 BST.

Tom Cruise Is Bringing Cole Trickle Back To NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 15: Actor Tom Cruise sits inside the car used in the film "Days of Thunder" on track prior to the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 15, 2009 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)

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Norway's Haakon remembers 'my dear father' in first speech as king

Haakon stressed national unity in the speech, saying the royal family believed in a "society built on law and justice, where everyone is of equal value".

He said Harald had been a good father to himself and his sister, Princess Märtha Louise, as well as a "warm and funny grandfather" to his six grandchildren and a "loving and caring husband" to his widow, Queen Sonja.

OpenAI to end model access to Cursor after acquisition by Elon Musk's SpaceX

A combination photo shows CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman (L) on April 28, 2026 and Elon Musk on April 29, 2026 during the trial in Elon Musk's lawsuit over OpenAI for-profit conversion at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California, U.S.