Samir Shah, chair of the BBC, told MPs he intends to remain in post and tackle the problems exposed by the Panorama edit of a Donald Trump speech.Apologising for mistakes and their effects, Shah said his priority is to stabilise the corporation and lead a programme of fixes rather than step aside.The row began after a leaked internal memo from former editorial adviser Michael Prescott warned of...

Albania's prime minister has accused the UK Home Secretary of ethnic stereotyping after she highlighted Albanian families while unveiling major changes to Britain's asylum system. Shabana Mahmood told MPs that roughly 700 Albanian families were living in taxpayer-funded accommodation despite having had their asylum claims refused, and argued the government must remove people who have no right...

Paul Costelloe, the Dublin-born designer who became one of Ireland and Britain’s most recognizable fashion names and served as a personal couturier to Diana, Princess of Wales, has died in London at the age of 80 following a short illness. His family said he was surrounded by his wife and seven children and passed away peacefully. Born in Dublin into a family connected to the clothing...

Air traffic over the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven was suspended after unidentified drones were seen in the vicinity of the main airport and a nearby military base. The first sightings occurred late on Friday above Volkel Air Base, where personnel even fired on the devices in an attempt to bring them down, but the drones were not recovered. Additional activity close to Eindhoven Airport on...

A widely circulated leaked draft of a US-brokered peace proposal lays out 28 points intended to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. The document contains a mixture of provisions that Kyiv might accept and others that would amount to major concessions to Moscow — notably territorial arrangements and limits on Ukraine’s military — but many details remain vague and contested. Territory...

Leaders from Europe, Canada and Japan have urged further work on a US-drafted 28-point plan intended to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, expressing serious reservations about several of its provisions. At the G20 summit in Johannesburg, officials from Canada, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK, Germany and Norway — together with two senior EU...

PHP has a vast set of built-in functions that every developer should know to write efficient and secure code. Here are some essential ones: 1. String Functions strlen($string): Returns the length of a string. strpos($haystack, $needle): Finds the position of the first occurrence of a substring. str_replace($search, $replace, $subject): Replaces occurrences of a string within another...

Film cameras, iconic tools of photography, operate on simple yet elegant principles that have been refined over the years. Unlike digital cameras, which capture images using electronic sensors, film cameras rely on chemical reactions to record light onto physical film. Here’s a detailed look at how these fascinating devices work, along with a visual representation.1. The Basics of a Film...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant dream—it’s a transformative force shaping the present and redefining the future. As we stand on the brink of a new era, the potential of AI promises to revolutionize every aspect of our lives, from healthcare and education to work and entertainment.In the coming decades, AI is expected to achieve unprecedented levels of...

Windows Longhorn was the codename for a version of Microsoft Windows that was originally intended to be an intermediate release between Windows XP (2001) and Windows Vista (2007). It was first unveiled in 2002 but underwent several significant changes before evolving into what eventually became Windows Vista.Here’s a deeper dive into Windows Longhorn:Origins and PurposeTimeline: Development...