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A French hospital has been fined €500,000 after a cyber attack exposed the personal data of more than 727,000 patients and people connected to their care. France’s data protection regulator, the CNIL, said Hôpital privé de la Loire in Saint-Étienne failed to put adequate safeguards in place to protect the information held in its electronic patient record system. The breach, which took place in the summer of 2025, affected 524,867 patients and 202,246 people listed as trusted third parties. The latter category included individuals who had accompanied patients or assisted them during their treatment. Hôpital privé de la Loire data…

Richarlison has been left out of Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League squad for the first half of the 2026-27 season after repeatedly telling manager Roberto De Zerbi that he wanted to leave the club. The decision follows the collapse of a proposed return to Everton before Tuesday’s transfer deadline. The 29-year-old forward was informed before the deadline that he was not part of Tottenham’s plans, according to BBC Sport. Richarlison started Spurs’ opening league match of the season but was omitted from the squad for the 2-0 defeat by Newcastle United on Saturday. De Zerbi addressed the situation after that loss,…

A husband and wife are expected to recover after being struck by lightning while walking along the West Orange Trail in Winter Garden, Florida, police said. The couple, both in their 40s, were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center as trauma alerts after emergency crews responded near Plant Street at about 7.22pm on Wednesday, 2 September. Winter Garden Fire Rescue crews found a man and a woman unconscious on the ground, according to department chief Jose P Gainza Jr. One of them was not breathing and CPR was administered before additional rescue teams arrived. Lightning activity was recorded near the…

Mark Butler has defended Australian teachers against claims that schools are promoting an “anti-boy” ideology, insisting that teaching young men to respect women is “not woke” as a growing political row over classroom content intensifies. The Health Minister said parents and teachers were battling harmful material being pushed towards children online, arguing that social media platforms and their algorithms posed a greater threat than respectful relationships education in schools. “Teaching respect for girls is not woke. It’s not weak. It’s not socialist, frankly. It’s just decency,” Mr Butler said on Sunrise. He praised teachers for confronting the influence of online…

A pregnant Ukrainian soldier has mourned her 21-year-old husband at his funeral in Kyiv after he was killed on the Sumy front in north-eastern Ukraine. Junior sergeant Danyil Smyrnov died on August 28 alongside three other soldiers serving with Ukrainian military intelligence. He was a reconnaissance operator who also helped train recruits. His widow, Yeva Smyrnova, is a drone pilot known by the call sign “Yunha”. Their first child, a son, is due to be born this month. The couple joined the Ukrainian army in 2023, when they were both 18, and married in July 2025. Smyrnova said they had…

Donald Trump’s plan for a 33,000-square-foot White House visitor screening facility has received unanimous preliminary approval from the National Capital Planning Commission in Washington. The commission must still hold a final vote on the project, which is intended to replace the temporary tents and trailers currently used by the US Secret Service to screen visitors, staff and contractors entering the White House complex. The mostly underground facility will be built near Sherman Park, to the south-east of the White House, with an entrance plaza at ground level. Revised plans moved the site towards the western edge of the park to…

Jennifer Lawrence has revealed she uses small amounts of Botox and would consider buccal fat removal, while insisting she has not yet undergone the more dramatic cosmetic procedures increasingly popular in Hollywood. The Oscar-winning actor said she needed to retain movement in her face and therefore could not have extensive treatment. “I need to have movement in my face—I get baby Botox, but I can’t do a lot,” she told Vogue. ([vogue.com](https://www.vogue.com/article/jennifer-lawrence-beauty-aging-interview)) Lawrence, who is approaching 36, said regular facials helped maintain her complexion. “If my skin is going to be a little saggier than I would like, at least…

Gemini Spark is gaining control of Google Photos, allowing subscribers in the US to search, edit, organise and share images through multi-step instructions rather than carrying out each task manually. The personal agent can work across a user’s photo library to find pictures by subject, location, date or event, identify preferred shots and filter out duplicates. It can also combine several actions in a single request, such as selecting images from a holiday, improving them and placing them in a new album. Gemini Spark brings automated Google Photos management Users will be able to ask Spark to make quick enhancements,…

Daniel Kretinsky is set to become West Ham United’s largest shareholder after agreeing a deal to acquire an additional stake in the club from the Gold family. The Czech billionaire’s holding is expected to rise from 27 per cent to approximately 43 per cent, taking it beyond David Sullivan’s current 38.8 per cent shareholding. The transaction remains subject to the exercise of pre-emption rights by other shareholders and the necessary approvals. Vanessa Gold, who inherited her late father David Gold’s interest in West Ham, will retain a stake in the club. Kretinsky and Gold said the agreement was intended to…

US mortgage rates have risen to their highest level in more than a year, with the average cost of a 30-year fixed-rate loan reaching 6.71% this week. The latest figure from Freddie Mac marks an increase from 6.66% the previous week and is the highest recorded since July 31, 2025, when the average stood at 6.72%. A year ago, the equivalent rate was 6.50%. ([freddiemac.com](https://www.freddiemac.com/pmms?sf230874538=1&utm_source=openai)) The average rate on a 15-year fixed mortgage also moved higher, climbing to 6.04% from 5.98% a week earlier. Freddie Mac’s figures are based on mortgage applications submitted by lenders across the US and are…