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Armistice Day: 'Remembering the sobering realities of going to war'
"Everybody needs to learn from what happened" - armed forces, veteran's groups and civilians marked Armistice Day with two minutes of silence at 11am today.

New Relic launches Kubernetes agent in public preview
Operations teams facing Kubernetes outages may now get AI-generated fix code, as New Relic opens its incident-response agent to public preview.

Senior health boss who took $258k in medical supplier kickbacks avoids prison
Channeling millions in public hospital contracts to favoured medical suppliers in exchange for secret cash kickbacks has landed a former senior health manager six months of home detention.

Injured Feyi-Waboso is our Robinson - Sinfield
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is the 2026 team's equivalent of Rugby World Cup winner Jason Robinson says assistant coach Kevin Sinfield.

Brilliant Noskova dismantles Gauff to reach WTA Finals last four
Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova dismantles Coco Gauff to become the first player to reach the last four at the WTA Finals.

The Papers: 'David Walliams accused' and 'Named & shamed'
Sexual misconduct allegations against actor David Walliams, which he denies, dominate Wednesday's front pages.

Meet the Peaky Blinders, Ukraine's drone unit protecting a devastated front-line city
Slovyansk continues to be bombarded by Russian forces, making it almost uninhabitable with less than 10% of it's pre-war population remaining.

Students passing university assessments in minutes using AI, regulator warns
The Office for Students says students can frequently use AI "in ways that cannot be reliably detected".

US House blocks bid to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, for now
Trump welcomes the outcome, praising Hegseth as a "Great American Patriot", but Democrats can try again next year.

Prince George's artwork featured in Country Life magazine
The Prince of Wales features his 13-year-old son's drawing of a bird as part of a special edition of the magazine.

New Zealand's only David Jones store to close
It's expected to shut by the end of the year.

Past, present and future health champions honour MAPAS pioneer Professor Colin Mantell
Mantell leaves behind a remarkable legacy in medicine, medical education, and Maori and Pacific health in Aotearoa.

AMD launches 6th Gen EPYC chips for AI data centres
The new chips are already shipping from major hardware vendors as AMD targets heavier AI and cloud workloads in the data centre.

Shots fired at police during pursuit before getaway car seized across island
A passenger leaned out a car window and fired two shots at pursuing officers before the vehicle sped across the island and was seized outside an Auckland home.

Pair charged after shop assault ends in gun pulled at bus stop
What began as a physical altercation inside a retail shop escalated into serious violence when a man allegedly pulled a gun on the victim waiting at a nearby bus stop.

Duchy tenants may have to buy farms or leave as Prince William plans sell-off
A ten-year strategy to raise £500m from the Duchy of Cornwall will see farms sold off across England.

'It can kill us': Kenyans fear impact of El Niño with floods predicted
Forecasters warn that this year's El Niño could be one of the strongest on record, with heavy rain and flooding in Kenya.

Stickers and building sets help drive toy sales ahead of Christmas rush
A bumper year so far for toy sales comes as debate intensifies over screen time and tech connectivity.

Judge allows Trump's $10bn defamation case against BBC to proceed
But the court dismisses the other part of Trump's lawsuit that alleged the BBC had violated a Florida law.

Antidepressant escitalopram more effective at preventing relapse, analysis finds
Three pills came top and outperformed Prozac for preventing relapse in a large number of patients.

New photos are 'essential evidence' of possible SAS war crimes, inquiry told
The inquiry's lead barrister says photos of people lying on their backs with shots to the head may be evidence of possible war crimes.