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It was shortly after 10pm last Thursday when Viktoriia thought her luck had finally run out. She heard the gentle humming noise every Ukrainian fears most and then... a deafening explosion.

As best friends of almost 20 years, fortysomethings Nikki Boyer and Molly Kochan could tell each other anything.

A Minecraft Movie was the big winner its debut weekend, earning a shocking $301 million globally.

A woman has been criticised online after sharing what she thought was a heartwarming gesture from her husband - only to be accused of being helpless and infantilised.

"Three Microsoft CEOs walk into a room..." Satya Nadella posted on X.com, "and are interviewed by Copilot!" As part of Microsoft's 50th anniversary celebration, Microsoft CEO Nadella joined former Microsoft CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer in a funny two-minute video (also available on YouTube) in which Nadella asks Copilot for an AI-powered roast of each of them. "All right Satya," Copilot answers. "Let's spice it up..." Copilot: Steve, we'll start with you. Your enthusiasm is legendary. But do you ever worry that your energy might short-circuit the AI? I mean, even robots need a coffee break after your pep talks. Steve Ballmer: Come on dude! If you can't handle me, you can't handle a huge percentage of the world's population! We're counting on you! Copilot: Ha ha, fair point Steve. Now Bill, you've got that signature thoughtful gaze. But do you ever think the AI might feel intimidated by your intense thinking face? I mean, it's like it's waiting for a blue screen moment. Bill Gates: I hope so. I mean, it's all I've got left as the AIs get so damn intelligent. It's just that gaze and my willingness to criticize that differentiates me. Copilot: And it's a formidable gaze indeed, Bill. Steve Ballmer: Copilot, would you ever be willing to criticize him? Copilot: Absolutely. Criticism is where growth happens. Now Satya, AI seems to be your best buddy — but ever worry that your deep passion for AI could one day have it running the show, leaving you to just enjoy the ride? Satya Nadella: Well, the day AI can play like the best cricket player that I enjoy, that's the day it can run the show, as far as I'm concerned. Copilot: Touche, Satya. Let's see if it can hit a century in cricket and then we'll talk. This has been a blast, gentlemen. Here's to another 50 years of innovation and adventure. Cheers. Ballmer, Nadella, and Gates: Cheers. Bill Gates: Whatever that means to an AI. Does it drink?

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Gladiators star Steel shared an update and a new snap of his baby son on Sunday - after revealing he was born prematurely at just 23 weeks.

The comments came after Harriet Haynes defeated Lucy Smith 8-6 in the final of a Women's Pro Series event, one of eight events on the Ultimate Pool Group's 2025 women's circuit.

Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted to 'back British brilliance' as he confirmed yesterday that luxury manufacturers, like Bentley and McLaren, are set to be exempted from the 2030 ban.

Mr Charles, 67, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of the disease shortly after retiring as a risk manager in nuclear and radiation safety in 2017.

Overcrowding, congestion and influencers coming for an Instagram selfie are just some of the biggest problems sparking a rift between furious locals and tourists across the UK's honeypots.

Molly-Mae Hague has confirmed her reunion with Tommy Fury as she shared the first photo of the boxer on her Instagram since their split.

The All's Fair castmates sipped on 'fabulous martinis' and enjoyed a screening of the 78-year-old acting legend's hit 1987 movie Fatal Attraction

Residents have vowed to 'fight to the end' despite feeling 'battered and bruised' from their campaign to stop Ashley's Frasers HQ being relocated to Warwickshire.

Jigsaw founder John Robinson charges his well-heeled clientele £30,000 to host wedding receptions at Euridge Manor, a £12million Georgian country estate set in 450 acres of land in Wiltshire.

Business leaders have warned that the Government's £25billion hike in employers' NI contributions could trigger tens of thousands of job losses in the coming months.

Comedian Jeff Ross was hospitalized over the weekend after suffering an allergic reaction while on tour.

A near-unanimous 94 per cent of GPs say the Government should roll out the life-saving checks (pictured, file photo), initially targeting high-risk men.

The proportion of overseas buyers registering with Countrywide group estate agents fell to its lowest level on record at the start of this year.

The UK visa system is 'unfit for purpose' and should be reformed to allow more highly-skilled workers to come here, a business consultancy firm said

Nuclear fusion — which releases four times the energy of fission — could theoretically happen sooner in space than on earth, reports CNN. "And it could help spacecraft achieve speeds of up to 500,000 miles (805,000 kilometers) per hour — more than the fastest object ever built..." With funding from the UK Space Agency, British startup Pulsar Fusion has unveiled Sunbird, a space rocket concept designed to meet spacecraft in orbit, attach to them, and carry them to their destination at breakneck speed using nuclear fusion... For now, Sunbird is in the very early stages of construction and it has exceptional engineering challenges to overcome, but Pulsar says it hopes to achieve fusion in orbit for the first time in 2027. [Pulsar's founder/CEO says the first functional Sunbird would be ready four to five years later.] If the rocket ever becomes operational, it could one day cut the journey time of a potential mission to Mars in half. CNN says the proposed Sunbird process would use helium-3 — which may be abundant on the Moon — to generate protons which "can be used as a 'nuclear exhaust' to provide propulsion". (And without generating any dangerous radioactive material.) "It's very unnatural to do fusion on Earth," says Richard Dinan, founder and CEO of Pulsar. "Fusion doesn't want to work in an atmosphere. Space is a far more logical, sensible place to do fusion, because that's where it wants to happen anyway...." Sunbirds would operate similarly to city bikes at docking stations, according to Dinan: "We launch them into space, and we would have a charging station where they could sit and then meet your ship," he says. "You turn off your inefficient combustion engines, and use nuclear fusion for the greater part of your journey. Ideally, you'd have a station somewhere near Mars, and you'd have a station on low Earth orbit, and the (Sunbirds) would just go back and forth...." Initially, the Sunbirds will be offered for shuttling satellites in orbit, but their true potential would come into play with interplanetary missions. The company illustrates a few examples of the missions that Sunbird could unlock, such as delivering up to 2,000 kilograms (4,400 pounds) of cargo to Mars in under six months, deploying probes to Jupiter or Saturn in two to four years (NASA's Europa Clipper, launched in 2024 towards one of Jupiter's moons, will arrive after 5.5 years), and an asteroid mining mission that would complete a round trip to a near-Earth asteroid in one to two years instead of three. Other companies are working on nuclear fusion engines for space propulsion, including Pasadena-based Helicity Space, which received investment from aerospace giant Lockheed Martin in 2024. San Diego-based General Atomics and NASA are working on another type of nuclear reactor — based on fission rather than fusion — which they plan to test in space in 2027.

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