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Celebrations broke out in the capital to celebrate the Year of the Snake with traditional festivities bringing together the East and south-east Asian cultures to its streets.

UK officials in the Cabinet Office dubbed 'The Surrender Unit' are also discussing entering the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area, in what Rachel Reeves' hopes will stimulate the economy.

Thursday America's FDA "raised concerns about cybersecurity vulnerabilities" in patient monitors from China-based medical device company Contec "that could allow unauthorized individuals to access and potentially manipulate those devices," reports Reuters. The patient monitors could be remotely controlled by unauthorized users or may not function as intended, and the network to which these devices are connected could be compromised, the agency warned. The FDA also said that once these devices are connected to the internet, they can collect patient data, including personally identifiable information and protected health information, and can export this data out of the healthcare delivery environment. The agency, however, added that it is currently unaware of any cybersecurity incidents, injuries, or deaths related to these identified cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The FDA's announcement says "The software on the patient monitors includes a backdoor, which may mean that the device or the network to which the device has been connected may have been or could be compromised." And it offers this advice to caregivers and patients: If your health care provider confirms that your device relies on remote monitoring features, unplug the device and stop using it. Talk to your health care provider about finding an alternative patient monitor. If your device does not rely on remote monitoring features, use only the local monitoring features of the patient monitor. This means unplugging the device's ethernet cable and disabling wireless (that is, WiFi or cellular) capabilities, so that patient vital signs are only observed by a caregiver or health care provider in the physical presence of a patient. If you cannot disable the wireless capabilities, unplug the device and stop using it. Talk to your health care provider about finding an alternative patient monitor. A detailed report from CISA describes how a research team "created a simulated network, created a fake patient profile, and connected a blood pressure cuff, SpO2 monitor, and ECG monitor peripherals to the patient monitor. Upon startup, the patient monitor successfully connected to the simulated IP address and immediately began streaming patient data..." to an IP address that hard-coded into the backdoor function. "Sensor data from the patient monitor is also transmitted to the IP address in the same manner. If the routine to connect to the hard-coded IP address and begin transmitting patient data is called, it will automatically initialize the eth0 interface in the same manner as the backdoor. This means that even if networking is not enabled on startup, running this routine will enable networking and thereby enable this functionality

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Two people have been arrested after two children died following a collision in Pitsea.

The England international, 34, has joined the Serie A giants from Manchester City until the end of the season.

An exclusive investigation by this newspaper in 2020 detailed how a lobbying firm set up by Yang Tengbo had gained access to key establishment figures, including the Duke of York.

Linda, who began her career in 1976 when she was 18 and first appeared on Page 3 of The Sun, believes she's made more money from property than modelling.

Justin Baldoni has filed an amended version of his $400 million defamation suit accusing Blake Lively of giving The New York Times advance access to her sexual harassment complaint.

Those aged 18 to 34 will be at increased risk of losing more of their retirement funds as they are likely to accumulate more pension pots over the years.

I have been making hints on how she could raise her game, but I suspect that I am not getting through because there's a language barrier.

They sought sanctuary in the UK after escaping a crackdown on pro-democracy protests and the introduction of repressive national security laws.

More than 40 bodies have been recovered from a Washington DC aircraft collision, including a TikTok skating star, a famed athlete couple, and all four flight crew members.

Sources with knowledge of intelligence briefings that are coming out of Ukraine have claimed that the country has 'as little as six months' of fighting power left before its front line collapses.

SIR IAIN DUNCAN SMITH: If the West allows Kyiv to fall to the Kremlin, China will conclude our appetite to defend democracy is small. Ukraine is a shop window for Western resolve.

The TV star, 57, took her seat on the judging panel of the ITV show in the new episode aired on Saturday, and swapped her signature dark locks for a blonde bob.

Tamara Ecclestone has revealed she is still struggling with the trauma of a 2019 burglary, in which thieves broke into her home and stole £25m worth of jewellery and cash. 

Mystery has long surrounded the Nevada Triangle, but still, many people can't quite explain why nearly 2,000 planes and countless people have vanished in the area for decades.

An anonymous reader shared this report from Reuters: New York-based cybersecurity firm Wiz says it has found a trove of sensitive data from the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek inadvertently exposed to the open internet. In a blog post published Wednesday, Wiz said that scans of DeepSeek's infrastructure showed that the company had accidentally left more than a million lines of data available unsecured. Those included digital software keys and chat logs that appeared to capture prompts being sent from users to the company's free AI assistant. Wiz's chief technology officer tells Reuters that DeepSeek "took it down in less than an hour" after Wiz alerted them. "But this was so simple to find we believe we're not the only ones who found it."

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Following the fallout from her claims that her Strictly partner Giovanni Pernice bullied her, Ms Abbington's latest role is playing to a more intimate audience in a theatre behind a north London pub.

A Marvel star has slammed any fan who might compare President Trump to new Red Hulk, calling on viewers to remove politics from the movie theater.