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Romania had tried to avert a total shutdown of the plant, which usually generates a fifth of the country’s electricity.Published On 13 Aug 202613 Aug 2026Romania has paused operations at its sole nuclear plant due to record-low water levels in the Danube River, which provides cooling water for its reactors.The country’s national nuclear energy company, Nuclearelectrica, said on Thursday it would begin a controlled shutdown of the second reactor at the Cernavoda plant, after shutting down the facility’s other reactor last month.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe closure comes as a severe drought grips large parts of Europe,…

Fagan said Scottish Labour had to “change more than the faces at the top”.The South Scotland MSP said the party had to be bold and get “squarely on the side of the working people of this country”.”I am standing to unite our party, to back our movement, to seize this moment and rebuild Scottish Labour as a party for working people of Scotland,” he said.Fagan said Scottish Labour needed to rediscover its “courage, boldness and imagination”.”Let Scottish Labour decay, and when Labour decays, Scotland decays,” he said.He called “caution and division” the party’s “deadly enemies”, saying “boldness, courage and unity…

Western nations allege Russia has been operating a “shadow fleet” to evade international sanctions imposed on its oil exports.The UK Ministry of Defence says Russia has a fleet of more than 700 vessels, responsible for carrying 75% of the country’s sanctioned oil.This oil is a “critical lifeline for the Kremlin” in “sustaining Russia’s illegal war”, the MoD says.Putin’s comments come as the European Union intensifies pressure on Russia’s shadow fleet.In his remarks to Russian sailors, Putin singled out the EU, accusing member states of violating international maritime law and “attempting to restrict the movement of vessels belonging to our economic…

The head of the Metropolitan Police has defended the force’s investigation into double murderer Simon Levy, saying public debate needed to be “better informed”.Sir Mark Rowley acknowledged mistakes over the force’s handling of Levy, but said suggestions it had not tried to build a case over his first murder were “just not true”, following criticism including from Labour MP Jess Phillips.He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that detectives had done “serious” work but “didn’t have enough evidence” for a charge.Levy was on bail and being monitored by police when he murdered Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025 and Sheryl Wilkins…

The slowdown in growth over the three months to the end of June compared to the start of the year reflected the ongoing impact of the war in Iran as well as political uncertainty in the run up to Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation as prime minister at the end of June.Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Healey MP said: “I know people are worried about the impact of the conflict in the Middle East on their cost of living, which has been too high for too long and it has added pressure on British businesses.”He said the government’s aim was to…

Carling, MP for the North West Cambridgeshire constituency, which includes Holme Fen, said: “This isn’t about spoiling anyone’s fun; it’s about recognising that conditions right now make fireworks and disposable barbecues genuinely dangerous.”Qayyum added: “I’d urge everyone to exercise real caution. That means thinking twice about fireworks and disposable barbecues, and looking out for each other by speaking up if you see something risky.”The Nene Park Trust has banned the use of disposable barbecues in its parks, including at Ferry Meadows in Peterborough.The fire service is urging residents to use fireworks responsibly, including supervising sparklers carefully, and reminding people that…

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The polls have opened in Clacton-on-Sea as a record number of candidates vie to become the town’s next MP.An electorate of 79,785 registered voters have the chance to vote for one of 34 candidates standing in the Essex resort – the most ever to stand in a British election.Fifty-one polling stations have opened, covering Clacton and the surrounding towns of Jaywick, Frinton and Walton-on-the-Naze. The constituency also has rural villages including St Osyth, Weeley and Great Bentley.Voters will need to show a form of acceptable ID – such as a driver’s licence or passport – to be able to cast…

In designating Brazil’s two largest criminal organisations, Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV), as “terrorist” groups, the United States has asserted its own definition of Brazil’s security threats, with consequences that reach far beyond law enforcement. The move is being presented by both the US and the Brazilian far right as a “necessary response” to the “growing transnational reach of organised crime”, but, in reality, it says far more about politics than security.The designation reflects a dangerous convergence between Washington’s longstanding interventionist instincts in Latin America, echoing memories from the US-sponsored dictatorship that lasted from 1964 until…

Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni shrine is banning military cosplay on its grounds, after the site become a focal point for displays by ultra-nationalist groups, often dressed in replica army uniforms or military-style dress.The clothing ban comes in the lead-up to the anniversary this weekend of the defeat of Japan in the second world war, also known as VJ Day, although the shrine has said the ban applies year round.The shrine honours 2.5 million Japanese soldiers and civilians who died in wars in the 19th and 20th centuries, but it has become a symbol of Japan’s militarism and wartime brutality, particularly in…