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Israel-Hamas war: communications blackout in Gaza as IDF continues operations in the North
Our foreign affairs correspondent Secunder Kermani was in Tel Aviv and had this update.
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UK could face planned energy blackouts, National Grid warns
It is a stark warning from National Grid. Britain might be on track for the first planned blackouts in decades.
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China to produce more coal after blackouts
In under three weeks, the world will gather in Glasgow for the climate change conference, COP26.
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Thousands protest in Myanmar despite internet blackout
A near-total internet blackout is now in force in Myanmar, where the leaders of a military coup are facing a rising tide of protests. The streets of the city of Yangon were filled with angry demonstrators, demanding the release of the country’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi who was detained following the army take-over…
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UK powercut explained: National Grid admits ‘lessons to learn’ after blackout
The National Grid has promised to ‘learn lessons’ from yesterday’s power cut, which brought transport chaos to much of the country, and almost a million customers were left without power.
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Sudan military authorities lift internet blackout, revealing videos of violent crackdown
Military authorities in Sudan have lifted an internet blackout, allowing people to upload videos of last month’s violent crackdown.
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North Korea back online after internet blackout
North Korea suffers an internet outage for several hours before links were restored on Tuesday, but the US government refuses to say whether it is responsible.
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Blackout Britain – will it happen here this winter?
The energy secretary says there will be no UK blackouts this winter. As Ofgem presents its analysis of our energy needs this winter, we look at some of the biggest power outages of the last 50 years.
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Blackout? Ed Miliband defends energy reform plan
In a letter to the “big six” power firms, Labour leader Ed Miliband warns energy companies not to oppose his plans for a price freeze amid claims that it could lead to blackouts.
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Death, flooding and blackouts after Superstorm Sandy
The worst of the storm may be over, but the recovery has only just begun. As President Obama declares a major disaster, millions on the US eastern seaboard face transport chaos and days of blackouts.
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World’s biggest blackout leaves India reeling
The lights go out from the Himalayas to the deserts of Rajasthan as India’s creaking electricity grid collapses, leaving more than half the country’s 1.2 billion people without power.
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Wikipedia plans web blackout in piracy law protest
Wikipedia joins a wave of online protest against the proposed US legislation Sopa – which it says will damage the “free and open internet” – by going offline for 24 hours on Wednesday.
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BlackBerry PR debacle as blackout enters day three
As BlackBerry users contemplate a third day of disruption to the service, parent company Research In Motion faces criticism for not keeping customers informed over technical problems.
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Blackout in California leaves five million in the dark
A huge blackout caused by a human error left almost five million people without power in parts of California, Arizona and Mexico.
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Egypt in virtual communications blackout
Egypt currently has no internet access after the last major server still up-and-running went down on Monday night, but some mobile phones are still working, Channel 4 News understands.
