UK - The Independent

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1. BBC backs decision to let Israel join Eurovision as four countries boycott event

   Ireland, Spain, Netherlands and Slovenia lead action protesting against Israeli conduct in Gaza war

2. England bowlers toil as Australia take charge of Ashes Test after Joe Root heroics

3. What is Cloudflare and why are many websites not working?

4. Cloudflare down: Internet stops working properly amid major outage

   Problems comes just weeks after worldwide technical issues that broke sites including ChatGPT and X

5. Dozens of delivery drivers to be deported after illegal work crackdown

   The drive comes as part of efforts to deter those coming to the country illegally

6. What is Cloudflare? The invisible service behind mass internet issues

   The company provides web infrastructure to millions of clients worldwide

7. Cloudflare outage hits major websites for second time in weeks

8. Ashes 2025 live score: Stokes removes Labuschagne to interrupt Australia progress in first innings

   Wickets from Stokes and Archer have boosted England after a fine 72 from Weatherald inspired Australia in their first innings reply to England’s score of 334

9. Why this Yorkshire market town is the happiest place to live in the UK

   People praised Skipton’s range of shops, its high street and nearby green space

10. Strictly’s Amy Dowden gives six-word mastectomy update

    Strictly Come Dancing’s Amy Dowden has given an update four weeks on from her second mastectomy.