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Roast the Week

A little Epic Fury. A little ceasefire.

Donald Trump told a rally that the United States "may do another little Epic Fury" against Iran.1 Epic Fury was the operation that started an eight-month war.

Only Trump could describe bombing a country the way most people describe a second slice of cake.

Meanwhile the White House announced that Melania Trump had secured a ceasefire for Oleshky, a town where about 2,000 people remain.2

So the President is offering a little war, and the First Lady a little peace. Between them, they have a foreign policy.

Ukraine says its military satellite link is working normally again.3 Last week nobody admitted switching it off. Then Elon Musk said Ukraine's military had broken Starlink's terms of service, and that the "loophole" was now closed.4

Ukraine is defending itself against an invasion. It should have read the small print.

Britain's cyber security agency told organisations that couldn't fix the PHP flaw to "consider taking the system offline".5 Councils and the Metropolitan Police did.

It's the oldest rule in security: hackers can't break into your website if you've already broken it yourself.

Cartoon: a laptop on a desk in a British town hall, its screen switched off, a red CLOSED sign hanging from it and its power cable unplugged beside a mug of tea. Captions: Britain’s cyber agency on the PHP flaw: “Have you tried turning it off?” Councils: “And leaving it off.”
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