Live: Strong winds send Wellington roof flying over suburb to another street
Other areas aren't getting off lightly, with heavy rain and strong winds lashing much of the country. 
© 2025 RadioNZ 4:25am Wirtz and Kerkez next? Why Liverpool are spending big
Liverpool don't often spend big in the summer but the arrivals of Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez would take their spending past £180m already, so why are the Reds doing things differently this time?
© 2025 BBCWorld 4:05am Simon Jack: Tariff relief for UK but new clock ticking on US deal
If the UK's deal with the US is not finalised by 9 July, the UK's tariff on steel will go back up to 50%.
© 2025 BBCWorld 4:05am Man accused of murdering 14-year-old in Hainault wanted to kill many, court hears
Marcus Monzo is on trial accused of murdering Daniel Anjorin 14, in Hainault last year.
© 2025 BBCWorld 4:05am Eleven die in Bengaluru crush as fans gather for IPL victory parade
Thousands of people lined the streets on Wednesday to welcome the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
© 2025 BBCWorld 4:05am Madeleine McCann search goes on but is it 18 years too late?
Searches have resumed in Portugal nearly two decades after the three-year-old went missing.
© 2025 BBCWorld 4:05am At risk of losing the Devil they know, the AFL stands firm to keep Tassie’s footy dream alive
Like Jeremy Rockliff, the Tasmania Devils live to fight another day. Meanwhile, the AFL is refusing to budge, not even one millimetre, as uncertainty surrounds state parliament and the bid for the AFL’s long-awaited 19th team.
© 2025 Sydney Morning Herald 4:05am  
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Don’t toss your Windows 10 PC! Try switching to Plasma instead
Come October 14th, Microsoft is officially ending support for Windows 10. That means no more new features or improvements, no more security fixes, and the gradual loss of apps as they also stop supporting Windows 10. Microsoft wants you to upgrade to Windows 11—and if your PC doesn’t meet the requirements, then Microsoft wants you to trade it in or recycle it and get a brand-new Windows 11 machine.
But maybe you don’t have the money for that. Or maybe you’re repelled by Windows 11. Or maybe you just don’t want to waste a perfectly good PC that still works fine. In that case, you might be interested in KDE’s latest campaign that encourages Windows 10 holdouts to try switching to Linux with the user-friendly Plasma Desktop (spotted by Windows Latest).
The campaign is called KDE for Windows 10 Exiles, which highlights the fact that while many older PCs can’t be upgraded to Windows 11, there’s no need to create unnecessary e-waste. The smarter and more eco-friendly move is to switch to Linux—and KDE is, of course, flying the flag for its own Plasma solution.
Plasma Desktop is a free, simple, and easy-to-use desktop environment that’s meant to be an accessible Windows alternative. It includes an app launcher, system tray, notifications, and software repositories, plus lots of customization options to make it as comfortable as you like.
Plasma isn’t itself a Linux distribution. It’s a user interface for the OS that works with most popular KDE-compatible Linux distributions, including OpenSUSE, Fedora, Manjaro, and Kubuntu.
If you don’t want to give up your machine and want to try switching to Linux, consider installing OpenSUSE with Plasma. The OpenSUSE Installation Quick Start Guide walks you through the process. Otherwise, learn more about how to save your Windows 10 PC after end of life.
© 2025 PC World 3:55am 
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