The migrants had set off from the Libyan port of Zuwara and were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. A further 84 were rescued by the Tunisian navy, said the head of Tunisia's Red Crescent head Mongi Slim. Summer weather has seen an increase in migrants trying to reach Europe from north Africa. The boat, which set sail on Monday night, was carrying people from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Bangladesh, the Red Crescent said. The vessel capsized after its engine broke down. Those rescued, off the Tunisian fishing port of Zarzis, were aged between three and 40, according to Tunisia's defence ministry. The Tunisian Red Crescent gave them food and drink while looking for space to house them for the required Covid isolation period, local media radio reported. Libya has been a key transit point for migrants from many countries trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean. But Tunisia has also become a major hub and has called on the European Union to deal with migration by helping fight poverty in Africa.

Becky Salisbury and her husband David were in the car on Sunday when they got the news: one of the staff at their pub, the Alford Arms in Berkhamsted, had tested positive for Covid. So, after a rollercoaster year, overhauling how they work and installing every hygiene measure they could think of, the pub is now closed again, for 10 days. "It's frustrating," says Becky. "Having made some profit recently with nice weather and a good garden, unfortunately it's all going to go down the pan." Becky and David are far from the only ones in this situation. Pubs and restaurants across the country are finding operating day-to-day a minefield. It only takes one case on site, and the NHS Test and Trace alerts come thick and fast, instructing staff to isolate. Without them, venues can't open. It isn't sustainable, the industry says, especially as cases continue to rise so rapidly. The government says self-isolation remains an essential part of the effort to control the spread of the virus. A million more off furlough as scheme winds down Ian Payne, chairman of the nationwide Stonegate group of pubs, wrote on social media that the chain has around 1,000 people off, because they had been alerted by NHS Test and Trace, and 15 sites closed, because the management team were self-isolating. The Wetherspoon pub chain said six members of its staff had tested positive, leading to 69 further employees being required to self-isolate. Nick Collins, chief executive of the chain Loungers, which operates 173 cafe-bars, has also had to temporarily close some sites, and reallocate staff between venues. "It's really challenging," he said, but he now fears that it "could get worse" as rates of the virus continue to rise.

One of the surest indicators of a nailed-on future classic for many years was motorsport pedigree - think what success on the race track did for the likes of the Porsche 911 2.7 RS and BMW E30 M3 - but in more recent times it’s become less of a factor. Homologation regulations aren’t what they once were, after all, and manufacturers are no longer obliged to build road-going facsimiles of their competition machines. So which factors do apply? Scarcity, for one, and reputation for another. If a car is rare and widely reckoned to be one of the best of its type to drive, it’ll probably reach classic status. Beauty is another factor and so too is significance; a car that changed the game in its sector is bound to be held in high regard for years to come. Every one of the cars we’re highlighting here meets at least one of those criteria, if not two or three. There is a strong possibility that many of them will rise in value over the coming years, but we haven’t let that be our motivating factor. Instead, we’ve concentrated on cars that are great to drive or a pleasure to own. Now is the time to bag yourself a copper-bottomed future classic. We’ve split them into price ranges to make your life easier:

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Researchers from Brown University and MIT have developed a new data science framework that allows users to process data with the programming language Python—without paying the 'performance tax' normally associated with a user-friendly language. The new framework, called Tuplex, is able to process data queries written in Python up to 90 times faster than industry-standard data systems like Apache Spark or Dask. The research team unveiled the system in research presented at SIGMOD 2021, a premier data processing conference, and have made the software freely available to all. "Python is the primary programming language used by people doing data science," said Malte Schwarzkopf, an assistant professor of computer science at Brown and one of the developers of Tuplex. "That makes a lot of sense. Python is widely taught in universities, and it's an easy language to get started with. But when it comes to data science, there's a huge performance tax associated with Python because platforms can't process Python efficiently on the back end." Platforms like Spark perform data analytics by distributing tasks across multiple processor cores or machines in a data center. That parallel processing allows users to deal with giant data sets that would choke a single computer to death. Users interact with these platforms by inputting their own queries, which contain custom logic written as "user-defined functions" or UDFs. UDFs specify custom logic, like extracting the number of bedrooms from the text of a real estate listing for a query that searches all of the real estate listings in the U.S. and selects all the ones with three bedrooms. Because of its simplicity, Python is the language of choice for creating UDFs in the data science community. In fact, the Tuplex team cites a recent poll showing that 66% of data platform users utilize Python as their primary language. The problem is that analytics platforms have trouble dealing with those bits of Python code efficiently. Data platforms are written in high-level computer languages that are compiled before running. Compilers are programs that take computer language and turn it into machine code—sets of instructions that a computer processor can quickly execute. Python, however, is not compiled beforehand. Instead, computers interpret Python code line by line while the program runs, which can mean far slower performance.

Gigabyte is the latest of motherboard makers to confirm its list of supported AMD and Intel motherboards for Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system. The company has revealed the motherboard list and stated that their products will feature TPM support via the BIOS itself. Gigabyte Lists Down All Supported Intel and AMD Motherboards For Microsoft Windows 11, TPM 2.0 Support Offered Through BIOS While BIOSTAR announced its own supported motherboard list a few days back, Gigabyte has now become the second board maker to unveil its list which includes more products from both AMD & Intel. According to Gigabyte, the company will offer TPM 2.0 BIOS support in its Intel X299, C621, C232, C236, C246, 200, 300, 400, 500 motherboards and AMD TRX40, 300, 400, 500 motherboards. The added feature will allow the system to pass the Windows 11 operating system verification test which requires at least TPM 1.2 functionality (TPM 2.0 recommended). This means that most users will not have to worry about purchasing a separate TPM module as the support is already built-in within the majority of existing motherboards. In fact, TPM 2.0 hardware is not a must to pass TPM 2.0 verification. GIGABYTE Ultra Durable Motherboards are not only known for their world-renowned durability, but also play a leading role in product design, especially when it comes to the TPM 2.0 support in the BIOS. Lots of GIGABYTE Intel and AMD motherboards can pass the TPM 2.0 verification of the Windows 11 by simply enabling the TPM-related function in the BIOS, on which Intel X299, B250 chipset and above platform will be the Platform Trust Technology (PTT), and fTPM function on the AMD AM4 and TRX40 motherboards. By this advanced BIOS setting, GIGABYTE motherboards can pass the TPM 2.0 verification of Windows 11 to prevent TPM 2.0 support becoming an issue to users during their system upgrade.

The ever-po[CENSORED]r Goodwood Festival of Speed is back for 2021, following a year's pandemic-related hiatus, and we can't wait to head to West Sussex to take in all the sights, sounds and smells of Britain's biggest motoring event. Buchloe's performance take on the BMW 8 Series Gran Coupé brings the firm’s characteristically understated bespoke styling, Brembo brakes and a reworked chassis set-up, along with a mouth-watering twin-turbocharged 4.4-litre petrol V8. The new B8 Coupé offers 613bhp and 590lb ft for a top speed of 201mph - a real 'Bahnstormer.

Hundreds of dead sea animals have washed up in Sri Lanka, weeks after a cargo ship carrying dangerous chemicals caught fire and sank. The X-Press Pearl sank in early June off the coast of Colombo after it had been on fire for days. The remains of 176 turtles, 20 dolphins and four whales have washed ashore since, a court has heard. Experts fear the ship, which carried tonnes of oil in its tanks, will remain an environmental hazard for decades. The X-Press Pearl had had been carrying 278 tonnes of bunker fuel oil and 50 tonnes of gas oil when it caught fire on 20 May. It was also carrying 25 tonnes nitric acid, along with other chemicals and cosmetics. One environmental group had earlier said the ship's toxic cargo threatened to create "a chemical soup" in the area. A government minister said it was uncommon for animal deaths to be high at this time of year. "During the south-western monsoon season, sea creatures never die in this way," Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera told reporters, according to a Reuters report. "Most of these carcasses are found on the west coast directly affected by the shipwreck." The 186m-long (610ft) X-Press Pearl left the Indian port of Hazira heading for Colombo on 15 May. The fire broke out when it was anchored off the Colombo port. The coastal stretch near the site of the wreck - home to some of the country's most pristine beaches - soon afterwards saw oil, debris and plastic pellet pollution and dead marine life began washing up. Fishing in area was initially banned though some of those restrictions have since been lifted. The Sri Lankan government has also made an initial insurance claim of $40m for the costs fighting the fire and compensating the loss of income for about 50,000 people, most of them fishermen.

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Boris Johnson said he would set out in the next few days what step four of the roadmap out of lockdown - due in just over two weeks - will look like. But he added some "extra precautions" may still be needed and urged patience over the possibility of scrapping isolation for whole bubbles in schools. The PM also said double jabs would be "a liberator" for foreign travel. On Thursday, the UK recorded 27,989 new Covid cases, the highest daily figure reported since 29 January, and a further 22 deaths within 28 days of a positive test. During a visit to a new Nissan plant in Sunderland, Mr Johnson was asked whether measures such as social distancing and masks would be removed on 19 July. "I know how impatient people are to get back to total normality, as indeed am I," he said. "But I think I've said it before, we'll be wanting to go back to a world that is as close to the status quo, ante-Covid, as possible. Try to get back to life as close to it was before Covid. "But there may be some things we have to do, extra precautions that we have to take, but I'll be setting them out." Asked about reports that fully-vaccinated people may be able to travel from amber-list countries without quarantining by 26 July, the prime minister told reporters: "Everybody who is frustrated about travel over the summer - double jabs will be a liberator. "I want travel to be possible but I've got to stress that this year will not be like every other year, because of the difficulties with Covid. People shouldn't expect it will be completely hassle-free." The government has previously said it wants to scrap quarantine for fully-vaccinated travellers returning from amber-list countries "later in the summer". Most po[CENSORED]r holiday destinations are currently on the amber list, meaning people must isolate for up to 10 days on their return to the UK.

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Although much has changed since 20 March 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak's "unprecedented" furlough scheme has remained in operation. However, it has been extended four times as the full impact of Covid on the UK economy became clear. Drawn up after lengthy talks with business groups and union leaders, the scheme initially committed the government to paying 80% of the salaries of staff who were kept on by their employer while unable to work, covering wages of up to £2,500 a month. The furlough scheme is now due to end on 30 September, but there will be some changes as it winds down. From July, employers will have to contribute to furlough pay for hours not worked, starting with a 10% contribution in July and rising to 20% in August and September. That will bring the government's contribution down to 70%, then 60%. During the lifetime of the scheme to date, about 11.5 million jobs have been supported at one time or another, with a steep take-up in the first few months. But that doesn't mean the government was ever paying that many people's wages at any given time. According to data from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the number of jobs furloughed peaked at 8.9 million on 8 May last year. It then fell steadily until late last year, when it picked up again, without ever hitting the heights of the first lockdown. Since then, it has shrunk to about 3.4 million - but that still represents 12% of the UK's workforce. At the same time, those who remained in work saw their hours decline sharply, although there has been a significant recovery since then. In his announcement in March 2020, the chancellor extended sympathy to those fearful of losing their livelihoods. "To all those at home right now, anxious about the days ahead, I say this: you will not face this alone," he said. Although he has since become one of the country's best-known politicians and currently enjoys one of the highest net approval ratings in opinion polls, Mr Sunak was fairly new in his post at the time. A week and a half earlier, in his first Budget, he had announced a £30bn package to boost the economy and get the country through the virus outbreak. Initially, that seemed like a lot. But the chancellor's Job Retention Scheme, to give it its official name. along with other support measures, would end up incurring a far bigger bill.

The announcement by President Joko Widodo comes as the country battles multiple outbreaks and an alarming spike in Covid cases. Indonesia recently recorded two million Covid cases, attributed to increased holiday travel and the Delta variant. The lockdown will last two weeks and aims to reduce the number of cases to below 10,000 a day. The country is currently recording more than 20,000 new cases each day. However, experts warn that the case numbers are potentially much higher, because of severely inadequate testing outside Jakarta. Under the new rules, all staff working for non-essential businesses will have to work from home, and distance learning will be implemented across schools. Malls, places of worship and public leisure facilities like parks will also be shut, with dining-in banned. Businesses including those in the health, security and energy industries have been deemed critical and will be allowed to run at 100% capacity, which means all employees can go to work. Others like financial services, which have been deemed essential, can run at 50% capacity. Indonesia has had the worst Covid outbreak in South East Asia, with about 2.1 million positive cases and 57,000 deaths so far. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Tuesday that the country was "teetering on the edge of a Covid-19 catastrophe". Sudirman Said, secretary-general of the Indonesian Red Cross said "hospitals were full to the brim and oxygen supplies critically low", and that their hospital in Bogor, West Java, was "overflowing". "We have set up emergency tents at the hospital to accommodate more patients, with many travelling for hours so they can access vital medical care," he said. Last month, authorities banned domestic travel across the sprawling archipelago at the end of Ramadan, in an attempt to curb what is known as "mudik" - the practice of migrant workers travelling back to their hometowns to celebrate Eid with their families. But many flouted the rules.

Move Electric - a new brand dedicated to covering electro-mobility and the infrastructure that supports it - has launched on Autocar today. The channel's first story is an in-depth test of one of the growing number of e-scooter trials in the country, investigating its accessibility, ease of use and what it’s really like to take to London’s roads with a top speed of 12.5mph. Over the coming weeks Move Electric will build on Autocar and What Car? to feature news, reviews and features on everything from electric cars to e-motorbikes, e-scooters, e-bicycles and more, as well as investigating energy generation and the required infrastructure. Leading personalities in e-mobility will also feature prominently. “The world is changing rapidly, and with it the variety and methods of transport - and from our polling of our audiences it’s clear that a significant proportion want to know more about the opportunities offered by electrification,” said Rachael Prasher, managing director of Autocar and What Car? “These are exciting times, and Move Electric reflects our determination to be at the forefront of the revolution as it unfolds. “By launching on Autocar and What Car? and applying their long-associated editorial values to this new content, we are able to build up our mix of news, reviews, features and video in front of knowledgeable and engaged audiences, while also drawing in new generations of readers. It is going to be fascinating getting their feedback and tailoring our content to reflect what really matters to them as this new era unfolds.”