duckduckgo backed 403 error

[andrei-cb]

Before you open an issue:

• I have the latest version. (Check: ddgs version. Update: pip install -U ddgs)
• I tried reinstalling the library. (pip install -I ddgs)
• [] I tried using a proxy

Describe the bug

I am getting a 403 error when I'm using the duckduckgo backend. bing works fine.

2026-07-25 09:15:41,520 - primp - INFO - response: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=latest+world+news 200
2026-07-25 09:15:41,580 - primp - INFO - response: https://duckduckgo.com/news.js?l=us-en&o=json&noamp=1&q=latest+world+news&vqd=4-33878306505768204447558104674878292409&p=-1&df=d 403

Steps to reproduce the problem:
return DDGS(timeout=10).news(
query="world news",
safesearch="moderate",
timelimit="d",
max_results=5,
backend="duckduckgo"
)

Specify this information

• OS ubuntu 25.10
• environment uv
• ddgs version 9.14.4