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Getty ImagesThe event was held on Sunday, as US President Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday The FBI thwarted a plot targeting Sunday’s UFC event at the White House and has arrested five men, the US justice department said on Tuesday.Part of the plan involved striking nearby buildings with explosive-laden drones and firing on “high value targets”, prosecutors alleged.One suspect was arrested in Ohio last week, where investigators reviewed encrypted messages involving other alleged conspirators. Prosecutors said in charging documents they had allegedly “expressed ultra-religious and antigovernment sentiments”.”Allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold,” FBI Director Kash Patel posted on social…
Ziame StewartBudding singer and dancer Ziame worries the policy could bury a generation of creative talentZiame Stewart can barely remember a time he was not performing for social media.The 15-year-old has always loved singing and dancing, and says he has been filming “silly little videos” almost his whole life.He started by making videos for friends and family when he lived abroad as a young child, but his hobby gradually grew into a passion and now potentially a future career.Had Ziame been born a few years earlier, his career might have been in trouble before it even began thanks to the…
Watch: Why is Trump furious with Netanyahu over strikes on Lebanon?The BBC’s Tom Bateman looks at the US president’s reaction to what he called “vicious” strikes.2 hrs agoWorld
Alex Wong/Getty ImagesElon Musk reacted to the ZDF broadcast after it was highlighted by a German journalistGerman public broadcaster ZDF has removed part of a report that claimed tech trillionaire Elon Musk had called for migrants to be hunted in Northern Ireland.ZDF conceded its wording was “misleading” while Musk said “legal action is being taken against ZDF for their outrageous lies”.Violence erupted in Belfast last week, following a brutal knife attack in a street in the north of the city.Police arrested a Sudanese man at the scene in north Belfast and he was later remanded in custody by a court…
BBCWhen President Donald Trump announced the US deal with Iran on Sunday and declared the “opening” of the Strait of Hormuz, his Truth Social post ended with the words “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!”BBC Verify analysis of MarineTraffic ship-tracking data, however, shows that just seven vessels appear to have passed through the critical waterway since the deal was announced and as many as 580 ships appear to be waiting in the Gulf.Tehran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supplies are usually transported, following…
ReutersIran’s leadership is trying to present its emerging memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US not as a retreat, but as the result of resistance and victory. That is not an easy argument to make. The country has just gone through a damaging war, the economy is under severe pressure, and parts of the Islamic Republic’s own support base have spent months denouncing any compromise with Washington. There are also Iranians, both inside the country and abroad, who see the crisis not as a moment for diplomacy, but as an opportunity for regime change.This is the divided political landscape in…
Phuong Pham / Humane World for Animals Viet NamMore than 40 of the stolen cats have been reunited with their ownersMore than 400 cats destined for slaughter have been rescued in Vietnam after authorities dismantled an alleged feline theft ring, an animal welfare group has said.Nine people have been arrested in connection with what police described as a “criminal group specialising in stealing and collecting cats”, according to the official newspaper of Ho Chi Minh City police.Officers recovered more than 400 live cats and around 80 dead animals preserved on ice during raids on sites in Tay Ninh Province and…
How Prince George will follow in his father’s footsteps at Eton CollegeThe prince is set to attend the elite boarding school from September, Kensington Palace has announced.1 hr agoBerkshire
NEW YORK (news agencies) — Infant mortality in the U.S. dropped to a new all-time low in 2025, according to preliminary government data.There were slightly fewer than 5.4 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While that appears to be a small decline from about 5.5 in 2024 and 5.6 in the two years preceding, researchers say it is statistically meaningful and translates to hundreds of fewer infant deaths per year.It’s difficult to pinpoint what’s driving the recent developments, but “this is an encouraging data point, and we hope that…
LIVETrump insists Iran deal will open Strait of Hormuz ‘toll-free’ as he meets world leadersSpeaking at a G7 summit in France, the US president also again criticised Israel over its actions in Lebanon.