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Getty ImagesFive men who were arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences near RAF Fairford are being released on police bail, counter-terror police have said.A major incident was declared and dozens of homes were evacuated after police were alerted to three “suspicious vehicles” near the airbase in Gloucestershire in the early hours of Sunday morning.Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) said officers were exploring “multiple lines of inquiry”, including whether proxies or individuals working on behalf of a foreign state were involved.The five men are all UK nationals in their 20s from London.Counter-terror police said they remained under investigation and their release was…
Are Trump’s US government funded ads illegal?President Trump has faced criticism after fronting adverts which were paid for by the US government.2 hrs agoBBC Verify
NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe eviction of Maricarmen Abascal prompted large-scale protests across SpainAn evicted elderly disabled woman, who became symbolic of Spain’s housing crisis, will be able to return to her home in Madrid, according to her lawyer.Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years on 23 September. She was admitted to hospital after the eviction.The eviction led to widespread anger across Spain, and prime minister Pedro Sanchez has promised housing relief measures when his cabinet meets on Tuesday.Abascal’s lawyer, Beatriz Duro, told a press conference there had been “goodwill from…
ReutersOpenAI chief executive Sam AltmanOpenAI will not release its next-generation model – GPT-6.1 Astra – due to safety concerns, the ChatGPT-maker confirmed on Tuesday.The AI system – which performs tasks like browsing the web and using apps by itself – “didn’t quite meet the bar” of the company’s standards, Saachi Jain, head of safety systems at OpenAI, said.In recent weeks, top AI leaders including OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic boss Dario Amodei have urged the industry to slow the pace of development due to concerns about risks associated with the technology.The debate around those risks has intensified in recent weeks…
The four ‘what next?’ scenarios for Premier League after Man City rulingIt has taken more than two years, but a judgement finally appears to have been made on the 115 charges levelled against Manchester City. Here’s what it means.16 hrs agoMan City
Tennessee Department of CorrectionsIf the execution proceeds, Christa Pike would be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in more than 200 yearsTennessee Governor Bill Lee has denied a clemency request from death row inmate Christa Pike, who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday.Pike, now 50, was 18 when she and her then-boyfriend beat, tortured and murdered Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old they met at a job training camp for troubled teens.She may have one last chance at halting her execution as her attorneys have filed a petition with the US Supreme Court hoping for a…
ReutersChina’s Xi Jingping and Australia’s Anthony Albanese in 2024. Relations between the two countries have been rocky in recent yearsSnipers shatter the silence of the Australian bush. Then the missiles hit, the smoke rising in the distance. The buzz of drones starts up, soon to be drowned out by helicopters flying overhead.Every piece of hardware is being deployed, no expense spared. But this is no war zone – the last time Townsville saw conflict was during World War Two. This is a show of military might.” We live in a volatile world,” says Australian Army Brigadier Ben McLennan. “Training an army…
LinkedInA New York Times executive was fatally shot in California, allegedly by his wife’s elderly parents who have been arrested on suspicion of murder.Jonathan McKinsey, 40, the newspaper’s director of engineering for games player experience, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a car park in Dublin – 35 miles (56km) west of San Francisco – on Saturday afternoon, police said.Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, his parents-in-law who are both 77 years old, are facing multiple charges, including first-degree murder.It was unclear whether the couple have a lawyer, and they are due to appear in court to formally face the…
EPAChancellor John Healey The UK is in talks with US authorities over a potential stoppage of diesel exports and has started preparing for a ban, Chancellor John Healey has told BBC News.Diesel prices in the UK reached a new high on Monday due to supply pressures springing from the US-Israel conflict with Iran and Russia’s war with Ukraine.Fuel prices are rising globally and US President Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports, stating at the weekend: “We’re thinking about it very seriously.” Healey, who admitted that UK diesel prices are “extreme”, said the government was in discussions with the…
Matt Burkhartt/Getty ImagesNew York state prosecutors say they will reopen a criminal inquiry into the alleged rape of a woman at Cornell University in 2024.The woman filed a civil lawsuit on 16 September alleging she was drugged and raped by multiple people at a fraternity house at the university.”Once we determine the appropriate charges, the case will be prosecuted in the most objective and impartial means possible” through a grand jury, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said Monday.Cornell University said that while it supported the case being brought before a grand jury, “any suggestion that the university did…