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ReutersTristan and Andrew Tate pictured in April 2026 at Kaseya Center, MiamiRomanian prosecutors have charged social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate with further sex crimes.They are accused of making more than $1.2m (£888,000) by coercing a girl to do sex acts on video chats, according to the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT).Andrew, 39, is charged with trafficking minors, money laundering and sex with a minor. Tristan, 38, is charged with complicity in trafficking in minors and money laundering.The Tates – currently in a Miami jail fighting extradition to the UK over separate charges – deny all…
Watch: Activist explains app that maps Flock camera locationsHouston’s historic Old Braeswood neighbourhood is affluent and tree-lined. These are not the kind of streets where you would expect to see coordinated vandalism. Yet here four surveillance cameras were attacked and cut down in the middle of the night.The metal poles were severed, leaving the distinctive black oval cameras and accompanying solar panels lying on the ground. On some of the cameras was a red sign reading: “Notice. 24/7 video recording”.These cameras are run by a company called Flock Safety and this sabotage, which happened in late July, is a signal…
Didier MartiUntil eight years ago, Nepal used to struggle with lengthy power cutsAlmost 100% of Nepal’s electricity comes from hydropower, and it produces so much it earns nearly $200m (£147m) each year exporting hydroelectricity to India and Bangladesh.But the very glaciers and mountains giving Nepal this massive natural advantage are succumbing to global warming – and last Wednesday’s deadly floods have laid bare the risks to the nation’s hydropower ambitions.More than 1,300 people were killed, while thousands more are still missing.The floods, which destroyed entire villages near the border of Nepal and Tibet, severely damaged 12 hydropower plants in the…
Roc NationThe US rap superstar rolled back the years for more than two hours at the first of his two shows in London Jay-Z’s first headline solo show in the UK in more than a decade saw him celebrate hip-hop culture alongside a host of special guests, including Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Giggs.The US rap superstar rolled back the years for more than two hours – playing hits like 99 Problems, Empire State of Mind and Dead Presidents – as he took to the stage at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Friday night for the first of two shows in…
Tomas Cuesta/Getty ImagesArgentine President Javier Milei enjoys a warm relationship with President TrumpThe tone over the Falkland Islands dispute has been sharpening in Argentina from well before President Javier Milei’s late-night national address on sanctions earlier this week.It’s tempting to see a visual representation of the tension in the jubilant Argentine players celebrating their hard-fought win over England at the Fifa World Cup this summer holding a banner which read “Las Malvinas son Argentinas” – the Falklands are Argentine – in front of their deliriously happy fans. However, the ill-feeling has been fomenting for much longer.President Milei began his Thursday…
BBCThe Mercator projection is the map widely used across the globe but inaccurately depicts the sizes of countries and continentsThe UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa.The “Correct the Map” resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by African Union (AU) members, passed with the support of 164 nations, including France and the UK. The United States was the only nation to vote against it – and there were six abstentions.The UN vote is non-binding but will see changes to the maps used by institutions around the…
Getty ImagesThe AfD’s Ulrich Siegmund is leading the polls in Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt state electionGermany is holding its breath this weekend as there is a seismic election in the country’s east.The Alternative für Deutschland party is aiming to secure a majority in the regional parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.An outright win would mark the first time a far-right party has held state-level power in the nation’s post-war era.For the AfD’s opponents, this is a point of serious peril. But the party sees it as a stepping stone towards its dreams of nationwide power.The result could also spell fresh trouble for embattled conservative (CDU)…
BBCThe University of Cambridge has launched an independent review into its “decision-making and actions” in the period leading up to former professor Jason Arday’s death.The review will examine the support available to Arday before his death, as well as the wider context of his time at the university.Arday, 41, was found dead at his home in London on 14 August, the week after resigning from his position as professor of sociology of education amid intense scrutiny over allegations of plagiarism. He had denied the claims.Announcing the review on Friday, Vice-Chancellor Prof Deborah Prentice said the time since his death had…
Anadolu via Getty ImagesIran has suffered from the war, but its leaders remain defiantThe prospect of an imminent agreement to end the conflict between the US and Iran again seems unlikely, with the warring sides exchanging strikes and uncompromising rhetoric.The attacks come days after the US said it was moving into a new phase – a sweeping economic blockade against Iran and countries which trade with it.The US aim was to force Iran to negotiate and to stop its attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The key commercial shipping route has been effectively closed since the US and…
STR/EPA/ShutterstockThe artwork was first spotted in an estate agent’s photo advertising a property near Buenos Aires, ArgentinaA painting which was stolen by the Nazis and only recovered in Argentina last year must now be returned to the heir of its rightful owner, a court has ruled. The late-baroque Portrait of a Lady was lost for 80 years until it was spotted in photographs of a house for sale near Buenos Aires.The house belonged to Patricia Kadgien, the daughter of a Nazi fugitive who had fled there after the Second World War, and she has now agreed to return the painting…