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Macron condemns racism after one killed in terrorist shooting near Paris
Gunman opens fire from car in Trappes and Verrière, killing one and injuring five others, including a 12-year-old girl Emmanuel Macron has condemned racism in French society after a gunman opened fire from a car west of Paris on Friday, killing one person, wounding a 12-year-old girl and injuring four others in what the president called a “racist terrorist attack”. Macron arrived at the scene of the drive-by shooting in Trappes, a town west of Paris, on Friday night, saying he was deeply saddened by what he called the “premeditated” attack. The 12-year-old girl, who was shot eight times, is being treated in hospital. Continue reading...
‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking
After the discovery of a severe bug in the PHP programming language, executives warned of a coming ‘vulnerability tsunami’ Leaders in cybersecurity are sounding the alarm after the discovery of a major vulnerability this week. They are predicting that artificial intelligence tools will expose more fundamental weaknesses in global internet infrastructure in the months to come. “I no longer think we’re going to be able to patch all bugs,” said Sam Altman on Thursday evening, joining the chorus of executives. In the midst of what’s being called “Black October”, for which researchers used AI to help identify critical flaws in a coding language that is used across millions of websites and may have been unpatched for years, tech executives are warning about the ways AI will be used both to identify and exploit security vulnerabilities at an unprecedented scale and pace. Continue reading...
Mysterious ‘black triangles’ spotted over sensitive US site, new Pentagon UFO files reveal
Unidentified object vanished suddenly and silently, anonymous senior military observers claim Two senior military observers say they watched a mysterious black triangular object flying at an extraordinarily high speed over a sensitive site in the western US earlier this year, in the latest tranche of reported UFO sightings released Friday by the Trump administration. The unidentified object showed none of the characteristics of a conventional military aircraft, their report to the defense department said, and it vanished suddenly and silently within seconds, leaving no exhaust trail or other evidence of its existence. Continue reading...
Epstein-linked billionaire Glenn Dubin stepped down from Mount Sinai board earlier this year
The board change is the latest development for the renowned New York hospital plagued by revelations related to Jeffrey Epstein Hedge fund billionaire Glenn Dubin, one of several Wall Street figures whose relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is facing scrutiny, has stepped down from the board of Mount Sinai hospital, according to sources close to the renowned New York institution. The revelation follows news earlier this year that Mount Sinai, which has long ranked as a top medical provider in New York City, had reportedly formed a committee to review its longstanding ties to the late accused sex trafficker. The hospital features prominently in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice, including an incident in which a Mount Sinai doctor appears to have operated on a young Russian woman inside Epstein’s Upper East Side townhouse after she got hurt during a stay on his Caribbean island. Continue reading...
Severe flooding in US west triggers rooftop rescues and evacuation orders
Some in the Four Corners region – which includes Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah – ordered to shelter in place Severe flooding in the Four Corners region on Friday led to water rescues – some from rooftops – and impassable roads, with some residents being told to evacuate low-lying areas of Colorado and New Mexico and others advised to shelter in place until water levels go down. It followed several busy days of flooding in the region that swamped dozens of homes in Utah. Earlier in the week, tornadoes blew off roofs, knocked trees on to houses and downed power lines in Arizona. At least one person was injured. Continue reading...
Trump says he ordered DoJ to file lawsuit to block Alaska Senate results certification
Trump justice department claims there could be ‘confusion’ about two Republicans on the ballot named Dan Sullivan Donald Trump said he ordered the justice department to file a lawsuit to block the certification of Alaska’s US Senate results if the Republican incumbent on the ballot does not win. “I’m the one that said do it,” Trump told reporters on Friday. Continue reading...
Children being exploited by criminals to target Greater Manchester HMOs, police say
GMP fear vulnerable people being paid to attack buildings suspected of housing immigrants or refugees Criminals are recruiting vulnerable people, including children, to damage houses suspected of being HMOs, police in Manchester believe. In recent weeks, dozens of properties have been targeted across Greater Manchester, mostly in Salford, but also in Stockport and Tameside. Continue reading...
‘Realistic and reassuring’: UK public ‘responding calmly’ to Be Ready campaign
Government’s emergency planning advice has sparked sales of essentials but no panic stockpiling, say prepping shop owners When the UK government launched its “Protect and Survive” public information campaign in 1980 on how to survive a nuclear attack, it was met with a combination of scepticism, disbelief and derision. The advice included how to build a “fallout room” at home, how to whitewash windows to protect from a blast, and how to store a dead body for up to five days. Continue reading...
US and Israel are warned against launching fresh strikes on Iran
Multinational ‘anti-war bloc’ uses Istanbul summit to call for a diplomatic solution to Middle East crisis Foreign ministers at a summit of eight European and Middle Eastern countries have urged the US and Israel not to renews their attacks on Iran, warning a fresh outbreak of fighting would spread conflict and push oil prices even higher. The development of a new multinational “anti-war bloc” represents a challenge to the increasingly open plans by the US and Israel to relaunch strikes on Iran while talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme remain deadlocked. Continue reading...
The Guardian view on Europe’s protests: the social contract has broken – and young people want solutions | Editorial
An electoral supercycle over the next year may redefine the continent’s future. But what’s happening on the streets is shaping it, too France sneezed, and Europe has again caught the cold. The wave of unrest which began with teenagers at a high school soon drew in hundreds of thousands of people nationwide and then spread across the continent . Protests have filled the streets in Lisbon and Madrid, and have ignited into violence in Milan , Brussels and Tirana as well as in French cities. French authorities say they are deploying 70,000 officers on Saturday and are allowing only marches organised by unions. They blame hard-left militants as well as opportunistic young perpetrators for last weekend’s destruction and looting, when a minority hijacked largely peaceful protests . But with fuel prices set to rise further over the winter, the demands and participants broadening, and President Macron utterly failing to meet the moment , there is no sign of an end to the wider discontent and no speedy resolution in sight. Continue reading...
UK children just as likely to have suffered harm on social media despite crackdown
Campaigners call lack of progress ‘staggering’, as Ofcom also admits little change in severity of harm to children encountering unsafe content Landmark online safety measures have failed to limit the proportion of children suffering harm from social media, the UK’s online regulator has admitted, in an assessment branded “staggering” by campaigners. The proportion of children being fed unsafe content that often left them frightened, confused and upset, was almost unchanged, according to an Ofcom review of the first nine months of supposedly strict requirements on social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. Continue reading...
As midterms loom, Trump and his allies try to change the subject
Despite distraction and distortion, voters know what issues will be informing their votes in this election This was originally published in The Stakes 2026, a newsletter about the midterm elections. Sign up to get it in your inbox Elections too often get pigeonholed. The hot take, or simplistic analysis, would have it that just one issue – often the issue the source so happens to be most animated about – will decide the entire result. Tens of millions of Americans will go to the polls next month. Will they be galvanized by affordability? Maybe it’s Iran. Or healthcare? Taxes, perhaps. Or crime. Continue reading...
Tommy Robinson guilty of harassment because this is not a vigilante world, jury told
Prosecution says Robinson ‘threatened people and acted like a bully’ towards Daily Mail journalists Tommy Robinson is guilty of harassing two journalists because we do not live in a “vigilante world”, jurors have been told, as the prosecution sought to use the far-right activist’s words against him. Robinson had posted a video in which he told Daily Mail journalists he would find them after they wrote about his alleged role influencing England’s 2024 riots. He told them he had obtained details of where they and their families lived and warned them to abide by “men’s rules”. Continue reading...
Connor Hellebuyck traded to Devils as Winnipeg Jets end bitter standoff with US Olympic hero
Three-time Vezina winner leaves Winnipeg after 11 years Devils send four players and two draft picks to Jets Olympic gold medalist joins US teammate Jack Hughes Connor Hellebuyck finally has a new home after the Winnipeg Jets granted the three-time Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender’s trade request in a deal that sent him to the New Jersey Devils on Friday. The Devils sent center Dawson Mercer, goalie Nico Daws, prospect Alexander Command, forward Nick Bjugstad, a 2029 second-round pick and a 2027 seventh-rounder to Winnipeg for Hellebuyck. Continue reading...
Reform braces for Farage standards verdict over undeclared £5m gift
Party insiders say they expect initial verdict to be against leader and are preparing to appeal against adverse findings Nigel Farage’s Reform is braced for a negative report from the standards commissioner over his failure to declare a £5m gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, and plans to appeal against any adverse findings. The party is on tenterhooks over the report, with multiple Reform insiders saying they are readying for a fightback through the appeals process and fully expect the initial verdict to find against him. Continue reading...
Officer who shot and killed Black toddler in Mississippi resigns from police force
Hunter Foster fired at vehicle during a shoplifting call at a Walmart, killing one-year-old Kohen Wiley Hunter Foster, the Mississippi police officer who shot into a vehicle and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley, has resigned from the Senatobia police department. Earlier this week, Mississippi’s attorney general, Lynn Fitch, announced that the shooting was “justified”. The Senatobia board of aldermen accepted Foster’s resignation on 21 October and the resignation took effect immediately. Foster was placed on leave on 16 June, days after the 14 June shooting. Yesterday, the Mississippi department of public safety released body camera and surveillance footage from the shooting, at a Walmart in Senatobia, during which the toddler died in his mother’s arms after being shot. Continue reading...
Trump jokes he has the ‘right’ to run for a third term as president
But the US constitution unequivocally states that he cannot, which the president also seemed to acknowledge Donald Trump joked with rally-goers on Thursday evening that he has “the right to run again” for president, invoking a claim he has repeatedly made that he may seek a third term despite it being unconstitutional . “I don’t know who is going to be your next president and I think the law said, I’m not 100% sure, but I think the law says I’m not allowed to run again,” Trump said in Sioux City, Iowa . Continue reading...
Which is really England’s oldest pub? Tree-ring dating helps settle debate
Historic England archaeologist says some inns’ claims to date back 1,000 years are inaccurate and oldest is from 1430 With their low ceilings, timber beams and roaring fires, many of England’s inns lay claim to being the oldest in the land and to have been visited by Vikings and Saxons. But an archaeologist working for Historic England says not one of the more than two dozen pubs that make this claim is being accurate. Continue reading...
Two ex-FBI officials charged with lying about investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop
Contents of laptop of Joe Biden’s son were part of a bizarre saga in the final weeks of 2020 presidential election Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged on Friday with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden ’s laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election . Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides surrendered on Friday and made their first appearance in federal court in Washington DC. Floris’s legal team expressed outrage at the development coming from the US Department of Justice, the parent agency of the FBI. Continue reading...
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France to deploy 70,000 police on Saturday to prevent civil unrest
Security forces to include elite units usually used for counter-terrorism after worst street violence in years Europe live – latest updates France will deploy about 70,000 police around the country on Saturday as the government seeks to prevent more civil unrest after some of the worst street violence in years erupted on the fringes of cost-of-living protests last weekend. The interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, said on Friday the security forces would include elite units usually used for counter-terrorism operations and hostage rescues, adding that there had been social media calls for violence from “ultra-left” groups. Continue reading...
Free Speech Union hit by internal allegations of racism and sexually inappropriate remarks
Exclusive: Key figure in campaign group accused of saying she would ‘never hire a black person’, and second figure discussed Sydney Sweeney’s ‘assets’ The Free Speech Union (FSU) is reeling from internal grievances involving allegations of racism, workplace discrimination and sexually inappropriate remarks by senior members of staff, the Guardian can reveal. A key figure in the campaign group, the chief operating officer, Sigrun Olafsdottir, departed late last week after employees alleged that she told a junior member of staff she would “never hire a black person” as a part of a one-on-one meeting late last year. Continue reading...
US supreme court sides with Republicans on rejecting student IDs in New Hampshire midterms
Voting rights advocates say directive would disenfranchise young and low-income voters, but Republicans say it’s needed to combat voter fraud US politics live – latest updates The US supreme court has cleared the way for New Hampshire to prohibit student IDs as a form of voter identification ahead of November’s midterm elections. In a brief unsigned order , justices sided with a Republican National Committee (RNC)-backed appeal on the matter. They cited a longstanding rule that lower federal courts should not “alter election rules” too close to election day. Continue reading...
Prince William makes surprise appearance on Graham Norton show
Cate Blanchett and Hannah Waddingham join William on sofa for special edition to celebrate prince’s Earthshot prize The Prince of Wales has braved the chatshow sofa, making a surprise appearance on The Graham Norton Show. In the pre-recorded show, to be aired on Friday on BBC One, William made a surprise appearance in a special Earthshot prize edition to promote his environmental initiative, which has an annual awards ceremony due to be staged in Mumbai, India, next month. Continue reading...