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Trump trustees close Kennedy Center after court blocks renaming bid
Donald Trump’s handpicked board at the Kennedy Center has voted to close the Washington performing arts venue with immediate effect, capping months of conflict over the institution’s future. The board ordered the emergency shutdown hours after a federal judge blocked its separate attempt to rename the building after Trump, with trustees citing “dire” financial trouble…
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Family’s desperate pleas to find ‘shy’ teen girl who ‘snuck out of bedroom window in thick of night’ more than a week ago
The family of 17-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzy” Barrett in Fremont County, Wyoming, is pleading for help finding her more than a week after she reportedly climbed out of her bedroom window overnight and disappeared. Her parents say the disappearance is completely out of character, and they are appealing publicly for information as police continue to search…
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Gunner Jaysley Beck, 19, was ‘let down’ by senior Army officers who tried to cover up a sexual assault on her before she took her own life, court hears
A court martial has heard that Gunner Jaysley Beck, 19, was let down by two senior Army officers after she reported being sexually assaulted at a training exercise, five months before she took her own life. Colonel Samantha Shepherd and Major James Hook are accused of failing to treat her allegation seriously, with Shepherd allegedly…
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Iranian spies hit Windows machines with Chosen Brick data-stealing malware
Iranian state-backed hackers are targeting individuals via WhatsApp and Telegram to install surveillance malware called Chosen Brick on Windows devices, according to a joint advisory from the FBI, UK National Cyber Security Centre and the Netherlands’ AIVD. The malware has been used since at least 2025 to steal contacts, emails and social media messages, enabling…
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Could AI really wipe out humanity and hijack the internet?
The Guardian examines a series of high-profile claims about AI safety risks made in recent days, including warnings that AI poses a 10% “chance of doom” to humanity, that it is more dangerous than nuclear weapons, and that a rogue AI “botnet” could hijack the entire internet. Experts quoted in the piece push back strongly…
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X-viewing services Nitter and XCancel shut down after threats of legal action
X has apparently succeeded in shutting down Nitter and XCancel, two services that let people read posts from the platform without logging in or holding an account. The move follows a cease-and-desist letter X sent to Nitter last month, accusing it of “unlawful use and circumvention” of X’s API and data, and marks a further…
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Lindsay Clancy holdout juror’s family break silence and reveal that religion DIDN’T impact his decision to trigger mistrial
The family of the anonymous holdout juror who caused a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder case have spoken out, saying their lives have been upended by harassment since he was revealed as the single juror who refused to acquit her. His brother told the New York Post the decision was based purely on the evidence,…
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Melania Trump wades into political showdown during rare official trip as Republicans scramble to save crucial Senate seat
US First Lady Melania Trump made a rare public appearance at a school in North Carolina, encouraging children to embrace artificial intelligence and gifting AI development kits to students. The visit, framed as promoting community resilience and educational technology, comes amid growing national anxiety over AI regulation and follows the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene…
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Moment Afghan woman fights back as female Taliban morality police try to force her into a van during brutal new crackdown in Kabul
Video footage has emerged showing an Afghan woman resisting female members of the Taliban’s morality police as they attempted to force her into a van in Kabul, in the latest example of the regime’s escalating crackdown on women’s dress and behaviour. The incident, which occurred on Saturday, saw at least 20 women and girls forcibly…
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Labour reveals plan to make it easier for staff to work from home with new rules for firms trying to block flexible working requests
Labour is planning to make it harder for businesses to refuse staff requests to work from home, according to minister Louise Haigh. Speaking at the TUC Conference in place of Andy Burnham, Haigh said firms that want to turn down flexible working requests will have to meet employees face-to-face to explain their reasoning, building on…