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Unmasking Iran’s murderous enforcers: Amnesty names 87 officials who oversaw brutal campaign of killing, torture and rape in crackdown on women’s rights protest
Amnesty International has published a 1,000-page report naming 87 Iranian officials it says oversaw killings, torture and sexual violence during the crackdown on the 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests, and has called for them to be investigated for crimes against humanity. The findings matter because they provide a detailed, evidence-based account implicating senior figures, including…
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Company behind failed Surrey oilfield project sells site at massive loss
UK Oil and Gas (UKOG), the company behind the long-running and ultimately unsuccessful bid to drill for oil at Horse Hill in Surrey, has sold the site for just £1m and rebranded as UK Energy Group, pivoting towards clean energy projects such as salt-cavern storage. The sale comes after the 2024 supreme court “Finch Ruling”,…
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‘I can’t go another night knowing he’s out there alone’: Father of missing non-verbal, partially deaf Noah, 3, pleads for public’s help to find him as search enters second day after he vanished from park
The father of missing three-year-old Noah Woods, who is non-verbal and partially deaf, has appealed to the public to keep searching after his son vanished from a park in Brantham, Suffolk, as the search entered its second day. Rhys Woods said emergency services now believe Noah has moved beyond the immediate area around the playground,…
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Saudi Arabia intercepts drone near Mecca amid escalating Yemen tensions
Saudi Arabia says it shot down a Houthi drone south of Mecca on a Tuesday evening, an incident that came amid a wider escalation between the Saudi-led coalition and the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen. The Houthis denied targeting the holy city, insisting their strikes were aimed only at Saudi oil facilities and military bases,…
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Houthis ‘fire drone at Mecca’ and ‘shoot down Saudi fighter jet’ as war intensifies
Saudi Arabia said it shot down a Houthi drone near Mecca, while the Houthis claimed to have downed a Saudi fighter jet, as fighting between the two sides intensifies amid the wider regional war. The clashes have fuelled fears of a fresh global oil supply crisis after Houthi forces seized the strategic Greater and Lesser…
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Middle East crisis drives UK inflation to 3.1% amid rate rise expectations
UK inflation accelerated to 3.1% in the year to August, up from 2.9% in July, as the deepening Middle East crisis pushed up energy and transport costs. The rise matched economists’ expectations but reinforced concerns that further increases lie ahead, with some analysts now forecasting CPI could approach 4% next year. Markets responded by pricing…
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Mythos has made 2026 patching hell. It might make 2027 a breeze
Gartner analyst Craig Lawson believes 2026’s surge in security patches, driven partly by AI bug-hunting tools such as Anthropic’s Mythos, could lead to a marked easing of workloads for security teams in 2027. Speaking at Gartner’s IT Symposium in Australia, he argued that this year’s unusually high volume of vulnerabilities being uncovered, including in traditionally…
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UK inflation expected to have risen in August as cost of living squeeze tightens – business live
The Bank of England is expected to hold UK interest rates steady on Thursday, despite inflation rising to 3.1% in August, as policymakers weigh a cost-of-living squeeze against a weakening labour market. Money markets currently put an 80% probability on rates staying at 3.75%, with only a 20% chance of a rise to 4%, even…
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Multiple victims after helicopter goes down near scene of deadly bus crash in Los Angeles
A television news helicopter crashed in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, on Tuesday evening while covering a fatal bus collision, killing both crew members and a pedestrian on the ground. The NewsChopper4 aircraft, operated for NBC4 Los Angeles and Telemundo 52, lost altitude and came down in a car park between two warehouses near the intersection of…
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Anthony Albanese to announce huge migration crackdown tomorrow as Labor worries about the rise of Pauline Hanson
The Albanese government is set to unveil a major overhaul of Australia’s migration system, with Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke due to deliver a National Press Club speech titled “Who Arrives, Who Stays, Who Leaves”. The announcement, delayed by more than a month amid cabinet disagreement over its scope, comes as Labor faces mounting political…