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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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John Healey in talks with Canada about UK joining new global defence bank
John Healey, now chancellor, is in talks with Canada about the UK joining a new multilateral defence bank, weeks after his predecessor Rachel Reeves rejected the idea. Britain has been formally invited to become a founding member of the Canada-led defence, security and resilience bank (DSRB), which backers say could help fund defence projects more…
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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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The Guardian view on the Bank of England’s £120bn bill: power without accountability | Editorial
This Guardian editorial argues that the Bank of England’s programme of quantitative tightening (QT) has landed the Treasury with a bill that could reach £120bn, exposing a flaw in the 1997 settlement that made the Bank independent. That arrangement assumed monetary policy (set by the Bank) and fiscal policy (set by the Treasury) could be…
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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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DOJ says companies used Binance to funnel $1.5 billion in crypto to Iran
The US Department of Justice has accused several companies of using the cryptocurrency exchange Binance to funnel roughly $1.5 billion to Iran, allegedly to help fund the country’s military, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Prosecutors disclosed the scheme in a forfeiture complaint seeking to seize $61 million in cryptocurrency, and the allegations mark the…
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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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Meta expands subscription push with new AI-focused plans
Meta has launched Meta One, a new subscription tier offering expanded access to its AI tools across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, alongside separate plans aimed at businesses and creators. The move is designed to help Meta monetise its Muse AI models, following its $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI in 2025, which brought in Scale’s…