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UK to use Ukrainian intelligence for AI military training
Britain is to receive a substantial trove of intelligence from Ukraine, covering Kremlin tactics and secrets gathered since Russia’s invasion, under a landmark military and AI partnership agreed in Kyiv. The deal was struck as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham met President Volodymyr Zelensky on his first overseas trip since taking office, with the data…
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Gavin Newsom’s unrelenting attack dog turns on Pete Buttigieg as the Democratic knife fight starts two years early
A row has broken out within the Democratic Party more than two years before the 2028 presidential race, after Gavin Newsom’s communications director, Izzy Gardon, mocked Pete Buttigieg for visiting South Carolina for what he sarcastically called the “first time in three years”. The jibe, aimed at the former transportation secretary’s trip to Orangeburg, drew…
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Defiant Democrat files fresh impeachment push against Trump as his own party ducks for cover
Congressman Al Green has revived his solo campaign to impeach President Donald Trump, filing fresh articles on Monday that accuse the administration of trampling constitutional rights through its immigration crackdown. The Texas Democrat’s push again put his party in an awkward position, with Democratic leaders repeatedly distancing themselves from his efforts on the grounds that…
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Art dealer stunned after $50,000 Picasso print stolen from his gallery years ago found on wall of Midwestern apartment after tenant evicted
A rare Picasso print stolen from a Milwaukee art dealer’s gallery in 2018 has been recovered after a landlord found it hanging, dust-covered, on the wall of a vacant flat while clearing it out following a tenant’s eviction. Bill DeLind, owner of DeLind Fine Art Appraisals, had reported the theft to police at the time,…
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Female school worker called child UGLY then held them upside down by their feet, prosecutors say
A former education aide in Marshall, Texas, has been indicted after allegedly calling a young child “ugly” and holding them upside down by their feet while swinging them around. Rachel Kirspel, 37, worked at the Marshall Early Childhood Learning Center, which serves three- and four-year-olds, and was reported by a colleague who heard screaming and…
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Spencer Pratt posts disturbing Lindsay Clancy reenactment cartoon as post partum murder trial divides America
Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt drew widespread condemnation after posting a graphic, Tim Burton-style cartoon reenactment of Lindsay Clancy killing her three children, accompanied by an extended tirade describing the deaths in explicit detail and branding Clancy’s online sympathisers “hollowed-out, depraved crazies”. His intervention placed him at the centre of a bitter public row over…
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Georgia cops are hunting down a man who picked up $30 from a Walmart floor and didn’t turn it in…and people are angry about it
Police in Albany, Georgia, appealed to the public for help identifying an elderly Walmart shopper who picked up $30 that another customer had dropped, prompting a wave of online mockery over the use of police resources for such a minor incident. The original victim reportedly wanted to press charges but abandoned that plan after the…
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Family left heartbroken as ICE rips away 5-year-old boy from his mother on the way to soccer game
A five-year-old boy and his father were detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas, while on their way to a soccer match, leaving the boy’s mother distraught. Victor Martinez Nieto and his son, Liam Tadeo, were arrested on 16 August and are now being held at…
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Zillow settlement requires Redfin rental listings market return
Zillow has settled an antitrust lawsuit brought by the US Federal Trade Commission over a $100 million deal with rival property platform Redfin, under which Redfin had agreed to withdraw from the internet listing service (ILS) market for apartment rentals for up to nine years. The FTC said the original arrangement unlawfully eliminated a major…
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Scottish Labour leadership frontrunner admits party faces ‘systemic’ problems as he vows new taxes on families and big businesses
Michael Marra, the frontrunner to become Scottish Labour’s next leader, has admitted the party faces “systemic” problems while proposing new taxes on wealthy individuals and large corporations to address funding pressures. Speaking in Glasgow, he said dissatisfaction with Sir Keir Starmer had been “a storm from which the Scottish Labour Party had failed to make…