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UN experts say US may have committed war crimes with air strikes in Iran that killed civilians, including 120 schoolchildren
UN-appointed investigators said there were “reasonable grounds” to believe US air strikes in Iran may have constituted war crimes, while also accusing Iran’s government of serious human rights violations. They called for an immediate end to hostilities, independent investigations and accountability for alleged violations by the US, Israel and Iran. The report said a Tomahawk…
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Burnham’s national security chief ‘explicitly warned PM and Ed Miliband against Israel West Bank sanctions before crunch elections’… but was ignored
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and Manchester mayor Andy Burnham introduced controversial sanctions against illegal Israeli West Bank settlements despite explicit warnings from the national security adviser and UK ambassador to delay until after Israeli elections in late October. The ministers ignored advice that early action could strengthen Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position and damaged…
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Jonathan Majors’s anti-Islam action thriller is laughably terrible far-right propaganda
Jonathan Majors stars in “Run Hide Fight: Infidels,” a new action thriller produced by Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire streaming studio and co-produced with Bonfire Legend. The 128-minute film follows a former Delta Force soldier confronting terrorists during a mass-casualty attack on a college campus. It is a sequel to the 2020 Daily Wire film “Run…
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Taylor Sheridan Officially Meets His Match With 2026’s Wackiest Horror Movie
The parody film Scary Movie 6 has become the most-watched movie on Paramount+ in the US, riding a surprisingly strong box office run into streaming success. It arrives just as Taylor Sheridan’s spy drama Lioness, which has topped Paramount+ viewing for over a month, nears the end of its third season, positioning the horror-comedy sequel…
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Saudi Pro League club Al-Taawoun handed stadium ban over Diogo Jota chants
The Saudi Pro League club Al-Taawoun have been fined and ordered to play two home matches behind closed doors after their supporters chanted the name of the late Diogo Jota during a league fixture. The chants, audible during Saturday’s match against Al-Hilal, prompted Rúben Neves, a former Wolves and Portugal teammate of Jota’s, to gesture…
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Bell Media Chief Sean Cohan on Risky ‘Heated Rivalry’ Bet Paying Off: “You Got to Take Shots”
Bell Media president Sean Cohan has credited the success of the steamy gay hockey drama Heated Rivalry with putting the Canadian broadcaster on the global map, calling it “the biggest global hit that Canada has ever produced.” Speaking at the Access Canada Summit, powered by The Hollywood Reporter, Cohan said the show’s success came from…
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Excruciating moment wheelchair-bound Mitch McConnell, 84, has to be told what to do as he struggles to speak in Senate meeting
Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, was seen struggling to speak and needing help from colleagues during a Senate Agriculture Committee meeting on Capitol Hill, in his first widely heard public appearance since a fall in mid-June. The moment underscores mounting concern over the Kentucky senator’s health during his final term, following a hospitalisation, a bout…
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Google Smart Home Platform Opens to Third-Party AI Agents Via Industry Protocol Standard
Google Home is adding support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standard, enabling users to employ various third-party AI agents to manage their smart home tasks. This development matters because it opens the Google Home ecosystem to external AI agents like Claude, Hermes and Open Claw, allowing them to interact securely with connected devices and…
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Google opens smart home platform to third-party AI agents
Google is opening up its smart home ecosystem to third-party AI agents through a new integration called Google Home MCP, based on the Model Context Protocol standard. The move allows tools such as Claude, Google Antigravity, Hermes and Open Claw to access and control connected devices and view a home’s event history, marking a shift…
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Election battle over pension rise, water powers, Burnham-Trump meeting, Gaza collapse
The state pension rises 3.9% under the triple lock as ministers eye new mayoral powers over water firms, Andy Burnham prepares to meet Trump at the UN amid transatlantic tension, and at least 20 have died in a Gaza City building collapse.