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FIFA and UEFA clash over abandoned World Cup investment plan
FIFA and UEFA are locked in an escalating legal dispute over the shelved Fifa Forward Enterprise scheme, which proposed selling stakes in the World Cup to private investors. FIFA has filed court documents in Florida characterising UEFA’s disclosure request as a “misinformation campaign” and refusing to release evidence about the controversial plan, whilst UEFA has…
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Labour leadership signals flexibility on pension triple lock amid budget pressures
Lucy Powell has not ruled out Labour changing the state pension triple lock in its next manifesto, despite saying the party remains committed to the policy during this Parliament. The uncertainty comes as Andy Burnham prepares to discuss how to fund social care reform, with changing the pension uprating system reportedly among the options being…
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Campaigners urge ministers to end Palantir’s NHS data contract
Healthcare campaigners MedAct and Just Treatment are staging protests at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool and in London, urging ministers not to extend Palantir’s NHS data platform contract. The debate matters because the government is weighing whether to continue a major role for the US technology company in managing NHS data, amid concerns about…
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Meta’s AI breaches privacy; grandmother wrongly jailed by facial recognition
Meta’s shopping AI shared a seller’s address without consent, leading to an arranged visit. Meanwhile, a Tennessee grandmother spent six months behind bars after a flawed facial recognition misidentification.
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Trump denies offering Iran sanctions relief for nuclear concessions – US politics live
President Trump has categorically denied reports that he offered Iran sanctions relief in exchange for nuclear concessions, taking to Truth Social to insist “I offered them NOTHING” in response to claims from Axios and CNN. These outlets cited unidentified US officials stating that Trump was willing to ease sanctions and release frozen Iranian funds conditional…
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New UK homes in flood-risk areas could become uninsurable, says Aviva boss
Amanda Blanc, chief executive of Aviva, has warned that new homes currently being built in flood-risk areas could become uninsurable in future decades as flooding threats intensify. She argues that with 115,000 homes expected to be constructed in flood zones over the next decade, building policies need to reconsider where properties are sited, as these…
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Miliband hints Government could reconsider Palestine Action ban after protests
Ed Miliband suggested the Government may revisit the ban on Palestine Action, while stressing that a Supreme Court case should run its course. His remarks followed arrests at a protest outside Labour’s conference and a confrontation with activists while he was having dinner; he said the Government had not intended to criminalise elderly protesters and…
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Milei Demands UK Halt Falklands Oil Project, Threatens International Tribunal Action
Argentina’s President Javier Milei has demanded that the United Kingdom cease oil exploration at the Sea Lion oilfield near the Falkland Islands, issuing a two-week deadline before pursuing international legal action. The ultimatum represents a significant escalation in the longstanding sovereignty dispute between the two nations, with Milei threatening to initiate arbitration through the International…
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AI agent failures and agentic ransomware surge as Florida targets OpenAI oversight
Meta’s shopping assistant exposed a seller’s home address; Microsoft revealed the first documented agentic ransomware attack destroyed cloud infrastructure; Florida seeks injunction requiring independent safety checks on OpenAI’s AI development.
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Minister refuses to rule out scrapping state pension triple lock
Lucy Powell, Labour’s deputy leader and education secretary, has refused to definitively rule out scrapping the state pension triple lock despite her party’s stated commitment to the policy. The triple lock mechanism guarantees that pensions rise annually by whichever is highest—inflation, 2.5 per cent, or average earnings—and there is growing speculation that scrapping it could…