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Kemi Badenoch demands 3% defence spending as BoE economist urges rate rise
Badenoch cites Russian threat while the Bank of England’s Huw Pill warns rates must rise to curb Middle East-driven inflation; Apple faces a £2bn tracking lawsuit, Ultrahuman lands $70m, Maria Bartiromo exits Fox, and Netflix unveils its FTX drama The Altruists.
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Serbians targeted with spyware in country’s ‘largest documented wave of surveillance’
At least 14 members of Serbian civil society, including student protesters, were targeted with advanced spyware earlier this year in what the digital rights group Share Foundation has called the largest documented wave of surveillance in the country to date. The attacks were uncovered after Apple warned users in 110 countries in August that they…
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Kamala Harris says she ‘supports’ Dems who don’t want her on campaign trail: ‘Whatever they need to do to win’
Kamala Harris responded on air to reports that several Democratic candidates in Republican-leaning states want her to stay away from their 2026 midterm campaigns, saying she “supports” them doing “whatever they need to do to win.” The exchange, prompted by an MS NOW interviewer citing a Politico report, highlights ongoing tension within the Democratic Party…
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Trump claims Iran strikes protected Britain from nuclear threat
Donald Trump has claimed his strikes on Iran “saved” Britain from a nuclear attack, while renewing criticism of the UK for not joining the military action and warning that the country is nearing a “tipping point” over immigration. In a GB News interview, Trump argued that Iran would have been more likely to use a…
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White House rips ‘activist’ Biden judge who upended Trump birthright citizenship order
A US federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s latest executive order restricting birthright citizenship, prompting the White House to accuse her of being an “activist judge” seeking to undermine his agenda. The ruling by Judge Deborah Boardman is the first to halt the revised order since the Supreme Court affirmed…
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Michigan Democrat who lost Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed takes aim at Bernie Sanders over Israel stance
Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens, who lost Michigan’s Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed last month, criticised Sen. Bernie Sanders in an interview with The Jerusalem Post, saying she could not identify anything he had done for peace in the Middle East or “Palestinian dignity” and describing anti-Zionism as a “sickness” linked to extremism. The remarks add…
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First Minister refuses to rule out early release for thugs who attack women
First Minister John Swinney refused to commit to preventing men accused or convicted of violence against women from being granted bail or released early from prison, despite pledging “personal leadership” on tackling violence against women and girls. He was challenged at First Minister’s Questions by opposition parties following the recent deaths of Stacy Hunter and…
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Vance jokes about rubbing elbows with former president at Ground Zero: ‘Intense intellectual conversations’
Vice President JD Vance said he is looking forward to seeing former President Joe Biden in New York next week, joking that they would have “intense intellectual conversations” when they meet at Ground Zero for the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The remark, made during his first press briefing since Karoline Leavitt’s departure as…
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Radu Jude’s ‘The Diary of a Chambermaid’ Secures U.S. Distribution With Film Movement (EXCLUSIVE)
Film Movement has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “The Diary of a Chambermaid,” Romanian director Radu Jude’s first French-language feature, following its world premiere at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. The deal, struck between Film Movement president Michael Rosenberg and Kevin Chneiweiss of Paris-based SBS International, marks a further expansion of the specialty distributor’s international slate and…
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT pivots after previously putting Trump alongside Putin as top threats to democracy
ChatGPT initially rated Donald Trump as a nine out of ten threat to democracy when queried by a researcher at the conservative Media Research Center (MRC), placing him in the same category as authoritarian figures such as Vladimir Putin, Recep Erdoğan and Hugo Chávez. After Fox News Digital approached OpenAI for comment on the findings,…