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FBI: Fake cop and government impersonation scams cost victims $1.6B
Impersonation scams involving fake police officers and government officials cost victims more than $1.6 billion between January 2025 and July 2026, according to the FBI. Criminals typically threaten victims with arrest, fines or other legal consequences unless they make an immediate payment, using phone calls, artificial intelligence, fake uniforms and mock government offices to appear…
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Brendan Carr’s FCC is more worried about who The View interviews than foreign governments owning Paramount
The FCC has waived its 25 per cent limit on foreign ownership in the proposed Paramount–Warner Bros. deal, allowing sovereign wealth funds controlled by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi to acquire a combined 49.5 per cent stake. The decision has drawn criticism because FCC chair Brendan Carr has simultaneously faced accusations of targeting or…
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Amy Coney Barrett shuts down Trump assault with blunt response as White House SCOTUS anger stirs
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett declined to respond directly to President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on the court, saying she did not want to discuss his comments. Trump had criticised Barrett and fellow conservative justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh after they joined a ruling blocking his restrictions on mail-in voting, intensifying concerns about…
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‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks
Concerns are growing that the UK government is losing focus on the risks posed by artificial intelligence after plans for an AI safety law were abandoned during political turmoil. Andy Burnham’s government has prioritised domestic economic pressures and abolished the department leading the work, prompting fears that Britain is not acting quickly enough on a…
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Airports chaos caused by ‘software glitch’ officials find – as Government orders further probe but dodges sacking under-fire NATS boss
A preliminary investigation found that a software glitch in NATS’s air traffic control system caused widespread disruption on 8 September, grounding more than 2,000 flights and affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers. The malfunction occurred when an aircraft identification-code request was interrupted by a higher-priority task and failed to restart correctly, triggering restrictions on UK…
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Russian hybrid attacks against Europe intensifying, says Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron says Russian hybrid attacks targeting Europe and France have intensified, aiming to intimidate countries and weaken their support for Ukraine. He has ordered plans to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive defence and technology sites, warning that recent attacks would not go unanswered. Macron cited alleged Russian involvement in a drone attack…
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Parliament bell ringer ordered to sell his £1million London mews home after losing court battle over decision to rip out his banker neighbour’s gate on the day he moved in
Parliament bell ringer Adrian Udal has been ordered to sell his roughly £1 million Fulham home after refusing to pay money owed to neighbours whose mews entrance he demolished. The High Court ruled that the sale could proceed to recover the debt after finding he had made no effort to pay and had indicated he…
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Chilling moment 18-year-old runs for his life but is stabbed to death by gang of thugs before one killer flees to Pakistan
Michael Ababio, an 18-year-old from Coventry, was stabbed to death in February after being chased by a gang of four teenagers. CCTV footage captured him running through the city attempting to escape his attackers, who pursued him on foot and e-bikes before cornering him outside a library and fatally stabbing him. The case highlighted the…
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Private jets pollute up to 14 times as much as commercial planes and are undertaxed in US, report says
A new report says private aviation in the US is expanding rapidly while wealthy owners pay a disproportionately small share of aviation taxes. Private jets produce up to 14 times more direct carbon emissions per passenger than commercial flights, raising concerns about climate damage and public subsidies. The report estimates that private jets and charter…
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‘I pay a lot more for fewer and fewer items’: five US shoppers on their food budgets
Despite Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign promise to reduce grocery prices “on day one” of his second term, American consumers continue to face high food costs more than two years later. Over half of Americans report struggling to afford groceries, driven by supply chain disruptions, tariff disputes, international conflicts, cuts to Snap benefits, and climate crises.…