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Army removes a top US general in Europe from command

  • Lieutenant General Charles Costanza was removed from V Corps command.
  • The Army gave no public explanation.
  • V Corps is central to US operations in Europe.

The US Army has removed Lieutenant General Charles Costanza from command of V Corps, its principal forward-deployed corps in Europe. No public reason was given, making the abrupt change significant amid wider uncertainty over the US military’s senior leadership and its posture in Europe. Costanza had led V…

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GTA 6’s Netflix deal forces us to ask: can you pirate an advertisement?

  • Article discusses GTA 6's tie-in with Netflix
  • Raises question of "pirating" promotional material
  • Full article text was unavailable for detailed summary

The article's full text was not available beyond its headline, which poses a tongue-in-cheek question following news of a Netflix tie-in linked to Grand Theft Auto 6. The piece appears to explore the murky ethics and practicalities of piracy in cases where the pirated material is itself promotional…

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OpenAI pledges to add Astra security as Anthropic loosens Fable’s leash

  • OpenAI plans stricter safeguards for its Astra model.
  • Astra may possess potentially critical cyber capabilities.
  • Anthropic is easing some biology-related Fable restrictions.

OpenAI says its forthcoming Astra model may have cyber capabilities severe enough to create new forms of harm, despite not being involved in the recent Hugging Face incident. The company has pledged tighter safeguards during development and testing, highlighting wider concerns over whether frontier AI systems are being…

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Country town of Maitland, NSW erupts as artist Osvaldo Budet labels statue of African-American boy on main street for 150 years as racist – with the local council staging a dramatic vote

  • Maitland’s historic ‘Jocko’ statue has sparked a renewed racism and heritage debate.
  • Artist Osvaldo Budet says the statue depicts Black servitude.
  • Council’s vote concerned exhibition signage, not the statue’s removal.

An artwork by Osvaldo Budet has reignited debate in Maitland, New South Wales, over ‘Jocko’, a cast-iron statue of a Black American boy that has stood on High Street for about 150 years. Budet argues that the figure reinforces a racist, servile stereotype, while supporters regard it as…

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The phone book that led us to Assad’s spy chief in hiding

  • Assad’s former spy chief Hussam Luka vanished after the regime’s fall.
  • A notebook found in his flat may help trace his network.
  • Survivors accuse him of abuses during the Syrian war.

BBC News investigated the disappearance of Hussam Luka, a former Syrian intelligence chief known as “The Spider”, after Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December 2024. Reporters found a notebook of contacts in Luka’s abandoned Damascus apartment, which may offer clues to his network, whereabouts and alleged crimes. His…

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‘One Night Only’ Director Will Gluck Cut Out ‘So Much Nudity’ Because People Dislike Sex on Screen: ‘It Takes You Out of the Movie’

  • Gluck reduced nudity, saying audiences dislike on-screen sex.
  • “One Night Only” centres on a restricted-sex fictional world.
  • The director expects word-of-mouth to drive interest.

Director Will Gluck says he removed a significant amount of nudity from his new romantic comedy, “One Night Only”, because he believes contemporary audiences are uncomfortable with sex on screen and can be distracted by it. The film’s unusual premise — a world where premarital sex is legal…

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US intel warns Russia could launch limited attack on NATO ally in effort to fragment organization: report

  • US intelligence reportedly fears Russia could test NATO’s unity.
  • A limited attack could trigger Article 5 obligations.
  • NATO cohesion remains central amid the Ukraine war.

US intelligence reportedly assesses that President Vladimir Putin could launch a limited attack on a NATO member within the next few years, seeking to test the alliance’s collective-defence commitment and weaken its unity. Such an attack would matter because NATO’s Article 5 treats an attack on one member…

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Tube monster bailed to rape and murder: Kemi Badenoch leads chorus of outrage over sex predator Simon Levy – who was repeatedly freed to carry on attacking women

  • Simon Levy killed two women and raped another after repeated bail failures.
  • CPS and Met Police face criticism; two officers probed for misconduct.
  • Kemi Badenoch says a "broken system" enabled Levy's repeated offending.

Kemi Badenoch has led sharp criticism of the Crown Prosecution Service and the Metropolitan Police after it emerged that Simon Levy, a convicted sex offender, was repeatedly released from custody only to go on to murder two women and rape another. Levy, 40, committed his second murder while…

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3 Rock Ballads From the 1990s That Make Us Wish We Had a Time Machine

  • Three 1990s rock ballads inspire nostalgia for their original releases.
  • Aerosmith and Goo Goo Dolls represent late-1990s mainstream rock.
  • Metallica’s 1991 ballad is praised as genre-blending.

This nostalgic list highlights three 1990s rock ballads the writer would like to hear again when they were newly released: Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”, Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” and Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters”. It argues that each track remains popular but has lost some…

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Europe’s free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires

  • Copernicus Browser now includes an easy wildfire-viewing layer.
  • Sentinel-2 offers publicly available imagery down to 10-metre resolution.
  • The update arrives amid severe wildfire seasons worldwide.

The EU’s free Copernicus Browser has added a default wildfire visualisation layer for Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, making higher-resolution fire tracking easier for the public. The update matters because it removes the need for users to manually add a specialist script and can help people distinguish active fires, burning…

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