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Sam Register to Depart as Head of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe (EXCLUSIVE)
Sam Register, the long-serving head of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, is leaving the company next week after both parties agreed not to renew his contract. Warner Bros. TV Group chair Channing Dungey confirmed the departure in a staff memo, thanking Register for his contributions and noting that a search…
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MARK GALEOTTI: If he chooses, Putin could order attacks that would cause chaos… and serious loss of life
Kremlin insider Andrei Fedorov used a BBC Newsnight appearance to warn that Russia will retaliate against Britain for supplying Storm Shadow missile blueprints to Ukraine and sharing intelligence, with future attacks coming “from unknown sources” – a tacit admission that Moscow is already waging a deniable proxy war against the UK. Writing for the Daily…
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Ministers row back on council homes vow as Spurs cash in on Savinho sale to City
UK housing and water policy, Meloni’s Rome advice to Badenoch, Singapore’s baby bonus, Mexico’s deadly bull run and an OpenAI escape probe also feature, plus Tottenham’s £75m Savinho deal.
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Sudanese asylum seeker who arrived in UK after claim was rejected in France lay in wait on high street for lone woman before slashing her 30 times with a broken bottle
Ibrahim Albashir, a 34-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker, has been jailed for 25 years after admitting the attempted murder of a lone woman he attacked with a broken bottle in Headingley, Leeds, in March 2024. The case, heard at Leeds Crown Court, exposed significant failings by authorities in both France and the UK, as Albashir had…
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Putin tells Russian companies: Shoot down Ukrainian drones or we’ll seize your assets
Vladimir Putin has warned Russian companies that the state can temporarily seize control of their critical infrastructure if they fail to defend it against Ukrainian drone strikes. The threat, made on Monday, targets private firms in the energy, industrial, communications and transport and logistics sectors, and comes as Ukraine intensifies attacks on Russian ports, oil…
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Government under fire as Russia threatens UK factories and gold hits five-month high
Burnham signals more tax rises are possible before October’s Budget as Russia warns of strikes on British drone factories over Ukraine support; Carney readies fresh tariffs against the US, and Druckenmiller attacks Bessent over bond yields.
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European rights court orders Turkey to free imprisoned businessman
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Turkey must immediately release Osman Kavala, a businessman and civil society figure who has spent nearly a decade in detention. The court found his continued imprisonment unlawful, ruled that his rights to a fair trial, freedom of expression and association had been breached, and said his…
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Waymo is expanding to Germany, with service in Munich planned for 2027
Waymo has announced plans to bring its robotaxi service to Munich, marking its first foray into the European Union, with commercial operations targeted for the end of 2027. The move forms part of a broader European push by the Alphabet-owned company, which follows swiftly on the heels of its planned launch in London and signals…
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CIA chief in Moscow for unannounced talks, US media reports
The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliffe, has travelled to Moscow for unannounced talks, according to reporting by the BBC’s US partner CBS. Neither Washington nor Moscow has confirmed who he met or what the visit concerned, but face-to-face meetings between senior American and Russian officials remain rare, making the trip notable…
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Slop factory bans Russians for using slop factory to create slop
OpenAI has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts originating from Russia that were being used to run a covert influence operation, directing social media users towards a fake Israeli think tank sympathetic to Moscow. The company said the operation appeared to have had only limited reach, but its unusually elaborate setup made it stand out…