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UK fashion brands probe customer data breach as MI5 warns of AI terror threat
TFG London is investigating a cyber incident exposing customer data. MI5’s chief warns AI could help terrorists improve drone attacks and develop biological weapons, while European leaders call for less regulation.
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Tresoldi hat-trick lifts Club Brugge to 4-3 win over Inter
Club Brugge beat Inter 4-3 at San Siro, with Nicolò Tresoldi scoring a hat-trick to stun the Italian side. The result leaves Inter without a point after two matches and under pressure to win their next game, while Brugge recovered from an opening defeat. Bayern Munich drew 3-3 away to Viking after Harry Kane helped…
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QUENTIN LETTS: Dame Emily, dazzlingly dimpled, gurgled that ‘Germany is and always has been a key ally’. Eh?
Seven German politicians joined a meeting of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee under arrangements in the Kensington Treaty, prompting columnist Quentin Letts to question whether the visit gave unelected foreign politicians an inappropriate place in Parliament. The delegation was led by Armin Laschet, a senior German politician, and met six British MPs; committee chair Emily…
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Greta Thunberg joins massive French student protests as cars burn, police fire tear gas
Greta Thunberg joined French students protesting for education reforms, as demonstrations over staff shortages, school conditions and long days continued across the country. The protests have become a political flashpoint ahead of France’s presidential election next May, with criticism directed both at the government’s handling of the unrest and at violence by some demonstrators. Interior…
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Leticia McKenna at the double as Matildas’ next generation help trounce Haiti 7-1
Australia beat Haiti 7-1 in a friendly in France, with young midfielder Leticia McKenna scoring twice on her starting debut. The result gave the Matildas a strong finish to their October fixtures and a chance to build depth and test new combinations ahead of next June’s Women’s World Cup. McKenna scored in the opening two…
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Here’s What It Was Like to Walk With Shakira For the Final Night of Her Historic Madrid Residency
Shakira’s “Camina con La Loba” entrance brought guests through a crowd of more than 50,000 people at the final night of her Madrid residency. A journalist who had watched the walk from the audience joined it for the first time, describing how the crowd’s singing, lights and energy made the two-minute procession feel transformative. Guests…
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BEARTOOTH’s CALEB SHOMO On His Decision To Come Out As ‘A Proudly Gay Man’: It’s ‘Something That A Large Group Of People Just Don’t Understand’
BEARTOOTH vocalist Caleb Shomo said coming out publicly as gay was frightening but empowering, and that he chose the band’s “Free” video as a personal statement. His experience highlights how public reactions to an artist’s identity can be intense, even when that person has already been open with friends and family. Shomo said he had…
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Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex
Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex data centres prompted claims that Russian bot activity and online spam had fallen. The article says there is no evidence the strikes disrupted disinformation operations, and argues that the claims of a decline may themselves be misleading. Zelenskyy said social platforms felt less hateful and divisive after the strikes, while…
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Netflix secures rights to all 104 matches at 2030 World Cup in Spain and Andorra
Netflix will hold the exclusive rights to broadcast all 104 matches of the 2030 FIFA World Cup in Spain and Andorra. It marks the first time Netflix will show the traditional men’s World Cup, extending its sports coverage in the region. One match each day will be available free through national broadcasters, whose identities have…
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Non-EU workers filled most of 3.7 million new UK jobs since 2014
A Centre for Social Justice report says UK nationals took about one in five of the 3.7 million additional payrolled jobs created since 2014, while most went to workers from outside the EU. The findings have renewed debate over immigration, employment and welfare, with the think-tank arguing these issues should be addressed together. The report’s…