Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting device had Saudi support, says court filing
The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.
Ukrainians dying because US restricting intelligence sharing, Zelensky adviser tells BBC
Serhii Beskrestnov says there has not been enough time to warn people about incoming missile attacks. The White House said there had been no changes to intelligence sharing.
Deadly fire at Canada military base moved a kilometre ‘in 30 to 60 seconds’
The blaze that killed four men and injured dozens of others spread with alarming speed, accounts suggest.
France imposes partial curfews in several cities, including parts of Paris
Interior minister concedes police ‘lost control’ of weekend protests and says he is ‘fully resolved to restore public order’
Partial curfews have been issued for a number of French cities, including parts of Paris, after the government admitted police had “lost control” during violent weekend protests around the country.
Sébastien Lecornu, the French prime minister, said after an emergency cabinet meeting on Monday he was “fully resolved to restore public order” and had called for “local and partial” curfews if needed. There was “no question” of imposing a full curfew on entire cities, he said.
Continue reading...Israeli police detain 10 people in rare raid against West Bank settlers
Move comes after US photojournalist and group of European diplomats and Palestinians were assaulted in separate attacks
Israeli police have detained 10 people in a rare raid against settlers, after a weekend of extreme violence in the occupied West Bank including an attack on US photojournalist Heidi Levine, which she described as an “attempted lynching”.
She was knocked down, kicked and beaten by a group of masked Israeli men as she covered the olive harvest in a Palestinian village on Friday. The militants broke four vertebrae and a rip, ripped open her finger so it required surgery and left her with lacerations across her body.
Continue reading...ITV’s exposé of racism and misogyny in Reform? Just a few (more) bad apples | John Crace
While the party’s MPs went into hiding, it was left to its failed byelection candidate Matt Goodwin to defend it
It was the dog that didn’t bark in the night. After Sunday night’s ITV exposé of widespread racism and misogyny within Reform, you might have expected one of its MPs to have taken to the airwaves on Monday morning to defend the party’s honour. To try to persuade viewers that the real problem lay with the journalists who couldn’t stop themselves from investigating Reform rather than the fact that the party’s bigotry was endemic.
Instead, we got nothing. Every Reform MP was otherwise engaged. Were too busy having breakfast. Nothing from Nigel Farage. Nothing even from Robert Jenrick. Maybe he realised he had crashed and burned a few days earlier by suggesting it was just one of those things. One of life’s little mysteries. The BBC was riddled with paedophiles and Reform was awash with racists, said Honest Bob. No big deal. Every organisation had its crosses to bear.
Continue reading...Massachusetts lieutenant governor candidate ends campaign after arrest
Police said Shawn Oliver was arrested on suspicion of operating under influence of alcohol after a car crash
The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Massachusetts announced the suspension of his campaign on Sunday hours after he was arrested in a suspected drunk-driving crash.
Shawn Oliver, a city councilor in New Bedford and a corrections officer, said in a post on X he was ending his campaign because “the election is too important to be overshadowed by personal matters”.
Guardian staff contributed
Continue reading...North Sea strikes could severely disrupt UK fuel supplies, union warns
More than 160 offshore rig workers plan walkout amid rising tensions between unions and oil companies
North Sea workers are preparing to strike at oil rigs across the ageing basin over the coming weeks in a sign of growing tensions between trade unions and oil companies.
The Unite union said on Monday that more than 160 offshore rig workers would take part in a 24-hour strike from Wednesday that could “severely disrupt” UK fuel supplies.
Continue reading...Minister says Mahmood’s migration policy will ‘prolong integration’
In now-removed post, Miatta Fahnbulleh criticised home secretary’s proposal to extend qualifying period for settlement in UK
The energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, appears to have criticised Shabana Mahmood’s migration policy in a post on her constituency website, in which she suggested she had concerns that a longer settlement process could affect integration.
Fahnbulleh has since removed the critique, which appeared in a write-up of a community meeting in Peckham, her south London constituency, in September, saying it was not a true representation of her views.
Continue reading...Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited
More than 200 mostly young people said to be injured after ballistic missile attack on training camp for government forces
At least 53 people have been killed in a Houthi ballistic missile attack on a training camp for Yemeni government security forces, making it the largest single loss of life since the country’s civil war reignited in September.
The attack on al-Alam camp in the southern Shabwa province was said to have injured more than 200 others, mostly young recruits, and was described as a disaster by the country’s UN-recognised government. The injured were taken from the police and army training camp in the Jardan district to a hospital in the local capital, Ataq, where pleas for blood donations were made.
Continue reading...Live Updates: Russian foreign minister says he’s visiting Iran for talks to avert return to “large-scale war” – CBS News
- Live Updates: Russian foreign minister says he's visiting Iran for talks to avert return to "large-scale war" CBS News
- Live - Russia’s Lavrov in Tehran as region remains in limbo between diplomacy and war Iran International
- Russia’s Lavrov to discuss US war and regional security during Tehran visit Al Jazeera
- FM Lavrov Arrives in Tehran for Talks With Iranian Leadership The Moscow Times
- Russia prioritizes expanding trade with Iran Breakingthenews.net
Black bear breaks into California library to raid snacks and eat jar of honey
Bear wandered into Mono county free libraries branch ahead of opening, snacking before wandering new releases
A California library on Wednesday had a visitor worthy of a story book on the 100th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh: a black bear that wandered inside, reportedly raided the snacks and helped itself to a jar of honey.
On Wednesday, a black bear walked into the Mammoth Lakes branch of the Mono county free libraries at about 6.10am, more than four hours ahead of its 10am opening time, the library director, Josef Bopp, told local news outlet KMPH.
Continue reading...Search under way for four soldiers missing after gang attack in Haiti
The UN Security Council holds a meeting on Haiti; the attack on UN-backed forces is expected to dominate the discussions.
Journalists forced to flee homes after Tommy Robinson shared images of where they lived online, court told
Far-right activist is charged with two counts of harassment causing fear of violence to two MailOnline reporters
Journalists and their family members had to flee their homes after “bullyboy, intimidatory tactics” were deployed by the far-right activist known as Tommy Robinson, a court has been told as his harassment trial got under way.
Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was alleged to have targeted journalists from the Daily Mail and Mail Online by circulating images of their homes to millions of online followers and in effect encouraging them to join in making threats.
Continue reading...Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited – The Guardian
- Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited The Guardian
- Houthi attack kills 53 at Yemen government training camp, officials say Reuters
- Houthi Strikes Kill Dozens in Yemeni Desert Military Camp, Officials Say The New York Times
- Houthi attack on Yemen army camp in Shabwa kills at least 53: reports Al Jazeera
- Houthi rebels strike Yemen’s government forces with ballistic missiles, killing at least 53 AP News
Ferocious criticism from all sides underlines Macron’s isolation
French president has compounded impression of arrogance with strategic errors – and consequences could be profound
The near-universal chorus of condemnation that greeted Emmanuel Macron’s address to the nation on Sunday, after one of the most violent days of rioting and looting in France’s recent history, was a stark reflection of just how weakened he now is.
Speaking from his office at the Élysée Palace, the president delivered an eight-minute speech expressing “anger and shame” after a weekend in which a town hall was set ablaze, 2,000-plus shops were looted, 2,300 people were arrested and 1,000 police injured.
Continue reading...Warning signs over threats to Australian politicians were rising before MP hit by car
The apparent attack on MP Helen Haines suggests the worst fears of politicians and public figures appear to have been realised.
Iran War backlash threatens Republican control of Congress
Public opposition to the Iran War could threaten Republican control of Congress, as economic fallout fuels voter anger.
New details emerge on two killed after woman drove through Kansas soccer game
A boy, six, and woman, 35, were killed and 10 were injured after a woman drove on to the field at a youth soccer game
New details have emerged about two people – including a child – killed when a woman drove a vehicle through a youth soccer game in Kansas, as officials on Monday continued to investigate the cause of the tragedy.
Chris Adrian, a middle school soccer coach, said his family was heartbroken over losing his six-year-old son, Cole, who died after the incident at Wichita’s Stryker Sports Complex in which 10 others were hurt, some seriously.
Continue reading...Masts removed from bomb-laden WWII ship in Thames in bid to avoid explosion – The Guardian
- Masts removed from bomb-laden WWII ship in Thames in bid to avoid explosion The Guardian
- Masts from SS Richard Montgomery taken to Chatham dockyard BBC
- UK Launches $12M Operation to Secure Wreck of WWII Munitions Ship SS Richard Montgomery Israel Defense
- SS Richard Montgomery mast removal project GOV.UK
- Pictures show complex operation behind masts’ removal from bombship Kent Online