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AFP via Getty ImagesThis woman returned home for the first time since fire swept through her town of Navas del ReySpanish authorities have allowed thousands of people evacuated because of wildfires to return to their homes after restrictions were lifted in the areas of Toledo, Madrid, Ávila, and Castellón.In the Madrid region alone, 24,000 people have been told they can return and lockdowns on another 20,000 have been lifted.Spain and France are both braced for the start of the fourth heatwave so far this summer and some fires have continued to burn, including one at Burgohondo 150km (93 miles) west…
Amy Sussman / Getty ImagesBTS have been nominated for five Grammys since 2020, but have never won an awardKorean pop group BTS have announced they will not submit their music for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards.The news came in a co-ordinated Instagram post, with all seven members of the band uploading an identical statement.”We have decided not to enter the Grammys this year,” a translation of the message read. “I hope that music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language.”The band were widely expected to be in competition for…
AFPTens of thousands of young people participated in the protests led by the Cockroach Janta PartyThe language of India’s young, perpetually-online population has finally reached one of its oldest institutions.Days after a youth-led protest movement forced the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, India’s parliament found itself speaking the protesters’ language.”Delulu.” “FOMO.” “Clock it.”Until recently, those words belonged to Instagram comment sections, group chats and meme pages. On Tuesday, they echoed across the Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) instead.Shiv Sena party’s Shrikant Shinde accused the opposition of being “MIA” – missing in action – gripped by “FOMO”, or the…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. scientist who helped lead the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic response, is set to face off — again — with a Republican senator probing the origins of the coronavirus.Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky subpoenaed Fauci to appear before a Senate committee Wednesday. It’s part of Paul’s yearslong accusations that the now-retired infectious disease expert had lied about the pandemic, something Fauci has called “preposterous.”Leading up to the hearing, Paul released more than a thousand pages of Fauci’s personal diary covering the pandemic years. Pointing to some notes about early efforts at understanding how the virus emerged, Paul…
Getty ImagesOpenAI has revealed a cyber-attack carried out by rogue ChatGPT agents went further than just one company.Hugging Face was thought to be the only victim of the unprecedented hack – but OpenAI now admits its bot attacked several “publicly-available services”. The out-of-control AI found four logins online which allowed it to access four separate, unnamed services.Meanwhile, in an emergency briefing with hundreds of cyber security professionals, Hugging Face has described what it was like to be on the receiving end of the world’s first fully autonomous AI hack.Hugging Face, which is like an app store for AI tools, said…
ReutersThe ramifications of the earthquake have been widely feltBusiness was winding down for the day at Sendan Shokudo, a diner in Japan’s southwestern city of Yatsushiro, when the whole building suddenly lurched. Everything on the kitchen shelves cascaded to the floor; bowls and glasses shattered.The restaurant’s co-owner, 75-year-old Hiroko Ogata, had just walked in.”I was surprised, and scared,” she told BBC News. “I went under one of the tables right away, but the table moved sharply towards the right, left, right, left, with me.”The area is located on an active tectonic fault system and is no stranger to tremors. In…
Japan in a ‘race against time’ to rescue people trapped beneath rubble after quakeAt least 13 people have been killed after the earthquake struck the island of Kyushu on Tuesday.51 mins agoAsia
Warning: Contains graphic details of alleged sexual offences and misconduct, as well as strong languageFour women have accused Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct, with the alleged offences having taken place when they were teenagers.One of the women says she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom when she was 17. Another says the Hollywood star threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19, and had been unexpectedly left alone with him in a hotel room.The fourth woman describes being groomed by Leto, saying he abused his celebrity status by making…
Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesTwo Jewish men were killed on 2 October 2025 during an attack on Heaton Park Synagogue in ManchesterThe UK recorded the biggest rise in antisemitic incidents last year of any country with a major Jewish population outside Israel, according to a new report.Published by the J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism, the report also found that 2025 had been the deadliest year for Jews living outside Israel in more than three decades.The task force is a group of organisations representing the seven largest Jewish diaspora communities. It found that antisemitism in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the…
Getty ImagesFor the past week, firefighters have been tackling a series of wildfires ravaging the Spanish countryside, threatening dozens of communities and forcing more than tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes.Three fires in the Madrid region have caused particular concern, with a new heatwave expected to hit Spain from Wednesday, fuelling fears that firefighting efforts could be hindered.”It’s a hell of a situation,” said Madrid regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso, as she visited affected areas on Monday alongside Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.Sánchez spoke on Tuesday of highly challenging hours and days ahead, but of light beginning to…