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EPA/ShutterstockHouthi soldiers stand guard during a protest against Saudi Arabia, in Sana’a, Yemen, on FridaySaturday’s attack on King Khalid Airport in Riyadh is another dangerous moment in a region that is already fraught with tension and conflict.Saudi Arabia wasn’t ready for this. In recent weeks the Houthis have stepped up their attacks on Saudi Arabian soil, but their attacks over the past few days have hit the country’s critical infrastructure in the form of the capital’s main airport, apparently penetrating Saudi air defences with ease.The physical damage can be quickly repaired, but the country’s reputation as a safe haven of…
PA MediaYorkshire Wildlife Park is closed for the remainder of the weekend, say managementA man has died after being attacked by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, police have confirmed.The man was seen entering the tiger enclosure at the park near Doncaster just before police were called at 13:35 BST on Saturday. South Yorkshire Police said the tiger then attacked the man and he died at the scene. The animal was uninjured and remained in the enclosure following the incident – but the park was closed and will remain shut for the rest of the weekend.Foreign Secretary and MP for…
SuppliedLizzy, Charlotte and Libby studied at the University of Newcastle between 2012 and 2015When Lizzy, Libby and Charlotte met as freshers in 2012, their main responsibility was making it to lectures on time after early morning sports practice.Their student debt, growing with interest from the day they took out their loans, was the last thing on their minds.”The conversation was just so much less relevant at that time,” says Charlotte. “As our careers have gone on and our paths have diverged more and more… those conversations start to come more to the forefront.”The friends, now in their early 30s, went…
Lesley Martin/PA WireThe King has previously warned of the “existential dangers” posed by AIKing Charles III has warned of the challenges disinformation and other “hostile online activity” pose to trust and security in the digital age.The comments, made in a letter to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to mark its 10th anniversary, spoke of “malicious actors” continuing to “evolve their tactics by using automated technologies”.”From threats to our international order, to the need to balance the risks and opportunities of powerful new technologies, strong cyber security is fundamental to making the online environment safer and more resilient,” he wrote.Last…
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ReutersReports said 7,000 people were detained on Saturday and released late that nightA court in the Indian capital has ordered the release of top leaders of the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) even as the city braces for protests for a second day with thousands of security personnel deployed and roads barricaded.Abhijeet Dipke – who began the movement in May after India’s Chief Justice likened some jobless young people to “cockroaches” – and other leaders had been detained on arrival in Delhi on Saturday to lead protests seeking electoral reforms.Police refused them permission to protest and unprecedented curbs were…
Getty ImagesA drone attack by Sudan’s paramilitary forces has killed 41 people in the country’s Blue Nile region bordering Ethiopia, a rights group has said.The strike by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted a camp for displaced people in the state’s Abu Shandi area on Friday, Emergency Lawyers said.The UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said it was “appalled by horrifying reports”. It said initial reports suggested most of the casualties were women and children.The Sudanese army and paramilitary forces including the RSF have been locked in a power struggle since 2023, a conflict that has killed…
BBCA few weeks back, in a former bank building that’s now a music venue in Falmouth, Cornwall, I was DJ-ing at a night I run called Rave Machine. It was a noisy, high-energy, sweaty affair, just as a night’s dancing should be.All of the elements – the crowd, performers, staff, music, the journey home – connected to create something special, a one-off. It was also completely human.Something, in theory, well out of reach of what technology could possibly offer.In the DJ world, though, technology has already changed the equation. In the 1990s, a DJ had to not only pick the…
Getty ImagesAuthorities in Myanmar have been ordered to aggressively fulfil the military’s recruitment quotas, leading to corruption, extortion and abductionsYou do not stay out after dark if you’re young and able-bodied in Hpa-An, the capital of Myanmar’s southern Karen state. In recent months this has become conventional wisdom.But Zaw Min has no choice.”I worry, but I have to go out to work,” says the 26-year-old tuk tuk driver, who asked that his real name be omitted out of fear for his safety. “My family call me all the time and remind me not to drive passengers too far; to be…
Getty ImagesBackbench MPs are seeking to roll back a court ruling they say will have “devastating consequences” for victims of crime by preventing them taking legal action against the police, even when there have been grave investigative failings.The 2025 Court of Appeal judgment, which applies to England and Wales, held that police officers are immune from civil litigation both in their role as witnesses, and for conduct or statements they make when carrying out criminal investigations.Conservative Andrew Mitchell and Labour’s Jess Phillips have submitted an amendment to a bill being debated in Parliament next week seeking to counteract the ruling.Separately,…