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CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images / CTMG, Inc./Leah GalMark Zuckerberg was just three minutes into his keynote speech at the company’s annual Meta Connect product event last month when his tone turned almost wistful.”Building is an act of love,” he said, glancing down at the ground with his hands in his pockets. “It’s how we impart what we believe, and we pour our hearts and our souls into what we make.”Speaking to hundreds of analysts and developers, Zuckerberg proceeded to share news about Meta’s latest AI products: its new agentic chatbot Muse, a slew of smart glasses, as well…
Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesVitalii Zhykovych appeared in open court during the summer and has spoken to the BBC from prisonA former Ukrainian security services officer linked to a bomb attack in Monaco in June that targeted a multi-millionaire says he believed it was ordered by senior members of HUR, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency.In an exclusive interview with the BBC from prison in Kyiv, facilitated by his lawyer, Vitalii Zhykovych has given his own account of the attempted assassination for the first time.Ukrainian-born businessman Vadym Yermolayev and his 13-year-old son were badly hurt in the blast and his partner suffered…
Watch: Why the search warrant was deemed ‘unlawful’ and what happens next?Thames Valley Police has accepted warrants it used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s homes at the time of his arrest in February were unlawful, the High Court has been told.Following Thursday’s hearing, items seized in the raid continue to be held by the police, with a further hearing to take place in 2027 to decide whether the material can be used as evidence. Meanwhile, the criminal investigation into Mountbatten-Windsor is ongoing.The former prince, who denies any wrongdoing, was arrested by police on 19 February on suspicion of misconduct in public…
AFP via Getty ImagesThe public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.An official from the Defense Department told the BBC the execution of Nidal Hasan, who fatally shot 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, would be livestreamed.The Pentagon had announced earlier this week that it would execute Hasan in the first military execution in more than 60 years.”We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public,” Hegseth said on Thursday. “Because people need to understand that there’s…
BBCJorge Moreno (left) says “vulture funds” are hiking up rents, while Pierina Nicuray points out that there is “a lack of homes” in SpainPierina Nicuray, a 21-year-old university graduate, has spent a week camped out in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol square. Like many of the hundreds of others who have pitched their tents here to protest at Spain’s housing crisis, she has no doubts when it comes to diagnosing the cause.”It’s the same problem as always,” she says. “A lack of homes.”She adds: “Landlords are taking advantage of the situation to raise rentals, and then there’s also Airbnb.””There are so…
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ZambiaZambian Health Minister Roma Chilengi (second right) said the agreement would not allow the sharing of individual patient recordsZambia has signed a five-year health financing agreement with the US, ending months of public dispute over whether the country was trading citizens’ medical data and mineral rights for aid.Under the memorandum of understanding, signed in Lusaka on Thursday along with a data-sharing deal, the US will provide about $1.5bn (£1.1bn), with Zambia also contributing.Civil society groups had criticised a leaked draft they said allowed too much data sharing, while activists seized on reports that…
Watch: Why was the sign at the British consulate in East Jerusalem removed?The consulate, first established in 1838, was set to be closed by the Israeli government in retaliation for UK sanctions.7 hrs agoMiddle East
Watch: What we know about Christa Pike’s “shock” recovery in hospitalThe botched execution of Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has thrust Tennessee’s criminal justice system into uncharted territory. A week after receiving two lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital, she is said to be walking and talking again in limited ways. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has ordered an independent investigation and suspended all executions for the rest of the year.The fate of Pike, who has been on death row for 30 years for murdering Colleen Slemmer, now lies in a mysterious grey area.But Pike’s lawyers are seeking to have…
Bernadette Greene-Placentia/Bernadette for CongressA congressional candidate in Arizona has said she was raped in a car park as she repaired campaign signs late at night in her district.Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat, told the Phoenix New Times she was knocked unconscious during the alleged attack in the Phoenix suburb of Sun City on 14 August, waking up to find a man on top of her. She said she did not initially notify police until filing a report with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office two weeks later.Her Republican opponent, Abraham Hamadeh, urged authorities in a statement to “investigate these serious allegations thoroughly,…
REUTERS/Jane RosenbergNicolás Maduro has been in US custody since January of this yearProsecutors in the United States have accused Venezuela’s former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, of conspiracy to commit torture. The fresh charges against the couple were made public on Thursday and are in addition to the drug-trafficking and weapons charges already brought against them, which they have denied. Maduro, 63, and Flores, 69, have been in custody since January in a detention centre in Brooklyn, where they were taken after US forces seized them in a pre-dawn raid on their compound in the Venezuelan capital,…