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A new species of wasp has been named after David Attenborough to mark his centenary. It is the latest species to be named after the beloved environmentalist, who celebrates his 100th birthday on Friday. Others named after him include a wildflower, butterfly, grasshopper, dinosaur and ghost shrimp. The National History Museum (NHM) paid tribute to […]

A third person has been arrested in connection with an attempted arson attack at Finchley Reform Synagogue in north London, the Metropolitan Police said. The 19-year-old man was arrested at an address in Portsmouth on Thursday on suspicion of attempted arson as part of an investigation being led by Counter Terrorism Policing London. He remains […]

Artificial intelligence “nudification” tools that can generate child sexual abuse material and explicit images of adults without their consent are set to be banned in the EU. European Parliament and European Council negotiators agreed on Thursday to ban such AI systems, which will need to be formally adopted before it can enter into law. It […]

A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of selling former Downing Street chief of staff and Cork man Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone. Scotland Yard took the man into police custody last Wednesday and he was later bailed. He is not suspected of involvement in the original theft on October 20th last year, the force […]

The ‌Kremlin said on ​Thursday that extra security ​measures were ⁠being put ‌in ‌place ​for ⁠Russian president ​Vladimir ​Putin ‌in case Ukraine ​attacked May ⁠9th celebrations ⁠marking ​the anniversary of victory ‌in ⁠World War Two. It follows reports that Putin was hiding in underground bunkers “for weeks” due to assassination fears. A leaked European intelligence report […]

An outbreak of hepatitis A in a seaside Welsh town has led a health body to ask parents to be “vigilant with their children’s handwashing”. Public Health Wales said it was working with the local health board and council to look into a small number of hepatitis A cases of the same strain, which have […]

Meta, the operator of Facebook and Instagram, is to be investigated by the media regulator Coimisiún na Meán over ‘dark patterns‘. So what are these so-called ‘dark patterns’? Dark patterns may be stopping users of the popular social media channels from accessing feeds not based on profiling. Profiling is the use of automated systems to […]

Nigel Farage said he would not refer himself to the UK Parliament’s standards watchdog over a £5 million gift from a Reform UK donor, saying there was “no case to answer”. The Reform leader was referred to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner by the Conservatives last week after it emerged he had received the previously undeclared […]

A leadership challenge to Keir Starmer would not be the answer to Labour’s problems, a key ally of the prime minister has said on the eve of elections across Britain. Voters are set to go to the polls on Thursday for the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, as well as for local councils across England. Keir […]

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi that China is “deeply distressed” over the war that has lasted more than two months and said a “comprehensive ceasefire” is needed. The top Chinese diplomat met with Mr Araghchi in Beijing, the first time the Iranian foreign minister has travelled to China […]