Britain
UK's Starmer seeks greater powers to regulate online access
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said new powers are needed to regulate internet access and protect children from fast-evolving digital risks, including AI tools and social media.
British Museum removes the term Palestine from certain Middle East exhibits
Rubio says US does not dispute Navalny poisoning assessment by Europeans
Australia invests $2.76 billion on shipyard to deliver for nuclear-powered submarines
UK declares 'no confidence' in police chief behind ban on Israeli soccer fans
"We have witnessed a failure of leadership that has harmed the reputation and eroded public confidence in West Midlands Police and policing more broadly," said interior minister Shabana Mahmood.
UK temporarily closes embassy in Tehran amid protests, tensions - Politico
Earlier on Wednesday, pro-regime activists held a protest outside the embassy, burning Israeli and US flags.
British intelligence agency investigated UFOs, secret documents show
“Logic would indicate that if significant numbers are reporting seeing strange objects in the sky then there may be a basis in fact,” a 1997 Defense Intelligence Staff memo said.
Jewish MP banned from visiting Bristol school to avoid angering teachers, fellow lawmaker says
MP Steve Reed revisited an anti-Israel campaign to prevent a pro-Israel Labour Parliament Member from visiting a school at the Sunday Jewish Labour Movement Conference.
Anti-Zionist British MP alleges Netanyahu using Iran protests as pretext for military intervention
Zarah Sultana claimed that Netanyahu's "genocidal government" is "cynically exploiting" the Iranian protests to bring about regime change.
UK's former US envoy Peter Mandelson apologizes to Epstein's victims, leaving out his own actions
"I want to apologize to those women for a system that refused to hear their voices and did not give them the protection they were entitled to expect," Mandelson told the BBC.
Protester tears down flag at Iranian embassy in London - report
A short while later, the Iranian Embassy posted a picture to X, showing the current flag returned to its place on the balcony, captioned, "Iran's flag is flying high."
One arrested as UK anti-Zionists protest Israeli restaurant for 'complicity in genocide'
An IJAN UK activist was reportedly arrested for allegedly chanting for "intifada" during a picketing of the Miznon Notting Hill, but was released on Saturday.
Israelis banned from UK sports arena for their own protection, new evidence suggests
Maccabi fan ban was driven by threats against Israelis, not from them; police hid evidence from Home Affairs Committee
Britain joins outcry towards Musk, urges him to address 'intimate deepfakes' created by Grok
The comments follow reporting that X's built-in AI chatbot, Grok, was unleashing a flood of on-demand images of women and minors in extremely skimpy clothing.