Modi’s Israel visit to test India’s priorities in the Middle East
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Israel for a two-day visit, his first since the war in Gaza began. Modi is expected to address Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, and hold meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog. There is no meeting with Palestinian leaders on
Lord Mandelson released on bail after arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
Lord Mandelson has been released on bail, the Metropolitan Police says, hours after his arrest on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The force said a 72-year-old-man was released pending further investigation. The BBC saw Lord Mandelson returning to his London home at 02:00 GMT. Lord Mandelson was
‘It seemed to defy the laws of physics’: The everlasting ‘memory crystals’ that could slash data centre emissions
On a visit to Japan in 1999, researcher Peter Kazansky encountered a mysterious physical phenomenon that he now believes holds the answer to the future of data storage. In Kyoto University’s optoelectronics lab, scientists were experimenting with writing on glass using ultrafast, femtosecond lasers which emit a light pulse every
Andrew charged taxpayers for massage services when envoy, claim ex-civil servants
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor charged taxpayers for massages and excessive travel costs while working as the UK’s trade envoy, whistleblowing retired civil servants have claimed. One former civil servant, who worked in the UK’s trade department in the early 2000s, had been so annoyed by Andrew’s request to cover the cost of
Porn company fined £1.35m by Ofcom over age check failings
Ofcom has fined a porn company £1.35m for failing to introduce proper age verification measures on its websites. The media regulator said 8579 LLC’s sites did not have “highly effective” methods to check UK visitors were over 18 and prevent children accessing the content. The fine – Ofcom’s largest levied
Brown urges police probe into whether Andrew used RAF bases to meet Epstein
Gordon Brown has demanded a police investigation into whether Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor used taxpayer-funded jets and RAF bases to meet the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to reports. The former prime minister wrote letters to six police forces suggesting that civil servants be questioned about Andrew’s time as UK trade envoy, the
Trump curious why Iran has not ‘capitulated’, US envoy Witkoff says
US President Donald Trump is questioning why Iran has not yet “capitulated” in the face of Washington’s military build-up in the Middle East, the US president’s special envoy has said. Steve Witkoff told Fox News on Saturday that Trump was “curious” about Iran’s position after he had warned of a
‘I was wrongly labelled a thief after face scan’
A grandfather has told how he felt “physically sick” after facial recognition technology resulted in him being wrongly accused of being a thief in a shop. Ian Clayton, of Chester, said he was told to leave his local Home Bargains store after the technology linked him to a theft, which
Tech firms will have 48 hours to remove abusive images under new law
Tech platforms would have to remove intimate images which have been shared without consent within 48 hours, under a proposed UK law. The government said tackling intimate image abuse should be treated with the same severity as child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and terrorist content. Failure to abide by the
Urgent research needed to tackle AI threats, says Google AI boss
More research on the threats of artificial intelligence (AI) “needs to be done urgently”, the boss of Google DeepMind has told. In an exclusive interview at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi, Sir Demis Hassabis said the industry wanted “smart regulation” for “the real risks” posed by the tech. Many