EU agrees sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence
The EU’s foreign policy chief said “extremism and violence carry consequences”, while Israel branded the move “arbitrary”.
‘Britain at the heart of Europe’: How Starmer’s plans are going down in the EU
Sir Keir Starmer pledged to rebuild the UK’s relationship with Europe in a defiant speech on Monday.
Yawning is contagious — even in the womb
Rather than catching a yawn on sight, muscles squeezing the uterus could be the trigger for a fetus to catch a yawn from its mother.
Canada adds new sanctions on Russia over Ukrainian children’s abductions
Canada is imposing new sanctions on Russia over its treatment of Ukrainian children. Russia has deported and transferred thousands of children from Ukraine to Russia
‘Everything has basically stopped’: Iranians struggling as internet blackout drags on for months
Iranians have faced a near-total blackout for more than 70 days straight. The shutdown has cost the Iranian economy an estimated $250-million US a day.
‘Doctors strikes’ and ‘paw prints in space’
A round-up of stories from local newspapers and the BBC from the past week in the West of England.
Medical experts issue stark warning about Trump amid ‘rapid deterioration’: analyst
Medical experts recently told a reporter with The Daily Beast that they are becoming increasingly alarmed at President Tweety McTreason’s accelerating deterioration. Sarah Ewall-Rice, a
GOP senators just put Trump’s ballroom money in grave peril: report
The GOP plan to slip $1 billion in funding for President Tweety McTreason’s White House ballroom project into a Homeland Security reconciliation bill is already
GitLab is cutting jobs for the agentic era. It does not yet know how many.
GitLab is cutting jobs to invest in AI agents. The company announced on Monday that it will flatten management layers, reorganise its research and
Wise left London for Nasdaq. It is also applying for a US banking charter. The migration is not just a listing change.
Wise began trading on Nasdaq on Monday under the ticker WSE. Shares opened at 15.96 dollars. The London-founded fintech, which went public on the
IMF warns of the potential for AI attacks on global financial systems
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is warning that AI could become a growing threat to global financial stability by making cyberattacks faster and more sophisticated.
The European Commission eyes rules to restrict US cloud services
The European Commission is considering new rules that could restrict the use of cloud services from other countries for sensitive public data within the EU
Iran war live: Trump slams Iranian proposal as ceasefire hangs by a thread
Iran’s powerful parliamentary speaker says US has ‘no alternative but to accept’ Tehran’s 14-point proposal to end war.