120,000 Home Cameras Were Hacked for Sexual Videos, South Korean Police Say
The authorities arrested four people this week in the latest turn in the country’s effort to stop exploitative recordings
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Jury trials to be scrapped for cases where sentences are likely to be less than three years, says Lammy – UK politics live
Justice secretary expected to pull back from plans to reserve jury trials from only the most serious casesThe former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will lay an amendment on Wednesday to speed up the workers rights’ bill, after “considerable anger” that unelected Lords forced the watering down of day-one rights, Jessica Elgot and Pippa Crerar report.Twelve more prisoners have been mistakenly freed in the past month and two are still at large, David Lammy has said.I’m not going to give details of those cases, because these are operational decisions made by the police, and you’ll understand if they’re about to arrest somebody they don’t want me to blow the cover. Continue reading...
California shooting marks 17th US mass killing this year – a 20-year low
Experts warn this likely points to ‘regression to mean’ after recent spike in mass killings rather than continued declineA shooting last weekend at a children’s birthday party in California that left four dead was the 17th mass killing in the US this year – the lowest number recorded since 2006, according to a database that tracks them.The mass killings – defined as incidents in which four or more people are killed in a 24-hour period, not including the killer – are tracked in a database maintained by the Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University. Continue reading...
White House distances Hegseth from second strike on alleged drug boat – US politics live
Defence secretary gave order for strikes but did not say to ‘kill everybody’, according to White House spokespersonJoseph Gedeon is a politics breaking news reporter based in WashingtonThe FBI director, Kash Patel, is “in over his head” and leading a “chronically under-performing” agency paralyzed by fear and plummeting morale, according to a scathing 115-page report compiled by a national alliance of retired and active-duty FBI special agents and analysts. Continue reading...
National Guard attack suspect's crisis. And, U.S. official sheds light on boat strike
A U.S. official disputes the White House account of the deadly Caribbean boat strike. And, a person familiar with the National Guard shooting suspect says he was suffering a personal crisis.
Thousands Greet Pope Leo as He Prays Near Site of Beirut Port Blast
A waterfront Mass in the Lebanese capital capped the pope’s three-day visit to the Middle Eastern nation with the largest proportion of Christians.
Ukraine war live: Zelenskyy in Ireland to shore up support with US’s Witkoff set to meet Putin
US-led peace push comes as Kyiv says fighting is continuing over important hubUS-Russia talks may pile pressure on Kyiv to make concessions, says EU foreign policy chiefSee all our Ukraine war coverageIn parallel to Witkoff’s meeting in Moscow, we will also follow Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s first visit to Ireland.He has arrived in Dublin last night, and has a busy schedule today, paying a brief visit to the country’s new president Catherine Connolly, before meeting with key government figures including the taisoeach, Micheál Martin, and addressing both chambers of the Irish parliament in the afternoon. Continue reading...
Pope Leo wraps up Lebanon visit with prayers at site of Beirut port blast
Capping off symbolic three-day visit, the Pontiff urged Lebanese unity and the pursuit of peace and justice.
Trump cries foul over ‘technical tie’ in Honduras presidential race
The latest vote count has Trump's favoured right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura just 515 ballots ahead of his rival.
Trump’s full-throttle threats suggest no backing down from aims to topple Maduro’s regime
As US-Venezuela tensions have long simmered, Trump’s alleged ultimatum may tip relations to boiling pointDeadly airstrikes and a military buildup: how the US pressure campaign against Venezuela has unfolded in the CaribbeanWeeks of saber-rattling, dark threats and a US military buildup not seen in Latin America since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis led on 21 November, somewhat anti-climactically, to a telephone call, when Donald Trump rang the man he has cast as his arch-adversary, Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela.By Trump’s own account, it was less an attempt at opening dialogue en route to a mutually beneficial compromise than a bid to up the ante by imparting an ultimatum. Continue reading...