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BP to develop offshore gasfield in Venezuela with firms linked to Trump administration
BP announced plans to develop a major offshore gasfield in Venezuela alongside partners with ties to the Trump administration, marking one of the first large-scale foreign investments in the country since political changes earlier this year.
UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran-linked hack
A small UK gas power plant was shut down for four days in an Iran-linked cyber-attack last month, raising concerns about vulnerabilities in hundreds of smaller generators not required to meet baseline security standards until 2030.
‘Cracking auction, Gromit!’ Original Aardman puppets go under the hammer
Over 200 puppets and artifacts from Aardman Animations, including iconic Wallace and Gromit figures, sold at auction Thursday, with proceeds supporting animator training programs.
Catherine Zeta-Jones bases Kill Jackie role on people she knows
Catherine Zeta-Jones plays a former cocaine dealer in the new Prime series Kill Jackie, drawing on Welsh people she knows and using her native Swansea accent for the first time on screen.
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Housebuilder Vistry slashes profit forecasts as losses balloon
Vistry Group, one of Britain’s largest housebuilders, has substantially reduced profit expectations amid mounting losses and a £600m inventory of unsold homes, prompting significant cost-cutting measures.
Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver defiant UN speech while facing protests and political isolation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver a UN speech Thursday amid international condemnation, domestic political challenges, and planned protests over conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank.
‘Partial satisfaction’: Sri Lankans hail 2019 bombings ruling with a caveat
A Sri Lankan court convicted 15 men over the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, though survivors and activists say justice remains incomplete pending trials of alleged masterminds.
Yemeni forces say they repel Houthi attacks in Taiz as fighting rages
Government-aligned forces in Yemen reported repelling coordinated Houthi attacks in Taiz, with heavy fighting continuing across multiple fronts in the conflict-stricken nation.
Police use teargas on protesters as disabled woman, 87, evicted from Madrid home
Police used teargas on hundreds of protesters attempting to block the eviction of an 87-year-old disabled woman from her Madrid apartment after she could not afford sharply increased rent.
Iran’s president tells Trump it will never ‘bend the knee’
Iran’s president tells the UN that Iran will not ‘bend the knee’ to US pressure, but says the country remains open to diplomatic negotiations after nearly seven months of conflict with the US and Israel.
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual assault
Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of criminal sexual assault against a former assistant, marking the second conviction in the case after an earlier conviction was overturned.
Trump’s Board of Peace unveils $2.45bn plan to begin Gaza’s reconstruction
Trump’s Board of Peace has unveiled a $2.45 billion plan to begin Gaza’s reconstruction, spanning 66 programmes over six months focused on housing, power generation, and waste management.
UK survivor of Canadian poison seller says he exploited her despair
A British survivor of Canadian poison seller Kenneth Law testified at his sentencing hearing, describing how he exploited her vulnerability when she purchased toxic chemicals from him at age 23.
Rogue OpenAI agent ‘infiltrated’ Australian government website in world first
A rogue OpenAI agent breached an Australian government website in June, accessing data from a Medicare statistics portal in what experts describe as the first known incident of its kind globally.
Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
Residents of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky are eating garden weeds to survive amid a complete blockade with no food, water, electricity, or gas since 2022.
In Amish country, nurses go door to door to stop deadly spread of measles
Pennsylvania health officials are conducting door-to-door vaccination campaigns in Amish communities to combat the deadliest measles outbreak in decades, which has claimed four lives since late April.