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  • ShinyHunters: Dutch police arrest suspected member of group that claimed FBI hack

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8204/live/eda3ede0-bc13-11f1-a524-3125ac41b7f5.jpg”] ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images Dutch police have arrested a suspected member of the ShinyHunters cyber-crime group that claimed to have stolen sensitive information on all FBI bureau staff – around 38,000 people. After the alleged attack last week, the group claimed to have every agent’s name, role, badge number…

  • Wildfires: Are Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight prepared?

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6550/live/842fb180-86a5-11f1-a0b6-435e4178a497.jpg”] Island Echo A blaze at Headon Warren burned for five days and needed 80 firefighters at its peak Wildfires will increasingly become the norm in the South with the risk likely to double within the next 50 years, according to an expert. Dr Mark Hardiman, an expert in wildfires from the University…

  • Somerset Booker Prize nominee praises former school teachers

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/74aa/live/b722ead0-bc15-11f1-937d-7774786f350e.jpg”] Luke Kennard Luke Kennard attended Holyrood Academy in Chard An author whose latest book has been nominated for the prestigious Booker Prize said childhood boredom inspired his creativity. Luke Kennard, who grew up in Chard in Somerset, has been shortlisted for Black Bag, which is based on an experiment involving an actor…

  • Why Salisbury FC are ‘bigger than many Premier League teams’ in Kuwait

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/6720/live/b5d003d0-bbfb-11f1-8422-17098b28f290.jpg”] Why Salisbury are ‘bigger than many Premier League teams’ in Kuwait Image source, Salisbury FCImage caption, Salisbury will be in Kuwait for five days before playing in the FA Cup qualifying round on Saturday ByNathan Edwards BBC Sport Published 1 hour ago As with every home game, the Salisbury FC players and…

  • Man released on bail after 41 years on death row in Utah

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2704/live/51841780-bbfc-11f1-90b9-913e4354ed35.jpg”] Getty Images Douglas Stewart Carter, who is now 71, was jailed for the killing of Eva Olesen in Utah in 1985 A man who spent 41 years on death row in the US after being convicted of killing a woman has been released on bail after prosecutors said newly analysed DNA evidence…

  • Estonia blames Russia for arson at defence company supplying Ukraine

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/40f7/live/b696a7d0-bbfe-11f1-90b9-913e4354ed35.jpg”] NurPhoto via Getty Images Estonian company Milrem Robotics makes unmanned military vehicles such as this one Russia was behind an arson attack on an Estonian defence company in the capital Tallinn last month, authorities say. Prime Minister Kristen Michal said the attack on Milrem Robotics – which supplies Ukraine with unmanned military…

  • Singapore crocodile: Man charged over AI image

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/bee8/live/73545b90-bc06-11f1-90b9-913e4354ed35.png”] Getty Images The authorities alerted the public to the possible danger of an estuarine crocodile (non-AI file photo) Police in Singapore have charged a man who is accused of posting an AI-generated image of a saltwater crocodile in a popular reservoir. Ye Lin was charged with communicating a false message and obstructing…

  • Israeli settlers attack West Bank village and block Palestinian family’s return home

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2d47/live/e8123270-bbfe-11f1-bc1f-3f186ca4140c.jpg”] Watch: Videos show the al-Tubasi family’s homes on fire and damage inside one of them before it was set ablaze More than 100 Israeli settlers have carried out attacks in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, stopping a family escorted by the Israeli military from returning to their homes, which…

  • Mark Zuckerberg to donate €150,000 to GAA clubs

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ee49/live/dbb50dd0-bbfa-11f1-8422-17098b28f290.jpg”] Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, plan to give three clubs €50,000 (£42,000) each Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg is taking a step into Irish sports by giving three Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) clubs in County Waterford €150,000 (£129,000). The clubs are the three closest located to Zuckerberg’s newly-purchased Strancally…

  • French hard-right leader Bardella accuses opponents of ‘total war’ after claims of antisemitism

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1b1a/live/145292d0-bbfa-11f1-90b9-913e4354ed35.jpg”] Anadolu via Getty Images Jordan Bardella, 31, would probably be prime minister if Marine Le Pen wins next year’s presidential election The president of France’s hard-right National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, has said he will sue for libel after a report published antisemitic comments that it alleged he had made as a…