If Israel’s recent claims are confirmed, the assassinations of Saeed Izadi and Behnam Shahryari represent a major blow to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the elite Quds Force, its overseas operations arm which has ties with armed groups in the region. Izadi, a senior Quds Force commander responsible for coordination with Hamas and...
A drunk Devon woman ran through a fire exit and onto an airport apron after she was not allowed on a flight, a court has heard. Maisie Pearson and her friend had been denied boarding at Bristol Airport last November after the captain of the EasyJet flight to Amsterdam spotted her vaping on the airfield....
DNA testing firm 23andMe has been fined £2.31m by a UK watchdog over a data breach in 2023 which affected thousands of people. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the company – which has since filed for bankruptcy – failed to put adequate measures in place to secure sensitive user data prior to the incident....
For the first time in decades, it appears the Iranians have really stepped in it, and the United Nations group tasked with monitoring the nuclear agreements has officially had enough. BREAKING: The U.N.’s 35-nation nuclear watchdog just declared Iran in breach—for the first time in 20 years—raising the prospect of Security Council action. Iran failed...
Fake discounts, pressure selling, and other practices on Chinese fast-fashion website Shein breach the law, the European Union (EU) has said. The bloc said it has given Shein one month to respond to its findings or face fines based on its sales in the EU countries where it says it has breached the law. “It’s...
Jodie Halford BBC News, Essex Lewis Adams/BBC Father-of-two Dean Franklin said he was unaware of any ongoing Environment Agency investigation The winner of The Apprentice 2025 said he was “not aware of any ongoing investigation” after reports his air conditioning firm had been operating without the correct licence. Dean Franklin, 35, from Hornchurch, east London,...
Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire Livia Tossici-Bolt was found guilty of two charges of breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order on two days in March 2023 A woman convicted of breaching an abortion clinic protection zone has said she will continue her “fight for free speech”. Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, was given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered...
Trailfinders’ Burton has impressed in Premiership Women’s Rugby after appearing for Team GB’s sevens team at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics. “Abi [Burton] spoke to us a few weeks ago and I was blown away,” Deacon added. “I knew her story but not some of the details and I felt inspired. What she has been...
An NHS software provider has been fined £3m by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over security failings that led to a ransomware attack on the NHS. The Advanced Computer Software Group was fined for a breach that put personal information of 79,404 people at risk, the UK’s data protection watchdog said. The firm provides IT...
Brian Wheeler Political reporter Reuters The US launched air strikes towards Yemen on 15 March The lives of British servicemen and women have not been put at risk by a major security breach in the United States, the UK armed forces minister has told MPs. Luke Pollard said he had “high confidence” that British operational...