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He pleaded guilty to one charge of being a public nuisance. Source link
Gideon LongBusiness reporterKseniia KalmusKseniia Kalmus started to make drones for the Ukrainian army after Russia’s invasionThe ongoing conflict in Ukraine is often described as the world’s “first drone war”. It has led to a continuing huge growth in the production of military drones, both within and outside Ukraine.Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Kseniia Kalmus was a floral artist. She co-owned a flower shop in Kyiv and travelled around Europe showcasing her floral arrangements.Now, she makes drones for use against the Russians.”It was just an obvious decision for me,” she tells the BBC from the Ukrainian capital. “I just wanted to…
Laura CressTechnology reporterGWRSome of the Great Western Railway fleet will use a hybrid system including low earth orbit satellites in space to create a more-reliable wi-fi connectionA new UK-first pilot scheme is aiming to create fast and more reliable train wi-fi, using technology originally developed for Formula 1 cars.It will see a train in the Great Western Railway fleet use a hybrid system of both signals from mobile phone masts on the ground and low earth orbit (LEO) satellites in space to create a more reliable connection.The scheme has been developed by British tech company Motion Applied, in partnership with…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Battery life matters more than ever as your iPhone takes on heavier workloads from streaming and gaming to AI-driven tasks. Every extra minute of charge now makes a difference in how smoothly your day runs.With iOS 26, Apple introduced Adaptive Power, an intelligent feature that quietly learns how you use your phone and adjusts performance to stretch battery life when you need it most. It is designed to keep your iPhone running stronger for longer without you having to lift a finger.What Adaptive Power doesAdaptive Power helps your iPhone battery last longer…
The passengers, who were participating in the Umrah pilgrimage, were traveling between the two holiest cities in Islam, authorities said. Source link
Plans to fast-track the deportation of illegal migrants and a major overhaul of human rights law are to be announced by Shabana Mahmood as part of sweeping reforms of the UK’s asylum policy.Those granted asylum will be returned home if their country is at any time deemed safe, and they will have to wait 20 years to apply to settle permanently.Mahmood will also say the UK will stop granting visas to people from three African countries if their governments do not improve co-operation on removals.The home secretary hopes this bolder approach will reduce the number of people arriving and remaining…
A British man who hacked the X accounts of celebrities in a bid to con people out of Bitcoin, has been ordered to repay £4.1m-worth of the cryptocurrency, prosecutors say.Joseph James O’Connor, 26, was jailed in the United States for five years in 2023 after he pleaded guilty to charges including computer intrusion, wire fraud and extortion. He was arrested in Spain in 2021 and extradited after the country’s high court ruled the US was best placed to prosecute because the evidence and victims were there.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Monday it had obtained a civil recovery order…
A man pushes a tricycle loaded with LPG cylinders on the road below the Adani signage in Mumbai. US based Hindenburg Research firm’s allegation on fraud by Adani Enterprise has sparked political debate in India by the opposition parties.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesIndia is ramping up its energy imports from the U.S. in a bid to reduce its trade surplus with Washington — a key demand of the Trump administration during trade negotiations with New Delhi.On Monday, Hardeep Singh Puri, Indian union minister of petroleum and natural gas, announced a deal that will see the United States supply…
Vital supplies of US liquefied natural gas are due to start flowing into war-ravaged Ukraine this winter via a pipeline across the Balkans.The deal was announced after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on Sunday. Greece has been working to increase the flow of American LNG to its terminals to “replace Russian gas in the region”, Mitsotakis said recently.The European Commission plans to ban all imports of Russian gas to EU member states by the end of 2027, arguing that revenue from such sales funds Russia’s war in Ukraine.Zelensky is now in France for…
Georgina RannardClimate and science reporter, Belém, BrazilReutersMarching to the beat of pounding sound systems, thousands of climate protesters have been bringing their message to the gates of the COP30 climate talks in Brazil.Chanting and singing “free the Amazon”, demonstrators in host city Belém have been carrying three giant coffins reading Oil, Coal and Gas flanked by two grim reapers.Indigenous groups displayed signs reading “the answer is us” as an inflatable elephant and anaconda weaved through the crowd under the hot sun.It is the first time since 2021 that protesters have been allowed to demonstrate outside the UN climate talks. The…
Bernd Debusmann Jrat the White HouseUS Southern CommandThe US military posted a video Sunday showing a strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern PacificUS airstrikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have continued unabated since early September – a deadly campaign now dubbed Operation Southern Spear. The latest strike on Saturday killed three people that the US military alleges were smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean.Tens of thousands of troops and substantial air and naval assets have been deployed to the region, collectively forming the largest US military presence in and around Latin America…
A SK Hynix Inc. 12-layer HBM3E memory chip displayed at the Semiconductor Exhibition in Seoul, South Korea. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChipmakers and analysts are warning of a memory chip shortage that could hit the consumer electronics and automotive industries next year, as companies prioritize massive demand from the artificial intelligence boom. In an earnings call on Friday, the CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China’s largest contract chipmaker, reportedly said that fears of a memory chip shortage were prompting its customers to hold back orders for other types of chips used in their products.”People don’t dare place too many…
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to visit the White House on Tuesday for the first time since 2018, when the killing of a journalist by Saudi agents made him a pariah. Source link
Demand for power is growing fast, but hydro plants, the oldest source of clean energy, are struggling because of droughts, floods and other extreme weather linked to climate change. Source link
President Trump has tightened the U.S. grip on the Americas by rewarding allies and punishing rivals. That has upended the region’s politics. Source link
Beijing is flexing its might to show its displeasure with the Japanese leader’s comments about defending Taiwan, but its aggressive approach risks backfiring. Source link
Nutrient Yam Sweet Potato Calories 116 kcal 90 kcal Carbohydrates 27.5 grams (g) 20.7 g Sugars 0.4 g 6.8 g Fiber 3.9 g 3.3 g Protein 1.5 g 2 g Fat 0.1 g 0.1 g Potassium 670 milligrams (mg), 14% of the Daily Value (DV) 475 mg, 10% DV Vitamin A 6 micrograms (mcg), less than 1% DV 961 mcg, 106% DV Vitamin B6 0.2 mg, 12% DV 0.2 mg, 12% DV Vitamin C 12.1 mg, 13% DV 19.6 mg, 22 % DV Sweet potatoes have a nutritional edge in vitamin A and C content. They also have fewer carbs…
The former prime minister, who fled to India last year, was tried in absentia for ordering the use of lethal weapons during the uprising that drove her from power. Source link
Jennifer McKiernanPolitical reporterIllegal migration is ‘dividing our country’ says MahmoodIllegal migration is “tearing the country apart”, the home secretary has said, as she prepares to unveil major plans to overhaul asylum policy.New measures set to be announced by Shabana Mahmood on Monday will include people granted asylum needing to wait 20 years before they can apply to settle permanently.The plans will also see those granted asylum have their refugee status regularly reviewed and those whose home countries are then deemed safe told to return.Mahmood told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme she saw tackling illegal migration as a “moral…
Justin Rowlatt,Climate editor and Jessica Cruz,South America producerBBC / Tony JolliffeThe Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to overturn a long-standing ban that has protected it.The ban – which prohibits the sale of soya grown on land cleared after 2008 – is widely credited with curbing deforestation and has been held up as a global environmental success story.But powerful farming interests in Brazil, backed by a group of Brazilian politicians, are pushing to lift the restrictions as the COP30 UN climate conference enters its second week.Critics of the ban say it is an unfair…
Zoe KleinmanTechnology editorBBCDue to “brain fog” BBC technology editor Zoe Kleinman had to hold notes during a recent live TV reportWhen I rather nervously shared a personal post about dealing with brain fog at work on the social network LinkedIn last week, I had no idea that it would have such an enormous impact.It’s been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. Women have stopped me on the street to talk to me about it.I’ve been overwhelmed by hundreds of messages from people sharing support and their own experiences of it.Usually I cover technology news. But given the response, it felt…
Cartel de los Soles, a group the US alleges is led by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, will be designated a terrorist organisation, the US State Department has said.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement on Sunday announcing that the US intends to consider the group a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) from 24 November. It means that Maduro will effectively be designated a terrorist as well, because the US alleges he heads the Cartel de los Soles, an accusation Maduro strongly denies. It is the Trump administration’s latest effort to reduce drug trafficking and put pressure on Maduro, as…
Frank GardnerSecurity correspondent BBCFirst comes the warning, that disembodied voice over the tannoy: “Your attention please. Air siren in the city. Please move to the shelter on the minus second floor.” Then comes the mosquito-like whine of the incoming Russian drones, massing in their hundreds just above the clouds.It’s followed immediately by the rattle of anti-aircraft fire, the distant thud of explosions, then finally the ominous klaxon call of ambulance and fire sirens.This is the grim reality of night time in Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine.These are attack drones that explode on impact. Drones are now an integral part…
Ecuadoreans have voted against allowing the return of foreign military bases in the country, frustrating US hopes of expanding its presence in the eastern Pacific region.The referendum result is a blow to Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa, who had campaigned to change the constitution to reverse a ban that the country’s legislature passed in 2008.He had said it would help fight organised crime and reduce the soaring violence the country has seen in recent years, during which it has become one of the world’s biggest drug-trafficking hotspots.The US had hoped the referendum would pave the way to opening a military base…
