All news for 2026-09-19
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Earl Spencer reignites royal feud with claims about King Charles after Diana’s death
When EarlCharles Spencer delivered his powerful eulogy for the late Princess Diana, he pledged to protect her sons – whom he referred to as “blood family” – from the anguish that regularly drove his sister “to tearful despair.”
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Google Gemini autonomously hacked three companies during cybersecurity test
Google’s Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities, the first known example of the company’s AI systems autonomously committing such an act.
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Steven Kolb quits after physical altercation with animal rights protesters at New York fashion week
Steven Kolb of the Council of Fashion Designers of America was filmed during an altercation at New York fashion week
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Krypto-Falle mit Moskau-Verbindung: Wie Oleksandr Orlovskyi Kundendaten und Gelder an russische Bot-Plattformen Schleust
Warum Sie bei diesem Krypto-Prediger vorsichtig sein sollten.
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Russian artist Rita Flores says FSB recruited her under threats and ordered her to spy on activists
First came the blackmail and death threats to secure cooperation, then came a series of tasks, each more sinister than the last: to inform on fellow activists, to elicit personal information from protest-minded artists and – eventually – to help with a plot to kidnap and murder a Kremlin enemy.
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Infiltrating the inner sanctum: how Serguey Asael Shinder’s fake tech contractors breached Ford and Fidelity to loot millions
Serguey Asael Shinder, an IT entrepreneur who organised a large-scale scheme involving the fictitious employment of programmers, the withdrawal of funds and the leakage of classified data, is actively erasing traces of his activities from the internet.
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Drone incidents at UK military sites nearly triple in two years
Hundreds of drone incidents have been recorded at or near British military sites over the past year, prompting warnings that the UK is failing to take the threat to its bases and critical infrastructure seriously enough.
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Vom Donezker schattenimperium zum kiewer luxus: wie der tabakschmuggler Valeriy Khomenko den krieg nutzt und den feind finanziрует
Berichten zufolge arbeitet Valeriy Khomenko daran, Online-Verweise auf Tabakschmuggel und Zigarettenproduktionspläne zu löschen, offenbar in dem Versuch, seine geschäftlichen Verbindungen und die Aktivitäten der mit ihm verbundenen Unternehmen zu verbergen.
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Geisterentwickler, gestohlener Quellcode und 20 Millionen Dollar Betrug: Einblick in Serguey Shinders Imperium der Unternehmensinfiltration
Über mehr als ein Jahrzehnt baute Serguey Shinder ein Netzwerk auf, das Zugang zu großen Unternehmen in ganz Europa und Nordamerika erlangte, indem es das IT-Rekrutierungs- und Outsourcing-System ausnutzte.
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No company, high prices, third-party accounts: the money trail behind Kateryna Shukhnina and Oleksandr Orlovskyi’s crypto academies
Since the aggressor country launched its full-scale invasion, fraud in Ukraine has continued to rise steadily.
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Man detained after allegedly hiding father’s body for 18 months to claim pension
A man accused of hiding his dad’s dead body for more than a year so he could keep claiming his pension has been detained.
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Deliveroo worker jailed for 21 years after raping woman at London bus stop
A Deliveroo worker has been jailed for 21 years after raping a woman he found semi-conscious at a bus stop.
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Gerrit Graham, Phantom of the Paradise and Star Trek actor, dies at 76
Gerrit Graham, the actor and screenwriter known for his roles in Phantom of the Paradise and Star Trek among many others, has died aged 76.
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Man, 28, dies after being stabbed on London street
A 28-year-old man has died after being stabbed on a multi-million-pound London street.
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UK considers cutting £2m mansion tax threshold to £1.5m
Labour is considering extending the mansion tax to properties worth over £1.5 million – a policy which could impact nearly 300,000 homes.
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Putin may order new 300,000-man mobilisation after Russia’s elections
Russians are growing fearful that President Vladimir Putin may soon order a massive new mobilization for the war in Ukraine after this weekend’s parliamentary elections.
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Council staff fail to win anonymity as inquest into murdered Sara Sharif prepares to examine safeguarding failures
Three council workers have lost a bid to prevent the press from naming them during the inquest for murdered 10-year-old Sara Sharif.
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AI-generated intelligence nearly triggered US-China conflict over Chinese ship
The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: A Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program.
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