Terror watchdog condemns WhatsApp for lowering UK users’ minimum age to 13 pred 21 urami in 54 minutami Jonathan Hall, Britain’s reviewer of terrorism legislation, says more children could be exposed to encrypted extremist contentThe UK’s terror watchdog has criticised Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta for lowering the minimum age for WhatsApp users from 16 to 13, warning that the “extraordinary” move could expose more teenagers to extreme content.Jonathan Hall KC said more children could now access material that Meta cannot regulate, including content related to terror or sexual exploitation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Second Trump trial juror dismissed as setbacks grow during selection process - live pred 22 urami in 27 minutami Five seating jurors remain in former president’s criminal trial as judge scolds press for using physical descriptions of jurorsJudge Merchan, in directing the press not to use physical descriptors to describe jurors, complained specifically about mentioning one of the jurors had an Irish accent.“We just lost” what would have been a good juror for the case, Merchan said, after one of the jurors was excused after she told the court that she had concerns about her ability to be impartial. Merchan added:She said she was afraid and intimidated by the press, all the press.I would recommend the press simply apply common sense and refrain from anything that has to do, for example, with physical descriptions. It’s just not necessary, it serves no purpose. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Israel still plans to launch Rafah assault, Netanyahu tells western diplomats pred 22 urami in 27 minutami Prime minister also seeks to assure allies Israel’s response to Iran will be measured, as officials urge him to focus on ceasefire dealBenjamin Netanyahu has told western diplomats that he will go ahead with a ground offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza, and has also suggested that Israel’s anticipated reprisal for Iran’s missile and drone salvo will be aimed at Iranian interests rather than Tehran’s proxies.The Israeli leader has sought to assure anxious allies that Israel’s response to Iran will be measured, while also claiming he will flood Gaza with aid and ensure that civilians and aid agencies are given ample opportunity to flee Rafah, the last relative refuge for at least 1.4 million displaced Palestinians. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell charged over embezzlement pred 22 urami in 31 minutami Husband of Nicola Sturgeon had been rearrested as part of police investigation into party’s financesThe former Scottish National party chief executive, Peter Murrell, has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the party.Murrell, 59, who is the husband of the former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, was rearrested as part of the Police Scotland investigation into the party’s finances on Thursday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Presenter Martine Croxall sues BBC for age and sex discrimination pred 22 urami in 40 minutami Case comes after insiders warned of a potential ageism row last year following merger of BBC News and World News channelsThe BBC is facing another damaging row over equal pay, with the presenter Martine Croxall taking legal action against the broadcaster for age and sex discrimination.Croxall is suing the corporation after being off-air for more than a year following the merger of the BBC’s News and World News channels, according to listings for London Central tribunal court for 1 May. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Brussels proposes return to pre-Brexit mobility for UK and EU young people pred 23 urami in 2 minutama Commission to seek approval from leaders to start talks with UK on visa-free exchanges for 18- to 30-year-oldsThe European Commission has proposed opening negotiations with the UK to allow mobility enjoyed before Brexit to millions of 18- to 30-year-olds in a major concession.It said it would now seek approval from individual EU leaders to start the talks, which could partly eliminate one of the most controversial elements of Brexit, a block on the right to live in one another’s countries, albeit for a limited period and with conditions. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co-founder and guitarist, dies aged 80 pred 23 urami in 5 minutami Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who wrote the band’s biggest hit, Ramblin’ Man, dies at home in Florida ‘surrounded by his whole family’Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, Ramblin’ Man, has died. He was 80.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer died at his home in Osprey, Florida, David Spero, Betts’ manager of 20 years, confirmed. Betts had been diagnosed with cancer and had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Spero said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
France urged to repay billions of dollars to Haiti for independence ‘ransom’ pred 23 urami in 19 minutami Coalition of civil society groups says Paris should return harsh reparations imposed on Caribbean state two hundred years agoFrance should repay billions of dollars to Haiti to cover a debt formerly enslaved people were forced to pay in return for recognising the island’s independence, according to a coalition of civil society groups that is launching a new push for reparations.The Caribbean island state became the first in the region to win its independence in 1804 after a revolt by enslaved people. But in a move that many Haitians blame for two centuries of turmoil, France later imposed harsh reparations for lost income and that debt was only fully repaid in 1947. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Nigerian woman rescued 10 years after kidnap by Boko Haram in Chibok pred 23 urami in 24 minutami Lydia Simon, recovered along with three children born in captivity, was one of 276 schoolgirls taken in 2014Nigerian troops have rescued a pregnant woman and her three children 10 years after she was abducted by Boko Haram militants when she was a schoolgirl in the town of Chibok.Lydia Simon was rescued in Gwoza council area, about 95 miles (150km) east of Chibok, where 276 schoolgirls were seized in April 2014. As many as 82 are still missing a decade after the high-profile mass kidnapping. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Post Office was urged by external lawyers to ‘suppress’ key document, inquiry hears pred 23 urami in 32 minutami Email was sent suggesting postal company should withhold disclosing investigation guidelinesThe Post Office was urged by its external law firm to “try and suppress” disclosure of a key document for “as long as possible” as branch owner-operators tried to mount legal action against the state-owned postal company, a public inquiry has heard.Rodric Williams, a senior in-house lawyer at the Post Office giving evidence to the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, was asked about an email sent to him in which it was suggested that his employer should withhold disclosing its investigation guidelines as they could harm its defence to a lawsuit brought by post office operators. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
