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Misleading claims that the former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer won a court case in 2003 “that gave illegal migrants access to UK benefits” are being shared again online.The posts likely refer to a 2003 case, in which Mr Starmer was a barrister, concerning access to accommodation and financial support for some asylum seekers.But eligible asylum seekers could already legally access financial support and accommodation before this.Mr Starmer represented five asylum seekers who took the government to court, challenging the legal basis for the Home Office refusing financial support for asylum seekers who did not make an asylum claim “as…

Turkish president says United Nations has failed to fulfil its obligations towards safety and security.Published On 22 Sep 202622 Sep 2026Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Israeli actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank in a blistering speech at the United Nations General Assembly.In a speech that saw the Israeli delegation walk out and Palestinian representatives applaud, Erdogan addressed Israel’s continuing war crimes in Gaza and the escalation of settler pogroms in the occupied West Bank.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“With the support of [US President Donald] Trump, we contributed to a ceasefire. But despite this…

“We should go beyond that. On some issues, I think that they [the far right] are relatively sane. On some other issues, there’s insanity,” he added, while insisting a majority of votes in Parliament will involve the mainstream parties. Since the 2024 EU election, the EPP has repeatedly passed legislation with support from right-wing and far-right groups, particularly on migration and green policy — topics where the centrist groups have the widest gaps between them — sidelining its traditional centrist and center-left partners.  Liberals and Social Democrats are now pushing for binding, coalition-style commitments among the three centrist forces to prevent…

Anti-racism education in some schools will be scrapped after a city council now led by Reform UK ended its 30-year support for the charity Show Racism the Red Card.Gary Bennett, the former Sunderland AFC captain and the charity’s head coach, said he was “shocked and disappointed” that Nigel Farage’s party had withdrawn vital funding.Announcing the decision last week, the Reform leader of Sunderland city council, Christopher Eynon, said it would no longer support “politically charged organisations with an agenda”.The move prompted a furious backlash from opposition politicians including Labour’s Bridget Phillipson, who described it on Tuesday as “misguided, cruel and…

Jesse Lyu doesn’t think the Rabbit R1 was a flop.Lyu’s gadget was among the first in the gold rush to create dedicated AI hardware that acted as a virtual assistant. You could speak into the R1 and ask it to complete tasks for you—book an Uber; order food on DoorDash. After a buzzy launch at CES 2024, it earned scathing reviews. All the agentic stuff on the R1 just didn’t work that well. WIRED gave it a 3/10.Since those early days, the capabilities of AI assistants have vastly improved, and now the tech is all the rage. So Rabbit is…

Shadow IT includes hardware, software, and services running outside IT and security teams’ visibility or approval.  It can include unapproved applications employees install, browser extensions with excessive permissions, and endpoints provisioned once and never enrolled in any monitoring platform. These unmanaged assets create visibility gaps because existing security controls do not monitor them. Many organizations rely on network discovery scans to measure asset coverage. While useful, network discovery only identifies endpoints that respond during the scan window. Powered-off devices, isolated network segments, and software that does not expose listening ports can remain invisible. As a result, network discovery measures network…

Once the idea is cleared by the Office of Management and Budget at the White House, the agency can formally propose it and take comment from the industry and public. Meanwhile, Lindman cited the agency’s staff statement in December that was meant as an interim approach to steer broker-dealers on how they should handle crypto custody until the rules are in place, and he also referenced its move in September 2025 to allow investment advisers to park customer assets with state-chartered trusts as qualified crypto custodians.The SEC’s previous effort to pursue a custody rule in 2023 was under a decidedly…

The procedure was “remarkably” successful. That is how 74-year-old Cynthia Schraf-Fletcher describes genicular artery embolization (GAE), a minimally invasive treatment designed to reduce chronic knee pain. Nearly a year after having the outpatient procedure on her right knee, she says the result feels almost the same as the total knee replacement she previously underwent on her left knee. “I couldn’t be more pleased,” says Schraf-Fletcher, who turned to Leigh Casadaban, MD, MS, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, for the treatment. She says everyday activities that once came with substantial discomfort are now…

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has presented a draft fiscal budget for 2027, outlining the national government’s plans for the coming year for everything from tax rates and health care to infrastructure and education.When it comes to the budget’s climate policies, Sheinbaum has increased spending for a national energy transition strategy but decreased it for climate change adaptation efforts.Critics also pointed out that the budget for the national energy transition strategy includes billions of pesos for railroad projects and Petróleos Mexicanos , the state-owned oil company.Watchdogs called for lawmakers to redistribute resources toward forest conservation, sustainable water management, protected areas…

Norwegian engineering company CoreMarine has completed the acquisition of Brazil’s BravOcean, a provider of subsea installation support, project management services, and specialist personnel for deepwater subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) projects.Source: CoreMarine “BravOcean has always been committed to helping clients successfully deliver complex offshore projects in Brazil,” said Vinicius Vieira, Commercial Director of BravOcean. “Becoming part of CoreMarine allows us to build on that foundation, combining our strong local presence with international expertise, broader capabilities, and a shared ambition for growth. We look forward to what we can achieve together.” CoreMarine said that the acquisition accelerates its growth in…