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At a moment when Europe is focused on persuading Donald Trump to remain committed to Nato, it needs to convince Americans, too. So the presence this evening of the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, in front of a public audience in Des Moines, Iowa, is significant. This is the home town of Trump’s ambassador to Nato, Matthew Whitaker, and the visit brings the debate over Nato’s future directly to a midwestern audience in a red state that operates far from elite foreign-policy circles in Washington. Rutte’s appearance is long overdue.Russia’s war in Ukraine and uncertainty over the US commitment to…

The US will open two military bases in Greenland as part of a deal with Denmark and Greenland, Reuters has reported.The agreement is expected to be signed on Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. However, its text has not yet been officially publicised.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe move follows a tense, months-long standoff with Denmark and Greenland following US President Donald Trump’s repeated comments that Washington intended to annex the autonomous Danish territory, which is strategic for its location in the Arctic and its significant mineral resources, including rare-earth metals.As a diplomatic…

Ed Davey has unveiled a plan for a £17bn income tax cut in a speech aimed at shoring up the party’s support among former Conservative voters, but which risked disappointing some Liberal Democrat MPs who want a bolder vision for the party.Addressing the party’s annual conference in Brighton, the Lib Dem leader said the proposal, which would eventually increase the threshold for paying income tax to £15,000 and raise the level at which people pay the 40p higher rate by about £6,000, would be paid for entirely by increased growth.This growth, the Lib Dems argue, would be created through rejoining…

Exhibitor bookings are back open, but only through September 30 at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you missed the first deadline, this is your last chance to get your startup on the Expo Hall floor. TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes place October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, bringing together 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders looking for startups to back, products to use, and companies to partner with. Now that exhibit bookings have reopened, you have another opportunity to get in front of them before the Expo Hall fills up. Image Credits:Kimberly White / Getty Images Get there early.…

Google Workspace breaches don’t always begin with sophisticated exploits or stolen passwords. Sometimes attackers simply convince users to grant them the access they need. Tomorrow, September 23, BleepingComputer will host a live webinar titled “Breach autopsy: How fast-growing companies are breached through Google Workspace” with Material Security. The webinar will feature Rajan Kapoor, Vice President of Security at Material Security, and Rick Fitzgerald, President of Fireside Consulting LLC, examining real, publicly documented Google Workspace breaches and the decisions organizations made during the critical first hours of an incident. The discussion will include two attacks that combined social engineering with malicious…

In brief Circle issued Binance 1,237,011 Class A shares at $80.84 each, raising $100 million in a private placement that closed September 17. Under a separate five-year deal, Circle will pay Binance a monthly fee set as a percentage of the USDC held through its wallet infrastructure. Binance cannot sell or hedge the stock for up to two years but keeps its voting rights. Stablecoin issuer Circle sold Binance 1,237,011 Class A shares at $80.84 apiece, raising $100 million in a private placement that closed on September 17, according to an 8-K filed Tuesday.The placement closed immediately after an expanded…

Most kids learn in elementary school that the seasons are caused by Earth rotating on a tilted axis during its yearly orbit around the Sun. The substantial tilt, about 23.5 degrees, is thought to be the result of an ancient planetary body, Theia, smashing into Earth about 4.5 billion years ago, in the same cataclysmic collision that formed the Moon. To visualize why Earth has seasons, imagine the planet as a spinning top tilted to one side. Around the June solstice, the Northern Hemisphere leans toward the Sun, bringing more direct sunlight and longer days. Around the December solstice, the…

OMS Group has opened a new remote operations center (ROC) in Singapore, dedicated to remote supervision of unmanned surface vessel (USV) operations, real-time monitoring and validation of survey data, and coordinated multi-vehicle operations across geographically dispersed projects.Source: OMS Group The ROC, operated by the group’s marine survey business unit OMS Geometra, brings together USV pilots, survey specialists and project teams into one operating environment. “The ROC is designed as an extension of our survey division, not a separate technology silo,” said Maxime Even, Director, Marine Survey Integration and Operations. “By bringing vessel operations, survey expertise and data into one environment,…

When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly today, she will have a new plan at her disposal to highlight how Tokyo will do more for the U.S.-Japan security alliance. Her government is undertaking the most substantial overhaul of Japan’s intelligence collection and analysis capabilities since 1945, with the ultimate goal of creating something Japan has never had: its own version of the CIA by 2028. Although its final name and structure remain unsettled, Tokyo clearly intends for the new agency to conduct clandestine human intelligence (HUMINT) operations…

Claim: A U.S. Secret Service agent said working for U.S. President Donald Trump had “ruined” him because of the president’s kindness. Rating: A claim (archived) circulated online in September 2026 that a U.S. Secret Service agent said working for President Donald Trump had “ruined” him because of the president’s kindness. According to one Facebook user, the agent in question said: Trump RUINED me for this job. Not because he’s difficult — but because he’s completely different. Trump knows my NAME. Other Presidents called me “agent.” Trump calls me by my actual name. The same claim, text and image also circulated…