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Democratic House leader Jeffries flags concerns as House passes Russia sanctions billHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said the Russia sanctions bill had “so many loopholes” as Congress passed the sweeping bill to give Donald Trump the power to raise tariffs on top buyers of Russian energy.The Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 passed in a 262-159 vote on the last day before Congress goes on recess ahead of the midterm elections. Graham, who died earlier this year, co-authored and submitted the bill more than a year and a…

North-eastern Spain has been hit by torrential rain and flash floods, leaving one person dead and causing widespread disruption across the region.Spain’s national weather agency AEMET issued warnings for heavy rain across eastern regions on Wednesday, including a red alert for Barcelona’s coastline.Rescuers recovered the body of a man on Thursday in Olivella, around 40km (25 miles) west of Barcelona, after his car was swept away by a stream, authorities said.The deluge has disrupted travel across Catalonia and Valencia, with flights cancelled and roads submerged. Authorities have advised against unnecessary travel, while Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned of “very complicated…

Apple is also making the watch easier to navigate with one hand, adding a single-tap gesture to Apple’s existing double-tap and wrist-flick controls. Tap your index finger and thumb together to select widgets in Smart Stack; double-tap lets you scroll through them. A wrist flick can return you to the watch face, silence timers, or dismiss notifications. These gestures are particularly handy (ha) when you’re multitasking or if you want to use your watch discreetly.Better at Reading YouThe new S11 chip brings the standard round of faster CPU and GPU performance, along with a more efficient Neural Engine. S11 also…

Ravie LakshmananSep 16, 2026Vulnerability / Mobile Security Google has disclosed that a high-severity security flaw in its Pixel Cellular Modem has come under exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58704 (CVSS score: 8.0), is a privilege escalation flaw. “In Cellular Modem, there is a possible permission bypass due to a logic error in the code,” according to a description of the bug in the NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD). “This could lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.” In an advisory issued Tuesday, Google acknowledged…

The regulator explicitly excluded synthetic security tokens that are derivatives and don’t provide ownership of the shares. The SEC only allows tokens that represent real ownership of the underlying stock, which Atkins said “must provide holders with the same rights and privileges as the traditional securities, including rights to receive dividends and exercise voting rights.”That may exclude derivatives and debt instruments offered in many of the offshore products, such as from Robinhood.The time-limited innovation exemption doesn’t require the SEC to formally designate the venues. Instead, any platform that believes it can meet the SEC’s definition and comply with the conditions…

As part of NASA’s new Inspiration Tour, Reid Wiseman, NASA astronaut and commander of the agency’s Artemis II mission, will highlight America’s strengths in space exploration and aeronautics innovation at the Baltimore Ravens vs. New Orleans Saints game in Baltimore on Sunday, Sept. 20. A Baltimore native, Wiseman is a 27-year Navy veteran and NASA astronaut who spent 175 days in space over two missions. On April 1, Wiseman launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SLS (Space Launch System) rocket as part of the Artemis II mission. Wiseman and his fellow Artemis II crew members completed…

The African dwarf crocodile is found in dense swamps and flooded forests across large parts of West and Central Africa.Experts say these reptiles, which are widely hunted and sold, are under pressure from overexploitation and loss of habitat.A recently published study set out to assess how many of the reptiles were sold in three bushmeat markets in the Niger Delta.See All Key Ideas The African dwarf crocodile is the world’s smallest living crocodile. These reptiles, nocturnal predators of crabs, gastropods and the occasional fish or small mammal, can reach 2 meters (6.6 feet) in length. They are found…

On the day I became prime minister, I pledged to bring power to every postcode. Today, we begin to make good on that promise in the most literal sense. With nearly £30m of funding for People’s Power projects, communities across every nation of the UK will soon have the chance to build and control their own clean energy supply.This investment means villages, towns and cities can harness the natural resources around them with solar panels on libraries, publicly owned windfarms, hydro schemes in their rivers, or whatever else works for them. The purpose is to put money back in people’s…

The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games get under way this weekend under the shadow of a housing crisis that has organisers scrambling to placate athletes and officials from participating nations.The tournament has been mired in complaints over housing options for athletes travelling to Japan, after the host nation decided not to build a dedicated Games village for the 17,000 competitors and officials.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listTo cut costs this year, organisers are relying on a cruise ship, temporary wooden cabins and hotels, but this temporary accommodation has met with criticism in the days leading up to the continental competition.On…

Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has resigned after his ruling right-wing bloc was narrowly defeated by the centre-left opposition in the country’s general election.He made the announcement in a post on X on Thursday afternoon, after preliminary votes from Sunday’s election showed about 50,000 votes separated the two blocs in the country of about 10 million people.Opposition parties led by Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats look set to win 176 seats in the 349-seat Riksdag, Sweden’s parliament. Kristersson, a conservative, had been supported in government by the anti-immigration hard-right Sweden Democrats (SD), and had promised them cabinet jobs if…