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Although outside the EU, Iceland is part of the European Economic Area (EEA) along with Norway and Liechtenstein, so it is part of the single market and the Schengen border-free zone.Reykjavik opened EU accession talks two years after the devastating 2008 global financial crisis, but abandoned them in 2013.Fishing was the biggest obstacle then, and remains a dealbreaker today.Fish and marine industries account for almost 40% of Iceland’s exports and many No voters are worried that under the EU’s common fisheries policy they could cede some control of their lucrative fishing grounds.Opposition leader Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir, who leads the No campaign,…

Local politicians are also seeking reassurances. Mildenhall Town Council’s Mayor Russell Leaman said: “When a state like Russia says it may take retaliatory action and we have a large drone factory in Mildenhall, it’s of concern. “Day-to-day, I don’t think it will affect too many people, but obviously there are some people that are anxious and worry. It would be nice to have some reassurance.” Asked if the town council had been contacted by the authorities to offer any reassurance, Leaman said it had not. The drone factory is in the West Suffolk Council ward represented by Andy Neal from…

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Ravie LakshmananAug 27, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added six flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including a high-severity security vulnerability impacting Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2019-1068 – A remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server that could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the SQL Server Database Engine service account. CVE-2026-8452 – An improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and…

Ethereum developers have opened an early proposal to make the staking deposit system flexible enough to accept future quantum-resistant validator keys, and it would also give a later network upgrade a one-way switch to stop new deposits using today’s BLS format.The change would affect how new validators enter Ethereum, creating an entry path for future credential formats. Yet, those formats and the rules for verifying them still have to be designed and adopted separately.Pull request #12235 was opened Aug. 24 and remained an unmerged Draft as of Aug. 26, with its working file still using the placeholder number 9999. An…

Children who spend more time indoors looking at screens and less time outside are more likely to develop myopia, also known as nearsightedness. The problem is growing rapidly worldwide, with some experts estimating that nearly 5 billion people (or 50% of the world population) could be nearsighted by 2050. New research led by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s and the University of Alabama at Birmingham points to indoor lighting as a possible way to reduce that risk. The findings were published online Aug. 18, 2026, in Cell Reports Medicine. The study examined indigo light, a short wavelength of visible light that…

Claim: Girl Scouts of the USA offers “Muslim badges” that members can earn by learning the five pillars of Islam or visiting a mosque. Rating: What’s True The National Islamic Committee on Girl Scouting gives Girl Scouts religious recognition awards for learning about Islam. Girl Scouts of the USA allows scouts to wear patches on their uniforms from NICGS and 28 other organizations that give out religious awards. Some of the NICGS patches asked Girl Scouts to learn about the five pillars of Islam or carry out activities in a mosque. What’s False Girl Scouts of the USA does not…

At least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured as wildfires burn through large swathes of northern Algeria.Civil protection authorities said dozens of blazes swept through several provinces along the country’s northern coastline.At least 54 people had suffered burn injuries, with at least six of them being treated in intensive care, Interior Minister Said Sayoud said on Wednesday night. The deaths comes as northern Africa swelters under a severe heatwave, with Tunisia and Algeria particularly affected.Sayoud said five people were killed in Jijel province, four in Bejaia and three in Tizi Ouzou.He has travelled to Bejaia with the Algerian…

The AfD has consistently rejected allegations of extremism or comparisons to National Socialism.In 2024 there were renewed calls to ban the party, after it emerged that senior figures – including Ulrich Siegmund – were among those at a gathering attended by Austrian far-right activist, Martin Sellner.Sellner has a neo-Nazi past that he has since described as a folly of youth.He is now known for championing the concept of remigration: an increasingly slippery term but one widely understood to mean mass deportations, or the pressured removal of people with a migration background.The AfD has insisted its “remigration” policy would be lawful…

Forty children who went missing from hotels housing asylum seekers in the UK have still not been found, according to a parliamentary report.Ministers are facing calls from MPs and peers to explain what they are doing to locate the group, two of whom are believed to still be under 18. The figure emerged in a report on Thursday by the joint committee on human rights on how the social care system is failing young adults.In 2023, it emerged that more than 440 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children had gone missing from Home Office hotels, some of whom were reported to be as…