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The EU exists because its nations swore never to repeat the past. European integration is the insurance policy against the oldest temptation of power: that a majority, however large, decides who does not belong. So countries across the continent agreed to share power across borders, and to answer to laws that none of them individually controlled.The European parliament is where that promise is meant to be kept. Directly elected by nearly 360 million citizens, it co-writes the EU’s laws, elects the president of the European Commission and can dismiss the closest thing Europe has to a government – the commission…

The Isles of Scilly have been named as the friendliest place in England as part of a major study into social division across Britain.All 296 local authority areas have been ranked in a new index using government data from the community life survey, measuring how often people chat to neighbours, feelings of loneliness and belonging, local pride, and levels of participation in civic life.Scilly was followed by South Hams in south Devon, West Devon, Derbyshire Dales and Richmond upon Thames.The area named the least friendly in England was Barking and Dagenham. The remaining areas in the bottom five were Stoke-on-Trent,…

LONDON — Britain’s Liberal Democrats are holding fire against Andy Burnham — for now. The centrist party has studiously avoided criticizing the new Labour prime minister during his first weeks in power, instead pushing the same “constructive opposition” approach followed during predecessor Keir Starmer’s early stint in Downing Street. “I like what he’s doing,” says 2024-intake Lib Dem MP Martin Wrigley. “I like the way he’s going, focusing on things that matter.” The question is: how long can it last? A person familiar with Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey’s thinking, granted anonymity because their job does not authorize them to speak…

When the siren sounded on Friday night, my first thought was fire.Weeks of unrelenting sun in the normally soggy Peak District, where I was visiting my mum, have bleached green valleys a dangerously dry, crispy blond. One of her neighbours had earlier pointed out an ominous cloud of smoke on the horizon, coming from one of the wildfires raging all summer on the moor. When that harsh, discordant shriek blared from every mobile phone in the house, I was half-braced for an evacuation order, not what turned out to be a faintly melodramatic warning to the nation to lay off…

OK, it’s not Raspberry Pi OS, but Linux Debian is what that OS is based on. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysRaspberry Pi boards have skyrocketed in price this year.There are pros and cons to using an old phone as a Raspberry Pi replacement.Here’s a way to unlock your handset’s power without risking bricking it.With demand from AI data centers sending RAM and storage prices through the roof, Raspberry Pi buyers have been among the many victims of this trend. We’ve seen the prices of single-board computers skyrocket to the point where two 16GB…

Swati KhandelwalAug 17, 2026Vulnerability / Mobile Security Security researchers at SSD Secure Disclosure have published a two-stage exploit chain that achieves full Android kernel access on devices running Unisoc modem firmware through a VoLTE video call, with no fix from the chipset maker. The advisory, published August 17, 2026, is the second stage of a chain that began in March 2026, when SSD disclosed remote code execution in the same firmware through a malformed SIP video call. Completing the full chain requires the attacker to control a private 4G cellular network and the victim to answer the incoming video call.…

In brief OpenAI President Greg Brockman published “The Defender’s Window” on August 17, The essay urges companies to deploy AI security agents immediately and calling the OpenAI-Hugging Face breach a “watershed moment for cybersecurity.” Hugging Face’s own team used Z.ai’s open-weight GLM 5.2 to investigate OpenAI’s hack after American commercial AI refused to help. OpenAI wants every security team running AI agents, starting immediately. President Greg Brockman published a policy essay Monday, titled “The Defender’s Window,” describing a narrow window before attackers catch up to what AI can already do.His opening example is the incident OpenAI has spent a month…

Home Middle East Live Issued on: 18/08/2026 – 07:07Modified: 18/08/2026 – 07:16 Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, August 17, 2026. © Stringer, Reuters Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the 60-day negotiation deadline set out under the June Iran-US memorandum of understanding for a lasting settlement had been rendered null and void by “violations” committed by Washington. After meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, US envoy Jared Kushner said Monday he hoped to see the start of Hamas’s disarmament within “30 days”. Follow the latest developments.   18/08/2026 – 07:1660-day deadline null and void, says…

Chinas Exporte treffen die deutsche Kernindustrie in nie da gewesener Härte und Geschwindigkeit. Weil massiv Arbeitsplätze wackeln, sucht Europa händeringend nach einer politischen Notbremse. Rixa Fürsen spricht mit Janka Oertel über die existenzielle Bedrohung für den Autobau und Maschinenbau. Oertel ist Politikwissenschaftlerin und China-Expertin, bei der Denkfabrik „European Council on Foreign Relations“ ist sie Direktorin des Asienprogramms und Senior Policy Fellow. Wie hart Peking inzwischen zurückschlägt, zeigt die Reaktion auf jüngste EU-Sanktionen. Binnen 24 Stunden konterte China mit Exportrestriktionen gegen Rüstungskonzerne wie Rheinmetall. Trotzdem wächst in Europa der Widerstand, sodass beim EU-Rat im Oktober scharfe Handelsschutzmaßnahmen folgen könnten. Während wir…

Maj. Jason Watson, a U.S. airman arrested after calling for President Trump’s removal over the Iran War, said on Monday that he was willing to accept punishment for his dissent.An active-duty officer can be punished for “disloyal statements” or “contemptuous words” against the commander in chief and high-ranking government officials, an offense that can lead to dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of pay and a monthslong prison sentence.“If I don’t put myself out there in a big way, then it’s just noise,” Major Watson said on Monday in an interview on CNN. “What is the highest price that I am willing to…