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Albanese says he had ‘productive’, ‘substantial’ call with Trump and Aukus still ‘full steam ahead’Anthony Albanese is speaking in Canberra after he held a “productive” and “substantial” call with Donald Trump. He said the pair spoke about a “number of global and regional issues”, including the conflict in the Middle East and recent developments in the Pacific.Albanese said the pair spoke about the Aukus submarine deal, which “remains full steam ahead”. double quotation markWe agreed it was a project that is and will continue to deliver benefits for the United States, for Australia, and for the United Kingdom. He said…

Broken engine fragments smashed a cabin window of a Ryanair plane last month causing a man’s head and right shoulder to be sucked into the hole, US investigators have said.In a preliminary report, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said this happened after an engine fan blade broke shortly after takeoff on the 10 July flight from Greece to Germany.Serbian national Ljubisa Karović’s head and right shoulder were sucked out of the plane’s window, leaving him “seriously injured and in shock”.His wife Svetlana Grković Maksimović later told BBC Serbia that she and two other passengers held on to his legs…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The president of Guggenheim Investments had her phone seized by the FBI last year as part of an investigation by federal prosecutors into entities controlled by billionaire Mark Walter, including the $260bn asset management giant.Dina DiLorenzo, a more than 20-year veteran of Guggenheim who helped set up the firm’s private investments business, had her phone taken in September, the same day Walter’s phone and laptop were also seized, according to people familiar with the probe.The US prosecutors’ scrutiny of Guggenheim Investments focused…

Samantha De Leon/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.I recently got to go hands-on with the all-new Samsung R95H at the ZDNET testing lab in Louisville, and I was impressed with the bold, bright colors and deep, inky blacks it produced. With a picture quality that has the potential to rival, or even surpass, OLED models, the R95H is a worthy upgrade to any home theater or living room. And right now at Best Buy, you can save up to $1,000 on one, with the 85-inch version offering the highest discount.Also: Samsung OLED vs. QLED vs. Micro RGBThe new…

Threat actors have started exploiting a recently patched critical-severity vulnerability in VMware vCenter, rapid incident response company Quirso reports. The bug was disclosed on July 29, when Broadcom patched it alongside four other security defects in multiple VMware products. Tracked as CVE-2026-59310 (CVSS score of 9.8), the flaw is described as a directory traversal issue in the Syslog server that leads to remote code execution. “A malicious actor with network access to vCenter may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code,” Broadcom’s advisory reads. According to Quirso, an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been exploiting web-accessible VMware vCenter servers…

Security flaws across major x402 payment facilitators could expose facilitator-held assets and leave merchants without receiving payment for services provided, according to new research presented at the 35th USENIX Security Symposium.Researchers tested 15 major x402 facilitators, including Coinbase, Thirdweb, PayAI and Mogami, and found that every platform violated at least one security rule.They mapped 49 rule violations to 31 distinct vulnerabilities across systems that accounted for 99% of observed x402 transactions and 98% of payment volume during the study.The researchers identified four broad attack classes, including free shopping, asset theft, service disruption, and gas abuse.They directly validated six attack paths…

Black holes created before the Big Bang may have survived into the Universe we see today, according to new research from the University of Portsmouth. These ancient objects could act as “cosmic fossils” and may even help explain dark matter, the invisible material that plays a major role in shaping galaxies across the Universe. The findings explore the possibility that the Universe did not begin with a single explosive event. Instead, the researchers investigate cosmic ‘bounce’ models, in which an earlier Universe contracted before reversing course and expanding. Under this scenario, some black holes from that earlier cosmic phase could…

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. It’s August, and everyone is in vacation mode, but we’ve still got plenty of national security news for you this week. Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: The Iran war continues to reveal U.S. weaknesses, Ukraine once again displays its drone prowess, and hackers target U.S. water supplies. Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. It’s August, and everyone is in vacation mode, but we’ve still got plenty of national security news for you this week. Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: The Iran war continues to reveal U.S.…

What was claimed A video shows a Moroccan migrant filming himself with a selfie stick while swimming into the Spanish territory of Ceuta off the coast of North Africa. Our verdict False. This video was actually taken in a harbour in El Jadida, Morocco, which is over 250 miles away from Ceuta. A video clip of a man filming himself swimming using a selfie stick has been shared online with false claims it shows a “Moroccan migrant” entering the Spanish territory of Ceuta on the North African coast.On 30 July, around 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco, with many swimming…

Voting has closed in one of the UK’s more unusual and least tense byelections, with Nigel Farage set for a decisive if arguably empty victory against dozens of independent, fringe, extreme or otherwise oddball opponents.The Reform UK leader sought re-election to his Clacton seat in early July in an attempt to regain the political initiative following weeks of scrutiny over gifts he received and other aspects of his financial affairs.He framed the byelection as a chance for local voters to show their disdain for mainstream politics in a “people versus the establishment” contest, but was caught out after all the…