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Spanish foreign minister urges migrant to ‘not risk their lives’ again, says ‘every last person’ will be returned to MoroccoSpanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares visited Ceuta earlier today, as he insisted that Madrid had it all under control despite “the most unique and complex” border arrangements there.Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares addresses a press conference after his meetings in Ceuta. Photograph: REDUAN/EPAHe said Spain was in direct dialogue with the Moroccan authorities on how to prevent another border crisis.He also directly addressed migrants considering another attempt at crossing the border, telling them to “not risk their lives, their…

Andy Burnham says he is “confident” PC Andrew Harper’s killers can be excluded from the government’s early release scheme, as outcry over the case grows.The prime minister has ordered the justice secretary to find a way to bar Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who were jailed for 13 years for manslaughter in 2020, from early release.He said a plan to prevent more prisoners from being freed long before the end of their sentences would be presented to Parliament in September.The move comes after days of pressure to exclude Harper’s killers from the scheme, which is aiming to free about 5,000…

The State Department said on Monday that under the Trump administration it had revoked more than 175,000 visas from foreign citizens whom it accused of committing crimes and endangering the safety of Americans.Most of the visas were rescinded over a variety of criminal accusations, including drug offenses, driving under the influence, assault, sexual assault, child abuse and fraud, the department said in a news release. Some visas were revoked over what the State Department called attempts to abuse the immigration system. The statement did not specify the exact time period when the visas had been revoked.The New York Times could…

Jack Wallen/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysOrion is a web browser based on Safari.This is one of the fastest browsers on the market.You can install the beta release on Linux for free.You’ve probably never heard of Orion (the browser). Sit back and let me introduce you to this remarkably fast browser, which was just released as a new and improved beta for Linux.Orion is based on Safari; that’s right, Apple’s Safari. The developers used the Safari tech stack as an inspiration for the browser, but then added numerous productivity enhancers to improve on Apple’s…

CISA confirmed today that ransomware gangs have begun abusing a high-severity Microsoft SharePoint remote code execution vulnerability, which has been flagged as actively exploited since early July. Tracked as CVE-2026-45659, this security flaw stems from a deserialization of untrusted data weakness and allows attackers with low privileges to execute arbitrary code on unpatched SharePoint servers. It can also be exploited in low-complexity attacks because (as Microsoft explained in May when it released security updates for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, SharePoint Server 2019, and SharePoint Server Subscription Edition) “an attacker does not require significant prior knowledge of the system and can…

American Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have had their biggest weekly inflow since April, taking in $850 million last week, according to Bloomberg figures.  The major U.S. funds managed by BlackRock, Fidelity, Grayscale, Morgan Stanley and others have received the cash the week after hackers targeted Coinkite’s popular Coldcard product. Hackers started stealing millions in Bitcoin from Coldcard wallets after discovering a vulnerability in the product’s software. Some estimates put the amount of Bitcoin lost now at over $130 million.  JUST IN: BlackRock tells Bloomberg they’ve “seen consistently” that Bitcoin ETF investors are buying and holding BTC “long term” on this dip…

At a bakery in central London, stock has been flying off the shelves.”I’ve sold, like, 100 this morning,” a staff member tells the BBC. But it’s not baked goods driving queues out of the door – customers are here to buy eclipse glasses.They are among those hoping to catch a safe glimpse of Wednesday’s solar eclipse – the UK’s most significant since 1999 – but struggling to get their hands on the right gear.Experts have urged eclipse enthusiasts not to look directly at the sun – with even brief exposure causing lasting damage – and to seek out specialist glasses…

OEG has secured a contract to provide a subsea corrosion protection system for the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, developed by Skyborn Renewables.OEG The company will supply an Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) system for the wind turbine foundations and is responsible for the engineering, procurement, manufacturing oversight, offshore logistics, installation, testing and commissioning of the system.   OEG will work with cathodic protection specialist CORROSION on the project and use the ICCP-Subsea Assembly Method (SAM), a remotely operated installation system developed by the two companies. Engineering and procurement activities are set to begin…

Reading Time: 9 minutes Click here to read highlights from the story Wisconsin Watch spoke to community leaders in northeast Wisconsin to understand how support systems work, how people who are unhoused can get help in each county and who counts as homeless.  Officials explain how waitlists for housing programs work, how they’re funded, why people who are unhoused are more visible in cities and ways people who have housing can help.  The story includes links to resources and a flowchart available for free download. An estimated 1,200 people are homeless in northeast Wisconsin — and that could be a…

The claim that Coca-Cola does not allow the phrase “I love Jesus” on its customized cans but permits consumers to print “I love Satan” is unproven.  The rumor stems from a consumer who appeared to use screengrabs from the company’s website to make the claim in August 2026. When Snopes attempted to test out our own personalized phrases on cans from Coca-Cola’s website, we found an error message on one page and a notification that personalized products are “out of stock” on another. A Coca-Cola spokesperson attributed the issue to a glitch in the company’s system and noted that Coca-Cola had…