Campaigners Slam Expansion of Police Facial Recognition Schemes in UK
The UK government has announced 10 new live facial recognition police vans to be deployed around the country
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Militant attacks on Pakistani police kill 5 and injure 8 officers
A series of attacks against Pakistani police by militants left five officers dead and eight wounded in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
On eve of Trump–Putin Summit, Russians share hopes — and doubts — for Peace
Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised Donald Trump’s “energetic and sincere” efforts to end the war in Ukraine. But on the streets of Moscow while many hope for an end to the war, they disagree on how to get there.
Why Putin Thinks Russia Has the Upper Hand Against Ukraine – The New York Times
Why Putin Thinks Russia Has the Upper Hand Against Ukraine The New York TimesPutin cannot fight in Ukraine indefinitely. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have to The TelegraphWhy Putin thinks he can win in Ukraine despite huge Russian de…
Klarna, which is planning a potential NY IPO as soon as September, is focusing on its banking push to boost revenue while shedding its image as a BNPL phenom (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
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Klarna, which is planning a potential NY IPO as soon as September, is focusing on its banking push to boost revenue while shedding its image as a BNPL phenom — As the payments giant prepares an IPO, it’s tr…
Trump says Putin ‘wants to get it done’ at tomorrow’s Alaska summit, as he floats idea of second meeting with Zelenskyy – Europe live
US president indicates in interview that any deal would not be made without Zelenskyy ahead of Friday’s meeting in Alaskain BerlinGerman chancellor Friedrich Merz’s stab at heading up Ukraine diplomacy has received measured praise at home, with a perce…
Zelenskyy says he discussed security guarantees for Ukraine with Starmer at No 10 meeting – as it happened
Ukrainian president says leaders discussed how to make peace ‘truly durable if US succeeds in pressing Russia to stop the killings’Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has vowed to tackle the “yawning inequalities” in educational attainment.Speaking …
Israeli air attacks on Tehran killed inmates in ‘apparent war crime’: HRW
Israeli air attacks on Tehran’s Evin prison in June killed scores of detainees, visitors and staff in what Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called an “apparent war crime”.
Fighter jets scrambled to UK-bound Ryanair flight after ‘security threat’ on board
The flight was en route from Bulgaria to London when a report was made about an individual “planning to commit bad actions”.
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin agreed to ‘game-changing’ security protections for Ukraine, claims Trump envoy
All eyes are now on Volodymyr Zelensky’s crucial meeting with Donald Trump at the White House on Monday