Past editions

November 5, 2026

Tanker fires deepen shipping risks in the Strait of Hormuz / Tech stocks plunge as election results intensify fears over AI spending / Ukraine truce exposes competing claims over diplomacy as fighting continues elsewhere

November 4, 2026

Democratic Congress can constrain Trump, but cannot easily override his vetoes / Markets rally as Democrats take Congress, but investors expect gridlock and prolonged policy uncertainty / Serbia faces a turbulent transition as investigations accelerate after Vucic’s defeat

November 3, 2026

US midterm voters choose Congress amid high turnout, ballot problems and anxiety over Trump’s agenda / US strikes Iranian island as mediators try to prevent renewed escalation before midterms / Ukraine says Russian strike kills at least 31 at humanitarian aid centre

November 2, 2026

Deceptive app network hid abusive deepfake tools behind benign services and ads / NHS trust responses challenge claims about Palantir platform use and benefits / China proposes export controls covering frontier AI models, agents and security tools

November 1, 2026

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes the country’s deadliest on record / Iran and US pursue mediated talks while preparing for renewed conflict / Tech stocks slide as investors question the returns from massive AI spending

October 31, 2026

Iranian supreme leader’s office warns of retaliation without geographic limits as mediators seek to prevent renewed war / US approves $2.1bn sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine / Evacuees escape devastated Russian-occupied Ukrainian city after local ceasefire

October 30, 2026

Trojanized Claude Code extension exposed thousands of developer machines to persistent access / Binance says $6.3bn in assets were affected by suspected record crypto hack / DoorDash agrees to buy Instacart for $17 billion as delivery expands beyond restaurants

October 28, 2026

Spain investigates deadly high-speed crash after control-system failure claim / Israel election leaves both major blocs short of a majority as coalition choices narrow / UK budget combines household relief with energy, AI and defence investment

October 27, 2026

Anthropic files for a potentially record-breaking listing amid scrutiny of AI finances / Cloudflare says a long-context bug exposed data in 155 AI responses / GMO investigates possible data leak affecting up to 27,000 servers

October 25, 2026

UK unveils £600m-plus package spanning AI security, biosecurity and domestic industry / PHP vulnerabilities trigger a global patching scramble as exploitation begins / Inside Intel’s race to build chips for an AI-constrained world

October 24, 2026

Iran warns US warships as renewed attacks threaten to widen the regional war / Treasury proposes broader limits and reporting rules for outbound investment in strategic technologies / Meta uses AI and human investigators to identify possible school-violence threats online

October 23, 2026

PHP flaws trigger global patching effort as researchers warn of exploitation risk / Personalised melanoma vaccine cuts recurrence and spread risk in major clinical trial / Tesla beats forecasts as Musk leaves proposed SpaceX merger unresolved

October 22, 2026

Sudan’s expanding drone war is pushing attacks deeper into civilian areas / Iran shifts to an offensive doctrine as Hormuz attacks raise risk of wider war / Houthi attack on Saudi airport kills two as Yemen conflict escalates

October 21, 2026

Drone strikes in Sudan and Abyei reportedly kill more than 300 people / Nigeria confirms Ebola case linked to travel through East Africa / UK and France deepen Saudi defence support as Houthi attacks escalate

October 20, 2026

Ukraine says US warnings failed before Russian strikes on Kyiv power plants / Google Cloud outage disrupts UK banks and courts as regulators demand answers / WhatsApp help pages hid AI instructions that could suppress privacy guidance

October 19, 2026

FBI investigates alleged ties between ransomware negotiators and ShinyHunters / Lavrov visits Iran as Gulf states seek Russian help reopening Hormuz / Kenya reports a third Ebola case as cuts weaken global outbreak response

October 18, 2026

Trump waives new Russia sanctions and tariffs, drawing bipartisan and Ukrainian backlash / Justice Department election actions raise alarms over political neutrality before midterms / Trump official openly raises denaturalizing and deporting Ilhan Omar

October 17, 2026

Attacks intensify as the US and Iran dispute control of the Strait of Hormuz / Trump waives Russia sanctions as tensions with Ukraine deepen / Cyber-attack overheats supermarket freezers across hundreds of French stores

October 16, 2026

Trump pauses congressionally passed Russia sanctions amid Ukraine tensions / Trump denies restricting Ukraine’s Starshield access after battlefield communications slowdown / Ethiopia installs interim government in Tigray after renewed conflict

October 15, 2026

BBC Verify finds public outcomes missing for 254 IDF investigations into alleged harm / Starlink’s battlefield role leaves Ukraine exposed to sudden connectivity restrictions / Ukraine says it will resume refinery strikes amid dispute with Washington

October 14, 2026

Houthi missile strikes Aramco site after Saudi-led coalition attack in Yemen / UK prime minister seeks to repair Ukraine-US ties during Zelensky visit / Raid on Turkey’s Halk TV halts broadcasts and deepens pressure on opposition media

October 13, 2026

IMF warns an AI market correction could threaten global financial stability / Anthropic built a new source-control system for software written at agent scale / Microsoft patches more than 1,400 flaws, including an exploited Windows zero-day

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October 12, 2026

Zelenskyy threatens retaliation as Russian attacks deepen Ukraine’s winter energy crisis / Trump’s proposed Russian diesel imports face legal and geopolitical backlash / North Korea launches multiple ballistic missiles amid rising Korean Peninsula tensions

October 10, 2026

Yemen’s renewed fighting threatens civilians and the Bab al-Mandeb shipping route / Ethiopian drone strikes raise fears of a wider conflict with Eritrea / US sanctions International Criminal Court in escalating challenge to international justice

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October 6, 2026

ICC unseals four arrest warrants over alleged Taliban persecution in Afghanistan / AI-generated child sexual abuse material surges, prompting calls for stronger regulation / Pentagon ends Anthropic use after safety dispute, but removal from military systems took months

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September 12, 2026

UK computer science graduates find fewer coding jobs as AI concerns grow / Forward deployed engineers should turn customer discoveries into reusable product improvements / PyTorch 2.14 expands GPU compilation, distributed recovery and Apple silicon support

September 11, 2026

US inflation holds at 3.4% as energy costs remain elevated / US lawmakers seek greater transparency in Apple’s British encryption challenge / Europe's factories face rising gas costs and depleted winter reserves

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September 10, 2026

Houthis reportedly capture Mokha, bringing fighting closer to crucial Red Sea strait / Government bond sell-off deepens as oil surge intensifies inflation concerns / Oracle beats earnings expectations as cloud growth drives heavy capital spending

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September 9, 2026

Brent moves above $101 as renewed Gulf attacks raise energy costs / Microsoft patches roughly 970 flaws; active exploitation matters more than the record total / Tailwind joins Shopify; open source stays, new commercial signups close

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September 8, 2026

Ajeya Cotra explains agent coordination behind the reported Hugging Face attack / Tencent fixes WeChat flaw after researchers demonstrate AI-assisted zero-click worm / Iran signals preemptive action as tensions rise over Strait of Hormuz shipping