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Babcock reports underlying operating profits down 19%, with frigate-building programme making a loss Business live – latest updates One of the UK’s biggest defence contractors has blamed Brexit and Covid among a catalogue of problems to beset an important contract for the Royal Navy, which led its annual profits to plunge. Profits at Babcock International fell by almost a fifth in the year to the…

Accident was resolved fairly quickly and authorities said the bees were being transferred to local beekeepers Two million bees escaped after a truck transporting their hives overturned and released the insects in Texas on Sunday. The accident happened near the town of Mauriceville in the east of the state, perhaps not surprisingly causing local emergency officials to warn residents near the misha…

Signal agencies in Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada sound alarm after Trump blocks foreign nationals from Anthropic’s Fable AI model Powerful AI models capable of taking down governments and businesses are mere months away, cyber intelligence agencies for the Five Eyes have warned in a rare joint statement, urging leaders to “act now”. The surprising public intervention by signal…

Former DUP leader led a double life championing conservative values while inflicting sexual harm on two schoolgirls While Joe Biden feted Jeffrey Donaldson at the White House during St Patrick’s Day celebrations in March 2024 a handful of detectives back home in Northern Ireland were quietly completing the countdown to his unmasking. Weeks earlier Donaldson had steered the Democratic Unionist par…

Former DUP leader convicted of 18 offences against two victims after high-profile trial that gripped Northern Ireland Jeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty of sexual offences against two victims who were children at the time of the abuse. The former Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader faces a potential jail sentence after a jury at Newry crown court on Monday convicted him of 18 offences inc…

Pair pictured ‘laughing and singing’ at Welsh seaside town’s Saltwater Inn, for post-funeral scene in film by British film-maker Jamie Adams Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue have been spotted in Welsh seaside town Porthcawl as they film a new movie for prolific British film-maker Jamie Adams. A report in Nation.Cymru carried a picture of the pair on location at Porthcawl’s Saltwater Inn, where…

Texas man using ‘automated driving assistance system’ crashed into house and Connecticut man drove into pool while trying to park Separate crashes in Texas and Connecticut involving Tesla electric vehicles left a woman dead when a car barreled into a house; and a driver rescued after plunging into a municipal swimming pool. A doorbell video camera captured the Friday night episode in Katy, Texas.…

AI-focused Super Pacs are spending heavily in midterms, and nearly half has gone to a single Manhattan district race The artificial intelligence industry is spending heavily in the 2026 midterms, hoping to secure influence over the technology’s first generation of legislation – and New York City’s primary has emerged as the key battleground. AI-focused Super Pacs have raised roughly $100m this cy…

Greenspan served under the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, Bill Clinton and George W Bush Alan Greenspan , the influential economist who ​steered US ⁠monetary policy ⁠during ​his ‌five ‌terms as chairman ‌of the Federal Reserve ‌under four presidents, ​has died aged 100, ⁠NBC News ​reported ​on ​Monday. In a statement that she shared with the network , Greenspan’s wife, NBC News co…

US president threatened Iran over strait of Hormuz in sweary outburst. Plus, Starmer to step down as UK’s PM two years after historic landslide Good morning. Iran’s foreign minister has declared “progress” after the first day of talks between high-ranking officials from Washington and Tehran ended in Switzerland, despite a tense opening marked by Donald Trump’s threats to restart attacks. Abbas A…

Norway is supposedly one of world’s most gender-equal countries, yet sexual violence remains prevalent across society In many ways, the case of Marius Borg Høiby, who was sentenced to four years in prison last week after being found guilty of offences including domestic violence and two counts of rape, was exceptional. The king’s 29-year-old step-grandson grew up in the public eye alongside the r…

Eastern Europe to see temperatures above early July average into next week The extreme heat experienced across central and western Europe, including the UK, will continue to shift eastwards. As slightly cooler weather infiltrates into western Europe, with risks of downpours and thunderstorms, eastern Europe is likely to see temperatures several degrees above the early July average into next week.…

Rail services, schools and sports events hit, with deaths of three elderly people in France partly blamed on intense heat Western Europe is enduring a ferocious heatwave forecast to break temperature records, with half of France on red alert, rail services in Belgium disrupted and sports events in Spain and Germany cancelled or postponed. French authorities on Monday placed 49 of the country’s 96…

Ten years on, leaving the EU has made life more difficult and costly – here are some of the ways we’ve lost out It is 10 years since voters in the UK chose to leave the EU, and our wallets have been feeling the effects ever since. From paying more to take the dog on holidays in France – and making calls while you are there – to higher grocery bills and the headache of filling in customs forms for…

Defence barrister claims teenager was a ‘troubled kid’ but crown prosecutor says he was serious when he wrote of copying US domestic terrorists Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A teenager accused of preparing a nail bombing campaign was either a “troubled kid” who made edgy jokes or a determined terrorist in waiting, a court has been told. The teenager, who cannot be n…