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Contract affords AI analytics firm access to trove of data on one of the most important financial centres in the world Palantir extends reach into British state as it gets access to sensitive FCA data Palantir’s latest UK contract takes the AI and data analytics company into the heart of one of Britain’s biggest industries: financial services, which accounts for 9% of the economy. The Miami-based…

Exclusive: Allowing US tech firm to analyse intelligence in name of tackling fraud raises fresh concerns over privacy FCA deal gives Palantir yet more access to inner workings of power in Britain Palantir is to be granted access to a trove of highly sensitive UK financial regulation data, in a deal that has prompted fresh concerns about the US AI company’s deepening reach into the British state ,…

Witnesses describe coordinated raids in which homes and vehicles were set on fire and several Palestinians injured Middle East crisis live – latest updates Israeli settlers have carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank, setting homes and vehicles on fire and wounding several Palestinians in what witnesses described as coordinated raids on communities. The violence, reported a…

Shadow justice secretary had called Trafalgar Square event an ‘act of domination’ James Cleverly has said he disagrees with his Conservative frontbench colleague Nick Timothy that public Muslim prayers are an act of domination, as another senior Tory called for the party to respect the right to worship. Kemi Badenoch has defended Timothy, the shadow justice secretary, after he posted images of ma…

Nasa confirms meteor after residents reported hearing thunder-like noises about the time the fireball was visible A suspected meteorite crashed into a home in suburban Houston on Saturday night, according to local residents and officials. Speaking to the local news outlet KHOU11 over the weekend, Spring area resident Sherrie James recalled the incident, saying: “My grandson went to check and said…

Trump and border czar Tom Homan confirm plan to assist TSA agents amid partial government shutdown standoff Donald Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, have confirmed that the president’s administration is sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to US airports beginning Monday to assist with security amid extremely long lines – and to help airport security agents who have been w…

About 65% of US firefighters are volunteers, as New York state says number has fallen to lowest level in 40 years Officials have warned of serious consequences after the number of volunteer firefighters, the bedrock of firefighting in the US, plunged, leading to entire departments to close in some states. About 65% of American firefighters are volunteers , serving in their free-time alongside reg…

Exclusive: Townsville lawyer and former detective Darren Robinson’s appointment by attorney general Deb Frecklington has ‘brought back a lot of trauma’ for Indigenous community Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Queensland government has “opened old wounds” by appointing a former police detective who was heavily criticised for his role in events surrounding the 2004 …

The phrase should evoke optimism, positive expectations about the future, trust and belonging. That seems almost out of reach in a chaotic world One term has already become the well-intentioned weasel word of 2026: “social cohesion”. A phrase that can be dropped into speeches, inquiries and legislation, its meaning shape-shifts depending on the audience. Is it about “glue” or the rule of law? Abo…

University polling and focus groups found sharpest increase in those worried about national security was cohort aged 18 to 24 Nearly half of Australians believe a foreign military will attack the country within five years, as anxiety over national security issues rises sharply, a new study suggests. The Australian National University’s National Security College report found that two-thirds of tho…

Leveraging Australian gas exports to ensure we get oil in return is among the offbeat ideas we could be hearing more about Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The International Energy Agency suggested Australia reduce road speed limits, restrict car use in big cities and encourage more working from home in a bid to nullify what it called the “greatest threat to global ene…

Energy and oil sites across region would become ‘legitimate targets’, Tehran says Middle East crisis live – latest updates Iran has said it will “irreversibly destroy” essential infrastructure across the Middle East if the US attacks its energy sites, hours after Donald Trump threatened to “obliterate” the country’s power plants if the strait of Hormuz was not opened within two days. As Iranian m…

Heather Danae Lewis who was one of 30 people charged in Minnesota church protest showed she did not attend event Federal prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against a woman accused of participating in a controversial January protest at a Minnesota church after the woman apparently did not attend the event at all. Prosecutors notified a federal judge they intended to drop charges against Hea…

PM’s ‘cost of living champion’ calls for consideration of temporary measure to prevent profiteering from Iran war The government’s top cost of living adviser has called on ministers to explore a temporary cap on the profits of energy and petrol companies to prevent them from cashing in excessively on the war in the Middle East. Richard Walker – a Labour peer, the chair of Iceland supermarkets and…

Officer said he held himself responsible for accidentally phoning activist while in secret special branch meeting An undercover police officer has admitted he was exposed as an infiltrator by his own blunder, which has been described by activists as worthy of Inspector Clouseau, the spycops public inquiry has heard. The officer, who used the fake name Simon Wellings, jeopardised his own covert de…