Apple is taking the unprecedented step of removing its highest level data security tool from customers in the UK, after the government demanded access to user data. Advanced Data Protection (ADP)…
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USA: LA mayor sacks fire chief, blaming her for mishandling wildfires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has sacked the city’s fire chief, blaming her for mishandling the response to last month’s devastating wildfires. Bass said Kristin Crowley had failed to warn…
USA: Europe’s leaders divided over their tactics with Trump
French President Emmanuel Macron got straight on the phone to Donald Trump and, separately, to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday night, after fellow leaders of Europe’s biggest military powers left…
USA: Ex-Proud Boys leader arrested outside US Capitol
The former leader of the far-right Proud Boys was arrested on Friday outside the US Capitol, police said. Enrique Tarrio, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role…
USA: Trump administration to cut thousands of jobs at Pentagon and IRS
The Trump administration is cutting more than 11,000 jobs at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Pentagon, as part of its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the…
USA: Trans Euphoria star says new passport lists her as male
Hunter Schafer, a transgender woman and star of hit HBO teen drama Euphoria, has said a new US passport lists her as male, despite selecting female when she filled out…
USA: Musk wields his Doge chainsaw
Wearing a black “Make America Great Again” hat and dark sunglasses, Elon Musk – the multi-billionaire tasked by Donald Trump with taking a metaphorical chainsaw to the federal government –…
USA: Trump fires top general CQ Brown in shake-up at Pentagon
US President Donald Trump has fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown, the highest-ranking officer in the country, as part of a major shake-up of top…
USA: Ten NY prison guards charged in fatal beating of inmate
Ten former New York state prison guards have been charged in connection with the fatal beating of a prison inmate. Officers were seen on body camera footage hitting Robert Brooks…