The government is looking at ways to make much-delayed London to Birmingham railway line cheaper to deliver. ...
Is ex-Google boss Matt Brittin the right person to steer the BBC?Is ex-Google boss Matt Brittin the right person to steer the BBC?
BBC media editor Katie Razzall says the former Google exec has been chosen for his insider knowledge of big tech. ...
Hospital apology over boy’s death after trainee doctor pierced arteryHospital apology over boy’s death after trainee doctor pierced artery
Three-year-old Aarav Chopra died during a biopsy when his artery was pierced by a trainee doctor. ...
How Woody the wonderdog helped an island become the world’s first to eradicate ferretsHow Woody the wonderdog helped an island become the world’s first to eradicate ferrets
More than 400 traps were laid across the island in a £4.5m project which featured a specially-trained detection dog called Woody. ...
Grid fight in Puerto Rico snarls US military base upgradesGrid fight in Puerto Rico snarls US military base upgrades
The Scoop US President Donald Trump’s security strategy for the Western hemisphere — which has already seen him unseat Venezuela’s leader and threaten to overthrow Cuba’s regime — is tangled up in a legal battle over Puerto Rico’s electricity grid. At least eleven projects aimed at improving power reliability for ...
Pentagon reportedly adopts Palantir as main AI systemPentagon reportedly adopts Palantir as main AI system
The Pentagon will reportedly adopt Palantir as its main AI system after a fallout with Anthropic. The firm’s Maven model is already deeply embedded in US defense: It gathers battlefield data and identifies targets. The new move designates it the “program of record,” which streamlines its adoption across the military, ...
China battery firms boosted by oil market instabilityChina battery firms boosted by oil market instability
The market capitalization of China’s top battery manufacturers has soared by $70 billion since the start of the Iran war, as investors predict the conflict will boost clean energy growth. BYD, CATL, and Sungrow have all outperformed global oil majors since the conflict began, the Financial Times noted; batteries are ...
Lebanon accuses Israel of planning invasionLebanon accuses Israel of planning invasion
Israel attacked a key Lebanese bridge over the weekend as Israeli authorities approved an expansion of attacks, in what Lebanon’s president called a “prelude to ground invasion.” Israeli forces have been hitting crossings over the Litani River and homes close to the border since a ground assault targeting Hezbollah began ...
Pete Hegseth is promoting a nihilist cult of death | Jan-Werner MuellerPete Hegseth is promoting a nihilist cult of death | Jan-Werner Mueller
The Trump administration is embracing violence for the sake of violence It appears that members of Trump’s cabinet get chosen not despite their endorsements of violence, but because of them. Pete Hegseth was primarily known as a dapper TV host willing to defend war crimes. Markwayne Mullin is apparently still ...
Trump’s video game war: AI, memes and a simplistic narrative have flattened the conflict | Nesrine MalikTrump’s video game war: AI, memes and a simplistic narrative have flattened the conflict | Nesrine Malik
What was supposed to be a quick win has become a quagmire, so it now must be reduced to a dopamine hit The war on Iran, even as it spreads and destabilises the Middle East and the global economy, is not real. This is how it is being portrayed by ...