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White House backtracks initial claims about Alex Pretti after intense backlash. Widely circulated video of Pretti’s killing by federal agents undercut earlier assertions of him being a gunman #US www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House backtracks initial claims about Alex Pretti after intense backlash
Widely circulated video of Pretti’s killing by federal agents undercut earlier assertions of him being a gunman
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
A woman has said she felt "violated" after finding a live-streaming camera hidden inside a toilet she had been using while on a date at a restaurant. The 32-year-old mother-of-one was on a date night with her partner at Thai restaurant in Leicester www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Woman felt 'violated' by webcam in Giggling Squid restaurant toilets
The woman finds a recording device connected to the internet under a toilet seat.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 12:36 PM
White House doctoring Minnesota woman’s photo unlikely to derail case, say experts. Altered image shows Nekima Levy Armstrong sobbing after arrest during protest outside a Minneapolis church #US www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House doctoring Minnesota woman’s photo unlikely to derail case, say experts
Altered image shows Nekima Levy Armstrong sobbing after arrest during protest outside a Minneapolis church
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest: analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration #US www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:16 AM
White House post nods to racist, far-right subculture, extremism expert says. Image with question ‘Which way, Greenland man?’ is a ‘key concept in neo-Nazi and white supremacist subculture’ #US www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House post nods to racist, far-right subculture, extremism expert says
Image with question ‘Which way, Greenland man?’ is a ‘key concept in neo-Nazi and white supremacist subculture’
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
UK media regulator investigating Elon Musk’s X after outcry over sexualised AI images. Ofcom investigating site under Online Safety Act, with a de facto ban among possible punishments www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK media regulator investigating Elon Musk’s X after outcry over sexualised AI images
Ofcom investigating site under Online Safety Act, with a de facto ban among possible punishments
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The UK government has paid "substantial" compensation to Abu Zubaydah who was tortured by the CIA and remains imprisoned without trial at Guantanamo Bay after almost 20 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah paid 'substantial' compensation by UK to settle torture complicity case
Detained without trial in 2006, Zubaydah is one of 15 people who remain at the US military prison.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
#Israel's land-grab continues with illegal approval 19 new settlements within occupied Palestinian lands in West Bank www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the move was about blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM