Inside the US intel dilemma on Gaza a year after Oct. 7

Current and former officials say the US has long struggled to collect intelligence on Hamas.

Cooling inflation opens door to October interest rate cut from ECB

Attention of policymakers is shifting from inflation to growth as unemployment starts to rear its head.

German Green leaders resign after dismal election results

The party is mired in “the deepest crisis” it has faced in a decade, one of its outgoing leaders said.

Germanyโ€™s rude economic awakeningย 

After a spate of bad news involving giants like Volkswagen and Intel, the mood in Germany has turned gloomy.

Secret Service nach Trump-Mordversuch in der Kritik

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ย โ€˜Weโ€™re the only plane in the sky:โ€™ 9/11 on board Air Force One

Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.

Russian espionage, sabotage in Europe now โ€˜more likely,โ€™ Norwegian intel chief warns

Western spy agencies have been increasingly warning of the Kremlin’s hybrid warfare tactics.

CIA: We foiled Taylor Swift terror attack

Islamic State followers targeted Eras Tour concert in Vienna with plot to kill “tens of thousands,” said top intel official.

Cherries, charms and pyjamas: unexpected trends from Copenhagen fashion week

Itโ€™s not just the catwalk that sets the style agenda in the Danish capital. Look to local fashion insiders for the real intel. Here are 10 unusual trends to tap intoNYFW is all about plush hotels, Paris champions iconic landmarks, but during CPHFW show…

Iran to deliver hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia soon, intel sources say

Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 ballistic missile system, European intelligence sources said, adding that they expected the delivery of hundreds of the satellite-guided weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

Fear of US recession rattles global markets as tech shares fall

Concerns over American economy spur sell-off, with Japanese equities suffering worst day since 2020Business live โ€“ latest updatesStock markets in Europe, Asia and New York have been rattled by fears of a US economic slump, as technology shares were hit…

US received intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, CNN reports

The US received intelligence in recent weeks about an Iranian plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump, CNN said on Tuesday (16 July), and a US official said the Secret Service shared details of an increased threat with the Trump campaign.

US officials have gathered increasing amount of intel about Iran plotting to assassinate Trump

Iran has for years plotted to get back at Trump for killing top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in 2020, and the threat is increasing.

Trump considering cutting back intel sharing with Europe, officials warn

European officials say they rely on U.S. intelligence to help fend off Russian aggression on their own soil.

How the Tory election campaign melted down in six disastrous weeks

Rishi Sunak played a bad hand appallingly โ€” and paid a terrible price.

WHO pandemic talks end without a deal, governments to decide next steps

Negotiators for developing countries refused to sign up to a deal that failed to guarantee their countries access to life-saving drugs and vaccines.

Putin has ditched his paranoid security chief. Here are 5 of the wackiest things Nikolai Patrushev has said.

Ukraine is trafficking in orphans and organs; a secretive global elite is causing multiple crises; and Madeleine Albright wanted to wipe out Russia โ€” those are just some of the greatest hits of Vladimir Putinโ€™s longtime security adviser.

Protecting the conditional autonomy of governing bodies in sport from review โ€˜from a competition standpointโ€™: how the Court should decide its pending cases on the transfer system, the regulation of agents and club (re-)location.

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Microsoft goes from bad boy to top cop in the age of AI

The tech company fields teams of disinformation-hunters, computer scientists and policy officials in a bid to stop artificial intelligence from gatecrashing the 2024 global election cycle.

Rishi Sunakโ€™s moment of maximum danger just arrived

Tory rebels have been waiting for heavy, real-world electoral losses to strike against the UK prime minister. So will they?

Moscow pressured Nicaragua to file genocide case against Germany, intel sources sayย 

The Kremlin may have been trying to undermine the ICJ’s authority by making it a venue for specious legal arguments, say authorities.

UK warns universities China could steal secret tech

Government advice follows report from cross-party intel watchdog urging a tougher line on IP theft and more.

What is ISIS-K, the terror group claiming responsibility for the Moscow concert hall attack?

EU and US officials have warned about potential attacks in recent months.

Intelโ€™s call to action on skills to fuel European chips investments [Promoted content]

Semiconductor investments announced under the EU Chips Act since 2022 will need between 10,000 and 15,000 new workers. Finding these workers is difficult with aging populations, rigid labour markets, and STEM skills shortages. Intelโ€™s call is clear: sk…

Biden plans intel brief for Trump, despite his history with leaks

Itโ€™s standard practice to share classified information with presidential nominees, but the decision to brief Trump if he becomes the GOP nominee this year is loaded with political and potentially legal risks.

Germany accuses UKโ€™s Ben Wallace of falling into โ€˜Russian trapโ€™ by criticizing intel leak

Miguel Berger says call leaked over a hotel line was a ‘very professional talk about the use of long-range missiles.’

The prospect of a second Trump presidency has the intelligence community on edge

Trump sought major changes at the intel agencies in his first term; former officials say he could be more radical in a second.

Why Russia wonโ€™t have its anti-satellite weapon in space anytime soon

Itโ€™s unclear if Russia has the capability to successfully launch a nuclear anti-satellite device into orbit, people familiar with the issue say.

30 Things Joe Biden Did as President You Might Have Missed

Drone armies, expanded overtime pay and over-the-counter birth control pills are just some of the new things Biden has ushered in as president that you might not have heard about.

UK ditches post-Brexit Canada trade talks; Vodafone and Three UK merger under investigation โ€“ as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Canada says UK was unwilling to give access to agricultural productsFull story: UK suspends trade talks with CanadaShares in US chipmaker Intel have slumped in pre-market trading af…

Houthis seek more Iranian weapons to step up Red Sea attacks, intel shows

U.S. officials assess the group could also potentially seek to attack Western troops in the region.

Houthis seek more Iranian weapons to step up Red Sea attacks, intel shows

U.S. officials assess the group could also potentially seek to attack Western troops in the region.

Russia finds way around sanctions on battlefield tech: report

That doesnโ€™t mean sanctions have failed; they just need to be enforced better โ€” including by requiring Western companies to track their own products, US-Ukrainian research team finds.

Ukraine says Russian hackers penetrated major telecoms network for months

‘No one is actually untouchable,’ warns Kyiv’s cyber intel chief.

Sanctions arenโ€™t working: How the West enables Russiaโ€™s war on Ukraine

The EU is pointing the finger at Chinese suppliers, but itโ€™s Western companies that make the most critical components used in Russiaโ€™s arsenal of weapons.

US prosecutors reveal sweeping scope of bid to debunk Trump election machine claims

In a new filing, his team described interviewing more than a dozen of the top intelligence officials in Trumpโ€™s administration.

ISIS propaganda seducing โ€˜new generation of teenagers,โ€™ French domestic intel

Security chief warns Islamist ideology is likely to exist for a very long time to come.

Scholz promises new budget plans โ€˜very quicklyโ€™ amid German spending crisis

Chancellor is still not signaling where Berlin can make cuts after a court ruling blew โ‚ฌ60 billion hole in the country’s budget.

Why Germany canโ€™t square a โ‚ฌ60 billion circle

Following a bombshell ruling by Germanyโ€™s top court, the financial pain for the ruling coalition may be only just beginning.

The accounting error that could kill Germanyโ€™s coalition

Doubts over the survival of Germany’s three-way alliance after โ‚ฌ60 billion rebuke.

Rishi Sunak lays out vision for new global AI safety bodies

British PM defended seeking Chinese buy-in for a bevvy of new AI governance initiatives he is set to launch next week.

AI and the end of photographic truth

Who you gonna believe? Me or your own lying AIs?

The new Wagner? Russian mercenary group recruits Prigozhinโ€™s ex-fighters

Vladimir Putin avoids ‘unpopular mobilization’ via units like the GRU’s Redut, says British military intel.

NATO forced to do the splits over support for both Israel and Ukraine

The alliance had expected to concentrate on Ukraine this week, then Hamas attacked.

US shutdown averted, White House prepares to fight for Ukraine aid

President Biden signed a stopgap funding bill after his administration kept tabs, but did not overly influence, House Democratic votes for the measure.

North Korea and Russia meet over arms deal, US intel reveals

The White House says Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Un exchanged letters about working together.

Germanyโ€™s audit court slams Lindnerโ€™s โ€˜special fundsโ€™ โ€” again

The extra pots of cash are used for major spending, but hide a ballooning debt.

Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in jet crash in Russia

The mercenary leaderโ€™s name was on the manifest of a plane that went down between Moscow and St. Petersburg

Behind shiny new semiconductor investments, the EU Chips Act needs more work

While Thierry Breton hailed chip manufacturers’ recent investment pledges in Europe as a โ€˜culminationโ€™ of the EU’s industrial strategy and its newly-adopted Chips Act, a lot more work is needed.

Breton: TSMC chip factory investment marks โ€˜culminationโ€™ of EU industrial strategy

Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSMCโ€™s โ‚ฌ10 billion investment in a new chips factory in Germany marks the โ€œculminationโ€ of the EUโ€™s industrial strategy of the past few years, EUโ€™s Single Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said.

Taiwanese chips giant moves ahead with German plant investment

The commitment is a major boost for the EU’s push to become a bigger player in the global semiconductor market.

Europeโ€™s message to workers: Retrain or fall behind

The bloc aims to retrain its workforce in response to technological and industrial innovations.