Vets at Melbourne zoo are investigating the sudden death of 20-year-old western lowland gorilla, Kimya. In a statement, Zoos Victoria said the gorilla’s death was “unexpected” and that staff were “devastated” at the news. “Kimya passed away unexpectedly this morning, and vets are undertaking a necropsy to determine the cause of death,” Zoos Victoria said….
Keir Starmer will be consigned to the “bin of history” if he fails to raise defence spending, a former head of the British army has said. Gen Lord Richard Dannatt believes the forthcoming strategic defence review risks being “hollow” and a “failure” unless the prime minister and his chancellor, Rachel Reeves, find ways of increasing…
An 86-year-old Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who was then 16 and rang the man’s doorbell by mistake. Andrew Lester’s plea on Friday came days before he was supposed to stand trial on charges of first-degree assault and armed…
Members of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” arrived at the Pentagon Friday, in what appeared to be their first meeting with defense department staff, a US official told Reuters. The official spoke on condition of anonymity. Donald Trump has said the Pentagon would be an early target of Musk’s government budget and personnel slashing…
The Trump administration is making a big bet on Europe’s hard right. Speaking at a conference of Europe’s leaders in Munich on Friday, the US vice-president JD Vance stunned the room by delivering what amounted to a campaign speech against Germany’s sitting government just one week before an election in which the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim AfD…
The sentence of the Southport killer will not be referred to the court of appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme, the attorney general has said. Axel Rudakubana, 18, was handed a 52-year minimum sentence for murdering three girls at a dance class, the second-longest sentence imposed by the courts in English history, but the…
OpenAI on Friday rejected a $97.4bn bid from a consortium led by billionaire Elon Musk for the ChatGPT maker, saying the startup is not for sale. The unsolicited approach is Musk’s latest attempt to block the startup he co-founded with CEO Sam Altman – but later left – from becoming a for-profit firm, as it…
The White House has announced that it is indefinitely blocking Associated Press journalists from accessing the Oval Office and Air Force One amid a growing standoff between Donald Trump’s administration and the news agency over the Gulf of Mexico’s name. White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich made the announcement on X, saying: “The…
A fire at the popular celebrity venue Chiltern Firehouse in London forced about 100 people to evacuate on Friday lunchtime. The London fire brigade (LFB) said 125 firefighters and 20 fire engines attended the blaze at the restaurant and luxury hotel on Chiltern Street in Marylebone after a 999 call was made at 2.52pm. An…
A former soldier accused of harassing a junior ranking and younger colleague who was found dead in her room at an army camp has told an inquest his “aim was not to manipulate”. Royal Artillery Gnr Jaysley Beck, 19, was found dead at Larkhill camp in Wiltshire on 15 December 2021, the inquest into her…
