Apple Distribution International, based in Ireland, made payments worth £635,000 to a Russian streaming service The UK government has fined a subsidiary of Apple £390,000 for breaching sanctions against Moscow over payments it made to a Russian streaming platform. Apple Distribution International (ADI), based in the Republic of Ireland, instructed an unnamed UK-based bank to make two payments to a company owned by a sanctioned Russian entity. Continue reading...
Figures shows 42% of callers to Refuge identify former partner as abuser, but only 12% of adults recognise this possibility The risk posed to women by ex-partners in cases of abuse is underestimated by large swathes of the British public, according to the charity Refuge. Data from the charity’s helpline found that 42% of people who call Refuge for help identify a former partner as their abuser, a statistic which underlines how common it is for an ex to be a cause of harm after a relationship has
DHS: Corey Lewandowski left role after Noem fired
Spain’s defence minister confirms move and describes US-Israel war on Iran as ‘profoundly illegal and unjust’ US-Israel war on Iran – live updates Spain has ramped up its opposition to the US-Israel war on Iran by closing its airspace to US aircraft involved in attacks, underlining its position as Europe’s leading critic of the conflict. The move, first reported by El País newspaper and confirmed by the defence minister on Monday, comes after Madrid said the US could not use jointly operated mil
HM chief inspector Andy Cooke says multi-agency approach is needed to cut poverty and increase opportunities The best way to stop people becoming criminals is to reduce poverty, target prevention strategies at young people, and increase opportunity, his majesty’s chief inspector of constabulary has said. Sir Andy Cooke, who is preparing to leave his post and retire after 40 years in policing, told the Guardian that his decades of experience taught him that crime was a “symptom of deeper societal
NBC News · Oct 8
Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Kate Snow sits down with second lady Usha Vance for an exclusive interview about her growing family, the new world she finds herself in as the wife of Vice President J.D. Vance and her new audio and video podcast called “Storytime with the Second Lady.”
NBC News · Oct 8
Second lady Usha Vance is launching a podcast called "Storytime With the Second Lady."
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Tehran says it will confront any land attack, as Trump says regime’s export hub on Kharg Island could be taken ‘very easily’. Plus, how Americans can rebuild its once robust peace movement Good morning. Iran has warned the US that it is prepared to confront any ground assault, accusing Washington of secretly planning a land attack while publicly seeking talks, as the war that has killed thousands of people and caused the biggest ever disruption to global energy supplies entered its second month.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Exclusive: UK owner’s version of Old Man with a Gold Chain reunited in Chicago with undisputed work by Dutch master A portrait in a UK collection that has long been dismissed as a workshop copy of an almost identical painting by Rembrandt was in fact also painted by the 17th-century Dutch master, according to a leading scholar. Each of the paintings, titled Old Man with a Gold Chain and dated to the early 1630s, is a near-lifesize depiction of an older man wearing a gold chain and a plumed hat.
