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Huge crowds of men were seen storming the border crossing at the northern tip of the African continent.

The Great British Bake Off have revealed a first look at the show's new presenting and judging line-up after Nigella Lawson was announced as Prue Leith's replacement.

While Flock announced changes for its AI-powered traffic cameras, "Several of the proposed changes Flock is touting are merely retreads of previous ," complains the American Civil Liberties Union. "Flock's latest announcement still appears more focused on addressing a perceived PR problem than the significant harms its products create... [T]his is hardly the step forward Flock wants us to think it is " The ACLU continues to urge that default retention periods be shortened to 48 hours — not one week. And they warn Flock allows longer retention to any police department that asks for it, or when police officers activate "Evidence Mode" (the scope of which is not yet clear): Even if "Evidence Mode's" data retention hold only applies to hits returned on a given search, it would still retain significant amounts of location data on persons and vehicles who law enforcement do not suspect have engaged in any wrongdoing... Flock claims that its changes will provide "more local control," meaning local police can decide what types of offenses other Flock customers can search their data for... This is not new. Flock has attempted this before, and the security measure failed because users were easily able to circumvent the system's requirement that police input the purpose of their search. For example, on June 12, 2025 Flock started claiming its new "Proactive Search Term Tool" would block any "impermissible" searches, such as abortion-related searches in states like Illinois that prohibit sharing reproductive healthcare data. But police officers quickly realized they could just input "investigation" or even "hehehe" as a search reason and it would be approved. Flock later switched from an open text box to a drop-down menu of reasons, but that just offered police a list of acceptable purposes they could choose from, whether it was accurate or not. Until Flock demonstrates they can develop a reliable, workable system to prevent improper searches, this promise of local control provides nothing more than a false sense of security... While providing "Audit Assistance" to all departments makes sense, there is no evidence that the tool works consistently to address what the Washington Post observed is a growing pattern of police officers turning Flock into a personal stalking tool. While dozens of officers have recently been arrested, fired, or otherwise disciplined for misusing Flock for personal reasons, Flock claims these arrests are proof its auditing tool works. However, unless we know the number of officers misusing the system, we cannot conclude if Flock and its auditing tools are catching 95 percent of violators or 5 percent. Flock needs to have its auditing tool analyzed by an independent evaluator to determine its actual effectiveness. Until then, we don't know if the tool is a real security measure or just window dressing. Perhaps the oddest part of Flock's announcement is its claims that "now every search will require" police to input a case code... While claiming that a "search without a reason is a search that shouldn't happen in the first place," Flock's announcement fails to note how easily users have circumvented "search reason" security measures in the past... This leaves the public wondering how making an ineffective voluntary security measure mandatory will improve its functionality. Flock's "nearly $1 billion in venture capitalist funding has locked it into an operational model that seeks to trade our privacy for massive profits," concludes the ACLU's statement, as they promise to continue "The ACLU is fighting alongside communities to cancel local ALPR contracts and push lawmakers to protect our rights from this surveillance nightmare..."

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Iran announced a chilling cash prize for anyone who captures or kills American troops, and some can get double the reward as tensions remain high between the two countries amid the ongoing war.

After the blaring warning sounded from phones across the country on Friday, charities and survivors said it could have put victims who keep secret second phones at risk.

The pop star, 33, debuted ink on her collarbone at her concert in London over the weekend amid her Eternal Sunshine Tour as she kicked off her 10-day residency at the O2 on Saturday.

Gillian Anderson has detailed her 'secretive' teen relationship with 'an older girl at high school' as she opened up about her sexuality in a candid new interview.

Brent Jindra considered himself a MAGA patriot until his wife, Galina Bobreneva, 40, was detained by ICE at an airport in Burbank, California, on July 13.

A woman in her 90s was found unconscious inside the property in Gloucestershire, and later pronounced dead.

Emily Atack is said to be holding back from signing up to the Inbetweeners reboot after she was snubbed from the first two films.

Sam Rimmer, 22, was with a group of friends when he was gunned down by four men on two electric bikes who fired a number of shots using a Skorpion sub-machine gun.

Scotland faced a devastating blow after it lost out to Canada at the World Pipe Band championships this weekend.

She is known for her retro style. And Pixie Lott has continued to go back in time with her stage debut as Marilyn Monroe in a new production called Who Killed Marilyn?.

A historic kirk and detached cottage on one of Scotland's most expensive streets has gone on the market for offers over £1million.

Donald Trump may have pledged to make America great again, but record numbers of young Americans are voting with their feet and choosing Scotland over the US.

The four-time All-Star is famous for being the first player to undergo the elbow surgery that is now named after him and has helped countless pitchers to save their careers.

"As Sony soldiers ahead with their plans to end hard copies for new PlayStation games, players are fearing a future which will force them to pay more and own less," writes Kotaku. What will prices do in a world with no physical copies to share or sell? One former Square Enix executive speculates this could actually drive down the price of games: "Digital on the PS store will likely get cheaper," posted Jacob Navok, former Square Enix business strategist. "Current prices are tied to retail. Without physical discs holding digital hostage we'll see a larger spectrum of pricing similar to steam." Navok says that the digital-only landscape will pit major publishers in constant, dynamic competition with each other... "The more the Playstation store becomes digital only, the greater this trend will accelerate," Navok follows up. "You will see more sales and dynamic pricing similar to Steam because publishers will compete among themselves to a greater extent." [O]n the other end newer games are getting increasingly expensive, even on digital platforms. The fact that Grand Theft Auto VI will be a purely digital release has not caused its price point to budge.

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The actor died on February 23 from the effects of an anoxic brain injury caused by a suicide attempt while he was being treated at UCLA's Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital.

A South Dakota high school soccer player's vicious attack on a rival has exploded on social media and left horrified viewers calling for him to be banned for life.

A 55-year-old man died after he was reportedly attacked by the German Shepherd, in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, on Saturday afternoon.