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Escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz have sparked queues for petrol across the West, with long lines forming at stations today as drivers scrambled to fill up amid fears of further price rises.

The couple were filmed driving off in a vintage Ferrari on a picturesque coastal road, with Saint Mleux, 23, wearing a white dress and holding flowers and the driver decked out in a white suit.

Lance Corporal Joe Spencer, 24, was killed instantly on a sniper exercise in the Scottish Highlands when his rifle suddenly fired through his chin and out of the top of his head.

Spring doesn't just call for a wardrobe refresh - it's the perfect time for a scent shake-up, too.

One person has died and another has been injured after a train crashed into a car at a level crossing. 

AI-first editors and agent-driven tooling intensify competition in the IDE market

The Open VSX registry, used for installing extensions in editors compatible with Visual Studio Code (VS Code), will run on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure in Europe as part of a "strategic investment" from the cloud giant.…

In a tribute released on the fifth anniversary of her death, Susan Everard described how her daughter 'added to the beauty of the world'.

AI browsing agent left local files open for the taking

If you wanted to steal local files from someone using Perplexity's Comet browser, until last month you could just schedule the theft by sending your victim a calendar event.…

An anonymous reader shares a CTech article with the caption: "A brilliantly executed operation." From the report: Years before the air strike that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israeli intelligence had been quietly mapping the daily rhythms of Tehran. According to reporting by the Financial Times (paywalled), nearly all of the Iranian capital's traffic cameras had been hacked years earlier, their footage encrypted and transmitted to Israeli servers. One camera angle near Pasteur Street, close to Khamenei's compound, allowed analysts to observe the routines of bodyguards and drivers: where they parked, when they arrived and whom they escorted. That data was fed into complex algorithms that built what intelligence officials call a "pattern of life," detailed profiles including addresses, work schedules and, crucially, which senior officials were being protected and transported. The surveillance stream was one of hundreds feeding Israel's intelligence system, which combines signals interception from Unit 8200, human assets recruited by the Mossad and large-scale data analysis by military intelligence. When US and Israeli intelligence determined that Khamenei would attend a Saturday morning meeting at his compound, the opportunity was judged unusually favorable. Two people familiar with the operation told the FT that US intelligence provided confirmation from a human source that the meeting was proceeding as planned, a level of certainty required for a target of such magnitude. Israeli aircraft, reportedly airborne for hours, fired as many as 30 precision munitions. The strike was carried out in daylight, which the Israeli military said created tactical surprise despite heightened Iranian alertness. The Financial Times reports that the assassination was a political decision as much as a technological feat. Even during last year's 12-day war, when Israeli strikes killed more than a dozen Iranian nuclear scientists and senior military officials and disabled air defences through cyber operations and drones, Israel did not attempt to kill Khamenei. The capability to do so, however, had been built over decades. Former Mossad official Sima Shine told the FT that Israel's strategic focus on Iran dates back to a 2001 directive from then-prime minister Ariel Sharon instructing intelligence chief Meir Dagan to make the Islamic Republic the priority target. What distinguishes the latest operation, according to the FT, is the scale of automation. Target tracking that once required painstaking visual confirmation has increasingly been handled by algorithm-driven systems parsing billions of data points. One person familiar with the process described it as an "assembly line with a single product: targets." Further reading: America Used Anthropic's AI for Its Attack On Iran, One Day After Banning It

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Police were called to the supermarket early this morning (March 3)

Demands are being made for an immediate closure of MBR Acres in Wyton in Cambridgeshire - the only UK site breeding dogs for the animal testing industry.

They're renowned for being aloof - and now it turns out your pet cat really won't lift a paw if you need help.

Paddy McGuinness showcased the results of his drastic weight loss after taking on a controversial viral fitness philosophy in a bid to get in shape on Tuesday.

The data from market research firm Worldpanel by Numerator deals a fresh blow to millions of households struggling with high food costs, energy bills and housing costs.

The Fantastic Four star is trying to renew a domestic violence restraining order against Evans. His Hollywood manager, Maryellen Mulcahy, testified on the fifth day of the trial in Los Angeles.

Kimberley Newark, 32, went to Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, Sussex, in excruciating pain on September 14, 2024, when she was 34 weeks pregnant.

The man, who was aged in his 70s, is believed to have been walking along the famous Cobb at Lyme Regis in Dorset with his partner when they both lost their footing.

Donald Trump boasted of America's 'virtually unlimited supply' of weapons to use as US Central Command said it destroyed several Iranian military assets.

Redmond wants a monthly cut from every digital worker on your payroll. Agents don't need dental, they will need a SKU

Microsoft is reportedly planning to license AI agents like employees – and charge accordingly.…

Iran has warned that the 'gates of Hell will open more and more' on the US and Israel as it vows to unleash more attacks.