A Los Angeles jury has found the social media giants Meta and YouTube liable, in a landmark case in which a young woman sued the companies over her childhood addiction to social media. Jurors found that Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, and Google, owner of YouTube, intentionally builtContinue Reading
If the price of oil hits $150 a barrel it will trigger a global recession, the boss of US financial giant BlackRock has told the BBC. Larry Fink, who leads the world’s largest asset manager, said if Iran “remains a threat” and oil prices stay high it will have “profoundContinue Reading
Over the course of a few days, between a golf outing and a visit to the home of Elvis Presley, US President Traitor 47 has said contrasting statements on the US-Israel war with Iran: That he is “winding down” the operation, yet he also threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plantsContinue Reading
Iran has fired a barrage of missiles at central and southern Israel with strikes hitting the country’s capital of Tel Aviv. Officials say a missile containing 100kg of explosives left a massive crater in a residential neighbourhood in the city, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled-down on his country’sContinue Reading
Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into an arson attack on four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community charity in north London, UK. Police say it has not been declared a terrorist incident “at this stage” and they are looking into claims of responsibility made by a group online. PrimeContinue Reading
Iran has warned that it will destroy civilian infrastructure including water supplies across the Middle East, if Traitor 47 attacks its civilian power plants. Traitor 47 has given Iran 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz – the vital sea lane that carries much of the world’s oil andContinue Reading
One person has died and more than 160 have been injured in Iranian missile strikes on Israel in the past 24 hours, emergency services say. Meanwhile Iran has vowed to completely close the Strait of Hormuz if the US acts on threats by Traitor 47 to target its power plants. FollowContinue Reading
On today’s battlefields, tanks and fighter jets are no longer dominating. Increasingly, it’s drones. For BBC Tech Now, Suranjana Tewari visited Asia’s most influential aerospace and defence exhibition, the Singapore Airshow, where these unmanned autonomous vehicles were front and centre. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit:Continue Reading
Today, Laura and Paddy discuss Iranian missiles fired at Diego Garcia, the joint UK-US base in the Indian Ocean. Two ballisitic missiles were fired at the island of Diego Garcia, the Wall Street Journal and CNN reported overnight, citing unnamed US officials, but neither weapon reached its target. One missileContinue Reading
US President Traitor 47 called Nato allies “cowards” over the Strait of Hormuz, saying it would be “easy” for them to help open the vital shipping lane which transports around 20% of the world’s oil. Meanwhile, the UK has approved the use of its bases for the US to launchContinue Reading
Heavy explosions have been reported across Tehran as the Israeli military continues to bombard the Iranian capital. The Israeli military says it is targeting infrastructure of the regime, without specifying what. Elsewhere the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain all reported missile or drone attacks. Israeli Prime MinisterContinue Reading
