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Britain should not become a destination for refugees fleeing conflict in Iran, but helping the country turn a corner would see Iranian expatriates already here wanting to return to their homeland, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said. The United Kingdom should not allow itself to become a magnet for new Iranian refugees, but should instead “help” the country become so attractive it instead pulls decades of dissidents who fled the Islamic theocracy back to start new lives in their homelands, Nigel Farage has said. Discussing the “wonderful Persian people”, whose exiled would-be leader Shah Reza Pahlavi Mr Farage has previously…

An investigation by Swedish newspapers has uncovered that private and intimate footage captured by Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses is being reviewed by contractors in Kenya who see uncensored content recorded by the smart glasses including bathroom visits, people undressing, and sexual activity. A joint investigation published by Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten has revealed troubling privacy concerns for users of Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses. The investigation found that sensitive personal footage captured by these devices is being reviewed by contractors in Kenya who have access to uncensored content, including highly intimate moments that users likely never intended to share.…

Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, on Wednesday was granted a Federal Reserve master account, which would enable faster and more efficient money transfers, as well as signal the greater integration between the cryptocurrency and banking industries. “This milestone marks the convergence of crypto infrastructure and sovereign financial rails. With a Federal Reserve master account, we can operate not as a peripheral participant in the U.S. banking system, but as a directly connected financial institution,” Arjun Sethi, the co-CEO of Payward and Kraken, said in a written statement. Kraken is a Wyoming-chartered Special Purpose Depository Institution (SPDI), or a…

A House committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Five Republicans joined with all Democrats in support of a motion to call the nation’s top law enforcement official up to Capitol Hill for questioning, and the motion itself was offered by GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina. It underscores the increasing frustration with Bondi among members of her own party, catalyzed in part by the Epstein saga. The Justice Department did not immediately return a request for comment. Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania,…

Berlin is reportedly seeking to secure domestic refining operations as the Middle East conflict rattles global energy markets The US will exempt the German subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned oil giant Rosneft from sanctions indefinitely, Bloomberg has reported, citing sources.The arrangement, expected to be officially announced on Friday, would ensure continuing refining operations in Germany as the escalating Middle East conflict has triggered fears of disruptions to oil and gas supplies, the outlet wrote on Wednesday.Rosneft Deutschland holds stakes in three German refineries that have been under state administration, known as a trusteeship, since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in…

The IRIS Dena was torpedoed off the coast of Sri Lanka on Monday, the US secretary of war has said, confirming earlier reports A US submarine sank an Iranian Navy frigate in the Indian Ocean on Monday, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said. Earlier media reports indicated that the IRIS Dena was struck about 40 nautical miles off the city of Galle in southwestern Sri Lanka, with dozens of crew members rescued by the Sri Lankan Navy.Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Hegseth said the Iranian vessel had “thought it was safe in international waters.”“Instead, it was…

Breitbart News social media director Wynton Hall, the author of the upcoming book Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, recently spoke at a Young America’s Foundation (YAF) conference at the Reagan Ranch Center, telling the audience that conservatives “don’t get to opt out of the AI revolution.” Hall explained that the title of his new book, Code Red, serves as “a double meaning” in which “code red” refers to “an alarm or an alert, to get our awareness, but also that the people on the red side of the ball politically need to have a code” when…

The military operation against Iran entered its fourth day on Tuesday. Strikes against targets inside Iran and against Hezbollah targets continued, while Iran has launched limited but disparate attacks throughout the Gulf. President Trump has taken aim at European allies, including Britain and Spain, while French President Macron has claimed that the strikes by the U.S. and Israel against Iran are “outside international law”. **** **Tuesday’s live updates below. All updates in Eastern time** 11:05 PM: Saudis thwart attempted Iran attacks The Ministry of Defense for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday evening that successfully intercepted and destroyed two…

Block’s recent announcement of laying off more than 4,000 employees under the banner of AI-driven restructuring has sparked debate about whether AI is genuinely replacing human workers or simply providing cover for traditional corporate downsizing. The technology industry was sent into shock last week when Jack Dorsey’s Block, formerly known as Square, announced it would eliminate more than 4,000 positions in what the company described as a radical AI-driven reorganization. However, a former senior executive at the company is raising questions about the true motivations behind these sweeping job cuts. In a recent opinion piece in the New York Times, Aaron…

Tuesday on FNC’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) reacted to Democrats’ responses to the U.S. military strikes on Iran. According to the Texas Republican, Democrats were lining up “to effectively defend the Ayatollah.” “Senator, you see these Democrats pour out of these Intel briefings, and I don’t know if they’re going to different briefings than you guys are,” host Jesse Watters said. “Why are they saying these things?” “Well, unfortunately, facts don’t matter for today’s Democrats. The National Security doesn’t matter for today’s Democrats. I was in that same briefing. It was a two-hour classified briefing this afternoon, and…