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The US military has launched fresh strikes against targets in Iran, saying the operation was retaliation for attempted attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and American forces stationed in the region. US Central Command said the strikes were directed at Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), but did not identify the locations involved. Iranian state media reported explosions in Chabahar and Konarak, while Iranian officials said several sites along the southern coast had been hit. The reported targets included a military base in Bandar Abbas, the perimeter of an airport on Qeshm Island, and positions in Sirik…

The US House of Representatives has approved a short-term funding bill to keep the federal government operating beyond October 1, when current funding expires, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027, passed by 370 votes to 48 on Tuesday, September 1. It would extend existing spending arrangements until December 11 and avert a government shutdown during the run-up to November’s midterm elections. The Senate approved the legislation by 90 votes to six on August 8, but the House needed to endorse the amended version before it could be sent to the White…

The father of singer D4vd sold a Texas property for $229,000 and took out a $138,000 loan on another home months before his son’s high-profile defence team withdrew from his murder case, according to real estate records reported by TMZ. The transactions involving Dawud Burke have come under scrutiny after D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, was found eligible for representation by the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office. Burke, 21, pleaded not guilty on Monday to murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, as well as charges of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 and unlawful mutilation…

Attackers are exploiting a critical, unauthenticated vulnerability in the open-source Langflow platform to steal AWS credentials, OpenAI API keys and other sensitive secrets, researchers have warned. VulnCheck detected at least 50 attempts against its UK honeypots over one weekend, with most of the malicious traffic originating in Russia. The security firm later recorded 360 attacks in total as the activity intensified. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0768, affects Langflow’s custom component editor and allows an attacker to execute code remotely with root privileges, without logging in. Langflow attacks target cloud and AI credentials VulnCheck lead security researcher Caitlin Condon said the…

Arsenal are understood to be disappointed with the outcome of their summer transfer window after missing out on a series of high-profile attacking targets, including Morgan Rogers and Vinicius Junior. The Premier League champions still have until 11pm BST on Tuesday, September 1, to complete a deal, but there has been little indication of a late breakthrough despite months of work on several ambitious moves. The claims come from the Hand of Arsenal account, which said the club had spent much of the summer pursuing Rogers, Mikel Arteta’s preferred target. The England international ultimately left Aston Villa for Chelsea in…

A jury in Massachusetts has told the judge it remains unable to reach a unanimous decision in the Lindsay Clancy trial, but has been ordered to continue deliberating over whether she was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children. The development came on Tuesday, 1 September, at Plymouth Superior Court as the panel entered its fourth day of discussions. No verdict has been returned and no mistrial has been declared. Judge William Sullivan asked the jurors to resume their deliberations after they indicated they had reached an impasse. It was the first sign that the 12-member panel was…

Australia needs common standards for assessing and managing flood risk, a senior coastal engineer has warned, as councils confront rising threats to homes, infrastructure and heritage sites. Ryan Nguyen, a senior coastal engineer at professional services firm Hatch, said inconsistent planning tools and varying technical assumptions across Australia’s states made it harder for local authorities to explain, prioritise and defend decisions. His comments come as about 1.4 million Australian properties are estimated to face some level of flood risk. The Insurance Council of Australia is calling for a $30.15 billion fund over ten years to support flood defences, strengthen vulnerable…

Global bond markets have come under renewed pressure, sending government borrowing costs in the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan to multi-year or multi-decade highs as investors assess the combined threat of inflation, higher interest rates and mounting public debt. Japan’s 10-year government bond yield reached 3% on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, for the first time since 1996. Britain’s 30-year gilt yield is at its highest level in three decades, while German and French 10-year borrowing costs have climbed to levels last seen in 2011 and 2008 respectively. US 30-year Treasury yields also reached their highest point since 2007 earlier…

GK Barry has said it took her 10 years to recognise that police were “really wrong” to discourage her from reporting an alleged rape when she was 17. The social media star, whose real name is Grace Keeling, discussed the experience on the We Need To Talk podcast with Paul C Brunson, released on Tuesday, September 1. Keeling said she was raped by an older man while undertaking a week of work experience during her second year at college. She had been reporting to him when, she said, he drove her to a deserted park instead of taking her to…

Google is rolling out the September 2026 Android Drop, adding new tools for finding misplaced belongings, reducing travel sickness and making Gemini more useful for people who need visual assistance. New features in the September 2026 Android Drop Find Hub can now work with Gemini to remember where important items have been put, even when they do not have a tracking tag attached. Users can tell Gemini where an object has been left – and add a photograph – with the information stored in a new “Remembered” section of the Find Hub app. The saved location can later be retrieved…