Chin-up champion secures Guinness World Record title 18. October 2026 (07:19) Former mixed marital artist Damien Rooney has broken the Guinness World Record for most chin-ups in an hour whilst wearing a 20lb weight.(BBC News)
The Man Who Taught Us How to Pay Attention 18. October 2026 (06:01) The works of the British art critic John Berger offer the antidote to our age of infinite scrolling.(New York Times)
Deadly fire breaks out at Canada military base 18. October 2026 (06:00) Defence Minister David McGuinty says there are casualties in what the prime minister called a "serious incident".(BBC News)
‘I felt disgusted’: MEP speaks out over nude deepfakes and urges EU action 18. October 2026 (06:00) Lena Schilling of Austrian Greens says images are ‘digital violence against women’ and a threat to democracyAn Austrian MEP has spoken out about her experience of being “stripped naked” online without her consent and has urged the EU to take action, as a report found that one in six female MEPs had been targeted by sexualised AI-generated content.Lena Schilling of the Green party said she had learned last month about nude deepfakes of herself circulating online. When she opened the links, she found herself staring at images from one of her first ever press conferences – but the images had been digitally altered to remove her clothing. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘4,000 people minding our own business’: four decades on, Falklands again face a hostile Argentina 18. October 2026 (06:00) Facing a slump in the polls, Argentina’s president is making economic attacks on the islands’ oil industry, and suggesting its key fisheries industry could be next A dozen local people and a uniformed military police officer (“Do you mind if I sit in?”) took their seats at the back of the handsome wood-panelled courtroom that doubles as the Falkland Islands’ legislative assembly. Outside, it was a typically blowy early evening. It may nominally be spring in the south Atlantic, but Stanley harbour, with its dark grey water speckled with historical shipwrecks, was a cauldron of swells and churn.Six of the assembly’s eight members – five men, one woman – waited patiently at a row of desks and microphones. The heating had been turned up to just short of uncomfortable. Behind them, a portrait of King Charles. From the other walls, dusty photographs of governors, of varying popularity, gazed disinterestedly at the scene. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Brush fire threatens million dollar homes in southern California as high winds fan the flames
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