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Huge plumes of black smoke were seen rising from an area near the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain. Source link

Iran has retaliated with a missile barrage towards Israel, while explosions have been heard in Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Source link

US President Donald Trump has confirmed that the US has launched “major combat operations” in Iran. His comments came after Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said his country had launched a “pre-emptive” attack on the country. The BBC’s Jon Donnison said military action was something that had been anticipated “for weeks”. Source link

Bill Clinton has testified to the House Oversight committee about his connection to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, one day after his wife, Hillary Clinton was also deposed by the panel. In his testimony, the former US president denied having knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. He was asked about a photograph from the Epstein files that shows…

“When the video of my testimony today is released, I hope it will motivate everyone to go in front of Congress to say what they know,” Clinton said. “I hope it will motivate the justice department to finally release all the files and to ensure that this never happens again. The survivors deserve that.” Source…

Yet, Trump berated the company on his Truth Social platform, saying Anthropic “better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow”. Source link

The Bolivia Air Force plane reportedly hit vehicles on a nearby motorway. Source link

Of course, micro-dramas, which are scripted, filmed and released in mere months, don’t offer the same quality or narrative depth as movies and streamed shows. The sets are not sophisticated, the actors are mostly novices, and the AI-driven scenes can feel uncanny under scrutiny. Source link

He used the girls’ mother’s life-threatening illness as an opportunity to demand sex, said the US Office of Public Affairs. Source link

In its letter to Canadian officials on Thursday, penned by OpenAI’s vice-president of global policy and shared with media outlets, the company said it had implemented a series of changes in recent months, including enlisting the help of “mental health and behavioural experts” to assess cases and making the criteria for referral to police “more…