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Flowers and Jubair’s trial heard they were part of the cyber-crime collective, Scattered Spider.The loosely organised gang of young English-speaking cyber-criminals has been linked to dozens of other cyber-attacks including on retailers Marks and Spencer and the Co-op.But the BBC has learned Flowers initially came to the attention of police shortly after he turned 16 years old.In October 2023 he was caught carrying out low-level cyber-crime and visited by West Midland’s Regional Cyber Crime Unit prevent officers.Police say that during the visit Flowers did not engage with officers and was given a cease and desist order to deter him from…

new video loaded: New York’s Haitian Community Reacts to Supreme Court’s Immigration DecisiontranscriptBacktranscriptNew York’s Haitian Community Reacts to Supreme Court’s Immigration DecisionUncertainty gripped the Haitian community in New York after the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could end Temporary Protected Status.“It breaks my heart. I have lots of my close family members that are T.P.S. holders. They’re anxious, you know, and they don’t know how they’re going to provide for their families. They have work permits that depend on T.P.S.” “The Supreme Court — it’s a wrong decision they made. Some of them, they are, like, live a…

Extreme heat was felt across much of Europe on 24 JuneSylvie HUSSON/AFP via Getty Images This week’s heatwave is the hottest ever recorded in Europe, as well as the most humid, and it is likely to cause thousands of deaths. Although a potential “super El Niño” is forming in the Pacific Ocean, this did not play a role in the heatwave, a study by the World Weather Attribution network of scientists has found. Instead, global warming is clearly to blame. The study analysed how likely the average daily maximum temperature projected for 26 to 28 June in western and central…

Russell '100 per cent' sure he will drive for Mercedes in 2027

‘I’m just a troubled soul who needs to scream into a mic now and then,” said Sinéad O’Connor. Troubles and screams both sing out in The Surge, an ode to her by American choreographer Sonya Tayeh.The singer, who died in 2023, attracted both worship and scorn in her lifetime. The Surge is an act of devotion – 10 women sit on pews, swaying, sliding and indeed surging around them. They leap up, circle and shudder as the songs possess them – moved and inspired, they might be dancing in tongues.Those dancers are the show’s glory. Many have paid their dues…

On Nov. 23, 2019, Eleftherios Pericles Alexander Ipiotis was at Bar None, a now-closed sports bar in Manhattan’s East Village, watching an Ohio State vs. Penn State football game with friends. One of them asked if she could bring a friend of her own, Cailin Sullivan Cook.“I said, sure, I haven’t seen her in about a decade, but why not,” said Ipiotis, who goes by Peri.Both Ipiotis and Cook had attended Oyster Bay High School in Long Island, but he was two grades ahead of her, and their interactions never extended beyond a brief hello. “That night was the first…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is yet to receive budgetary allocations for the conduct of the 2027 general elections. The INEC National Commissioner in charge of Voter Education and Publicity, Malam Mohammed Haruna, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja. Haruna spoke at a cross-sectorial interactive session organised by the Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA) in partnership with Legis360. The “fireside chat”, which brought together political parties, civil society organisations (CSOs), and INEC officials, focused on the just-concluded Ekiti governorship election and INEC’s preparations for the 2027 general elections. Haruna said although the commission was still…

To go faster and deeper will require advances in drilling technologies.Companies are developing drilling equipment that is more stable when breaking through hard rock at high temperatures.Some firms are even aiming to penetrate rock without using standard drills. Quaise, a company with roots at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is using a technology called millimetre wave drilling. The frequency is similar to that of microwaves.Quaise’s application involves “sending electromagnetic waves in the microwave millimetre wave spectrum to essentially melt and vaporise through the rock,” explains Harry Kelso, Quaise’s communications manager.Traditional geothermal energy clusters around hotspots on the earth’s surface…

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – NOVEMBER 30: Matthew Stafford #9 of the Los Angeles Rams looks on before an NFL game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on November 30, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images)Getty ImagesLos Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is coming off a 2025 season in which he threw for 4,707 yards and 47 touchdowns, earning NFL MVP honors. Stafford, 38, will enter the 2027 season without thinking about whether this will be the final season of his career or not. In a conversation with Chris Long on the “Green Light”…

Venezuela declared a national emergency following two earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude that occurred just 39 seconds apart on Wednesday. This phenomenon, known as a seismic doublet, is rare.However, there are documented cases in various regions of the world that continue to be studied to expand our understanding of the mechanisms of stress is transferred within the Earth’s crust and the interaction between geological faults.The US Geological Survey reported that both earthquakes had their epicenters northwest of the town of Yumare, near the city of Morón and about 160 kilometers (99 miles) west of the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.…