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The Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the powers of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to investigate consumer complaints relating to airline ticket pricing, dismissing a suit filed by Air Peace challenging the commission’s authority. The FCCPC disclosed this in a statement on Friday, saying the judgment was delivered by Justice B.F.M. Nyako on 29 June. According to the commission, the case arose from its request for information from Air Peace in January 2025 following widespread complaints by passengers over sharp increases in airfares on some domestic routes in December 2024. Air Peace had argued that…

U.S. federal cybersecurity agency CISA said it did not have a prepared response plan for how it should handle a cybersecurity incident in May, after an investigative reporter notified the agency that a contractor had publicly exposed sensitive keys and credentials for accessing U.S. government systems. CISA, the Homeland Security unit tasked with defending federal networks and helping to safeguard critical infrastructure, revealed Friday in a postmortem report that its staff “had to spend time building [a playbook] during the early stages of the incident.” The agency said it is important to prepare playbooks for “all anticipated needs” to ensure…

The BBC’s political editor reflects on Widdecombe’s life after the former government minister’s death.

The economies of countries where many people work in farming will be hit the hardestImago/Alamy Global warming-fuelled heat and drought is already hitting yields of maize, wheat and soybeans to the tune of $20 billion a year, a study has estimated. This could rise eightfold, to more than $160 billion by 2100, unless we slash emissions. While the financial losses will be greatest for big producers such as the US, the impacts will be felt most in the lowest-income countries, where the majority of the population works in farming, says Yi Ling Hwong at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)…

Thomas Tuchel has claimed that England have not been offered an explanation as to why defender Jarell Quansah was handed a two-game suspension following his red card against Mexico.Quansah was shown a straight red card after a VAR review early in the second half at the Azteca for an ankle-high challenge on Jesus Gallardo. While dismissals of this nature usually carry a one-game ban, it was upgraded to two as a result of the challenge being considered ‘serious foul play.’ Tuchel was critical of the officials post-match, claiming that the “referees are just not good enough.” The upgraded ban also…

The Oregon attorney general’s office has withdrawn its motion to delay the closing of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, according to a filing submitted Friday in the Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Ore. The deal could close as soon as July 22, though several states, including Oregon and California, are investigating whether the $111 billion transaction violates their antitrust laws. The states could still seek an injunction to block the merger before that date. Dan Rayfield, the Oregon attorney general, asked a court on Wednesday to extend the closing date by 60 days, arguing that his office needed more time…

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England captain Harry Kane has labelled Erling Haaland “a machine” but said he and Norway’s “beast” of a number nine are completely different players as they prepare to face off in the World Cup quarterfinal.“I think we’re completely different players. I know we’re both strikers, but we’re in almost two different positions,” Kane told his pre-match news conference on Friday.Haaland has struck seven times in his first four matches ever at a major tournament, including a devastating double to eliminate Brazil, and his goals have carried Norway into the last eight for the first time.Kane is only one goal behind…

“Love Island USA” participants react to another shocking moment on the hit reality TV series.Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty ImagesThe Love Island USA season 8 finale Sunday night will be Must See TV for a generation born after that term was coined. Appointment television has become a rarity for Gen Z, which was raised on on-demand cartoons and can’t even identify a channel guide. That makes Love Island USA all the more precious to advertisers, who drool over this young, media-savvy demographic and rarely find them all in one place. Gone are the days when the racy content of a show…

Following significant backlash, Meta is turning off the feature it announced this week that let users generate AI images based on content from public Instagram accounts just by tagging them. The feature, as originally set up, meant that content from any public Instagram account could be used in AI creations without the account owner’s permission.“Earlier this week, we announced that one way for people to generate images in Meta AI is by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts that they want to reference,” Meta says in an update to a blog post about its new Muse Image AI model. “Our intent was…