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Nearly 10,000 people were referred to the government’s anti-terrorism scheme, Prevent, in the year to September 2025, Home Office figures show, a record number for the programme.Figures show 10,293 referrals were made in England and Wales for 9,957 people – up by 39% from the previous 12 months and the highest number in a single year since records began in 2015.Where the age is known, 393 referrals were for children under 10, the largest proportion concerned 11 to 15-year-olds at 36%, followed by 16 to 17 year-olds at 13% of referrals. The Home Office said the spike was in part…

There is also a belief that greater regulation alone will achieve little.Too much conservation work currently relies on philanthropists’ cash and devoted volunteers, those in the sector say, and much more languishes on the to-do list due to a lack of money.The federal government directly spends about A$700m on nature protection, a fraction of the A$33bn – or 1% of GDP – conservationists say it should be. That is an eyebrow-raising figure, people like Paul Elton concede, but one they argue is reasonable.According to his research – which the government disputes – more than A$26bn is still being spent on…

Wigan had suffered shock home losses to Castleford Tigers and Huddersfield Giants this season and Toulouse opened the scoring after just four minutes when Ulberg cut inside from the right to go over.But the hosts responded in the 10th minute when Eckersley punched a hole in the Toulouse line to register their opening score.Wigan’s second try eight minutes later was all about the brilliance of French. The Australian half-back jinked his way over for a fine try to score for the fourth successive game and take his points tally for Wigan to 501.Toulouse conceded too many penalties and Wigan crossed…

Amanda Knox, who was convicted and later acquitted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007, has defended her solo comedy show following calls for it to be cancelled.The sold-out show called Cartwheel, which Knox will perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, discusses motherhood and how she will explain the case to her daughter.Knox told the BBC she is not the first person to use comedy to talk about traumatic events and said her material focuses on “how the world is unsafe and unfair towards women”.But Stephanie Kercher, the victim’s sister, said she is concerned it will “normalise…

The police in Akwa Ibom State have arrested 10 suspected cultists and recovered a locally made pistol, machete, charms, suspected cannabis sativa seeds and cult regalia. Five suspects were arrested on 4 August at Akpautong Village, Esit Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, following credible intelligence and an investigation into cult-related activities, the police spokeswoman in the state, Timfon John, said in a statement sent to this newspaper on Saturday. Ms John, a deputy superintendent of police, identified the suspects as Benjamin James, Moses Asuquo, Isaac Jimmy, Akaniyene Ekpo and Aniekan Samuel, all residents of the community. Police said…

For the first time this century, people across the UK will be able to see an almost total solar eclipse in the evening sky on Wednesday.A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking the sun’s light either partly or fully. This year, people in the UK and Ireland will see 90-96% of the sun covered by the moon for the first time since 1999 – and it’s their last chance until 2081.Across north-western Europe, people will see about 88-95% coverage, while spectators in parts of Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain will see a…

George Okoh in Makurdi The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Benue State, Herman Hembe, has declared that the ADC’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will win the 2027 election. Hembe disclosed this in Makurdi yesterday while unveiling his deputy, John Abba. He had constituted a committee to select the party deputy governorship candidate a few days after he emerged as the party’s gubernatorial candidate. According to Hembe, the selection of deputy governorship candidate which has the endorsement of the national chairman of the party, Senator David Mark, was transparent. Hembe said, “Let me congratulate Abba on his selection as deputy…

A person waves Iranian flag in front of a giant banner as daily life continues amid ongoing tensions between the U.S. in Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 6, 2026.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesIran on Saturday laid out sweeping demands to the U.S. for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, according to media reports.The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, said Saturday that reopening the strait would require Washington to lift its naval blockade and sanctions, withdraw U.S. military forces from the region, pay war reparations, and release frozen Iranian assets. The council also called for an end…

OpenAI will pause some work on an artificial intelligence model because of security concerns, the company stated Friday, following a series of incidents in which AI agents have escaped containment.The company had evaluated the agent, Astra, and found “significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity”, which had moved to a “critical” threshold where it can find and exploit vulnerabilities without human intervention, or devise and execute cyber-attacks when given only a “high level desired goal”.OpenAI stated that the model was not involved in an incident in which one of its AI agents went rogue during a test, accessed the open…

NewsFeedThe UK media has been accused of giving far-right leader Nigel Farage an easy ride. Now, social media influencers are fact checking his anti-immigration rhetoric. Nigel Farage resigned as an MP after an investigation into his finances triggering a by-election. Al Jazeera’s Antoine Allen spoke to the influencersPublished On 8 Aug 20268 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo