British police arrested five men on Sunday on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism and explosives offenses outside RAF Fairford, a military base in western England that’s operated by the U.S. Air Force. Three suspicious vehicles are being searched, and counterterror officers are leading the investigation. Here’s what to know about the base. Fairford is a
Italian authorities are searching for a British man who has gone missing after reportedly diving into Lake Como to rescue a teenager. The man was attempting to rescue two people – a father and son – who were in distress in the water near the San Siro municipality on the lake’s western shore on Monday
British Columbia is taking OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman to court over the company’s alleged role in a mass shooting that shattered a small Canadian community. Niki Sharma, the Deputy Premier and Attorney General of British Columbia, filed a lawsuit Monday in California to hold OpenAI “accountable for designing a dangerous product, distributing it to
Netflix has teamed with one of the most famous cultural institutions in the U.K., the British Library, to help “more people discover the books behind some of the world’s most popular films and series,” it says. The new national partnership, which will include local libraries across the U.K., comes as 2026 marks the National Year
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Police in Malawi are investigating the kidnapping of a British national who was abducted in the southern African nation’s main city, Blantyre. Nusrat Osman, 47, was seized at around 12:30 local time on Friday by four men who had been travelling in a grey Nissan Dualis, according to a police statement. The authorities have offered
