A visual guide to US-Israeli strikes on Iran – and Tehran’s response

Missiles and bombs landed across Iran, hitting political and security targets in Tehran, including supreme leader’s residence

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The US and Israel have announced the beginning of an unprecedented joint operation against Iran, beginning with a wide-ranging bombing campaign aimed at regime change.

Israeli jets and US missiles struck hundreds of targets across Iran, sending residents fleeing in panic from major urban centres. Among the targets were Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, and Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as weapons facilities across the country.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/us-israel-strikes-iran-tehran-response-visual-guide

Bobby J Brown, US actor known for The Wire, dies aged 62

Brown, third member of hit HBO series to die since December, was trapped in barn fire while trying to jumpstart car at home

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The Wire actor Bobby J Brown died recently in a barn fire at his Maryland home, making him the third cast member of the acclaimed HBO show to pass away since December.

According to authorities and a statement on social media from his daughter, Reina, the 62-year-old Brown had gone into a barn at his residence in the St Mary’s county community of Chaptico at about 10pm on 24 February to try to jumpstart a car. It evidently ignited during the attempt, and Brown asked his wife for a fire extinguisher.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/bobby-j-brown-actor-dies-the-wire

Netflix given four days to match ‘superior’ Paramount offer for Warner Bros Discovery

WBD board says $31-per-share offer constitutes ‘company superior proposal’, triggering Netflix’s window to respond

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Netflix has been given four days to beat a sweetened offer by Paramount Skydance for the assets of Warner Bros Discovery in the latest twist in the battle for control of the media giant.

In an announcement on Thursday afternoon, WBD said that its board had determined Paramount’s revised offer to be a “company superior proposal” compared with Netflix’s $82.7bn deal – triggering Netflix’s window to respond.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/26/netflix-paramount-warner-bros

Vance says Minnesota’s Medicaid funds halted as part of Trump’s ‘war on fraud’

Vice-president makes announcement with Mehmet Oz, who says other states will be next after Minnesota

JD Vance announced on Wednesday that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” more than a quarter-billion dollars in Medicaid reimbursements to the state of Minnesota as part of Donald Trump’s newly announced “war on fraud”.

“What we’re doing is we are stopping the federal payments that will go to the state government until the state government takes its obligations seriously to stop the fraud that’s being perpetrated against the American taxpayer,” the vice-president said at a press conference in Washington, where he was joined by Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/25/jd-vance-minnesota-medicaid

US military leaders meet with Anthropic to argue against Claude safeguards

Anthropic presents itself as most safety-forward AI firm and Pentagon has threatened penalties if it does not yield

US military leaders including Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, met with executives from the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic on Tuesday to hash out a dispute over what the government will be able to do with the company’s powerful AI model. Hegseth gave Dario Amodei, the Anthropic CEO, until the end of the day Friday to agree to the department’s terms or face penalties, Axios reported.

Anthropic, which presents itself as the most safety-forward of the leading AI companies, has been mired in weeks of disagreement with the Pentagon over how the military is allowed to use its large language model, Claude. US defense officials have pushed for unfettered access to Claude’s capabilities, while Anthropic has reportedly resisted allowing its product to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons systems that can use AI to kill people without human input. The Department of Defense (DoD) has integrated Claude into its operations, but has threatened to sever the relationship over what its top brass perceives as roadblocks erected by Anthropic.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/anthropic-claude-military-ai

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Burberry is back on brand as a purveyor of the classic British coat

Designer Daniel Lee’s trenchcoats and bomber jackets fizz with urban energy in collection that embraces bad weather

In a winter of record-breaking rain, Burberry – purveyor of the stalwart British coat – is back in the zeitgeist. A season of downpours has provided an apt backdrop for a return to form, as the brand re-entered the FTSE 100 last autumn after an ignominious year out of the charts.

The classic check scarf was ranked the fourth hottest fashion item in the last quarter of 2025 on the search, sales and social media metrics of the Lyst index, with overall demand for the brand up 239% year on year.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/feb/23/burberry-is-back-on-brand-as-a-purveyor-of-the-classic-british-coat