The BBC's Paul Kirby reports from outside the court in Oslo, where Marius Borg Høiby denies rape and many other serious charges.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Google parent earnings beat projections amid plans to invest deeply in AI
Alphabet reports $34.5bn profit and revenue soars 48% in recent quarter as it plans a sharp increase in AI spending
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, beat Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, and is planning a sharp increase in capital spending in 2026 as it continues to invest deeply in AI infrastructure.
Alphabet on Wednesday reported profit of $34.5bn in the recently ended quarter, as revenue from cloud computing soared 48%.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/04/google-alphabet-earnings-report
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
New York to create team of legal observers to document ICE raids
Attorney general Letitia James says observers will monitor if Trump enforcement ‘remains within bounds of the law’
New York is creating a team of legal observers that will don purple vests to monitor and record the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement officers as they seek to detain and deport migrants, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday.
The announcement follows weeks of sometimes violent tumult in Minneapolis, where Donald Trump has deployed thousands of armed, masked agents as he tries to deport more migrants than any of his predecessors.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/new-york-legal-observers-ice-raids
Monday, February 2, 2026
Thousands of pages identifying Epstein victims taken down, says justice department
Several documents and ‘media’ may have inadvertently exposed sensitive information of victims, drawing outcry
The justice department said on Monday it had taken down several thousand documents and “media” that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday.
It blamed the release of sensitive information that drew an outcry from victims and their lawyers on mistakes that were “technical or human error”.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/epstein-victims-information-doj
Sunday, February 1, 2026
Bomb cyclone brings freezing temperatures and snow to millions in US
About 150m faced cold weather advisories along eastern US, and two in North Carolina died in storm-related conditions
A bomb cyclone produced freezing temperatures across a large portion of the US from the Gulf coast to New England, bringing heavy snow to North Carolina where two were killed in storm-related conditions, and setting records in Florida, where officials warned of ice and falling iguanas.
About 150 million people were under cold weather advisories and extreme cold warnings in the eastern portion of the US, with wind chills near zero to single digits in the south and the coldest air mass seen in south Florida since December 1989, said Peter Mullinax, a meteorologist with the weather prediction center in College Park, Maryland.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/bomb-cyclone-snow-cold-weather-storm-us
Mandelson resigns from Labour to avoid causing it ‘further embarrassment’
Departure from party follows release of documents in US appearing to show Jeffrey Epstein sent former US ambassador $75,000
Peter Mandelson has said he has resigned his membership of the Labour party to avoid causing it “further embarrassment” after more revelations about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
In a statement given to PA Media, he said he had written this evening to the general secretary of the Labour party, Hollie Ridley.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/01/mandelson-should-testify-before-us-congress-about-his-links-to-epstein-uk-minister-says
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