Thursday, June 11, 2026
Man charged with kidnap and murder of Sydney woman whose body has not been found
Woman, 58, was last heard from Monday afternoon and her car was found the next day
A man has been charged over the alleged kidnapping and murder of a woman whose body is yet to be found.
Police have been investigating the disappearance of a 58-year-old woman who failed to returned to her home in Sydney’s northwest on Tuesday.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/12/man-charged-with-after-sydney-woman-allegedly-kidnapped-ntwnfb
Trump nominates Jay Clayton as top US intelligence official after pushback on Bill Pulte
US president had faced widespread criticism of his decision to install a controversial ally, Bill Pulte
Donald Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, former head of the top US markets watchdog, to be the country’s leading intelligence official.
The US president faced widespread criticism of his decision to install a controversial ally, Bill Pulte, as acting director of national intelligence while searching for a permanent candidate.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/trump-jay-clayton-director-of-national-intelligence
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Elevators the talk of the trial as Brad Lander testifies over ICE facility arrest
Surreal scene inside New York court as former city comptroller says he did not block elevators before arrest
The trial against senior New York City Democrat Brad Lander, stemming from his arrest during an attempt to inspect rooms holding detained immigrants, involved six hours of litigating elevator logistics in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday.
Lander, the former city comptroller now vying for Democratic incumbent Dan Goldman’s congressional district, which encompasses lower Manhattan and north-west Brooklyn, was taken into custody on 18 September last year at 26 Federal Plaza.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/brad-lander-trial-immigration-court
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Anthropic releases ‘safe’ version of Claude Mythos AI model to public
AI company restricted access to Fable 5, its most powerful Mythos model, for months over cybersecurity concerns
Anthropic, the maker of the Claude artificial intelligence (AI) models, made a new version of its technology available to the general public on Tuesday while restricting its use in sensitive areas.
Dubbed Fable 5, the model is the first to be made widely available from the company’s new Mythos class – its most advanced lineup of AI technology, unveiled in April but restricted to a small set of partner institutions for months over cybersecurity concerns.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/09/anthropic-claude-mythos-ai-model
‘He was a master manipulator,’ Jeffrey Epstein assistant Lesley Groff testifies
Groff tells lawmakers ‘I am not a conspirator’ and that she had no knowledge of Epstein’s crimes while working for him
Lesley Groff, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime executive assistant, testified Tuesday before the House oversight and reform committee, telling lawmakers that she had no knowledge of Epstein’s crimes while working for him.
“I believe that my testimony will dispel the false notion that because of my employment with Epstein, I must have knowingly enabled or conspired with him to commit his evil acts,” Groff told lawmakers in her prepared opening remarks, obtained by the Guardian. “Nothing could be further from the truth.”
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/09/jeffrey-epstein-assistant-lesley-groff-testifies
Monday, June 8, 2026
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