Harrods seeks to recover abuse compensation costs from Mohamed Al Fayed’s estate
Posted on Saturday September 19, 2026

Exclusive: Survivors say luxury store’s attempt to recoup money is at odds with its public acceptance of responsibility

Harrods is seeking to recover the cost of the compensation paid to hundreds of women allegedly sexually abused by Mohamed Al Fayed from his estate, the Guardian understands.

The luxury department store is seeking full indemnity from the late billionaire’s estate for any settlements it is required to pay, according to evidence seen by the Guardian.

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Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies
Posted on Saturday September 19, 2026

Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models

In a first for Google, the company confirmed that its AI model, Gemini, breached the security of three other companies in May. The hacks occurred during a cybersecurity evaluation by AI-security firm Irregular.

Irregular, an Israel-based startup that scrutinizes the security of advanced AI systems, was also at the center of some of the recent OpenAI and Anthropic hacks of third-party entities, including OpenAI’s breach of AI software company, Hugging Face.

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‘Cost of housing’ crunch looms for low-income families, warns Resolution Foundation
Posted on Saturday September 19, 2026

Thinktank calls on chancellor to end housing allowance freeze with typical two-bedroom household facing £158 week shortfall amid rent rises

More than 1.1 million low-income families in rented homes face a “cost of housing” crunch without action from John Healey in next month’s budget, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has warned.

Local housing allowance (LHA) has been frozen in cash terms since autumn 2024.

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Record fuel prices across EU prompt calls for bloc-wide windfall tax on firms
Posted on Saturday September 19, 2026

German minister says companies are ‘exploiting situation’ in Middle East, as sky-high prices become major domestic issue for leaders

European governments have discussed imposing a bloc-wide windfall tax on energy companies, as near-record fuel and gas prices pile pressure on leaders desperate to contain mounting public discontent and the challenge of the far right.

With elections due next year in eight EU countries including France, Italy, Spain and Poland, leaders are scrambling to head off the potential fallout from what analysts have warned could be one of the continent’s biggest energy shocks in decades.

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Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors
Posted on Friday September 18, 2026

Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackers

Vast troves of highly sensitive police data are lying on Microsoft cloud platforms which an official UK security assessment deemed to be vulnerable to “compromise” by foreign actors and the US government, a Guardian investigation can reveal.

The files include criminal records, victim statements, internal emails and sensitive information held by more than 40 police forces across the UK.

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Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate
Posted on Friday September 18, 2026

Though Europe has measures that address how consumers might encounter AI, technology will impact them if the worst scenarios bear

Europe’s dilemma over AI was rendered in stark terms this week. The head of the continent’s central bank, Christine Lagarde, said Europeans have two options: shun the technology and lose out on growth; or embrace it and become dependent on tools developed by the US and China.

The great debate over AI safety that has erupted in recent days threatens to make the choice moot. If the worst scenarios come to bear – and experts have differing views on this – then the technology will impact the continent regardless.

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Police on high alert before Millwall v West Ham, Spurs and Villa face crunch clash – matchday live
Posted on Saturday September 19, 2026

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That Malen has better numbers than even Kane since January is remarkable. Especially as the Englishman is continuing to break scoring records with Bayern. Kane scored two on Friday as Bayern roared past Union Berlin 7-0 – smashing the 49-year-old record for the fastest player to reach 100 Bundesliga goals (in 98 games). Cologne’s Dieter Müller set the previous mark in 1977, but it took him 129 matches.

Quite the match later on in Serie A, as Internazionale travel to Roma. The two teams are leading the way at the top of the table. Defending champions Inter are very much the team to beat in Italy, but the story really is Roma and free-scoring Donyell Malen

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Keely Hodgkinson shows off Catwoman style to steal Athlos London event
Posted on Friday September 18, 2026

• Briton destroys 800m field in hooded black bodysuit

• Mill Hill event more like a rave than an athletics meeting

Athlos arrived in London promising that its all-female spin on athletics would provide a radical departure from the status quo. Long before Keely Hodgkinson stepped on to the track dressed in a hooded black bodysuit – part ninja assassin, part Catwoman – it had emphatically made its point.

Throughout the two-hour event, the bassline from the aptly named DJ Trauma carried enough force to make eardrums bleed. The stadium PA’s dial appeared to be permanently stuck on Spinal Tap’s 11. And those who successfully scanned a barcode were then shown dancing and waving on a giant screen.

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