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Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has accused the US and Donald Trump of being responsible for “casualties, damage and slander” in his country during recent protests. In a speech on Saturday, Khamenei acknowledged that thousands of people had been killed during recent unrest, “some in an inhuman, savage manner” …

Former Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has died, his party has confirmed. He served as MP for Newry and Armagh for almost a decade and was also a former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald described him as a “friend and comrade” and said …

OpenAI has announced that it’s testing ads for its free tier and new $8-per-month Go memberships, and the ads will be based on a user’s current conversation. OpenAI says the ads will be clearly marked and appear at the bottom of ChatGPT answers “when there’s a relevant sponsored product or …

For over two weeks, demonstrations rocked Iran and, according to a human rights group, more than 2,600 protesters have been killed. Protesters have been met with deadly force by authorities, masked by a near total shutdown of the internet and communication services. Reporting from the Iranian-Armenian border, the BBC’s Middle …

The exiled son of the last Iranian shah (king) has called on the world to help protesters topple Iran’s government, saying he is confident “the Islamic Republic will fall – not if, but when”. Reza Pahlavi, an opposition leader based in the US, called for “surgical” strikes on Iran’s Revolutionary …

65-year-old Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah has been a prominent voice calling for protests to continue in the country. Human rights groups say at least around 2,500 people have been killed in two weeks, as the authoritarian regime attempts to quash the demonstrations. Meanwhile, US President …

👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 \ What does the Iranian diaspora want America to do? Do they want intervention? And what do they think is next for Iran? As protests continue across Iran and US President Donald Trump warns of consequences …

Julio Iglesias has denied abusing two former domestic employees behind a criminal complaint against him, calling the accusations “completely false”. Prosecutors with Spain’s High Court have opened preliminary proceedings into the complaint lodged by women who used to work for him in the Caribbean. In a post written in Spanish …

[ Cardiovascular risk factors, including higher body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference, in childhood and adolescence are associated with poorer cognitive function in young adulthood, according to a study published online Jan. 15 in Pediatrics. Henri Salo, M.D., from the University of Turku in Finland, and colleagues examined the …

OpenAI is putting Google Translate on notice: It now has a dedicated ChatGPT Translate webpage that can convert writing in 50 languages. At first glance it looks like a basic text-to-text translator that resembles Google Translate and other simple language translation tools on the web. But scrolling down the page …

More than 2,000 people have been killed during the violent crackdown by security forces on protests in Iran, a human rights group has said. BBC News

Anti-government protests have continued in Iran with thousands feared dead after the government crackdown on demonstrators. One protester, 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, will reportedly be “executed tomorrow”, with the Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights saying they “have never witnessed a case move so quickly”. The protests, which began in Tehran on …

A Guantanamo Bay detainee will be paid a “substantial” sum as he settles a legal claim against the UK government, his lawyers have said, as Kemi Badenoch said UK taxpayers’ cash was being handed to a “terror suspect”. Abu Zubaydah, 54, has been detained by US authorities since his capture …

A hostile takeover bid for media giant Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has ratcheted up with entertainment conglomerate Paramount taking legal action to force the release of financial data. Paramount Skydance, which owns film production company Paramount Pictures and TV network CBS, has filed a law suit seeking to compel WBD …

[ In a guidance document issued by the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine, updated recommendations are presented relating to laboratory testing for drugs of misuse in the emergency department (ED). Christine L.H. Snozek, Ph.D., from the Mayo Clinic Arizona in Phoenix, and colleagues developed guidance on laboratory testing for …

BBC Heineken’s campaign is TfL’s latest commercial Tube rebranding deal The commercial rebranding of a London Underground line may cause “unnecessary confusion” for some passengers, a disability rights charity has said. Signage along central London Bakerloo line stations are being rebranded as “Bakerl0.0” and “Waterl0.0” as part of an advertising …

The Venezuelan government has begun releasing detainees considered political prisoners by human rights groups. The move comes after the US seized President Nicolás Maduro during a raid on the capital. In a Truth Social post, US President Donald Trump said that the release of political prisoners was “a very important …

Footage verified by BBC Persian shows buildings on fire in the Iranian capital, Tehran, as anti-government protests spread across the country. Video from the the 12th consecutive day of national unrest shows mosques in the Gholhak and Sa’adat Abad neighbourhoods of Tehran on fire. Frustration over the collapse of Iran’s …

[ U.S.-born individuals have higher odds of infant mortality than non-U.S.-born individuals, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in JAMA Network Open. Nicolette Christodoulakis and Giulia M. Muraca, M.P.H., Ph.D., from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, examined the associations between maternal nativity status and infant mortality by …

A court clerk’s error resulted in a man with a lengthy record of jail time being wrongfully imprisoned for a week, a sheriff has heard. Duncan Welsh has been awarded £3,325 for the mistake, which led to him being sent to HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow between 6 and 13 December …