News 12/09/26

Tech executives Elon Musk and Sam Altman have supported a call from Anthropic’s chief executive to place permanent third-party reviewers inside frontier AI firms.

Dario Amodei urged companies to slow down model capabilities amid growing fears over misuse, following revelations that Anthropic’s Claude software was used by malicious actors for surveillance, fraud, cyber operations, and weapons development.

Three people have been arrested during rival demonstrations in Portsmouth, including a seventy-six-year-old man suspected of concealing his identity.

Hampshire Police enforced new powers under the Crime and Policing Act banning face coverings as anti-migrant groups and Stand Up To Racism campaigners gathered. Officers also detained a thirty-three-year-old man and a sixteen-year-old boy on suspicion of public order offences.

Oscar-winning film producer Jeremy Thomas has died at his home in Oxfordshire at the age of seventy-seven.

Over a five-decade career supporting independent and mainstream cinema, the British filmmaker collaborated with prominent directors including David Cronenberg and Nicolas Roeg. His best-known production, Bernardo Bertolucci’s epic drama The Last Emperor, won nine Academy Awards in 1988, including Best Picture.

The Liberal Democrats have called for a limit on party donations, accusing Nigel Farage of trying to buy his way into power.

Cabinet Office spokesperson Lisa Smart said the Reform UK leader is treating Number Ten like a stop on a Monopoly board. Demanding action to protect British democracy, the party urged the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to introduce a strict legal cap on political funding.

Donald Trump has stated he would love to see a reunified Ireland, claiming that it will happen eventually.

Speaking to the press during a two-day visit to Ireland, the US President described a unified nation as a great feather in everyone’s cap, asking how it could be considered bad.

The Houthis have launched a lightning advance across Yemen’s coastal plain, capturing up to eighty-one miles of strategically important Red Sea coastline from the National Resistance coalition.

The Iranian-backed rebels’ rapid push represents their most impressive military coup in years, demonstrating that the group remains a force to be reckoned with despite twelve years of civil war and international air strikes.

Residents in Cookham say their weekend evenings are being increasingly disrupted by high-powered cars racing down local roads, a problem that began during lockdowns and worsened recently.

Thames Valley Police has designated Winter Hill as an official hotspot for anti-social behaviour and speed, deploying additional resources, while the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead investigates measures to deter driver misuse.

Reform UK has received a thirty-six million pound donation from British cryptocurrency billionaire Ben Delo, making it the largest single donation to a UK political party on record.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Delo said he was making the contribution to create a level playing field with other parties and ensure Reform is given a fair fight at the polls. The sum makes him the party’s largest donor ahead of fellow crypto entrepreneur Christopher Harborne.

Donald Trump has arrived in Ireland amid one of the largest security operations ever implemented by the country’s police force.

The US President was greeted by Deputy Premier Simon Harris at Dublin Airport at the start of a two-day visit. Mr Trump will take part in engagements in the capital and visit his golf resort in Doonbeg, County Clare, which is hosting the Irish Open. Taoiseach Micheal Martin said he looks forward to reaffirming strong ties.