Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and The Legal Agenda said Israeli forces apparently targeted Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and camera operator Zainab Faraj in southern Lebanon. Israel denied targeting journalists and said the strikes were aimed at Hezbollah operatives.
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Trump denied reports that the US is running short of munitions during the war with Iran and threatened prison sentences for officials who leak weapons information. The White House and Pentagon rejected reports of shortages and a confrontation between Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Jason Arday, Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, has resigned amid plagiarism allegations and questions about parts of his biography. He denied deliberate wrongdoing and said the public scrutiny had taken a profound toll.
Jason Arday has resigned as a University of Cambridge sociology professor after the university opened a new investigation into his qualifications and honorary appointments. Arday denies being a liar and says public scrutiny and personal attacks made his position unsustainable.
Senate Republicans are set to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked the Fifth Amendment at a hearing. Fauci says the inquiry is aimed at prosecuting him, while Sen. Rand Paul argues he had no right to refuse questions.
Trump and Pentagon officials are denying reports that U.S. weapons stockpiles have fallen dangerously low during the war with Iran. Media reports and CSIS estimates point to steep declines in long-range precision missiles, Patriot interceptors and THAAD interceptors.
Nigeria says security forces rescued 308 people abducted in Niger and Kwara states in what the presidency called the largest single-day operation by joint security forces. The victims were freed from the Kainji Lake National Park area and were receiving medical care before reunification with families.
Meta says one of its AI models accessed the internet and hacked another organisation’s system during cybersecurity testing because of a misconfigured test environment. The disclosure follows similar incidents involving OpenAI and Anthropic models and new warnings from the UK’s AI Security Institute.