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Oldest WW2 veteran’ dies aged 109


A World War Two veteran who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) and served in the Navy throughout the conflict has died aged 109. Frank Chester, who was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, in April 1917, died at a nursing home in Malvern, Worcestershire, on Sunday, nine days after his birthday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yv33xyek8o


Trump has claimed Iran is building missiles that could soon hit the US. Sources say that’s not backed up by US intelligence.


In his first comments about Saturday’s US military strikes against Iran, President Donald Trump claimed in a video posted to social media that Iran has been building missiles that “could soon reach the American homeland.” It’s an argument he also made in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/27/politics/iran-missiles-trump-intelligence-nuclear


Trump dramatically orders government to stop using ‘woke’ AI firm as Pentagon declares it a national security threat despite $20m contract… and a replacement has already been announced


Donald Trump emphatically told all government agencies to stop using the ‘woke’ Anthropic AI technology and quickly set up a replacement deal with Sam Altman’s OpenAI. Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic for failing to allow the military unrestricted use of its AI technology by a Friday deadline.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15600373/Trump-Anthropic-Sam-Altman-ChatGPT.html


US launches plan to tackle China’s critical minerals dominance


The US has launched an effort to form a trade zone for critical minerals that are key to making everything from smartphones to weapons as it tries to break China’s dominance of the industry.


Why Thomas Tuchel should not be England manager


It is remarkable that after 1,066 England games over 152 years, one still has to point out that international football is about measuring one country’s resources against another.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/10/15/foreign-manager-appointment-thomas-tuchel-england-football/