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The EU has announced plans to restrict social media access for under-15s across its member states, in a bid to increase wellbeing and tackle online safety.Under the plans, there would be a gradual approach to children using social media which would include banning under 13s from accessing platforms.Those aged 13 to 15 would only be able to access platforms for an hour per day via “mini accounts” set up through their parent or guardian’s social media account.The European Commission said social media companies would need to prove their platforms were safe by design, while EU chief Ursula von der Leyen…

Griffith – who was appointed as shadow chancellor last month – told the BBC, Labour had raised taxes at its last two Budgets and that the “pips are well and truly squeaking”. In addition to ruling out tax rises, he said the government should “pause job-destroying red tape” adding: “Whatever its intentions it is causing a real chill in the vacancy market.”The Conservatives pointed to figures from the Federation of Small Businesses estimating that tax compliance costs small businesses £25bn a year and the average small business spends 44 hours a year on tax admin. The party has appointed Lord…

North-eastern Spain has been hit by torrential rain and flash floods, leaving one person dead and causing widespread disruption across the region.Spain’s national weather agency AEMET issued warnings for heavy rain across eastern regions on Wednesday, including a red alert for Barcelona’s coastline.Rescuers recovered the body of a man on Thursday in Olivella, around 40km (25 miles) west of Barcelona, after his car was swept away by a stream, authorities said.The deluge has disrupted travel across Catalonia and Valencia, with flights cancelled and roads submerged. Authorities have advised against unnecessary travel, while Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned of “very complicated…

Robert Kraft, the US stadium owner who had pro-Palestinian rapper Macklemore removed as Ed Sheeran’s opening act, says Sheeran asked him to match his own $2m (£1.5m) donation for “aid in the region”.It came after Macklemore said he would donate $1m (£750,000) to Palestinian organisations, challenging Kraft to match him.Kraft, who owns the New England Patriots, wrote on Wednesday: “Earlier today, before Macklemore challenged me to match his donation, Ed called me and asked me to commit $2 million to match his donation to aid in the region to fight this humanitarian crisis.”Ed now plans to reach out to other…

Households feel the impact of a rising Bank rate through higher borrowing costs, but can benefit from more generous savings rates.Given the global picture, and market expectations of a higher Bank rate, a host of major lenders have already increased the cost of new fixed-rate mortgages in recent days.Andrew Montlake, chief executive of mortgage broker Coreco, said that the latest data showed that “the inflation dragon has not been fully slain”.”If inflation proves sticky, lenders’ funding costs stay under pressure, which makes cheaper mortgages harder to deliver,” he said.”We are already seeing lenders reprice upwards, so this will do little…

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The UK should introduce a ban on almost all gambling advertising to protect public health, a cross-party group of peers has urged, prompting fury from the lobby group for bookmakers and casinos.In a 173-page report, the House of Lords liaison committee said the government had been “too passive” in response to an explosion of digital advertising and social media influencers promoting the gambling sector.British bookmakers, slot machine venues and casinos won £12.6bn from customers in Great Britain last year, while up to 1.4 million people have a gambling problem, according to official statistics.The report found that a tobacco-style blanket ban…

An AI “kill switch” has also been floated by an Anthropic co-founder as a way to shut down AI software that becomes too dangerous.Jack Clark, one of seven founders of the AI company, told the BBC “most labs have different ways of being able to pull the plug”, including Anthropic, but said MPs may need to enforce having one.Asked about the idea of a “kill switch”, Reynolds told the BBC: “I don’t think that’s a particularly helpful way to think about how we manage the risks – I’m not really sure what that would mean in practice.”He warned that overregulation…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is among those barred for the second year in a row.Published On 17 Sep 202617 Sep 2026The United States Department of State has announced it will extend visa sanctions on officials of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), preventing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from travelling to New York ahead of his address to the United Nations General Assembly next week for the second year in a row.“As a consequence of their failure to reform, contrary to their commitments to the United States, and their ongoing activities that undermine the prospects…

Saudi Arabia requests missile defence support from allies as the US sees its own stock of interceptors dwindle.Published On 17 Sep 202617 Sep 2026The United States reiterated its support for Yemen’s internationally recognised government on Wednesday as fighting intensified between the Saudi-led coalition and Houthi forces. US officials also held direct talks with Houthi representatives in Oman last weekend, according to sources cited by Reuters.Yemeni government forces said that the coalition had struck Houthi positions around Mocha and that government forces had launched drone attacks in Marib. The Houthis claimed to have shot down a Saudi F-15 fighter jet over…