All news for 2025-04-19

Zhao highlights the growing threat of AI-generated deceptions, warning of impersonation risks amid rising deepfake scams.

Press freedom at risk, say watchdogs, as Cyprus law could force reporters to reveal sources. Proposed legislation allows spyware and sweeping surveillance of journalists.

Spanish police have dismantled a weapons trafficking network in Granada, arresting three suspects and uncovering the country’s first underground shooting range used to test and sell military-grade firearms to criminal gangs.

A personal trainer has admitted dangerous driving after causing a major crash that left seven police officers hurt while taking a woman home from their first date.

The first-ever half-marathon race between robots and humans has taken place in China.

Toxic social media influencers like Andrew Tate are fueling misogyny and sexism in Britain’s schools, teachers have warned.

Contracts for government-backed projects in the Central Asian country are notoriously opaque, and some have been linked to the president’s office.

Price of cocoa – chocolate’s key ingredient – has climbed over past year and tariffs on imports will keep prices high

Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting the war in Gaza for 18 months and was the subject of a new documentary, was killed along with 10 members of her family.