Friday, 11 September 2026
Yemen's Houthis seize strategic Red Sea port of Mokha from Saudi-backed pro-government forces
Yemen's Houthis have seized the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha from Saudi-backed pro-government forces, military sources and witnesses say.
Mokha's capture leaves the Iran-backed group only 75km (46 miles) away from the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the southern gateway to a trade route that links Asia and Europe.
The Houthis said they posed no threat to international shipping but reiterated their threat to target vessels from Saudi Arabia, which has relied on the Red Sea for oil exports since the US and Israel's war effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf.
The escalation of the conflict between the Houthis, Yemen's government and Saudi Arabia has contributed to a surge in oil prices.
Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed and thousands displaced since the Houthis launched an offensive in the south-west a week ago.
A Saudi-led coalition has also carried out air strikes on Houthi-controlled areas in western Yemen in support of the pro-government forces, and the Houthis have launched missiles and drones at cities and oil facilities in southern Saudi Arabia.
FULL REPORT AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g7vr0lngwo
Anthropic blocks possible attempt to use AI to make biological weapons
Anthropic says it has identified and disrupted attempts to use its AI model for "malicious activity" which could support the development of biological weapons.
The claim, made in the firm's recent threat intelligence report, is the latest in a growing series of warnings from AI researchers and industry insiders about the technology's potential risks to humanity.
The warning has prompted calls to action, with US Senator Bernie Sanders demanding a pause on advanced AI development and a ban on artificial superintelligence.
President Donald Trump has so far rejected such fears, saying on Thursday he was concerned "if we don't win AI, we're going to be put in a very bad position".
The company published its latest threat intelligence report on Thursday. Other AI firms publish similar reports.
This includes Google, who wrote on Tuesday a person had attempted to use its AI tool Gemini to "complete, step-by-step technical guide for synthesizing weaponised biological agents".
Anthropic's AI model Claude was also used in a Russia-linked cyber espionage campaign and by an Iranian propaganda institution, according to Anthropic's report.
The cases of concern detected over the past eight months ranged from fake dating apps and hotel Wifi scams, to surveillance built to identify dissidents.
Anthropic has also accused Chinese AI firms of trying to replicate Claude's capabilities.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2zrrpkx20o
Trump Attempts To Purchase A Republican Midterm Victory With A ‘$5,000 Dividend Promise’ Paid For By The Same American Taxpayers He Is Asking To Vote
Cheaper Groceries Donald Trump Promised Before Unveiling His New $5,000 Dividend last night?
Donald Trump has returned to the political stage with yet another spectacular promise of free money, this time pledging a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” to every American adult—but only if Republicans retain control of Congress in November.
That is not an economic plan; it is an election-year cash inducement with Trump’s name stamped across it. Washington is already drowning beneath more than $40 trillion in debt, yet Trump is dangling a payout that could cost approximately $1.3 trillion without explaining where the money will come from. The message could hardly be more blatant: give Republicans your vote, and Trump says he will give you a check purchased with your own tax dollars. Now we see Donald Trump for who he really is, a shameless conman who will say anything, do anything, and promise anything to retain power. Please see the following 9 unfulfilled promises he has made over the past 18 months.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/donald-trump-at-midterm-elections-rally-in-dallas-promises-5000-dividend-if-gop-wins/
Article image The People Building Superintelligence Admit They Cannot Control It
Prophecy News Watch 11th September
 A generation now knows 9/11 only through screens, classrooms and algorithms. If young Americans learn what happened but not the Islamist ideology behind it, they remember the tragedy while forgetting the enemy.
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 A former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher warns the race toward self-improving superintelligence is gambling with humanity’s future—and the people building it admit they still cannot guarantee control.
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 Inside British prisons, Islamist gangs led by self-styled “emirs” offer protection through obedience and enforce conversions through fear. In some wings, the gang—not the state—appears to be in control.
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Alarming Extent of Damage Revealed at US Base After Iranian Missile Attack
IDF Destroys Hezbollah Stronghold Built for ‘Conquest of Galilee’
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Algeria to sever diplomatic ties with UAE
Algeria is severing diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates after "provocative or hostile" acts by the Gulf state, its foreign ministry said.
"Algeria spared no effort to draw the Emirati side and warned it of the dire consequences that could result from its regrettable and unjustified behaviour," it said.
The statement did not provide any details on why Algeria has taken this step, but relations between the two countries have soured in recent years amid a series of regional disputes.
There has been no direct response from the UAE, but the president's diplomatic advisor said ties are not based on "riddles and signals that require decoding".
"Diplomatic relations are managed through rationality, communication and clarity of interests", Anwar Gargash wrote on X.
While he did not single out Algeria in his post, he said successful diplomacy was built on understanding and management of interests and differences.
"Ambiguity is not a policy, and noise does not compensate for the absence of vision," Gargash added.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2zpgpngvpo
Five killed and 67 injured in Russian strike on shopping centre, Ukraine says
Ukrainian officials say five people were killed and 67 others were wounded when a Russian drone hit a shopping mall in Pavlohrad, a city in Dnipropetrovsk region.
Shops and vehicles were hit in the daylight attack which took place "when the streets were full of people", Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi said.
Two other shopping malls - in the cities of Zaporizhzhia and Sumy - were targeted by Russian air strikes earlier this week, according to Ukrainian media.
Russia reported a Ukrainian seaborne drone attack on the resort city of Sochi overnight on Wednesday, in which 28 people were wounded, as well as three more deaths blamed on Ukrainian attacks.
A full-scale war has been raging between Russia and Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion more than four and a half years ago.
A new peacemaking effort by envoys sent by US President Donald Trump at the weekend appears to have yielded few concrete results, after talks in Moscow with Putin and in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvelrmp1vmo
Hamas terrorists praise Ed Miliband over sanctions on Israel but tell Labour 'they're not enough'
Hamas has welcomed the sanctions imposed on Israel by Ed Miliband and described the Foreign Secretary's description of "ethnic cleansing" as a positive development.
The proscribed terrorist organisation, responsible for the October 7 attacks that killed 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals, also demanded that Israeli leaders face war crimes prosecution.
Basem Naim, a senior figure in Hamas's political bureau, said: "The imposition of sanctions by Britain and other European countries and Canada on goods imported from the settlements of the occupied West Bank, and the London foreign minister's use of the term 'ethnic cleansing' to describe the crimes of the settlers, are important steps in the right direction but they are not enough."
Mr Naim also demanded "the prosecution of war criminals in Israel in a manner similar to the Nazi trials at Nuremberg in Germany".
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/hamas-ed-miliband-sanctions-israel