Image copyright Twitter Image caption The White House releases an image of Mr Trump signing the new executive order President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order placing a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations. Iraq – which was covered in the previous seven-nation order – has been removed from the […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption The spokeswoman was asked to defend her boss, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini (L), in the interview A row has broken out in South Africa after a government official refused to conduct a radio interview in English. Lumka Oliphant was invited to discuss a crisis over social security payments, amid […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption A global campaign was launched to secure the release of the girls Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied he rejected a British offer to rescue the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram. The Royal Air Force (RAF) located the more than 200 girls and proposed to rescue them but […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Syria’s biggest city Aleppo was for years the focus of fighting that finally ended in December The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has backed a Belgian decision to refuse a humanitarian visa to a Syrian family. The family of five, from Aleppo, had applied for a 90-day visa at the […]
Media captionThe BBC reported a series of images to Facebook Facebook has been criticised for its handling of reports about sexualised images of children on its platform. The chairman of the Commons media committee, Damian Collins, said he had “grave doubts” about the effectiveness of its content moderation systems. Mr Collins’ comments come after the […]
Image copyright Nintendo Image caption Some users have reported “annoying” screen glitches Thousands of owners of Nintendo’s new console, Switch, have complained about dead or stuck pixels creating distracting and annoying dark squares on their screens. Nintendo said such pixels were “normal and should not be considered a defect”. But one analyst said if the […]
Image copyright Amazon Image caption Amazon’s digital assistant, Alexa, records fragments of audio before activation as it listens for commands Amazon has agreed to hand over data from an Amazon Echo that may have been operating as an alleged murder took place, after the defendant consented. The technology giant had argued that it was against […]
Image copyright Lisa Cope Image caption Lisa Cope has been unable to use her Jawbone since the summer of 2016 Owners of Jawbone fitness trackers are complaining on social media that the firm’s customer support has vanished. At the time of writing, Jawbone’s Twitter and Facebook support accounts had not been updated for several weeks. […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption TalkTalk has warned its customers to be on the alert for scammers TalkTalk customers are being targeted by an industrial-scale fraud network in India, according to whistleblowers who say they were among hundreds of staff hired to scam customers of the British telecoms giant. The scale of the criminal operation […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Iraqi special forces stand guard in western Mosul as they resume their offensive Iraqi forces say they have retaken the main government offices in Mosul as the offensive continues to oust the so-called Islamic State (IS) group. The advance could pave the way for an attack on the heavily-populated old […]
