January 13 Secret room to be built at Chinese embassy near cable lines, sparking widespread espionage fears Unredacted plans for China's new London embassy reveal secret underground chamber near cables, sparking espionage concerns among UK security experts.
January 13 Hundreds of mysterious old shoes wash up on beach during cleanup, baffling officials Hundreds of mysterious, old-fashioned shoes washed up on Ogmore Beach in Wales, baffling local officials who are pondering two theories about the shoes' origin.
January 12 UK targets Elon Musk’s X with fines and possible ban over Grok deepfake abuse The U.K.'s communications regulator, Ofcom, launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's X platform following reports of AI chatbot Grok creating illegal deepfake images.
January 10 Protester scales Iranian Embassy in London, tears down regime flag, hoists pre-revolution symbol Drama played out in London when a protester reportedly scaled Iran's embassy building, tears down a regime flag and replaces it with a pre-1979 flag.
January 10 Protester at Iran's embassy in London installs pre-revolution flag after tearing down Islamic regime's symbol Video shows a protester installing a pre-revolution Lion and Sun flag at the Iranian embassy in London after tearing down the regime's flag outside the building. (Credit: Pegah Janbakhsh via Storyful)
January 10 Protester at Iran's embassy in London installs pre-revolution flag after tearing down Islamic regime's symbol Video shows a protester installing a pre-revolution Lion and Sun flag at the Iranian embassy in London after tearing down the regime's flag outside the building. (Credit: Pegah Janbakhsh via Storyful)
January 10 Middle Eastern country stops sponsoring students studying in Britain over fear of radicalization: report UAE stops funding students to study in Britain, claiming fears of radicalization by Muslim Brotherhood. The nation will sponsor education elsewhere.
January 9 UAE cuts funding for citizens studying at UK universities over campus radicalization fears: report The UAE is pulling scholarships from U.K. universities, citing fears Emirati students could be radicalized amid tensions over Britain and the Muslim Brotherhood.
January 9 Iran protests grow deadlier as regime internet blackout fails to stop uprising Iran's anti-government protests enter day 13 with reported death toll of 51, including 9 children, as demonstrations spread nationwide against the regime.
January 8 UK keeps billions in Venezuelan gold reserves frozen at Bank of England after Maduro arrest Bank of England keeps billions in Venezuelan gold frozen since 2020 amid legal battle following Nicolás Maduro's arrest and interim leader appointment.
