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June 6 0800 UTC Brief
In Australia
A 35-year-old diver died after a suspected shark attack off the coast near Albany in Western Australia. Police said paramedics treated him at the scene for more than two hours before his death was confirmed on Saturday afternoon.
In cybersecurity
A security startup says an autonomous AI agent uncovered 21 previously unknown vulnerabilities in FFmpeg, the media library that underpins a huge amount of online video. In the same week, Google pushed Chrome 149 with fixes for 429 security bugs, its biggest single update on that front so far.
Oxford University says attackers broke into its CareerConnect careers platform, exposing users’ names and email addresses, and in some cases encrypted passwords for people not using single sign-on. The university says the flaw has been fixed and that there is no sign course data, uploaded files, appointment details, or financial information were taken.
Microsoft’s GitHub repositories were also hit in the ongoing Miasma supply chain campaign, with researchers saying 73 repositories across several Microsoft organizations were affected before GitHub disabled access. A tidy week for cybersecurity, in the sense that the alarms all went off at once.
In the Middle East
The U.S. says it intercepted Iranian drones and then struck what it described as radar sites in southern Iran, including targets in Goruk and on Qeshm Island. The exchange adds more pressure to an already fragile ceasefire.
In Iraq, the worsening summer power crisis is pushing officials to look more seriously at solar power as one possible answer. The country has the sunlight, the problem has been making the policy follow.
In Europe
An 18-year-old is due in court charged with wounding with intent and possessing a knife after a stabbing at Barry Island in Wales that left a boy needing a leg amputation. Police have not given further details.
Pope Leo XIV is starting a weeklong visit to Spain focused on immigration and social justice, and he is also set to meet some victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.
In Latin America
Peru’s presidential runoff on Sunday pits Keiko Fujimori against Roberto Sánchez after a long stretch of political turmoil, rising crime, and sinking trust in institutions. It is the kind of election where the country is voting, but also auditing its nerves.
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