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April 28 Morning Brief
In cybersecurity and devices
Security researchers say electric motorcycles and scooters from Zero Motorcycles and Yadea have vulnerabilities that could affect rider safety, not just data. Separately, a new Windows privilege escalation technique dubbed PhantomRPC has no patch yet, and researchers say it could let an attacker reach SYSTEM access by impersonating a target service. In other words, the software is keeping the usual appointment with reality.
In the UK
A former Labour MP says Keir Starmer is in a difficult position ahead of a possible cross-party sleaze probe into whether he misled MPs over Peter Mandelson’s appointment. Downing Street says it is already working through parliamentary processes and calls the push a political stunt.
Separately, King Charles III and Queen Camilla have begun a rare state visit to the United States, the first by a British monarch in nearly 20 years, with both governments hoping the trip smooths a few diplomatic edges.
In business
Deutsche Telekom is reportedly looking to buy the rest of T-Mobile US, after already taking a 53 percent stake. If it happens, it would be a giant deal by any normal standard, and a spectacularly large one by corporate-merger standards.
In the Middle East
Iran says the United States is in no position to dictate policy to other countries as Washington weighs Tehran’s latest peace proposal. U.S. officials have dismissed the offer, and the dispute is already feeding uncertainty in oil markets.
Meanwhile, Amnesty International is calling for an investigation into a U.S. strike in Yemen last year that hit a migrant detention center and killed at least 68 detainees. Amnesty says the attack should be examined as a possible war crime.
In Asia
In Indonesia, rescuers were still searching through the wreckage after two trains collided, killing at least 15 people and injuring 84. Most of the injured were women.
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