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The beat <\/strong><\/p>\n

AFP and Europol trap cyber rats <\/em><\/p>\n

Law enforcement agencies from Europe and Australia have dismantled<\/a> an international cybercrime operation involving the use of malware known as \u2018Imminent Monitor Remote Access Trojan\u2019, or IM-RAT. The operation was led by the Australian Federal Police, and Europol and Eurojust provided assistance with coordinating the European agencies involved. The investigation found that the malware had been sold to more than 14,500 buyers in 124 countries. Officers executed 85 warrants, seized 434 devices and arrested 13 people in the bust.<\/p>\n

Chinese and Serbian police units hold joint training <\/em><\/p>\n

China\u2019s special police joined<\/a> Serbian anti-terrorist and local police in an exercise at a Chinese-owned steel mill outside Belgrade. The exercise marks the first time China\u2019s special police have taken part in joint training drills in Europe. Officers worked together to rescue hostages in a staged raid. In September, Chinese police officers were deployed<\/a> in Serbia to help deal with the growing number of Chinese tourists and workers there.<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s Ring provided US police with video doorbell map <\/em><\/p>\n

CNET<\/em> has revealed<\/a> that for more than a year, Amazon\u2019s home surveillance company, Ring, provided hundreds of US police departments with a detailed heat map of all its video doorbells. Police with access to the map could zoom in on specific locations, down to the street level, and also type in specific addresses to see whether there were any Ring devices in the surrounding area. The feature was removed in July.<\/p>\n

Checkpoint<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tories pledge to introduce US- and Australian-style immigration controls<\/em><\/p>\n

The UK Conservatives have vowed<\/a> to strengthen border security, if they win next week\u2019s election, by introducing a US-style electronic travel authorisation visa-waiver system, which all visitors would need to apply for. Alongside automated entrance and exit checks, the Tories say the system would help<\/a> \u2018screen arrivals against watchlists and block those deemed to be a threat from entering the UK\u2019. The party also indicated that it plans to introduce<\/a> an Australian-style points-based immigration system<\/a> if it wins the election.<\/p>\n

US proposes facial recognition expansion <\/em><\/p>\n

The US Department of Homeland Security has proposed<\/a> changing existing regulations to allow the use of facial-recognition technology on all people entering and leaving the country, including US citizens. According<\/a> to an official, the change is in the \u2018final stages of clearance\u2019, though it won\u2019t go into effect until after a period of public comment. A Democrat senator is planning<\/a> legislation to block the proposal, which he says would \u2018amount to disturbing government coercion\u2019.<\/p>\n

Turkey and Libya sign maritime border deal<\/em><\/p>\n

Turkey has signed<\/a> a deal with Libya to delimit maritime zones in the Mediterranean Sea, as a means of \u2018protecting Turkey\u2019s rights\u2019. The agreement has already drawn<\/a> anger from Greece, Egypt and Cyprus, which deemed<\/a> the delimitation a \u2018serious violation of international law\u2019. This latest move has escalated<\/a> tensions in the Mediterranean, spurred by conflicting claims over energy resources.<\/p>\n

CT scan <\/strong><\/p>\n

Fake explosives used to generate fear <\/em><\/p>\n

Two people were killed<\/a> and three wounded in a terrorist attack on London Bridge on Friday. The attacker, Usman Khan, had been convicted of terrorism offences and was on parole when the attack occurred. Khan was wearing a \u2018hoax explosive device\u2019 similar to the ones used in the 2017 London Bridge attacks that killed 11 people. In 2016, an media group linked to Islamic State urged<\/a> would-be attackers to wear fake explosives to create more fear and confusion.<\/p>\n

Reward offered for high-ranking US terrorist<\/em><\/p>\n

The US State Department is offering<\/a> US$5 million for information that leads to the arrest of a US citizen on the FBI\u2019s most wanted terrorist list. Jehad Serwan Mostafa is wanted for providing material support from 2008 to 2017 to Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab. The FBI believes<\/a> that Mostafa is the \u2018highest-ranking United States citizen fighting overseas for a terrorist organization\u2019, having learned earlier this year that he is a leader in the group\u2019s \u2018explosives department\u2019.<\/p>\n

Right-wing extremism cases mount in German army<\/em><\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s Bundeswehr<\/em> will suspend<\/a> an officer of its special forces for being involved in far-right extremism following a months-long intelligence operation by the military counterintelligence service. Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said that the German special forces have a \u2018special responsibility to counter any tendency toward radicalism\u2019. Another 20 members of the elite unit, and a total of 450 across the German military, are being investigated<\/a> for links to right-wing extremism.<\/p>\n

First responder<\/strong><\/p>\n

Samoa shuts down government to combat measles epidemic<\/em><\/p>\n

Samoa is in the midst of<\/a> a two-day government shutdown in which all branches, except the water and electricity sectors, are closed as workers assist in a vaccination campaign in response to the measles outbreak. The shutdown comes as authorities ask<\/a> unvaccinated families to display red flags outside their homes to help alert the community. The New Zealand Defence Force is providing<\/a> logistics support and medical supplies and the UK is sending<\/a> 13 doctors to assist in the program.<\/p>\n

EU satellite tracks Australian bushfires <\/em><\/p>\n

The EU\u2019s Copernicus satellite emergency management service has been activated<\/a> by the Australian government to assist with tracking bushfires in New South Wales. As part of the service, a team based in Belgium produced the year\u2019s largest emergency mapping operation. The 29 maps provided to firefighters are designed to help them form a plan for fighting the fires based on their predicted movement.<\/p>\n

Climate tipping points on the move<\/em><\/p>\n

Scientists have warned<\/a> that there\u2019s evidence that more than half the climate tipping points identified a decade ago have been activated much earlier than expected. Tipping points occur when specific impacts of global warming become irreversible. Impacts can start to cascade once tipping points are reached, but there\u2019s uncertainty over how they interact with each other. Scientists say the tipping points pose an \u2018existential threat to civilisation<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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