Man charged with manslaughter over Tesla crash originally blamed on car’s self-driving mode
Tesla said Michael Butler disabled his car’s self-driving mode before it plowed into Martha Avila’s home in June A man whose Tesla Model 3 was allegedly in self-driving mode when it crashed into a home near Houston and killed a 76-year-old woman inside recently has been jailed on a count of manslaughter. Michael Butler’s arrest in the 19 June death of Martha Avila was announced late on Wednesday in a Facebook post by the sheriff of Harris county, Texas, Ed Gonzalez. Continue reading...
Open AI Proposes Handing Trump Admin 5% Stake | Balance of Power: Late Edition 07/02/2026
"Balance of Power: Late Edition" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Ben Harris, Vice President and Director of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, says Washington should "temper the optimism" that AI can solve the federal deficit, warning any productivity gains may be offset by higher spending on Medicare, Social Security, and benefits programs. Elisa Ewers, Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a former Pentagon and State Department official in the Obama and George W. Bush administrations, says negotiations with Iran are likely to drag beyond the current 60-day window. Frank Luntz, CEO of FIL Inc., says America's 250th anniversary should be a moment for patriotism rather than political division. (Source: Bloomberg)
July/August 2026 Focus
July/August 2026 Focus Trump’s $100 Billion Iran War Mistake By Daryl G. Kimball in Arms Control Today Allen Harris Thu, 07/02/2026 - 15:04 Slide Image Slide URL link https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2026-07/focus/trumps-100-billion-iran-war-mistake
Trump'ın 100 Milyar Dolarlık İran Savaşı 'Büyük Hata' Olarak NitelendirildiUS lifts curbs on Anthropic's Fable, Mythos AI models
Anthropic said on Tuesday that the US Commerce Department lifted export controls on its Fable and Mythos AI models, less than three weeks after the company was ordered to suspend access to its most advanced AI models over national security risks. Washington has stepped up oversight of new model releases to identify potential threats amid concerns that advanced AI models could be misused by military intelligence in China, Russia or other countries of concern. Anthropic disabled its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models following a June 12 export-control order. Last week, the US government allowed the company to release Mythos 5 but only to some “trusted” US organisations. “We’ve received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. We’ll begin restoring access tomorrow,” Anthropic said in an X post. A letter to Anthropic from US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that was seen by Reuters also said the export controls were withdrawn. Anthropic had “agreed to proactively detect and address security risks associated with the models,” Lutnick said. It had also agreed to work diligently with the US government on protocols for Mythos, Fable and future models and to inform the US government of any malicious activity, he added. US government might re-evaluate if circumstances change Lutnick, however, said that the department “reserves the right to re-evaluate the decisions made in this letter and the necessity of re-imposing a license requirement, should circumstances change or should Anthropic fail to adhere to its commitments”. Both Fable and Mythos use the same underlying AI model, but Fable is designed to be widely available for public use whereas some safeguards are lifted for Mythos. Anthropic has implemented a new safeguard that targets and blocks a technique that it believes the government viewed as a method of bypassing or “jailbreaking” Fable 5, a company source said, declining to be identified. The source, however, added that the vulnerabilities found by the technique which had concerned the government had been known and patched earlier. Experts have said that Mythos models, in the wrong hands, could dramatically accelerate sophisticated cyberattacks, particularly in sectors such as banking that rely on complex, interconnected, and often decades-old technology systems. The government’s decision on Friday to allow access to Mythos to some “trusted” US organisations came in tandem with an announcement by rival OpenAI that it had delayed a full public launch of GPT-5.6 at the US government’s request, limiting its access to a small group of vetted partners. Those government actions had drawn much criticism that the administration’s choice of which companies were worthy of being considered “trusted” was unfair and not transparent. Increased scrutiny of AI models this month began with US President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order establishing a voluntary framework for AI developers to offer “covered frontier models” to the US government for up to 30 days before releasing them to trusted partners. Isaac Harris, executive director of the Frontier Security Institute, a nonprofit focused on AI and national security, said that Tuesday’s lifting of curbs indicated that “there’s now a process for standards for US models.” But he added: “There’s still a question mark as to how equivalently dangerous capabilities coming from China with less guardrails will be handled by the administration in the US market.” Both OpenAI and Anthropic have confidentially filed for US initial public offerings. Anthropic’s relationship with the US government has been particularly rocky this year. The Pentagon designated the company a “supply-chain risk”, preventing contractors from using Anthropic’s AI when working for the US military, after the company refused to allow its models to be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons systems.
Trump'ın İran Politikası ABD'ye Stratejik Zarar VerdiMeeting of National Cabinet
Today the Prime Minister convened National Cabinet for the sixth time since the conflict in the Middle East began.At today’s meeting Energy Minister Chris Bowen and Fuel Supply Taskforce Coordinator Anthea Harris provided an update on Australia’s fuel security.Australia’s fuel supply outlook remains secure in the near term, however we are working hard to prepare for contingencies in the event of supply disruptions in fuel and fertiliser.
ABD yeni füze kalkanı Altın Kubbe'nin ilk testini yaptı
ABD Savunma Bakanı Pete Hegseth, Altın Kubbe füze savunma kalkanının ilk aşama testinin tam bir başarıyla sonuçlandığını açıkladı. ABD Savunma Bakanı Pete Hegseth, "Amerika için Altın Kubbe" (GDA) füze savunma sisteminin testinin tam başarıyla sonuçlandığını ve buna bizzat tanıklık etmekten onur duyduğunu açıkladı. Gelişmiş yönlendirilmiş enerji teknolojisinin kullanıldığı testte Dinamik Savunma Otonom Bertaraf (DDAD) sistemi; kusursuz ve otonom bir şekilde çok sayıda gelen tehdidi algıladı, hedef aldı ve ortadan kaldırdı. Belirlenen takvime uygun olarak gerçekleştirilen testte, elit askerlerin yeni nesil teknolojiyle entegre biçimde çalışarak gelen insansız hava araçları ile seyir füzelerini durdurduğu bildirildi. X hesabı üzerinden açıklama yapan Hegseth, bu tarihi başarının sadece "Tek Büyük Güzel Yasa" sayesinde mümkün olduğunu ve bu tasarının kendilerine Amerika'yı koruyacak nihai kalkanı inşa etmek için gereken fonu sağladığını belirtti. ABD Başkanı Donald Trump'ın önceliği doğrultusunda geleneksel ve yeni savunma sanayisi devlerinin rekabet ve işbirliği içinde çalıştığını kaydeden Hegseth, "Başkan Trump, Başkan Reagan'ın Stratejik Savunma Girişimi (SDI) vizyonunu gerçeğe dönüştürüyor. Altın Kubbe ile Savaş Bakanlığı, vatanımızı her zamankinden daha güçlü şekilde savunacaktır. Altın Kubbe gerçek, güçlü ve planlandığı gibi ilerliyor" dedi. MALİYETİ 1,2 TRİLYON DOLAR Buna karşılık, tarafsız Kongre Bütçe Ofisi (CBO) geçtiğimiz ay yayımladığı raporda, ABD Başkanı Donald Trump'ın Altın Kubbe füze savunma kalkanının 20 yıllık geliştirme, konuşlandırma ve işletme maliyetinin yaklaşık 1,2 trilyon doları bulabileceğini tahmin ediyor. Bu miktar, programın Pentagon direktörü tarafından sunulan 185 miyar dolarlık tahmini büyük ölçüde geride bırakıyor. CBO, sistemin sadece tedarik maliyetinin 1 trilyon doların üzerinde olacağını, bunun yaklaşık yüzde 70'ini ise 7 bin 800 uydudan oluşan uzay tabanlı önleyici katmanının oluşturacağını öngördü. Altın Kubbe projesi, karaya konuşlu önleyici füzeler, sensörler ve komuta kontrol sistemlerini genişletirken, uzaydan gelen tehditleri tespit etmek, izlemek ve yörüngeden vurmak amacıyla gelişmiş uydu ağları ve yörünge silahları gibi uzay tabanlı unsurları eklemeyi planlıyor. Sistemin, Alaska ve Hawaii dahil tüm ABD'yi kapsaması ve Kuzey Kore gibi bölgesel bir rakipten gelecek saldırılara karşı tam kapasiteyle devreye girmesi öngörülüyor. Ancak Bütçe Ofisi, sistemin Rusya veya Çin'den gelecek tam kapsamlı bir saldırının hedef yoğunluğu karşısında yetersiz kalabileceği uyarısında bulundu. UZAY VE KARA TABANLI DÖRT KATMADAN OLUŞACAK Pentagon'un geçen yıl ağustosta sektöre sunduğu taslağa göre sistem dört katmandan oluşacak. İlk katman uzay tabanlı önleyicilerden kurulurken, ikinci katman California ve Alaska'da bulunan Karaya Konuşlu Orta Yol Savunması (GMD) sisteminin geliştirilmesiyle oluşturulacak. Üçüncü katman, füzeleri henüz uzaydayken vurmayı amaçlayan, üçü ABD ana karasında, diğer ikisi Hawaii ve Alaska'da kurulacak beş karaya konuşlu fırlatma sahasından meydana gelecek. Dördüncü katman olan "Sınırlı Alan Savunması" ise nüfus merkezlerini korumak için yeni radarlar, mevcut ve gelecekteki önleyicileri fırlatacak yeni bir ortak fırlatıcı ile mevcut Patriot füze savunma sistemini bir arada kullanacak. Projenin temel amacı, yüzlerce uydudan oluşan bir ağ ile Çin, İran, Kuzey Kore veya Rusya gibi ülkelerden fırlatılan düşman füzelerini, kalkıştan hemen sonra, yani itki safhasında vurmak olarak açıklandı. Mevcut savunma sistemleri düşman füzelerini sadece uzaydaki yolculuklarının ortasında hedef alabilirken, Altın Kubbe füzeyi tespit ettikten sonra henüz uzaya girmeden bir önleyici veya lazerle ya da uzaya girdikten hemen sonra imha etmeyi amaçlıyor. REAGAN'IN 'YILDIZ SAVAŞLARI' PROJESİ İLE KARŞILAŞTIRILIYOR Trump, mayıs ayında yaptığı açıklamada, "Amerikan halkına, vatanımızı yabancı füze saldırısı tehdidinden korumak için en son teknolojiye sahip bir füze savunma kalkanı inşa edeceğime söz verdim" diyerek sistemi İsrail'in Demir Kubbe sistemiyle kıyaslamıştı. ABD desteğiyle İsrail'in Rafael Gelişmiş Savunma Sistemleri tarafından geliştirilen Demir Kubbe, kısa menzilli roket ve İHA'ları havada imha etmek üzere tasarlandı. Trump, "İsrail'e sistemleri konusunda yardımcı olduk, çok başarılı oldu ama şimdi bizim elimizde ondan çok daha gelişmiş bir teknoloji var" ifadelerini kullanmıştı. Proje, Ronald Reagan'ın 1983'te nükleer silahları işlevsiz kılmak amacıyla başlattığı ancak yüksek maliyet, teknolojik yetersizlikler ve anlaşma ihlalleri nedeniyle başarısız olan "Yıldız Savaşları" projesine benzerliğiyle de biliniyor. Projeye siyasi kanattan ise eleştiriler yükseliyor. Senato Bütçe Komisyonu Kıdemli Üyesi Demokrat Senatör Jeff Merkley, "Başkan'ın 'Altın Kubbe' dediği şey, çalışan Amerikalıların parasıyla tamamen savunma müteahhitlerine yapılan devasa bir hibeden başka bir şey değildir" dedi. Sistemin finansmanı belirsizliğini korurken, Cumhuriyetçi milletvekilleri Kongre'de engellerle karşılaşan uzlaşma tasarısına bağlı 150 milyar dolarlık savunma paketinin bir parçası olarak başlangıçta 25 milyar dolarlık yatırım teklif etti. 27 Ocak 2025'te imzalanan kararnameyle kurulan Altın Kubbe'nin, 2028 yılına kadar tamamlanması hedefleniyor. ABD Uzay Kuvvetleri, uzay tabanlı füze savunma önleyici sistemleri geliştirmek üzere 12 şirkete 3,2 milyar dolara kadar sözleşme imzaladı. Şirketlerin yıllık 1,8 milyar ila 3,4 milyar dolar değerinde üretim sözleşmeleri kazanabileceği belirtilirken, ilk aşamadaki yüksek geliştirme maliyetleri sebebiyle sektör oyuncularının en az 200 milyon ila 2 milyar dolar arasında öz kaynak kullanması bekleniyor. Projede Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX ve Boeing gibi devlerin yanı sıra SpaceX, Palantir ve Anduril gibi firmaların da bazı bileşenler için yarışması öngörülüyordu; ancak Trump yönetiminin Altın Kubbe'yi devlet mülkiyeti dışı bir hizmet alımı olarak görmekten vazgeçmesiyle bu sürecin aksamış olabileceği ifade edildi. L3Harris Technologies ise hipersonik silahları tespit etmek için Indiana eyaletindeki Fort Wayne'de yer alan yeni tesisine 150 milyon dolar yatırım yaptı.
ABD, 'Altın Kubbe' Füze Savunma Sisteminin İlk Testini Başarıyla TamamladıIssue Brief - June 22, 2026
Issue Brief - June 22, 2026 Issue Brief: Assessing the Islamabad MOU and the U.S.-Iran Nuclear Negotiations Allen Harris Mon, 06/22/2026 - 17:15 Slide Image Slide URL link https://www.armscontrol.org/issue-briefs/2026-06/assessing-islamabad-mou-and-us-iran-nuclear-negotiations
Türk savunma sanayiinin önleyici dronları küresel arenada
Türk savunma sanayi şirketi Skydagger tarafından geliştirilen insansız hava aracı önleyici sistem teknolojisi, dünyanın önde gelen savunma sanayi şirketlerinden L3Harris Technologies'in platformuna entegre edilecek.
June 2026 Press Release
June 2026 Press Release STATEMENT: Time to Focus on Practical Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran By Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy Allen Harris Mon, 06/15/2026 - 11:11 Slide Image Slide URL link https://www.armscontrol.org/blog/2026-06-15/us-iran-mou-welcome-step-now-negotiators-must-focus-practical-nuclear
Saudi Arabia’s Gilded Nuclear Sweetheart Deal
Saudi Arabia’s Gilded Nuclear Sweetheart Deal Allen Harris Mon, 06/01/2026 - 15:03
June 2026 China News
June 2026 China News Trump Claims to Discuss Arms Control in China By Xiaodon Liang in Arms Control Today Allen Harris Mon, 06/01/2026 - 18:47 Slide Image Slide URL link https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2026-06/news/trump-claims-discuss-arms-control-china
Cars burn in Belfast, bricks fly in Southampton – and the ubiquitous cry of ‘civil war’ goes up again | John Harris
For most, what we see in real life is mundane. But those who wish to fan the flames of anti-immigrant feeling share a different image online It was the summer of 2024 when it all decisively started, with the horrific murders in Southport, countrywide violence and Elon Musk’s observation that a British civil war was somehow “inevitable”. A year later came a hot season of flags on lamp-posts, protests outside hotels used to accommodate asylum seekers, the ubiquitous use of the word “tinderbox” and constant predictions of widespread riots that never actually materialised. Now here we are again, in the aftermath of the awful murder and treatment by the police of Henry Nowak and frightening violence and arson in Belfast, and the civil war predictions seem to be increasing by the hour. The archive of such material is already bulging. In August 2024, amid the riots, a YouGov poll found that 32% of people thought a UK civil war was either “very” or “somewhat” likely. A year later, Dominic Cummings said the UK was only “random viral posts away from riots and prairie fires getting out of control”. Even Labour’s Lisa Nandy offered the opinion that the north of England was so tense “it could go up in flames”. John Harris is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
İngiltere'de Göçmen Karşıtı Şiddet ve 'İç Savaş' Söylemleri Yeniden AlevleniyorA 2026 ‘super El Niño’ could expose gaps in UK preparedness
A 2026 ‘super El Niño’ could expose gaps in UK preparedness Expert comment LToremark 21 May 2026 An El Niño event could disrupt UK weather, laying bare the vulnerabilities flagged by the Climate Change Committee’s new report. Global average temperatures have risen to 1.4°C above pre-industrial levels. This year, warming ocean temperatures in the Pacific are signalling a ‘super El Niño’ in mid- to late 2026, which could raise temperatures by a further 0.2°C. El Niño events are a natural part of the climate system, marked by periodic warming of the sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, temporarily raising global temperatures and disrupting weather patterns. However, in a world already altered by climate change, cyclical climate patterns such as El Niño are no longer temporary fluctuations but forces that intensify the variability of weather patterns and compound the cascading impacts of climate change. Risks for the UK — Building on their The World Today article, David Gunn and Matt Harris explore how societies might cope with more frequent and severe climate shocks. Previous El Niño events have coincided with some of the warmest years on record, intensifying heatwaves, flooding events and storms. For example, Storm Babet – which caused significant flooding across the UK – coincided with the 2023 El Niño. While the impacts of El Niño on the UK and Europe are often indirect and lagged, when its effects interact with higher baseline temperatures and variability, it can have consequences for global trade and regional stability. And the risks are only increasing. The May 2026 Well Adapted UK report by the UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC) advises the UK government to prepare for 2°C global warming by 2050 under current policies, with a realistic probability of up to 4°C warming by 2100. Inadequate and delayed adaptation will increase the costs of inaction, as heatwaves and wildfires become more frequent and flood risks increase. The CCC identifies the three biggest climate risks that pose a threat to the UK: heat, flooding and drought. As climate damages could rise to the equivalent of 1-5 per cent of UK GDP by 2050, the CCC calls on the government to invest around £11 billion annually on climate resilience, including adaptation actions in these three priority areas: protection from heat, managing flood risk and avoiding water shortages. How these risks materialize, and how decision-makers respond today, will have direct consequences for our future food, energy, economic and social systems. Key parts of social and physical infrastructure – including education, health care, transport systems, power grids and telecommunications – are at risk of irreversible damage, and their stability is critical as climate change intensifies. To protect the function and integrity of these systems, the UK needs to implement a robust adaptation strategy – and to make climate adaptation legally enforceable. Making adaptation legally enforceable While the UK is legally required to adapt to climate change under the 2008 Climate Change Act (CCA), delivery is siloed and unevenly implemented. For example, the CCA’s Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP) enables the UK government to request reports from infrastructure providers, regulators and companies with public functions critical to national resilience on how climate change impacts their operations, their adaptation proposal and implementation progress. However, potential chokepoints, such as food supply, are not adequately captured due to uneven application and enforcement across sectors. So, while reporting obligations exist, implementation standards are not legally binding. There are international examples of how to address this gap. In the Netherlands, the Delta Act requires long-term protection and freshwater planning and safety standards for flood defences to be legally defined and regularly updated. The UK can mirror similar binding adaptation standards that go beyond risk management and advisory targets to also prioritize freshwater availability and spatial planning. France, meanwhile, has made climate risk integration mandatory. Legislation such as Article 29 of the Energy and Climate Law and Article 173 of the Energy Transition Law require publicly listed companies, institutional investors and asset managers to report their biodiversity and climate-related risks. Under its existing CCA obligations, the UK has an opportunity to build comprehensive, enforceable and integrated resilience standards that can also help incentivise private investment to scale up adaptation measures. Investing in social and physical infrastructure Related work Heatwaves, extreme heat and climate change A key part of building the UK’s resilience to climate impacts is coordinated investment in physical and social infrastructure that protects its ability to deliver on core functions like food supply, energy security, transport and public health. In emergencies, there is a disproportionate burden on the government to absorb the cost of damages caused by climate shocks – a liability that will increase as climate change worsens. Many sectors in the UK have some form of climate risk assessment, adaptation programmes and resilience frameworks, including the Climate Adaptation Strategy for Transport and the UK Government Resilience Framework, but such plans are fragmented. Early coordination and investment into climate-resilient infrastructure across sectors can support long-term stability. As a priority, the UK should improve the implementation of existing plans and strategies, rather than create new ones. For example, the UK’s 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy is a significant opportunity to invest in adaptation planning. The strategy sets out measures to address issues like flood risk management, water security, drought resilience, infrastructure maintenance and renewal, as well as nature recovery and environmental resilience. The strategy can also make measures adaptive to evolving and intensifying climate risks, as well as changing technologies, economic conditions and political needs. This flexibility is important to avoid lock-in. Long-term planning that considers the multi-decade impacts of climate change is also crucial. Lastly, keeping infrastructure plans responsive to the needs of people by engaging stakeholders, including residents, local government and businesses, builds trust and supports the durability of policy. Delivering local funding and capacity Local authorities are critical for delivering essential services and preparing communities for the effects of climate change. However, they are currently ill-prepared to address these challenges. UK councils operate under significant financial stress and face a £27 billion funding gap, leaving them struggling to deliver on climate action plans. Rather than filling these gaps through fragmented and short-term support, the new CCC report stresses the need for adaptation funding to cover planning, implementation and evaluation.
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