Quick Glance: Arrest Made After Car Crash at Downing Street in London
- A car collided with gates near the prime minister’s office on Downing Street in Central London on Thursday afternoon, leading to the arrest of a man on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving.
- Armed officers arrested the man on the spot after the vehicle hit the gates around 4:20 p.m., according to London’s Metropolitan Police.
- The prime minister was in his office at the time of the crash and later left the area in a motorcade via a different street, as reported by the BBC.
- While it was unclear if the crash had been deliberate, video footage broadcast by the BBC showed the silver car slowly approaching the gates moments before impact.
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Minister Mary Goretti Kitutu, who is facing investigations over a scandal involving the theft of iron sheets, was remanded to Luzira Prison #MonitorToon
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Quick Glance: Japanese Officials Investigate Mysterious Sphere Found on a Beach
- According to Asahi News, a local woman reported the sphere to police on Tuesday.
- After the United States shot down a purported Chinese spy balloon this month, as well as many other (at the time) unidentified objects, public interest in unidentified objects has reached an all-time high.
- China has also asserted that the purported surveillance balloon was only for civilian research purposes.
- The hoopla surrounding the unexplained sphere in Japan is likely to end similarly unspectacularly.
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Quick Glance: TikTok has been banned from UK government phones due to concerns about Chinese spying.
- The government has announced that TikTok will be removed from its employees' work phones due to data security concerns with the Chinese-owned app.
- "Second, we are also going to ban the use of TikTok on government devices."
- Security Minister Tom Tugendhat said on Tuesday that he was waiting for a report from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) before making a decision on the "hugely important question."
- Mr Sunak told the BBC, "We take security of devices seriously."
Police summons ministers who received Karamoja iron sheets.
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