Paraguay president's X account hacked in bitcoin scheme
"The president's official X account has presented irregular activity which suggests possible unauthorised entry," the government said in a statement.
A post on Pena's account in English, with a Spanish-language statement purporting to be from the government, had declared that the Latin American country had made Bitcoin legal tender and that it would roll out a $US5 million ($A7.7 million) Bitcoin-backed reserve fund.
The government asked citizens to ignore posts from the account until official confirmation was made available.
Paraguay's national cybersecurity team was working with X to investigate the situation, the government added.
X did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Apprentice never came home from work after supervisor's 'reckless, negligent choices'
THE mother of a young man killed when his supervisor lost control on a bend and slammed into a power pole at Cardiff has faced the driver in court and said her son's tragic death was the result of "gross, avoidable negligence". Apprentice carpenter Jacob Mostyn, 19, went to work and never came home on November 3, 2023, and now his mother, Christine, says she is living every parent's worst nightmare. Jacob's supervisor, 36-year-old Jeremy Howard, pleaded guilty to negligent driving occasioning death after he lost control of his BMW on a sweeping bend at Munibung Road at Cardiff and slid into a power pole. Jacob, a passenger in the car, was critically injured and died in hospital 11 days later. Howard faced a sentence hearing in Belmont Local Court on Thursday, during which Christine read a powerful victim impact statement, outlining the devastation the crash had caused her family and the promising young man Howard's "reckless choices" had taken away. "Jacob was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his supervisor," Christine said. "Someone entrusted with leadership, responsibility, and the safety of others. "But instead of exercising that duty with care, his supervisor made reckless, negligent choices behind the wheel. "Choices that cost Jacob his life. "Choices that shattered me, my family and his friends forever." Christine described getting the phone call about the crash and the realisation that "every parent's worst nightmare had just become my reality". "I can't describe to you what it's like to bury your child," Christine said. "There is no word in the English language for a parent who loses their child, because it is not supposed to happen. "It's unnatural. It's unbearable. This is my nightmare." Christine detailed all the important life events that had been stolen from her son, from finishing his apprenticeship to buying a home and having a family. "He didn't get to live," she said. "This was all stolen from him and us in a split second." She stressed that her son was not a statistic, that his life mattered and that his death was avoidable. "What makes this so much worse is knowing that his death didn't have to happen," Christine said. "The driver, Jeremy, made decisions that endangered not only my son's life but his own and everyone else on the road that day. "This was negligence. "Gross, avoidable negligence. "The kind that deserves accountability." Finally, with a framed photograph of her son held aloft beside her, she spoke directly to Howard. "I don't hate you," Christine said. "I don't know if I will ever be able to forgive you, but I want you to understand something; you didn't just end my son's life, you ended mine in many ways, too. "You took away my reason for getting up in the morning. "You took away a brother, a grandson, a friend, a mate, a partner, and a young man with so much life left to live. "I hope that you carry that weight every day. "And I hope that, one day, you truly understand the full consequences of what you have done." Crown prosecutor Jillian Kelton had argued the crash involved a significant degree of negligence because Howard was driving too quickly for the sweeping curve, was fatigued and had deactivated the BMW's traction control system, which she said may have prevented the crash. But defence barrister, Ben Bickford, said the degree of negligence was at a lower level and Howard had made an error in judgment and the impact with the pole had occurred a second after he lost traction. Magistrate Stephen Olischlager found the degree of negligence was significant but said Howard had no prior criminal record and was unlikely to re-offend. He said Howard would have to live with causing Jacob's death for the rest of his life and had the physical scars as a reminder of his mistake. Mr Olischlager said he would impose a nine-month sentence, but adjourned the matter until October to see whether Howard is suitable to serve the sentence in home detention as part of an intensive corrections order. THE mother of a young man killed when his supervisor lost control on a bend and slammed into a power pole at Cardiff has faced the driver in court and said her son's tragic death was the result of "gross, avoidable negligence". Apprentice carpenter Jacob Mostyn, 19, went to work and never came home on November 3, 2023, and now his mother, Christine, says she is living every parent's worst nightmare. Jacob's supervisor, 36-year-old Jeremy Howard, pleaded guilty to negligent driving occasioning death after he lost control of his BMW on a sweeping bend at Munibung Road at Cardiff and slid into a power pole. Jacob, a passenger in the car, was critically injured and died in hospital 11 days later. Howard faced a sentence hearing in Belmont Local Court on Thursday, during which Christine read a powerful victim impact statement, outlining the devastation the crash had caused her family and the promising young man Howard's "reckless choices" had taken away. "Jacob was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his supervisor," Christine said. "Someone entrusted with leadership, responsibility, and the safety of others. "But instead of exercising that duty with care, his supervisor made reckless, negligent choices behind the wheel. "Choices that cost Jacob his life. "Choices that shattered me, my family and his friends forever." Christine described getting the phone call about the crash and the realisation that "every parent's worst nightmare had just become my reality". "I can't describe to you what it's like to bury your child," Christine said. "There is no word in the English language for a parent who loses their child, because it is not supposed to happen. "It's unnatural. It's unbearable. This is my nightmare." Christine detailed all the important life events that had been stolen from her son, from finishing his apprenticeship to buying a home and having a family. "He didn't get to live," she said. "This was all stolen from him and us in a split second." She stressed that her son was not a statistic, that his life mattered and that his death was avoidable. "What makes this so much worse is knowing that his death didn't have to happen," Christine said. "The driver, Jeremy, made decisions that endangered not only my son's life but his own and everyone else on the road that day. "This was negligence. "Gross, avoidable negligence. "The kind that deserves accountability." Finally, with a framed photograph of her son held aloft beside her, she spoke directly to Howard. "I don't hate you," Christine said. "I don't know if I will ever be able to forgive you, but I want you to understand something; you didn't just end my son's life, you ended mine in many ways, too. "You took away my reason for getting up in the morning. "You took away a brother, a grandson, a friend, a mate, a partner, and a young man with so much life left to live. "I hope that you carry that weight every day. "And I hope that, one day, you truly understand the full consequences of what you have done." Crown prosecutor Jillian Kelton had argued the crash involved a significant degree of negligence because Howard was driving too quickly for the sweeping curve, was fatigued and had deactivated the BMW's traction control system, which she said may have prevented the crash. But defence barrister, Ben Bickford, said the degree of negligence was at a lower level and Howard had made an error in judgment and the impact with the pole had occurred a second after he lost traction. Magistrate Stephen Olischlager found the degree of negligence was significant but said Howard had no prior criminal record and was unlikely to re-offend. He said Howard would have to live with causing Jacob's death for the rest of his life and had the physical scars as a reminder of his mistake. Mr Olischlager said he would impose a nine-month sentence, but adjourned the matter until October to see whether Howard is suitable to serve the sentence in home detention as part of an intensive corrections order. THE mother of a young man killed when his supervisor lost control on a bend and slammed into a power pole at Cardiff has faced the driver in court and said her son's tragic death was the result of "gross, avoidable negligence". Apprentice carpenter Jacob Mostyn, 19, went to work and never came home on November 3, 2023, and now his mother, Christine, says she is living every parent's worst nightmare. Jacob's supervisor, 36-year-old Jeremy Howard, pleaded guilty to negligent driving occasioning death after he lost control of his BMW on a sweeping bend at Munibung Road at Cardiff and slid into a power pole. Jacob, a passenger in the car, was critically injured and died in hospital 11 days later. Howard faced a sentence hearing in Belmont Local Court on Thursday, during which Christine read a powerful victim impact statement, outlining the devastation the crash had caused her family and the promising young man Howard's "reckless choices" had taken away. "Jacob was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his supervisor," Christine said. "Someone entrusted with leadership, responsibility, and the safety of others. "But instead of exercising that duty with care, his supervisor made reckless, negligent choices behind the wheel. "Choices that cost Jacob his life. "Choices that shattered me, my family and his friends forever." Christine described getting the phone call about the crash and the realisation that "every parent's worst nightmare had just become my reality". "I can't describe to you what it's like to bury your child," Christine said. "There is no word in the English language for a parent who loses their child, because it is not supposed to happen. "It's unnatural. It's unbearable. This is my nightmare." Christine detailed all the important life events that had been stolen from her son, from finishing his apprenticeship to buying a home and having a family. "He didn't get to live," she said. "This was all stolen from him and us in a split second." She stressed that her son was not a statistic, that his life mattered and that his death was avoidable. "What makes this so much worse is knowing that his death didn't have to happen," Christine said. "The driver, Jeremy, made decisions that endangered not only my son's life but his own and everyone else on the road that day. "This was negligence. "Gross, avoidable negligence. "The kind that deserves accountability." Finally, with a framed photograph of her son held aloft beside her, she spoke directly to Howard. "I don't hate you," Christine said. "I don't know if I will ever be able to forgive you, but I want you to understand something; you didn't just end my son's life, you ended mine in many ways, too. "You took away my reason for getting up in the morning. "You took away a brother, a grandson, a friend, a mate, a partner, and a young man with so much life left to live. "I hope that you carry that weight every day. "And I hope that, one day, you truly understand the full consequences of what you have done." Crown prosecutor Jillian Kelton had argued the crash involved a significant degree of negligence because Howard was driving too quickly for the sweeping curve, was fatigued and had deactivated the BMW's traction control system, which she said may have prevented the crash. But defence barrister, Ben Bickford, said the degree of negligence was at a lower level and Howard had made an error in judgment and the impact with the pole had occurred a second after he lost traction. Magistrate Stephen Olischlager found the degree of negligence was significant but said Howard had no prior criminal record and was unlikely to re-offend. He said Howard would have to live with causing Jacob's death for the rest of his life and had the physical scars as a reminder of his mistake. Mr Olischlager said he would impose a nine-month sentence, but adjourned the matter until October to see whether Howard is suitable to serve the sentence in home detention as part of an intensive corrections order. THE mother of a young man killed when his supervisor lost control on a bend and slammed into a power pole at Cardiff has faced the driver in court and said her son's tragic death was the result of "gross, avoidable negligence". Apprentice carpenter Jacob Mostyn, 19, went to work and never came home on November 3, 2023, and now his mother, Christine, says she is living every parent's worst nightmare. Jacob's supervisor, 36-year-old Jeremy Howard, pleaded guilty to negligent driving occasioning death after he lost control of his BMW on a sweeping bend at Munibung Road at Cardiff and slid into a power pole. Jacob, a passenger in the car, was critically injured and died in hospital 11 days later. Howard faced a sentence hearing in Belmont Local Court on Thursday, during which Christine read a powerful victim impact statement, outlining the devastation the crash had caused her family and the promising young man Howard's "reckless choices" had taken away. "Jacob was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his supervisor," Christine said. "Someone entrusted with leadership, responsibility, and the safety of others. "But instead of exercising that duty with care, his supervisor made reckless, negligent choices behind the wheel. "Choices that cost Jacob his life. "Choices that shattered me, my family and his friends forever." Christine described getting the phone call about the crash and the realisation that "every parent's worst nightmare had just become my reality". "I can't describe to you what it's like to bury your child," Christine said. "There is no word in the English language for a parent who loses their child, because it is not supposed to happen. "It's unnatural. It's unbearable. This is my nightmare." Christine detailed all the important life events that had been stolen from her son, from finishing his apprenticeship to buying a home and having a family. "He didn't get to live," she said. "This was all stolen from him and us in a split second." She stressed that her son was not a statistic, that his life mattered and that his death was avoidable. "What makes this so much worse is knowing that his death didn't have to happen," Christine said. "The driver, Jeremy, made decisions that endangered not only my son's life but his own and everyone else on the road that day. "This was negligence. "Gross, avoidable negligence. "The kind that deserves accountability." Finally, with a framed photograph of her son held aloft beside her, she spoke directly to Howard. "I don't hate you," Christine said. "I don't know if I will ever be able to forgive you, but I want you to understand something; you didn't just end my son's life, you ended mine in many ways, too. "You took away my reason for getting up in the morning. "You took away a brother, a grandson, a friend, a mate, a partner, and a young man with so much life left to live. "I hope that you carry that weight every day. "And I hope that, one day, you truly understand the full consequences of what you have done." Crown prosecutor Jillian Kelton had argued the crash involved a significant degree of negligence because Howard was driving too quickly for the sweeping curve, was fatigued and had deactivated the BMW's traction control system, which she said may have prevented the crash. But defence barrister, Ben Bickford, said the degree of negligence was at a lower level and Howard had made an error in judgment and the impact with the pole had occurred a second after he lost traction. Magistrate Stephen Olischlager found the degree of negligence was significant but said Howard had no prior criminal record and was unlikely to re-offend. He said Howard would have to live with causing Jacob's death for the rest of his life and had the physical scars as a reminder of his mistake. Mr Olischlager said he would impose a nine-month sentence, but adjourned the matter until October to see whether Howard is suitable to serve the sentence in home detention as part of an intensive corrections order.
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US man jailed 80 years for attacks on Democrats' homes
A failed Republican candidate in New Mexico has been jailed for 80 years for contracting gunmen to carry out drive-by shootings on the homes of Democratic officials after his 2022 election defeat. Solomon Pena orchestrated the attacks in Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, weeks after losing his bid for a state house seat. He was driven by conspiracy theories he had been a victim of election fraud, federal prosecutors said. Pena was convicted of 13 felony charges earlier in 2025 for attacks on four officials in December 2022 and January 2023, including the current state house speaker. No one was hurt in the shootings, which followed other politically motivated violence such as the hammer attack on the husband of US Representative Nancy Pelosi. "Violence and intimidation have no place in our elections," US Lawyer for New Mexico Ryan Ellison said in a statement following the sentencing on Wednesday. Pena's lawyer Nicholas Hart said his client would appeal the conviction. Two men who said they were hired by Pena for the attacks pleaded guilty in 2024. After he failed to be elected, Pena pressured members of the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners not to certify the results. When they refused, Pena recruited Jose Trujillo and Demetrio Trujillo to carry out the shootings, prosecutors said. False and unfounded claims of election fraud exploded after President Donald Trump refused to accept defeat in the 2020 US presidential election. A failed Republican candidate in New Mexico has been jailed for 80 years for contracting gunmen to carry out drive-by shootings on the homes of Democratic officials after his 2022 election defeat. Solomon Pena orchestrated the attacks in Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, weeks after losing his bid for a state house seat. He was driven by conspiracy theories he had been a victim of election fraud, federal prosecutors said. Pena was convicted of 13 felony charges earlier in 2025 for attacks on four officials in December 2022 and January 2023, including the current state house speaker. No one was hurt in the shootings, which followed other politically motivated violence such as the hammer attack on the husband of US Representative Nancy Pelosi. "Violence and intimidation have no place in our elections," US Lawyer for New Mexico Ryan Ellison said in a statement following the sentencing on Wednesday. Pena's lawyer Nicholas Hart said his client would appeal the conviction. Two men who said they were hired by Pena for the attacks pleaded guilty in 2024. After he failed to be elected, Pena pressured members of the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners not to certify the results. When they refused, Pena recruited Jose Trujillo and Demetrio Trujillo to carry out the shootings, prosecutors said. False and unfounded claims of election fraud exploded after President Donald Trump refused to accept defeat in the 2020 US presidential election. A failed Republican candidate in New Mexico has been jailed for 80 years for contracting gunmen to carry out drive-by shootings on the homes of Democratic officials after his 2022 election defeat. Solomon Pena orchestrated the attacks in Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, weeks after losing his bid for a state house seat. He was driven by conspiracy theories he had been a victim of election fraud, federal prosecutors said. Pena was convicted of 13 felony charges earlier in 2025 for attacks on four officials in December 2022 and January 2023, including the current state house speaker. No one was hurt in the shootings, which followed other politically motivated violence such as the hammer attack on the husband of US Representative Nancy Pelosi. "Violence and intimidation have no place in our elections," US Lawyer for New Mexico Ryan Ellison said in a statement following the sentencing on Wednesday. Pena's lawyer Nicholas Hart said his client would appeal the conviction. Two men who said they were hired by Pena for the attacks pleaded guilty in 2024. After he failed to be elected, Pena pressured members of the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners not to certify the results. When they refused, Pena recruited Jose Trujillo and Demetrio Trujillo to carry out the shootings, prosecutors said. False and unfounded claims of election fraud exploded after President Donald Trump refused to accept defeat in the 2020 US presidential election. A failed Republican candidate in New Mexico has been jailed for 80 years for contracting gunmen to carry out drive-by shootings on the homes of Democratic officials after his 2022 election defeat. Solomon Pena orchestrated the attacks in Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, weeks after losing his bid for a state house seat. He was driven by conspiracy theories he had been a victim of election fraud, federal prosecutors said. Pena was convicted of 13 felony charges earlier in 2025 for attacks on four officials in December 2022 and January 2023, including the current state house speaker. No one was hurt in the shootings, which followed other politically motivated violence such as the hammer attack on the husband of US Representative Nancy Pelosi. "Violence and intimidation have no place in our elections," US Lawyer for New Mexico Ryan Ellison said in a statement following the sentencing on Wednesday. Pena's lawyer Nicholas Hart said his client would appeal the conviction. Two men who said they were hired by Pena for the attacks pleaded guilty in 2024. After he failed to be elected, Pena pressured members of the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners not to certify the results. When they refused, Pena recruited Jose Trujillo and Demetrio Trujillo to carry out the shootings, prosecutors said. False and unfounded claims of election fraud exploded after President Donald Trump refused to accept defeat in the 2020 US presidential election.
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Britain's Foreign Minister risks fine for fishing without appropriate licence after photo with US Vice President JD Vance
The British Foreign Minister may have gone fishing and only caught a fine, after he discovered he did not have the appropriate licence to fish in a lake with JD Vance. David Lammy, who serves as Foreign Secretary in Keir Starmer's cabinet, was hosting Mr Vance and his family during the US Vice President's working holiday to the United Kingdom. During the visit, Vice President Vance and Mr Lammy were photographed fishing at a private lake on the grounds of Chevening House. At the time, Vice President Vance joked about the UK Foreign Secretary's fishing skills. 'Unfortunately, the one strain on the special relationship is that all of my kids caught fish, but the foreign secretary did not," he told reporters at a press conference with Mr Lammy. Mr Lammy said in a statement that he had since been made aware by his office that he had not sought the appropriate licence and he had referred himself to the Environment Agency, the government department that manages the environment and environmental matters in England. 'The foreign secretary has written to the Environment Agency over an administrative oversight that meant the appropriate licences had not been acquired for fishing on a private lake as part of a diplomatic engagement at Chevening House last week," a Foreign Office spokesperson said. "As soon as the foreign secretary was made aware of the administrative error, he successfully purchased the relevant rod fishing licenses," the spokesperson added. "He also wrote to the Environment Agency notifying them of the error, demonstrating how it would be rectified, and thanking them for their work protecting Britain's fisheries." If the Environment Agency chooses to fine Mr Lammy, he could receive a fixed penalty notice of £2100 (AU$5100). But it was not the fishing that was the focus of the visit, which also saw protests near where the Vice President and his family were staying in the Cotswolds near the English city of Gloucester. Mr. Vance blasted the UK government for what he called a heavy-handed approach to freedom of speech, citing recent legislative changes made by the government to strengthen exclusion zones around abortion clinics in England and its approach to people posting about the illegal migrant crossings in the English Channel. 'I think the entire collective West, the transatlantic relationship, our NATO allies, certainly the United States under the Biden administration, got a little too comfortable with censoring rather than engaging with a diverse array of opinions. So that's been my view,' he said. But Mr Vance reiterated that he loved the UK. He said, 'being here lifts up the human spirit" before thanking the English people for having a beautiful countryside.
