U.S. seeks NATO help with Strait of Hormuz. And, SCOTUS blocks vaccine changes Israel's Incursion Into Lebanon, NATO and Strait Of Hormuz, Cuba's Blackout and Trump Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start...

Apple’s new Studio displays come with Thunderbolt 5 Apple on Tuesday announced a new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, both powered by its latest chips, as well as a new family of displays. The latter includes a new $1,599 Studio Display and a $3,299 Studio Display XDR. The new 27-inch displays come with better cameras and improved connectivity. Both displays feature a 12MP Center Stage...

Tears and defiance as Lebanese family bury child, 11, killed in Israeli strikeHugo BachegaandSamantha Granville,in Saksakiyeh, southern LebanonBBCJawad is one of the latest civilian victimsA funeral has been held in a southern Lebanese village for an 11-year-old boy and his uncle who were killed in an Israeli air strike.Jawad Younes and his uncle, 41-year-old Ragheb Younes, were laid to rest in...

OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own In Brief Posted: 12:01 PM PST · February 5, 2026 Image Credits:Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images On Monday, OpenAI launched Codex, an agentic coding tool marketed to software developers. Today, OpenAI also launched a new model designed to turbo-charge Codex:...

Kim Ju Ae: Could Kim Jong Un's teen daughter become North Korea's next leader?Jake Kwon,Seoul correspondentandLeehyun Choi,SeoulKCNA VIA KNS via AFPKim Jong Un and his daughter Ju Ae in the Hwasong area of PyongyangAs North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened Seoul and vowed to continue expanding his sanctioned nuclear weapons programme at the party congress, the big question was whether his...