5 Big News Stories Overnight - Saturday, April 11, 2026

U.S.: Splash Down

NASA reports:

NASA’s Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard is seen under parachutes as it lands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 2026. 

NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following a splashdown at , NASA, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force teams are working to bring the crewmembers and Orion spacecraft aboard USS John P. Murtha.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

United Kingdom: Bank of England raises alarm over threat from AI ‘too dangerous to release’

The Telegraph reports:

The Bank of England is to warn City chiefs about the risk of a new artificial intelligence model it is feared could break into the financial system and wreak havoc.

Officials will meet top bank and insurance bosses to discuss how they are preparing for the threat posed by Claude Mythos, a new AI system from Anthropic.

Anthropic, a Silicon Valley AI company, has deemed the tool too dangerous to release to the public after the AI discovered previously hidden flaws in computer systems quicker than any human.

The revelations about the new AI’s capabilities prompted Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, and Jerome Powell, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, to summon Wall Street bank executives to a crisis meeting this week.

Iran: An Arsenal of Thousands of Missiles

Wall Street Journal Reports:

Iran still has thousands of ballistic missiles in its arsenal that it could use by retrieving launchers from underground storage areas, according to American officials familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments.

The assessments come as the U.S. is working to cement a cease-fire that would fully open the Strait of Hormuz and also insulate Iran, American troops and states in the region from further attacks. 

Some American officials said they are concerned that Iran will use the break in fighting to reconstitute some of its missile arsenal.

PHOTO: Moslem Daneshzadeh, Unsplash

CA: Swalwell campaign imploding after new sexual assault allegation

Politico reports:

Rep. Eric Swalwell’s campaign for governor was reeling Friday after an ex-staffer accused him of sexual assault, with multiple staffers resigning and both a prominent ally and rival candidates calling on the California Democrat to exit the race.

The exodus, which began just before the San Francisco Chronicle published a report detailing a former staffer’s claims, jolted California’s marquee race just weeks before ballots start landing in voters’ mailboxes. The former staffer told the newspaper that Swalwell had sexual encounters with her while working for him, and that he sexually assaulted her twice when she was too drunk to consent.

Middle East: Negotiations Begin Saturday

New York Times reports:

An Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Pakistan’s capital for peace talks with the United States, Iranian state media reported on Friday, as the warring governments angled for leverage in the negotiations.

The U.S. vice president, JD Vance, was traveling to Islamabad, as were President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to represent the White House in the talks.

Much is at stake. The war has gone on for almost six weeks, killing thousands, devastating Iran and Lebanon, driving up fuel costs, damaging the world economy and destabilizing the Middle East. A return to hostilities could have ramifications for years in the region and affect President Trump’s political standing at home ahead of the midterm elections.

The announcement that the Iranians had arrived came only hours after Mr. Ghalibaf, who is one of the key figures overseeing the war, cast doubt on the talks even taking place, laying out a new condition for the peace negotiations in a post on X. He demanded the release of unspecified “blocked assets” belonging to Iran “before negotiations begin.”