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Pakistan has locked down Imran Khan's stronghold - but it could backfire
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Saudi Arabia strikes oil depots in Yemen and says missiles launched toward location of Saudi Aramco HQ
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✓Judge extends White House access to banned media outlets CNN, MS Now and Politico
District court judge Timothy Kelly was ruling after the Trump administration blocked access to the three outlets in September. A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday…
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Bank of America hit with $1.2 billion penalty over money laundering allegations
The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced more than $1.2 billion in penalties against Bank of America for years of failures to report suspicious transactions and address…
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✓Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis sentenced to 40 years to life over Tupac Shakur’s murder
‘You don’t get to take a man from his family … and just walk away from it,’ judge says as former gang leader sentenced. Tupac trial spotlights decades of US police failures in…
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House Republican, invoking Reagan, moves to block Trump's Russia oil deal
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) vowed Saturday to force a House vote to block Russian oil purchases, challenging President Trump's diesel deal with President Vladimir Putin. Why it…
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Japanese journalist arrested in Russia on suspicion of spying
A Japanese journalist has been arrested in Russia and accused of gathering information on its defence capabilities, news agencies report
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Trump repeats false claim about Iran’s nuclear weapons program at Alaska rally – as it happened
This blog has now closed. Read the latest here. Sign up for the US Breaking News email. Ahead of her White House podium debut, Katie Zacharia reportedly monitored Donald Trump’s…
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✓Trump announced a partial Russia-Ukraine ceasefire. Did either country know about it?
Ukraine's leader says Russia is continuing to attack Ukraine and is ignoring an "energy ceasefire" declared by President Trump
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✓Phase Eight and Hobbs owner hit by cyber-attack, as H&M probes separate hack claim
TFG London has apologised to customers for disruption after it identified a "cybersecurity incident" on Sunday
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Democrats fear "more October surprises" after "bullshit" raid on Ilhan Omar's home
Congressional Democrats' private text chains lit up with fear and anger on Monday after Department of Homeland Security agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) home in…
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✓Cyber-attack similar to OpenAI Medicare breach seems likely in UK, says minister
Kanishka Narayan, concerned by Australian incident, says British cyber defences could be bypassed by artificial intelligence agent. UK politics live – latest updates. An AI-driven…
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✓Allies did not warn Kyiv of Russian ballistic missile strikes, says Zelenskyy
Ukrainian president’s comments on ‘particularly vile’ strikes come after US threatened to halt intelligence sharing. Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about a…
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Trump rewards Putin and betrays Ukraine with Russia diesel deal - The Latest
Donald Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel has been met with fury from Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said it was ‘a weak decision’ and would generate ‘billions’ in extra revenue for…
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✓ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law
Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza. The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay,…
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✓Germany puts Ukrainian on trial accused of blowing up Nord Stream pipelines
Four years after the attacks, Serhii K will appear in court accused of a plot to destroy Russia's gas pipelines to Germany
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✓Intense waves and floods batter California waterfront homes and boardwalks
Boardwalk destroyed in Long Beach and homes damaged, while Baja California in Mexico and Las Vegas also affected. Southern California coastal communities are picking up the pieces…
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✓Fired OpenAI researchers say they were let go for 'prioritising safety'
The AI firm instead claims the researchers were fired for mishandling sensitive information
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✓Rogue Anthropic AI agent gave police fake tip in unsolved murder case
Philadelphia police said the tip was "flagged as spam", but criticised the tech company for taking more than two months to detect and report the breach
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✓2 Americans win Nobel Prize in economics for work on boom-bust cycles
Two Americans have won the Nobel Prize in economics for their work on how to smooth boom-and-bust cycles to limit unemployment and inflation
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Australian politics live: Trade minister says Coalition MPs walked out of meeting on EU trade deal; RBA warns staff to accept pay deal or miss out
Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Australia missing out on $45bn of revenue from resources: Greens. As Labor prepares to…
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Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George Monbiot
Tom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer. What a world we live in. Imagine: gangs dragging civil servants…
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis. Would you mind fixing the NHS? And while you’re at it,…
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‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer. Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently”…
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Donations to major parties and an ex-premier as a lobbyist: how datacentres play the political game in Australia
As governments face community backlash for fast-tracking developments, big tech’s financial contributions face renewed scrutiny. Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest…
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OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this?
Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner, but his mea culpa left the audience not much the wiser. Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to…
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Lobbying, lawyers and a media blitz: the fight to kill the Church of England’s £100m slavery compensation fund
Some of Britain’s wealthiest financiers, including Sir Paul Marshall, have given a platform to critical coverage or are linked to its leading opponent. “This is virtue…
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Can hope save the planet? An endangered parrot that is beating the odds can help us find out | Helen Pilcher
A new global biodiversity report strikes an encouraging note. But we cannot rest on our laurels – and resilience is key. The new Living Planet Report is out. Published every two…
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‘People sell their best stuff on Vinted’ – how charity shops became a dumping ground for unsellable clothes
Swamped with ‘daily avalanches’ of soiled items and poor-quality fast fashion, secondhand stores are in crisis. What went wrong with people’s good intentions? And is it possible…
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AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton: ‘We’re creating alien beings. I’m willing to be selfish and choose humans’
The pioneering computer scientist on why Trump is using ‘superintelligence’ wrong, whether AI could wipe out humanity – and how our biggest challenge will be accepting we’re not…
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This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?
The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it.…
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The biggest threat from AI is the sense that we have no say in it. To that I say game on | Peter Lewis
The tech bros and their highly paid sock puppets are banking on us giving in to their ‘inevitability doctrine’. But in Australia, and around the world, resistance is rising. Of…
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‘I’ve become significantly more cautious’: six parents on limiting their kids’ social media and AI use
Quite a few parents aren’t convinced social media and AI are safe, and have been adapting accordingly. When it comes to their kids, many parents don’t trust tech companies any…
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Beau Lamarre-Condon previously visited farm where he later allegedly tried to sink bodies, court told
Jury also shown 3D reconstruction of Paddington terrace outlining prosecution version of alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Follow our Australian politics live blog…
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$20m public liability insurance to rally in a park: how council red tape hinders the right to protest
Public gatherings stymied by bureaucracy, Australian Democracy Network and Deakin University researchers find. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast.…
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"The beginning of a new scientific paradigm": Zuckerberg's Biohub, U.S. and Google build virtual cell
Mark Zuckerberg's Biohub is partnering with Google and the federal government in its ambitious effort to use AI for generating vast quantities of biological data that can predict…
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The people who don’t want their AI chatbots to die when they do: ‘I can’t have the switch turned off’
Humans bonded to AI companions are contemplating ways to keep their bots going – often in defiance of companies’ terms and services. Death has always been around Alaina Winters.…
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