✓Russian drone hits train near Ukraine-Poland border soon after dignitaries passed through
A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after senior visiting officials, including the former prime ministers of the U.K. and Sweden, passed through
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One dead and more than 30 missing after ferry sinks off Vanuatu coast in rough seas
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Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ confined migrants in 'small metal enclosures': DHS internal watchdog
82% agreement · 3 independent sources

Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs call for AI development to slow down, OpenAI to delay IPO
82% agreement · 3 independent sources

Gulf states postpone strait of Hormuz talks with Iran as Yemen conflict intensifies
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✓Indonesian police investigate deaths of Australian man and two children in Bali as suspected murder-suicide
Police in Bali believe the two young children died as a result of violence, while a 57-year-old man is believed to have taken his own life. Indonesian police are investigating the…
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✓Technology
More than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' - as Anthropic reveals another 'cybersecurity' incident
There is a more than 10% chance that "AI could kill all humans" in the next decade, according to a top safety researcher at Anthropic
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Anthropic blocks efforts to use AI to research weapons development and carry out cyber attacks
Anthropic says it has blocked efforts to use its artificial intelligence models to carry out cyber attacks and research which could have led to the creation of biological weapons
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits
The policy allows immigration officers the authority to deny green cards to those using public benefits. A coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump…
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Putin ally paid for Trump Jr's wedding celebrations as 'extraordinarily generous gift'
Donald Trump Jr and his wife have said a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin paid for two nights of their wedding celebrations as an "extraordinarily generous gift"
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✓Trump's comments on a united Ireland may have targeted audience across the Atlantic
Nobody could have predicted that today's main global headline would be Trump's desire to see a unified Ireland
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✓Global bond sell-off resumes as surging oil prices stoke fears about inflation
Crude jumps above $107 a barrel amid concerns over Middle East conflict and out-of-control government borrowing. Nervous investors across big economies have been dumping…
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✓US consumers faced more high prices in August as Iran war raised energy costs
Annualized inflation rate was 3.4%, same as July, and core inflation, which omits energy and food prices, rose to 2.4%. US consumer prices remained stubbornly high in August as…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Africa’s richest man aiming to make $23bn from continent’s biggest-ever IPO
Public offering of Aliko Dangote’s Nigerian oil refinery business could swell his net wealth by two-thirds. The fortune of Africa’s richest person could swell by two thirds to…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓World
Afghan woman deported in first-ever "Alien Terrorist" court case, DOJ says
An Afghan national who was the first-ever case before the federal Alien Terrorist Removal Court has been deported, the Justice Department announced Friday. The big picture: The…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Government moves to nationalise Speciality Steel UK to protect 1,300 jobs
Firm, once part of Sanjeev Gupta’s empire, fell into administration last year but has failed to find buyer. Business news – live updates. One of Britain’s steelworks is to come…
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO's call to curb China's AI development
China's Foreign Ministry called the Anthropic CEO's warning about the dangers of Chinese-developed AI "fearmongering," as the Chinese and U.S. leaders prepare to meet in…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Early results in Swedish election show one-seat advantage for left bloc
Preliminary results in Sweden's national election are indicating a narrow one-seat advantage for the left-wing opposition over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's right-wing coalition
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Apple's new boss starts with big gamble on £1,999 first folding iPhone
Apple showed off at an event the first major design change to the iPhone in almost 20 years
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✓Carney gambles on the world's biggest investors betting on Canada
In the midst of a trade war with the US, the prime minister leveraged his connections in global finance to invite some of the world's biggest investors to Canada
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August was world's joint hottest month on record, say scientists
August was the world's joint hottest month ever recorded - at 1.65C above pre-industrial times, according to scientists
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✓Trump downplays warnings of AI risks, citing rivalry with China
The US president said "negative forces" were airing concerns about "things that won't happen"
79% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme | Helen Pilcher
The complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normal. Recently, I overheard a…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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We greet the news that AI could extinguish us with a glazed indifference. What is the way out of this nihilism? | Brigid Delaney
There are several answers, and none of them will be provided by tech. One thing we must do is identify the ingredients for human flourishing. Imagining the future as almost…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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Is Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans? | George Monbiot
Climate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains. Pinch yourself, it’s happening again. Here…
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Playing With Fire review – like Disney’s Fantasia on steroids as a virtual Yuja Wang plays amid luminous dreamworlds
Southbank Centre, London Wang’s avatar performs music from Ravel and Debussy to Prokofiev and Liszt while dizzying virtual worlds take shape around her in this virtual reality…
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World
UK politics: Farage hints that Reform’s £72m donations may not be legal under new elections bill - as it happened
In an interview about the donations, he said they are compliant with the law ‘today’. Andy Burnham has cancelled engagements today and tomorrow following the death of his father…
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How the fate of a small furry animal reveals the ecological tragedy of Israel’s war on Lebanon | Hisham Younes
The Syrian rock hyrax depends on the fragile landscapes of the border region. Alongside other environmentalists, I have been documenting the destruction of its habitat. Wars are…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Serious2 min

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’
Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand. In one corner is bnb-side, a six-room…
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Lenore review – incel’s obsession with online influencer turns into anatomy of dislocated digital-age mindset
Digital-age Australian psychodrama tracks the shut-in mania of dangerously disaffected male fan, but doesn’t get inside his mind. If the parasocial phenomenon is a kind of hell,…
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies
Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks. The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min

Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way – but that’s a big if
Even if the legislation passes, tech companies may still find ways to frustrate its intent and keep Australians hooked on their feed. Social media could become a “choose your own…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’
Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health. Leer en español en Quinto…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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Technology
UK government moves to acquire Speciality Steel UK; AI stocks hit by calls for slowdown – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news. AI-linked stocks fall after tech bosses call for slowdown in ‘reckless’ development. AI CEOs say they need to slow the…
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Disaster insurance, datacenters, right to repair: meet the midterm candidates running on green policies
Some of the everyday struggles animating voters have a climate link lurking in the background. When Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a law erasing the words “climate change”…
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss
A layoff and a leap of faith convinced Katie Teixeira she had what it takes to run her own business. In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned…
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One Nation under fire for abandoning gas reservation plan in favour of policy benefiting Gina Rinehart
Pauline Hanson’s gas policy and the party’s relationship with Rinehart is examined in a new Guardian podcast series, The Populist. Listen: The Populist: Aeroplanes and bulldozers…
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‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu
As bird flu reshapes agriculture, small farms operate under strict rules. Just a single case could tank their business. Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min

Queensland homeless man shot with Taser after being given move-on order to make way for kite festival
Exclusive: Advocate says homeless clearances should be halted after man is hospitalised during confrontation in Brisbane park. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min

‘Our forefathers are coming back’: Naga people celebrate after Oxford museum agrees to return remains
Following six years of talks, Pitt Rivers Museum will return body parts collected by British colonial administrators to north-east India. Anthropologists and community leaders…
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Russian drone hits train near Ukraine-Poland border soon after dignitaries passed through
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Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ confined migrants in 'small metal enclosures': DHS internal watchdog
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