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✓ Verified 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
81% agreement · 3 independent sources
Death toll from Philippines ferry fire rises to 35, as officials warn toll will grow
81% agreement · 3 independent sources
Oil prices rise above $100 a barrel for first time since July as Iran war escalates
80% agreement · 3 independent sources
August joint-hottest month on record as climate change and El Niño drive heat
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Trump bans some Canadian imports as North America trade war intensifies
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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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✓Passenger train derails in France, leaving 44 injured, 1 critical
French train derailment sparks emergency response, with 130 firefighters and five medical teams dispatched to the scene
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✓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…
75% 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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✓CIA releases dozens of presidential daily briefs on Bin Laden and al-Qaida from before 9/11
The presidential briefing documents were declassified on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified on Friday,…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Norway's Princess Astrid dies two days after funeral of her brother, the late King Harald
Norway's Princess Astrid, an older sister of the late King Harald, died on Friday at the age of 94, the royal palace said in a statement
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✓Iran-backed Houthi rebels seize a strategic port and island, opening a new battlefront
The rebel group took over Yemen's port of Mokha, an area vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea, Houthi and Yemeni officials said. Mokha is about 50 miles from the Bab…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Arrest made over the death of black woman found hanged from tree in Mississippi
Tasia Fortune's body was found in the lot of an abandoned home in Mississippi in August
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles after condemning military drill as threat
North Korea launched ballistic missiles toward the sea Saturday, a day after the U.S., South Korea and Japan completed a trilateral military drill in response to North Korean…
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✓Houthis claim major advance in Yemen and tighten grip on Red Sea shipping lane
The Iran-backed Houthis are also reported to have seized Perim - a strategic island on the major shipping route
78% agreement · 2 independent sources
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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…
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✓Trump and Hegseth use 9/11 memorial remarks at Pentagon to defend war on Iran
President and defense secretary try to link worst terrorist attack in US history to current unpopular war. US politics live – latest updates. Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth used…
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✓Hurricane Lowell’s fierce winds and rains knocks out power on Hawaii’s Kauai
Center of storm passed west of the islands and was moving away but flooding and mudslides will continue to be a risk. Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell pelted…
78% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Saudi Arabia shuts key oil pipeline after drone attack launched from Iraq
Iraq removes a military commander and opens investigations into the attack that came from an area bordering Iran
80% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists sentenced to up to seven years in prison
Hong Kong used to be one of the only places in Chinese territory where people could gather to mark the 1989 crackdown
79% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Buddhist monk arrested in Thailand on suspicion of embezzling $2.8m
Phra Wachirayan Wi arrested alongside woman he was filmed having sex with in latest scandal to hit country’s clergy. Police in Thailand have arrested a senior Buddhist monk on…
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✓BRICS leaders meet in India as wars and US tensions test the bloc
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of the BRICS nations for a summit on trade, investment,…
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CDC declares cyclospora outbreak over
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story CDC declares cyclospora outbreak over After nearly 13,000 cases and more than 500…
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Trump keeps touting $5,000 payments if Republicans retain control of Congress as some in his party question feasibility – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. Sign up for US Breaking News emails. On 11 September, 25 years ago, Osama bin Laden drove with a small number of al-Qaida retainers and aides to a…
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Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice. Labor can’t say it wasn’t warned | Clear Air
Scientists will be able to estimate the amount of heating and destruction caused by the gas ultimately drawn from the Beetaloo. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…
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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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As China rises, Australia is increasingly enmeshed in the US war machine. Is the alliance still worth the risk?
Australia is being exploited by an ally that could draw it, however unwillingly, into war with China, experts warn. Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast.…
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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…
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Labor ditches new packaging laws to cut plastic waste, sparking unprecedented ‘scale and breadth of outrage’
Federal environment department tells industry representatives the government does not want to ‘exacerbate cost of living pressures’. Get our breaking news email , free app or…
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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…
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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…
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‘It’s hell’: father of slain Australian surfers tells Mexico homicide trial about identifying sons’ bodies
Three men are on trial over the death of brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend, US citizen Jack Carter Rhoad, in Ensenada. The father of two Australian surfers killed…
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Extended reality takes visitors from the ruins of West Bank to 17th-century Amsterdam at Venice Immersive
From frivolous to serious, virtual nosy passersby to the impact of climate change, the groundbreaking festival draws to a close – but this year the exhibits live on. The first…
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Women are giving their partners the ‘Illiterate Boyfriend’ test: ‘Do your best to pronounce these words’
People online are distressed at men butchering words such as ‘hyperbole’ and ‘hors d’oeuvres’ – highlighting a gender reversal in ‘intelligence gaps’. There are common…
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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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From black-clad agitators to an appeal for ‘Tommo’s Mum’: an unsettling week with the Patriot Platform
A militaristic operation with features of influencer culture, the new anti-migrant movement seems to show a shift in tactics and rhetoric. Shortly after 7am last Saturday in the…
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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…
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Brother of Muslim police cadet killed in 9/11 'disappointed' by calls for Mamdani to sit out memorial
Zeshan Hamdani speaks out after push back against New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, attending 9/11 events
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‘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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1Passenger train derails in France, leaving 44 injured, 1 critical
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles after condemning military drill as threat
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August joint-hottest month on record as climate change and El Niño drive heat
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