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✓ Verified Zelenskyy signals surprise at Trump claim of Russia-Ukraine ‘energy ceasefire’ but would back it if Moscow does – as it happened
Ukraine’s president reportedly says Kyiv would accept a deal if Moscow does after US president posts announcement with no detail on social media. Trump announces partial ceasefire…
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Hurricane Isaias updates: at least four people dead and hundreds of thousands without power – as it happened
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Middle East crisis: Riyadh airport hit again as Houthis claim attacks, including strike that killed 12 – as it happened
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Pope Leo to undergo surgery in coming days after nodule discovered on his lung
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India’s ‘Cockroach’ party accuses government of mass detention of members ahead of weekend protest
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Exclusive: Zelensky tells Axios Trump's diesel deal with Putin "not fair and not honest"
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios in a phone interview on Friday that President Trump's decision to unilaterally lift sanctions on Russia and allow it to export…
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✓Dozens of gold prospectors killed in strikes on Egypt-Sudan border, rights group says
Neither Egypt nor Sudan has commented on the alleged strikes on an artisanal mining camp on Saturday
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✓Children among 139 dead after boat capsizes off Djibouti, UN says
The boat was travelling from Djibouti to Yemen with 305 people on board, when it capsized near the port town of Obock on Thursday night
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✓‘It was a terrible thing’: Panama declares state of emergency as quake aftershocks rattle communities
More than 100 aftershocks as high as magnitude-5.8 recorded after two quakes toppled buildings and prompted evacuations. Panama’s government has declared a state of emergency on…
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✓IFS: budget will be ‘work of fiction’ without clear plan to cover UK’s £35bn spending pressures
Thinktank’s influential pre-budget report urges key decisions to be made now and not put off until next year. John Healey has been warned by Britain’s leading tax and spending…
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✓Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment
Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says ‘realistic route to act’ on each exists. Humans could become extinct by the year 2100 due…
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Tillis: Trump's Russia deal 'is tarnishing Lindsey Graham's efforts' at sanctions
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) slammed President Trump’s deal with Russia for diesel Sunday amid the energy struggles the U.S. is experiencing. “The president needs to move forward…
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✓Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90
Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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✓Anthropic bans users from ‘needless abusive or cruel behavior’ towards Claude
A spokesperson for the tech company did not specify what kind of behavior would be considered abusive. Anthropic has barred users from exhibiting “sustained and needless abusive…
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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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✓AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety
Brad Smith adds to calls for tougher rules governing AI, including legal obligation to victims of rogue agents. Business live – latest updates. Artificial intelligence is less…
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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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Trump's foreign worker crackdown comes for Microsoft, Adobe, IT firms
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the Trump administration is suspending Microsoft , Adobe and several other IT firms' ability to hire foreign-born workers for permanent…
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✓World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers
Climate change is blamed for dramatic decline of chinstrap penguins living on a remote volcanic island
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Judge orders cancellation of Trump’s government-funded ads
A federal judge on Sunday told the Trump administration its new ads featuring the president are likely unlawful and must stop — including any set to be aired later in the day. The…
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✓Buildings swept away as flash floods hit central Nepal
A flash flood at the Budhi Gandaki River has swept away several buildings and bridges, two months after catastrophic floods hit the country
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more. If a third runway is built at…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Doctor warned Elizabeth Struhs would not be safe at home years before religious sect killed her by withdrawing medicine
Coronial inquest begins into death of eight-year-old after 14 members of Toowoomba sect the Saints, including her parents, were found guilty of her manslaughter. Get our breaking…
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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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ClimateTone Serious2 min
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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TechnologyTone Neutral2 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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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘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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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
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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Fixated on AI, the world has forgotten what is staring it in the face: nuclear annihilation | Simon Tisdall
This is no scoffing matter. The accelerating proliferation of advanced nuclear weapons is bringing ‘end times’ closer by the day. Humankind has fearfully and sometimes joyfully…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
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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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
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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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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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Despair after 200-year-old ‘grandmother’ tree toppled for Trump’s border wall: ‘It crushes your heart’
Protesters spent months occupying an ancient cottonwood. Then a tense standoff with US border patrol came to a head. A 200-year-old cottonwood tree near the US-Mexico border ,…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘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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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
A fake image of a Georgia mayor kissing a person went viral. Can US voters trust everything they see?
Deepfakes and misinformation driven by artificial intelligence have become a point of deep concern for legislators, advocates and the public. An image of Bianca Motley Broom, the…
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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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WorldTone Neutral2 min
‘People are feeling the real impacts’: influencers are targeting private equity with satire and rage
Skits and parodies making fun of the trillion-dollar industry have taken over social media, racking up millions of views. Johnny Hilbrant Partridge kept getting stuck next to the…
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AI and the climate crisis pose existential risks. The law offers a way to reduce them | Robert Reich
Liability lawsuits have held tobacco, oil and pharma companies to account in the past. AI investors won’t ignore this threat. The most basic function of government is to protect…
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