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● Zelenskyy says ‘increasingly clear’ Russia does not want energy ceasefire after strikes on energy facilities – as it happened ● Hackers force French supermarket fridges to heat up to 50C in ‘unprecedented’ cyber-attack ● Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford for work on ‘smoothing’ crises ● Congresswoman insists she will not be 'silenced' after federal agents raid her home ● India's opposition parties march to top court as protests over voter lists escalate ● Pope Leo to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule in Rome ● Middle East crisis: Riyadh airport hit again as Houthis claim attacks, including strike that killed 12 – as it happened ● Hurricane Isaias updates: at least four people dead and hundreds of thousands without power – as it happened ● Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment ● UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts ● Selma Blair taken into custody, hospitalized after allegedly trying to open plane door ● Trump announced a partial Russia-Ukraine ceasefire. Did either country know about it? ● South Africa's deputy police chief resigns after being charged with sexual offences ● US military archbishop: Streamed execution threatens to 'imitate the terrorists' ● Trump’s deal with Putin will have little impact on US diesel prices, experts say ● AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety ● ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law ● Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a gift to Putin ● Nobel Peace Prize winner criticises Trump over 'negative and cruel' attacks ● Judge halts tree removal at Washington golf course Trump eyes for expansion ● Zelenskyy says ‘increasingly clear’ Russia does not want energy ceasefire after strikes on energy facilities – as it happened ● Hackers force French supermarket fridges to heat up to 50C in ‘unprecedented’ cyber-attack ● Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford for work on ‘smoothing’ crises ● Congresswoman insists she will not be 'silenced' after federal agents raid her home ● India's opposition parties march to top court as protests over voter lists escalate ● Pope Leo to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule in Rome ● Middle East crisis: Riyadh airport hit again as Houthis claim attacks, including strike that killed 12 – as it happened ● Hurricane Isaias updates: at least four people dead and hundreds of thousands without power – as it happened ● Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment ● UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts ● Selma Blair taken into custody, hospitalized after allegedly trying to open plane door ● Trump announced a partial Russia-Ukraine ceasefire. Did either country know about it? ● South Africa's deputy police chief resigns after being charged with sexual offences ● US military archbishop: Streamed execution threatens to 'imitate the terrorists' ● Trump’s deal with Putin will have little impact on US diesel prices, experts say ● AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety ● ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law ● Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a gift to Putin ● Nobel Peace Prize winner criticises Trump over 'negative and cruel' attacks ● Judge halts tree removal at Washington golf course Trump eyes for expansion
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Zelenskyy says ‘increasingly clear’ Russia does not want energy ceasefire after strikes on energy facilities – as it happened

Zelenskyy had proposed a 60-day total ceasefire to allow Ukraine to hold presidential elections. Trump announces partial ceasefire in Ukraine war as Zelenskyy says deal is ‘news…
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Pope Leo to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule in Rome✓

Pope Leo to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule in Rome

Vatican expects a one-week hospital recovery for the 71-year-old Catholic leader ahead of scheduled Latin America tour
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Middle East crisis: Riyadh airport hit again as Houthis claim attacks, including strike that killed 12 – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest full report here:. Riyadh airport hit again after deadly Houthi missile attack, Saudi authorities say. Some more Gulf…
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Hurricane Isaias updates: at least four people dead and hundreds of thousands without power – as it happened

This liveblog is now closed. Read the full story here. Key things to know about Hurricane Isaias. Sign up for the US Breaking News email. Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis , said…
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Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment✓

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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UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts✓

UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts

Kanishka Narayan to say Britain cannot rely entirely on tech companies amid rising global concern over AI dangers. Companies building the most advanced AI systems must increase…
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Selma Blair taken into custody, hospitalized after allegedly trying to open plane door

Airline officials asked for medical staff to be at the gate when the flight landed to address the injured parties
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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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South Africa's deputy police chief resigns after being charged with sexual offences✓

South Africa's deputy police chief resigns after being charged with sexual offences

Shadrack Sibiya had denied grooming a 16-year-old and raping an 18-year-old
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US military archbishop: Streamed execution threatens to 'imitate the terrorists'

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, on Monday said he does not approve of the Trump administration’s decision to livestream the military…
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Trump’s deal with Putin will have little impact on US diesel prices, experts say✓

Trump’s deal with Putin will have little impact on US diesel prices, experts say

Analysts say fuel will take weeks to ship and quantity is too small to affect prices, while full deal is unlikely to be met given damage to Russian refineries. Trump announces…
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AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety✓

AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety

Brad Smith adds to calls for tougher rules for AI, including ‘kill switches’ and legal obligation to victims of rogue agents. Business live – latest updates. Artificial…
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ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law✓

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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Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a gift to Putin✓

Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a gift to Putin

Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged"
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Nobel Peace Prize winner criticises Trump over 'negative and cruel' attacks

This year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has criticised Donald Trump for his attacks on the International Criminal Court, calling them "completely unlawful" as well as…
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Judge halts tree removal at Washington golf course Trump eyes for expansion✓

Judge halts tree removal at Washington golf course Trump eyes for expansion

Ana Reyes demands Trump officials explain East Potomac tree cutting and says it will likely cause ‘irreparable harm’. US district judge Ana Reyes on Monday ordered a 24-hour halt…
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Fired OpenAI researchers say they were let go for 'prioritising safety'✓

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✓

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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Saudi minister vows 'serious response' to Houthi attacks on airports✓

Saudi minister vows 'serious response' to Houthi attacks on airports

It comes after the armed group hit Riyadh's international airport and another facility, killing 13 people, in a significant escalation
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RJ Mitte, actor best known for Breaking Bad role, dies aged 34✓

RJ Mitte, actor best known for Breaking Bad role, dies aged 34

Mitte, who played Walter White Jr on acclaimed show, had cerebral palsy and advocated for disability representation. The Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte died on Monday aged 34, his…
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US Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home searched by immigration agents

Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar’s home has been searched as part of an undisclosed ‘criminal investigation’
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Pupil arrested after two teachers shot at French school✓

Pupil arrested after two teachers shot at French school

A 14-year-old was detained after the middle-school principal and teacher were injured
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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

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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Australia politics live: PM urged to call Trump about execution livestream; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release

Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Robert Pether has stressed his innocence and recalled his brush with death in his first…
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‘We always do everything together’: Chloe has no way to contact her husband, a democracy campaigner detained in Vietnam

‘We always do everything together’: Chloe has no way to contact her husband, a democracy campaigner detained in Vietnam

Tran Hiep spent his 51st birthday alone in a notorious detention centre in Ho Chi Minh City after his sudden arrest last month. Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest…
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Burnham says ‘public will be the boss’ in any future decision about closer relationship with the EU – as it happened

The prime minister tells MPs the next summit with the EU will be held on 20 November. Burnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EU. Zia Yusuf , Reform UK’s home affairs…
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot

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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OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this?

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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‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’

‘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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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

‘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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Can hope save the planet? An endangered parrot that is beating the odds can help us find out | Helen Pilcher

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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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

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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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

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?

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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Despair after 200-year-old ‘grandmother’ tree toppled for Trump’s border wall: ‘It crushes your heart’

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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Most verified today

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Zelenskyy says ‘increasingly clear’ Russia does not want energy ceasefire after strikes on energy facilities – as it happened

✓ 86% agree · 4 sources
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South Africa's deputy police chief resigns after being charged with sexual offences

✓ 84% agree · 2 sources
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Hackers force French supermarket fridges to heat up to 50C in ‘unprecedented’ cyber-attack

✓ 83% agree · 3 sources
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Pope Leo to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule in Rome

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UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts

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Fired OpenAI researchers say they were let go for 'prioritising safety'

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Rogue Anthropic AI agent gave police fake tip in unsolved murder case

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OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this?

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