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Hasan Piker doubles down, defends his ‘God-given right’ to say how much he hates America

September 13, 2026

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has defended comments he made calling America a country he “hates,” insisting on his livestream that this was his “God-given” and “constitutionally protected right.” The remarks were prompted by an attack advert targeting Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, which used footage of Piker’s past statements to highlight his association with…
Fantasy football: Giants drag Malik Nabers status down to the wire hours before kickoff against Dallas

September 13, 2026

The New York Giants left star wide receiver Malik Nabers’ Week 1 status as “questionable” right up until three hours before kickoff against the Dallas Cowboys, leaving fantasy football managers who drafted him without a clear answer on whether to start him. Nabers is returning from an ACL tear that ended his rookie season in…
Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting

September 13, 2026

Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson have pushed back on growing calls within the AI industry to slow the pace of development, arguing that doing so risks letting China overtake the United States. Their comments follow an open letter from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urging the sector to “pace the frontier,” a call that…
Trump fallout hits Budget and Falklands as Croydon flat owners face ruin

September 13, 2026

Chancellor Healey’s autumn budget woes are blamed on Trump’s policies as Tugendhat slams the US president over Falklands doubts, Croydon residents face financial ruin after months without heating, and a former royal protection officer takes Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor claims to the FBI.
Questions mount over what an AI ‘slowdown’ would look like

September 13, 2026

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has called for the pace of AI development to be slowed, a call echoed by rivals Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk, while a former Anthropic researcher told the BBC that staff building these systems are “genuinely frightened” about humanity’s future. The warnings mark a notable shift from the…
British Good Samaritan ‘killed by Afghan and hid in suitcase’ may have been forced to take drug to calm her down on day of murder

September 13, 2026

British aid worker Elisabeth Jane Ross, 38, from Edinburgh, was found dead in a suitcase in Athens on 18 July, and Afghan boxer Sharif Ahmadzai is in custody in connection with her death. New forensic details suggest she may have been given, or forced to take, an antidepressant to sedate her before she was killed,…
Mairi McAllan accused of being ‘in denial’ over state of schools as she snubs Michael Gove offer

September 13, 2026

Scotland’s Education Secretary, Mairi McAllan, has been accused of being “in denial” over falling school standards after she indicated she would not take up an offer from former Conservative Education Secretary Lord Michael Gove to help improve Scotland’s education system, citing his views on Brexit and welfare reform. She also rejected concerns from a leading…
The historic 1977 role Al Pacino turned down out of sheer confusion: “They offered me a fortune”

September 13, 2026

In 1977, Al Pacino was offered a lucrative deal to play Han Solo in the original Star Wars but turned it down because he simply didn’t understand the script. Having already reached leading-man status thanks to roles in The Godfather, Pacino was accustomed to weighing dramatic scripts on their emotional merit, but found the space…
Rival AI executives propose safety measures while Trump rejects the warnings

September 13, 2026

Sam Altman and Elon Musk publicly backed a call from Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei to slow the pace of artificial intelligence development, producing a rare show of unity among rival tech leaders. Amodei warned that an unchecked “swarm” of AI agents could become capable of “taking over the entire internet” within a year, citing…
‘Too little, too late’: Critics perplexed and suspicious of AI leaders’ call for a slowdown

September 13, 2026

A three-point plan from Anthropic’s chief executive, Dario Amodei, to slow the pace of “frontier” AI development has met with widespread scepticism, even as it attracted rare public support from rivals Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk. The proposal follows a turbulent week in which a resigning Anthropic researcher warned that AI could pose…