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Poll shows Americans fear AI whilst Trump rejects safeguards
A new Politico poll found that around two-thirds of Americans believe advanced artificial intelligence poses at least a moderate risk of eventually destroying humanity, with concern spanning party lines. The findings arrive as Washington sees an unusual degree of bipartisan alarm over AI’s potential dangers, even as President Trump continues to reject calls for regulation…
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Woman’s death in Sacramento sparks row over immigration policy failures
Shalini Thakur, a 38-year-old IHOP manager in Sacramento, California, was shot dead on 8 September by Rohit Rohit, a 22-year-old Indian national who had stalked and harassed her for nearly a year. Rohit, who worked as a DoorDash driver and frequently collected orders from her restaurant, had entered the United States illegally via Arizona in…
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Scottish gaming studio Build A Rocket Boy closes after MindsEye failure
Build A Rocket Boy (BARB), the Scottish developer behind the poorly-received action-adventure game MindsEye, is shutting down with all employees losing their jobs. This marks the end for a studio that faced repeated failures following MindsEye’s disastrous launch in June 2025, when the buggy game prompted PlayStation to issue refunds to some players and triggered…
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Central bank to raise rates for first time since 2023
The US Federal Reserve voted unanimously to raise interest rates by a quarter-percentage point for the first time since 2023, marking new chair Kevin Warsh’s first major policy decision. The decision reflects concern that inflation remains elevated and underscores potential tension with President Trump, who nominated Warsh expecting him to cut rates rather than increase…
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Woman charged with murder after LA bus crash sparks helicopter tragedy
A speeding SUV struck a Los Angeles metro bus on Tuesday evening, killing two passengers. The incident escalated dramatically when an NBC news helicopter dispatched to cover the crash went down approximately two hours later in a nearby car park, killing the reporter and pilot on board, plus one person on the ground. The catastrophe…
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British father’s plea to drop charges over the death of his son who fell from a Cyprus hotel window is rejected by authorities on eve of court case
A 37-year-old British banker charged over the death of his two-year-old son at a luxury Cyprus hotel has had his appeal to drop the case rejected by the island’s Attorney General, George Savvides, on the eve of his plea hearing. The father must now appear at Paphos District Court to enter a plea to a…
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Wearable health age scores differ significantly across manufacturers
Apple’s forthcoming “Health Age” feature, unveiled alongside a new readiness metric and redesigned Health app, joins a crowded field of wearables and gadgets offering their own “biological age” style scores, including Whoop, Oura, Withings and Garmin. Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song argues these metrics are largely unreliable and culturally loaded, since each device calculates its…
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Man stabbed twice in targeted daylight assault in Ilkeston, Derbyshire
CCTV and police body-cam footage has captured the moment Luke Hurdowar, 23, stabbed a man twice with a large “zombie knife” in a targeted daylight attack in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, before a police dog helped bring him down. The footage shows Hurdowar pulling up in a grey Audi alongside the victim, whom he knew, before a…
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Election battle over pension rise, water powers, Burnham-Trump meeting, Gaza collapse
The state pension rises 3.9% under the triple lock as ministers eye new mayoral powers over water firms, Andy Burnham prepares to meet Trump at the UN amid transatlantic tension, and at least 20 have died in a Gaza City building collapse.
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Readers divided over future of state pension triple lock
This Guardian letters page collects reader responses to earlier coverage of whether the UK’s pensions triple lock should be scrapped, revealing sharply divided opinion among the public on the policy. The debate matters because the triple lock, which guarantees the state pension rises by the highest of inflation, average earnings growth or 2.5%, has become…