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Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs
Economists are pressing the chancellor, John Healey, to push the Bank of England to slow or halt its bond-selling programme, which they say is adding billions of pounds to the cost of government borrowing. The Bank’s monetary policy committee meets this week to set interest rates and decide whether to ease its “quantitative tightening” (QT),…
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Trump says AI safety fears a ‘hoax’ as he rejects calls for greater safeguards
Donald Trump has dismissed growing concerns about the safety of artificial intelligence as a “hoax”, rejecting calls from industry figures for stronger safeguards on the technology. His comments came after Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic, told the BBC that a mandatory, independently verifiable “kill switch” may be needed across the AI industry, part of a…
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China tightens travel restrictions for citizens
China has introduced sweeping new rules restricting overseas and outbound travel for its citizens, a move critics say hands Beijing even greater control over the population. Under the regulations, people deemed to have “harmed” national security or interests while abroad can be barred from leaving China for up to three years, with the rules also…
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Nato jets down drone that entered Lithuanian airspace
Nato fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, in what is thought to be the first time a Nato aircraft has destroyed a drone over Lithuania. The incident, confirmed by President Gitanas Nausėda, comes amid a pattern of drone incursions into Nato territory near Belarus and Russia, heightening concerns about the…
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Barnaby Joyce hits back at critics of One Nation’s ‘net zero’ migration plan as experts warn of economic fallout
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has defended the party’s controversial migration policy against criticism that it lacks any modelling of its economic impact, arguing that elected politicians rather than unelected officials should decide the matter. The plan, unveiled by Pauline Hanson ahead of Labor’s own migration reforms, aims to cut temporary visa holders and overstayers…
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High school volleyball player, 16, left with traumatic brain injury after being run over while on crosswalk as cops hunt for driver who fled the scene
A 16-year-old high school volleyball player in Arizona has been left with a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a car while crossing the road, in an incident that has sparked a police search for the driver, who fled the scene. Jette Heldenbrand was hit by a dark grey Mazda in Tempe at around…
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Ben Wallace: It’s time for Britain to shoot down Putin’s drones
Former UK defence secretary Ben Wallace has called for Britain to help shoot down Russian drones and missiles over Ukrainian airspace, arguing this would protect Nato members bordering the conflict without amounting to escalation against Moscow. The intervention follows Poland’s months-long push for allies to take a more active role in air defence, a call…
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Fears for Kennedy heir Jack Schlossberg as he disappears amid humiliating personal crisis: Neighbors reveal alarming sight outside his New York apartment… as family ‘swoop in’ for damage control
Jack Schlossberg, the 33-year-old grandson of President John F Kennedy, has reportedly vanished from public view following a heavy defeat in his New York congressional primary bid, with sources telling the Daily Mail his family stepped in to support him amid concerns he was struggling to cope. Neighbours in his Chelsea apartment building say he…
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Artificial intelligence pacing proposal divides tech executives and Trump
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay titled “We Must Pace the Frontier,” arguing that AI development should be deliberately slowed through third-party safety evaluators, coordination among frontier AI firms in democratic countries, and eventual cooperation with authoritarian governments where feasible. The proposal sparked a wave of public reactions from rival tech leaders and US…