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Republican midterm convention and Sabalenka reach US Open final as Lions women confirm New Zealand tour
Republican delegates rallied behind Trump in Dallas despite sliding approval ratings, while Sabalenka beat Pegula to reach a third straight US Open final against Rybakina; also today: De Niro’s 9/11 tribute, Sall Grover’s Australian court defeat, and Stephen King’s praise for Carrie.
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Russia warns Lithuania will be ‘in the crosshairs of our nuclear weapons’ if it hosts Nato nukes in new WW3 threat
Russia has warned that Lithuania will become a target for its nuclear weapons if the Baltic state allows Nato allies to station nuclear arms on its territory. The warning, delivered by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, comes as Lithuania’s parliament considers lifting a constitutional ban on hosting nuclear weapons, a move backed by the president and…
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Technology brief split across departments as UK removes minister
The UK government has faced criticism after reshuffling ministerial responsibilities for science, technology and digital government under new prime minister Andy Burnham, splitting a once-unified brief across multiple departments and scrapping the dedicated technology minister role. Dame Chi Onwurah, chair of the Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, had pressed ministers for clarity after the…
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Terrorists who launch attacks on US ships in Red Sea used Anthropic to try to build ballistic missiles
Anthropic has revealed in a new AI misuse report that a cell of threat actors based in Yemen, understood to be linked to the Iran-backed Houthi movement, attempted to use its Claude chatbot to develop weapons, including ballistic missiles. The disclosure is significant because it shows how a widely used commercial AI model was allegedly…
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Chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills
More than 120 organisations, including Energy UK, the CBI, End Fuel Poverty and Age UK, have written to the chancellor urging him to remove “hidden taxes” from energy bills, arguing this would ease the cost-of-living crisis and stop businesses closing. The letter calls for levies that fund government policies, currently making up around 10% of…
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Ex-congressman reveals why he’s STILL convinced US intelligence knew about the hijack plot for a YEAR before 9/11
Former US congressman Curt Weldon has renewed his long-standing claim that a secret Pentagon intelligence programme, Able Danger, identified lead 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta and his associates more than a year before the attacks, but that warnings were blocked from reaching the FBI. Weldon, a ten-term Pennsylvania representative, says the claim cost him his political…
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Labour’s big plan to tackle youth unemployment will increase the cost to the taxpayer before it makes major benefit savings, architect warns
The Labour government’s plan to tackle Britain’s youth unemployment crisis will require additional taxpayer investment before it delivers any benefit savings, according to Alan Milburn, the former Labour cabinet minister leading the review. Milburn said his recommendations amount to “a 10-year plan for youth participation” rather than a quick fix, meaning the initiative is unlikely…
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‘Everybody Wants to F— Me’ Director on Poking Satirical Fun at Performative, Arthouse-Loving Nice Guys and Casting Taron Egerton to Play One
Director Jonathan Schey has spoken about his feature debut “Everybody Wants to Fuck Me,” a London-set film blending romantic comedy with thriller, horror and satire, which premieres at the Toronto Film Festival. The film targets “performative nice guys” in modern dating culture and stars Taron Egerton as Adam, a man who presents as a thoughtful,…
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Will MPs kill off assisted dying law today? Controversial law returns to the Commons with vote on a knife-edge as supporters vow to force ‘flawed’ plan through Parliament
MPs are voting on the Second Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday, after the assisted dying legislation was reintroduced to the Commons by Labour MP Lauren Edwards following its collapse in the House of Lords earlier this year. The Bill previously passed two Commons votes but ran out of…
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The cancer sufferer wrongly given six months to live…and a daughter whose dying mother begged ‘put me out of my misery’: The two sides of assisted dying debate as MPs vote on bill
MPs have rejected the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Commons, voting 286 to 270 against the assisted dying legislation. The defeat reverses the bill’s progress after it had passed two earlier Commons votes, with support narrowing sharply at the most recent stage before falling at this final hurdle. The…