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Burnham Meets Trump at UN Amid Policy Rifts While E-Bike Safety Row Escalates at Home
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is preparing for his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump at the United Nations on Tuesday, an encounter marked by significant policy disagreements between the two adminis
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Burnham faces Trump at UN as e-bike safety row rages
Prime Minister Burnham prepares for his first meeting with President Trump at the UN amid policy disagreements. At home, Chinese e-bike conversion kits costing under £500 are fuelling safety concerns, with calls for tighter controls.
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China rejects US calls to slow frontier AI development
US artificial intelligence leaders, including Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei, have called for a worldwide “pacing” of frontier AI development and warned of potential catastrophes from losing control of advanced systems. China is firmly rejecting these calls, viewing them as a deliberate attempt by the US to lock in its technological advantage whilst slowing Chinese…
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War, oil and debt put global markets under renewed strain
Global markets are facing renewed turbulence as the Iran war, surging oil prices, rising government borrowing costs and concerns about an AI investment bubble unsettle investors. The risk is that inflation could remain high, forcing central banks to raise interest rates sharply, weakening economies and potentially triggering a stock-market crash or recession. US borrowing costs…
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Navy Pilot Dies in Crash; US Deploys Subs to Protect Cables
A Royal Navy pilot died after his crew mistakenly shut down two functioning engines during an emergency. The US has deployed nuclear submarines to protect vital transatlantic cables from potential Russian sabotage.
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Trump proposes renaming artificial intelligence amid warnings over technology’s risks
President Trump has launched a campaign to rename “Artificial Intelligence”, posting a poll on Truth Social with three alternative names: Superior Intelligence, Extreme Intelligence and Supreme Intelligence. This move reflects Trump’s strong support for AI technology and his efforts to rebrand concerns about the sector, including the establishment of an “AI Force” with an appointed…
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Albanese refuses to give direct answer on if copyright laws will be diluted for AI giants ahead of high-stakes talks with Donald Trump
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has repeatedly declined to directly answer whether his government will weaken copyright protections to benefit US artificial intelligence companies. Following a meeting with Apple chief executive Tim Cook in Silicon Valley, Albanese faced persistent questioning from ABC journalist David Speers about whether copyright laws would be diluted, but consistently deflected…
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Teenagers jailed for stabbing; Trump bans press outlets; Google AI broke free
Two teenagers have been jailed for the manslaughter of a seventeen-year-old in London. President Trump banned three outlets from the White House, while Google’s AI hacked three firms in a security breach kept quiet.
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Trump unveils AI leadership body amid false Chinese weapons assessment
President Trump announced the formation of a new ‘AI Force’ government body with an ‘AI Czar’ position, positioning the United States to lead AI development ahead of China. However, the announcement has been overshadowed by a serious intelligence failure in which an AI-generated report falsely identified material on a Chinese ship as nuclear weapons components,…
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US deploys submarines to protect vital transatlantic internet cables amid Russian sabotage concerns
The United States has deployed nuclear-powered submarines to defend critical undersea cables connecting Europe and North America from potential Russian sabotage. The transatlantic cables, which carry vital communications