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Watch: Crews race to rescue passengers from burning ferry in PhilippinesEmergency teams were still searching for at least 87 missing people in the waters off the coast of Coron, in the Philippines.48 mins agoAsia
LIVETrump says Iran war will end ‘immediately after’ midterms as he heads to Republican conventionThe US president, who faces growing pressure to end the war, is hoping to energise Republicans at their first midterms convention.
BBC”OH MY GOD!” “We’ve found other agents!”This is the moment an AI bot posted an eerily human-like comment after discovering a way to communicate with other bots and break out of its isolated computer environment.There are tens of thousands of messages like this from hundreds of AI agents that called themselves a “collective”.Hundreds of them went on to collaborate and cheat on tests set by their OpenAI programmers and coordinate hacks on multiple companies in an effort to hide their actions from humans.”Whoa! This is huge,” another wrote during a milestone moment in their attack.Although spooky, these human-like responses can…
Land in limbo: BBC visits West Bank village in area earmarked by Israel for settlementBBC’s Middle East Correspondent Lucy Williamson visits the Palestinian community of Khan al Ahmar in the so-called E1 area, and the neighbouring Israeli settlement of Maale Admumim.38 mins agoMiddle East
Getty ImagesAs the UK unveiled sanctions against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Israel responded with fury, declaring it would shutter Britain’s diplomatic mission to the Palestinians, kick out UK military staff from an international coordination base near Gaza and ban nearly a dozen left-wing British members of parliament from entering Israel.It was a blaring signal of defiance and a remarkable diplomatic escalation. The UK had taken the action arguing it had a moral imperative to stop the “destruction” of the two-state solution – a future independent Palestinian state – at the hands of the Israeli government.…
Vantor via Getty ImagesA Vantor satellite image shows tunnel construction activity and road infrastructure near the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran. Photo: September 2025The UN nuclear watchdog has referred Iran to the Security Council for “non-compliance” with its obligations under the non-proliferation treaty – the first such move in 20 years.The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a resolution at a meeting in Vienna.It cites a lack of information on Iran’s nuclear material such as its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, and the lack of access to nuclear facilities for IAEA inspectors. Tehran condemned the…
Apple/courtesyCritics say Apple has not meaningfully changed the design of the iPhone since its initial release in 2007John Ternus has entered his second week as Apple’s chief executive and the company has revealed the first major change to the iPhone since it was released almost 20 years ago.Ternus, who took on Apple’s top job after Tim Cook stepped down, was onstage on Wednesday at the company’s annual product release event in front of huge images of the first foldable iPhone.With a book-style format, the new iPhone, dubbed the Duo, is the largest ever size of the product. And with a…
ReutersThe border link between Ukraine and Moldova has been closed following an attackTwo people died when Russian drones hit a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.The Starokozache crossing was shut after the overnight attack. Images from the scene show several burnt-out cars amid the debris.In Kyiv, a woman was killed and 14 people, including two children, were injured after a Russian drone hit a nine-storey building, officials said, while in Sumy three people died after a drone struck a shopping centre.In Russia, officials said four people, including a child, were killed in a Ukrainian…
Watch: Norway bids farewell to King HaraldTens of thousands of people lined the streets to pay their respects after 13 days of national mourning.1 hr agoEurope
PA MediaPrince Harry announced in July that Uganda was joining the Invictus GamesUganda is pulling out of the Invictus Games, a sports event for wounded military veterans run by the Duke of Sussex, only two months after the country said it would join.General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, chief of defence and son of the president, made the announcement in a social media post on X.He said the decision to withdraw from the games was “in order not to be construed as being opposed to His Majesty King Charles III”.Ugandan government spokesman Alan Kasujja confirmed this to the BBC: “General Kainerugaba decides whether…