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ReutersDefence secretary Pete Hegseth has publicly criticised Anthropic’s boss Dario AmodeiThe US Department of Defence is no longer using Anthropic’s AI tools, an official has told the BBC, months after it designated the company a supply chain risk on national security grounds. The Pentagon “has ceased the use of Anthropic products”, the department official said in a statement on Monday.Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth labelled Anthropic a supply chain risk in February, and announced that the Pentagon would stop using it by late August. It is not clear why there has been a delay.Multiple people familiar with the matter told…
Watch: What caused the US to remove its bombers from UK base in such a hurry?The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday it had removed its bombers – thought to be about a dozen B-1s – from the base back to their home stations in America.2 hrs agoUK
ReutersSánchez’s announcement comes after a series of measures to tackle the housing crisis was defeated in parliament on FridaySpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called an early election for 29 November after recent defeats on legislation aimed at addressing the country’s housing crisis. Speculation about a snap election had been building over the weekend after parliament rejected two decree laws put forward by the minority government to protect tenants in the rental market.The eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home after she was unable to afford a sharp rent rise has sparked nationwide protests and increased pressure for housing…
ReutersA second flydubai plane flew the stranded passengers from Saudi Arabia to IsraelThe co-pilot accused of trying to hijack a flydubai plane planned to crash the aircraft into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport or a tower block in the Israeli city, US and Israeli reports suggest.The Omani national was a “lone wolf” extremist, according to the reports.The United Arab Emirates’ attorney-general has said the co-pilot attempted to carry out a “terrorist act” on flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv last Wednesday.He attacked and wounded the captain with the emergency crash axe kept in the cockpit before being overpowered by…
Getty ImagesThe US has withdrawn all of its bombers from RAF FairfordDowning Street has insisted RAF Fairford is safe, after the US withdrew all of its bombers from the military base.The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday it had removed its bombers – thought to be about a dozen B-1s – from the base back to their home stations in America.US media reported a new threat led to the bombers being removed, which follows a major incident on 27 September when police were alerted to three “suspicious vehicles” near the airbase.A No 10 spokesperson said he would not comment on “foreign nations’…
AFP via Getty ImagesThe Nobel Committee made the announcement at the Karolinska Institute, SwedenUS psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in the field of optogenetics.Their research has helped scientists learn more about the inner workings of the brain, to better understand how the human mind works. The Nobel Committee praised the trio for laying the foundation of a new era in neuroscience by revealing how to switch on and off neural circuits behind “specific memories, feelings, and behaviours…
Getty ImagesInvestigators in the US state of Georgia are on the hunt for a suspect in a mass shooting that erupted in the early hours of Sunday, killing two people and injuring 35 more.A crowd of roughly 1,000 people had gathered for a block party in the southern rural community of Vienna when, according to officials, more than 50 shots were fired.Two of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene, while another 25 were transported to multiple nearby hospitals, some in critical condition. No known arrests have been made and authorities have not given a possible motive for the…
ReutersAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor photographed leaving a police station in FebruaryAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against Thames Valley Police over his arrest in February.The former Prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, in the wake of information that emerged from the Epstein files in the United States.Mountbatten-Windsor’s lawyers are challenging the search warrants used in Sandringham and at Royal Lodge in Windsor relating to his arrest, as first reported by the Telegraph.Thames Valley Police confirmed: “We are engaged in legal proceedings in relation to warrants previously obtained from the Central Criminal Court.”Mountbatten-Windsor, who lost his titles as…
How eviction of elderly resident in Madrid led to early general electionA series of measures to tackle the housing crisis were defeated in parliament on Friday1 hr agoEurope
Getty ImagesIsrael’s foreign ministry says it has banned Green Party leader Zack Polanski from entering the country, after party members adopted a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism.Israel’s foreign ministry described the motion as a “clear antisemitic text” and beyond “the boundaries of legitimate political debate”.Polanski did not take part in the vote on Sunday. The motion, which has divided senior party figures, defines Zionism as an ideology supporting “an ethnonationalist Jewish state” and backs a “single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine”.It has been criticised by some Jewish groups, who called the motion an “attack on…