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Nepal tunnel rescuers hunt for survivors with rafts and droneSouth Asian correspondent Azadeh Moshiri is at the site of a tunnel where rescuers still hope to find survivors following the Nepal-Tibet floods.4 hrs agoAsia
Kate Flock/Massachusetts General HospitalPatient Tim Andrews (centre) with Dr Tatsuo Kawai (left) and Dr Leonardo Riella (right)A kidney transplanted from a pig has worked inside a patient for 271 days – the longest on record, say US doctors.Tim Andrews said the transplant gave him “hope” and spared him months of needing to go to hospital to have his blood filtered by a dialysis machine.The team at Mass General Brigham hospital say their work shows pig organs can be used as a “bridge” until a human transplant becomes available.But the pig organ eventually failed and was removed so Andrews needed a…
NewsFeedAre Trump’s AI videos just memes or psychological warfare?Trump’s use of AI generated content has ramped up in recent months, going so far as posting videos of fake military strikes on Iranian infrastructure. His administration says he’s ‘sending a message’, but as media’s Emma Withrow explains, the rest of the world is left to figure out if he’s serious or not.By Emma WithrowPublished On 3 Sep 20263 Sep 2026SaveShare Are Trump’s AI videos just memes or psychological warfare? on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd media on Googleinfo
ReutersLocals in the Sydney suburb of Lane Cove are concerned about the planned construction of four new data centresClaire KeenanSydneyThe sheer size and noise of data centres are what people tend to notice first. Some say they sound like a jet plane about to take off, others complain of a high-pitched whine.When Lucy* puts her child to bed, she hears a constant humming. “I’ll hear it and think, ‘What is that? What is going on?’,” she says.And then she’ll remember that the noise is a data centre just 350m (0.2 miles) from her front door in the desirable suburb of…
Fifa accuses Uefa of ‘smear campaign’ against Infantino The governing bodies have traded blows since Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.2 hrs agoFootball
Getty ImagesBillionaire investor Leon Black has failed to appear before a US congressional committee investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein – instead filing a lawsuit challenging the committee’s efforts to summon him.The lawsuit calls the subpoenas issued by the House Oversight Committee “invalid” and says they hold “no legitimate connection” to the committee’s legislative aim.Black walked out of the committee in June while giving voluntary testimony after he was asked about nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) he may have signed, lawmakers said at the time. Black has denied any wrongdoing with regards to his dealings with Epstein. His lawsuit opposing these…
LIVEJury in Lindsay Clancy murder trial sends note to judge after days of deliberationsThe 36-year-old former nurse does not dispute killing her three children, but her lawyer argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
EPAPrevious US administrations have taken a neutral position on the islands’ sovereigntyDonald Trump has hinted he would not come to the UK’s aid in a potential future conflict with Argentina over the Falkland Islands.In an interview with GB News, the US president said that Britain had “not been there to help me” with his country’s war with Iran, despite later saying his military did not need any support.Trump’s latest remarks come after he previously said the US could revise its neutral position on the islands’ sovereignty if the UK failed to increase defence spending.Argentinian President Javier Milei is due to…
Watch: Andy Burnham and Emmanuel Macron shake hands outside No 10Andy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron have discussed how to “scale up” efforts to tackle illegal migration and move the UK closer to Europe, as the new prime minister hosted his first foreign leader in Downing Street.In an official readout of their meeting, No 10 said the pair also discussed production of long-range missiles in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the prime minister raised Israeli plans for new settlements in the West Bank, which he condemned as “unacceptable”.Burnham said it was “so fitting” that Macron was his first overseas visitor since becoming…
Watch: BBC witnesses ‘taxi boat’ picking up migrants multiple times in a dayA BBC investigation has found smuggling gangs are running low on small boats, forcing rival gangs to work together and load more migrants on larger boats.10 hrs agoUK