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Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West Bank

Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West Bank

Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West BankScroll downCredit: Avishay Mohar, B'TselemHagar ShezafShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppThese images appear again and again – from the ground, from the air, and on maps: dozens of Palestinian communities wiped off the landscape, while illegal Israeli settler outposts continue to spread across the West Bank.Since October 7, 2023, this phenomenon has intensified significantly. Unlike the war in Gaza, there is no discussion in Israel about ending this parallel campaign of dispossession.

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The GuardianScandalHong Kong
Tiananmen Square vigil organisers in Hong Kong found guilty of ‘inciting subversion’

Tiananmen Square vigil organisers in Hong Kong found guilty of ‘inciting subversion’

UK Foreign Office condemns use of national security law to convict activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tungTwo Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils marking China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown in 1989 have been found guilty of “incitement to subversion” in one of the most high-profile cases in Hong Kong since Beijing imposed its national security law in 2020.Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, “incited other persons to organise, plan, commit or participate in acts by unlawful means with a view to subverting the state power”, a press summary handed out to reporters said. The defendants each face a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail, with sentencing expected at a later date.

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‘Shameful’: UK, Australia and Canada criticise Israel over Gaza aid convoy killings decision

‘Shameful’: UK, Australia and Canada criticise Israel over Gaza aid convoy killings decision

Joint statement issued after IDF said it will not pursue criminal investigations into April 2024 strike that killed seven humanitarian workersBritain, Australia and Canada have called the decision of the Israeli military authorities not to open a criminal investigation into the that hit a convoy of aid vehicles in Gaza “shameful”. The strikes killed seven humanitarian workers from the US-based World Central Kitchen (WCK) organisation.WCK staff from the three countries were among the casualties of the attack, which prompted global outrage.

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The GuardianWar & ConflictIslamic World
Israel admits its soldiers opened fire at car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab | First Thing

Israel admits its soldiers opened fire at car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab | First Thing

Israeli military orders criminal investigation into deaths of Hind and six family members. Plus, FCC chair Brendan Carr’s close coordination with White House revealedGood morning.The Israeli military its troops had opened fire on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab and six family members in Gaza in 2024, saying it had ordered a criminal investigation into the killing.What prompted the investigation? The Israel Defense Forces repeatedly denied its troops had been in the area, but investigations by the media and others found evidence that strongly suggested nearby Israeli tanks were responsible.How significant is it? The IDF published reviews on Wednesday into five high-profile incidents in Gaza. But criminal misconduct investigations into Israeli troops over the killing of Palestinians rarely lead to convictions. published in February described “a pervasive climate of impunity” by Israel in occupied Palestine.What is the wider context? In September last year, that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, citing tens of thousands of civilian deaths and massive destruction.What did Béjar say in his testimony? That his job often included him briefing Meta’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, on product issues. He estimated that he spoke to Zuckerberg at least 100 times. One email Béjar sent to Zuckerberg in 2021 showed the engineer warning of constant reports of harmful content and damage to teenage wellbeing on Facebook and Instagram. Béjar said he emailed Zuckerberg after the chief executive publicly said the company did not prioritize profit over safety. Meta denies all allegations in the case.

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The GuardianEducationUnited Kingdom
Leaders attack ‘demotivating’ plan to make pupils who fail GCSEs retake maths and English

Leaders attack ‘demotivating’ plan to make pupils who fail GCSEs retake maths and English

Government announce plan for ‘stepping stone’ qualification as 620,000 year 11 students face retaking maths or English after failure to achieve grade 4The government’s plans to make young people continue studying maths and English if they fail GCSEs could be demotivating and ineffective, according to education experts and school leaders after retake pass rates slumped this year.Only one in seven students in the age group retaking GCSE maths after a previous failure got a grade 4 or above this summer, while only one in six managed to pass English, meaning the majority will have to retake the exams next year if they remain in education or training.

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The GuardianEducationLondon
GCSE results: almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths

GCSE results: almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths

Overall results slightly better than last year, with share receiving grades 7, 8 and 9 rising by 0.1 of a percentage point to 23.1%Almost one in four boys in England received top grades in maths while results in English improved across the board, helping to propel improved GCSE results for this year’s cohort of 16-year-olds.The stronger performances in maths helped pupils taking GCSEs in year 11 reach a record level for higher grades in England outside the Covid pandemic years, when exams were replaced by teacher assessments.

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The GuardianHealth AlertsCongo
Ebola outbreak: five big questions

Ebola outbreak: five big questions

On 23 August, it will be 100 days since the Bundibugyo strain was first reported. How did it became the DRC’s most deadly outbreak and what must be done to stop it becoming the world’s largest?Almost 100 days ago, Africa’s public health watchdog reported an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.There have now been almost 5,000 cases and more than 2,000 deaths since 15 May, making this Ebola outbreak the biggest and most deadly in the DRC’s history.

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The GuardianClimateEurope
Without action wildfires in Europe will increase 39% even in best-case climate scenario, study finds

Without action wildfires in Europe will increase 39% even in best-case climate scenario, study finds

Improvements in fire management however could mitigate increases by more than 70%, study showsWildfires are projected to burn 39% more of Europe by the end of the century even in the best-case scenario for stopping the planet from heating, , unless action is taken to manage them better.The increase in hot, dry and windy weather that leads to small fires turning into raging infernos is to engulf more of Europe as carbon pollution pushes temperatures higher. In the worst-case scenario the researchers modelled, which would see global heating reach 3.6C above preindustrial levels, the burnt area would almost triple.

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The GuardianClimate
The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost

The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost

Prof Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholdsHeatwaves and wildfires are not just scorching forests, they are adding to the tipping point risks in the world’s vast permafrost regions, which contain three times more carbon than all the living vegetation on Earth.This is a major concern for Gustaf Hugelius, a professor at the Bolin Centre of Climate Research at Stockholm University, Sweden, and a leading authority on the risks from thawing tundra and peatlands. In this Q&A, he explains why the world should pay attention.

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Carbon pollution has fuelled ‘massive expansion’ of marine heatwaves in Europe, study finds

Carbon pollution has fuelled ‘massive expansion’ of marine heatwaves in Europe, study finds

Hottest periods this year in most sea regions would have been ‘virtually impossible’ in a preindustrial climateCarbon pollution has fuelled a “massive expansion” of marine heatwaves in Europe this summer, research has found, with some waters recording temperatures 6C higher than normal.The hottest fortnights of this year would have been “virtually impossible” in a preindustrial climate in three of the four sea regions studied, according to , while in the Celtic region, which covers much of the water around the British Isles, heat hit levels that used to strike just once a century.

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The GuardianRelationshipsAustralia
I am often asked how young boys could be rapists. For many adolescent men, the answer is entitlement | Chanel Contos

I am often asked how young boys could be rapists. For many adolescent men, the answer is entitlement | Chanel Contos

Violent pornography and algorithmic feeds are teaching young people to prioritise their own sexual gratification. As the problem evolves, so too must our solutionsThis week, the Australian public has borne witness to another devastating string of sexual assault allegations. While the alleged perpetrators vary in age – some are as young as 13 – they have something in common.They are immersed in elite institutions like private all-boys’ secondary schools – places that can socialise entitlement, exceptionalism and impunity in those within them. Of course, to the extent charges have been or are laid in these cases, those accused must be entitled to the presumption of innocence.Chanel Contos is the founder of Teach Us Consent and the author of

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The GuardianScandalNetherlands
With ICC sanctions, Trump wants to make the world safe for war criminals | Kenneth Roth

With ICC sanctions, Trump wants to make the world safe for war criminals | Kenneth Roth

The US is engaged in a lawless quest to protect American and Israeli officialsThe Trump administration has taken another step in its crusade against the by sanctions on two more senior ICC officials. The growing number of sanctioned jurists – now – does not change the lawless nature of this quest.Donald Trump and his henchman, Marco Rubio, want to make the world safe for US and Israeli war criminals. No one should let them.

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The GuardianScandal
NSW ‘seeking urgent advice’ on controversial court ruling that found anti-Israel vandalism was not antisemitic

NSW ‘seeking urgent advice’ on controversial court ruling that found anti-Israel vandalism was not antisemitic

Attorney general considering appeal after justice Desmond Fagan knocks back terror order request for Mohommed Farhat who wrote ‘Fuk Israel’ on carsGet our , or The New South Wales government could appeal a supreme court judge’s controversial decision to refuse its request for a terror order over a Sydney man convicted of writing “Fuk Israel” on cars and setting another vehicle alight in late 2024.Justice Desmond Fagan this week found disparaging Israel was “political comment” not antisemitism. He rejected the state’s application that Mohommed Farhat be subjected to a one-year extended supervision order under the Terrorism Act when released from prison.

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The GuardianScandalAustralia
Former NSW Liberal minister tells Icac ‘cult took over the party’

Former NSW Liberal minister tells Icac ‘cult took over the party’

David Elliott tells inquiry of branch stacking and death threats as Catholic Schools NSW sack boss after appearanceGet our , or A former New South Wales Liberal minister has told an inquiry he came to believe “a cult had taken over the party” after branch stacking by the religious right faction, while the chief executive of Catholic Schools NSW has been sacked following his appearance before the corruption watchdog.Former Liberal minister and MP for the now-abolished seat of Baulkham Hills, David Elliott, told the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption that after he opposed developments by fugitive property developer Jean Nassif, he was followed by private investigators and received death threats.

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The GuardianScandalAustralia
‘You have got to go’: former NSW minister tells Icac ‘something strange at play’ when she was sacked by Perrottet

‘You have got to go’: former NSW minister tells Icac ‘something strange at play’ when she was sacked by Perrottet

Eleni Petinos tells inquiry her sacking as a minister in Dominic Perrottet’s government was potentially motivated by her reluctance to get rid of the building commissionerGet our , or The former New South Wales fair trading minister Eleni Petinos has given evidence at a corruption inquiry that she may have been used by fellow Liberals to try to get rid of the building commissioner David Chandler, recounting numerous attempts in 2022 to persuade her he was “dodgy” and should be sacked.She has also told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) inquiry that her subsequent sacking as a minister in the Dominic Perrottet government in July 2022 – allegedly for bullying staff – was unfair and potentially motivated by her reluctance to sack the building commissioner.

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The GuardianScandalAustralia
Catholic schools chief denies wiping critical evidence after performing factory reset on phone, Icac hears

Catholic schools chief denies wiping critical evidence after performing factory reset on phone, Icac hears

Dallas McInerney tells inquiry he wiped data from his devices over the weekend after receiving a security warning from his bankThe chief executive of Catholic Schools NSW has denied he performed a factory reset on a work phone and iPad to wipe critical evidence for an investigation into allegations of corruption in the New South Wales Liberals, an inquiry has heard.On Wednesday, Dallas McInerney revealed he had performed the factory reset over the weekend after giving evidence to the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) last week.

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The GuardianInformationUSA
Pentagon fires publisher and editor of US military news outlet Stars and Stripes

Pentagon fires publisher and editor of US military news outlet Stars and Stripes

Max Lederer and Erik Slavin receive termination notices after publication reported on crew conditions on the USS Abraham LincolnThe Pentagon has fired the publisher and the editor of Stars and Stripes, the news outlet that has clashed with the Trump administration and armed forces brass over its partly taxpayer-funded reporting.Publisher Max Lederer and editor Erik Slavin received termination notices, reported on Friday. The cause cited was insubordination, and they have been given five days to appeal against their dismissals.

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The GuardianHumanityUnited Kingdom
Racism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, says equalities minister

Racism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, says equalities minister

Exclusive: Bridget Phillipson says politicians have helped fuel hatred and that police are not taking violence against women and girls seriously enoughRacism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, the equalities minister has said, as she warned that young men were being sucked into violent misogyny by the “cesspit” of social media.Bridget Phillipson said she was increasingly worried about how commonplace misogyny and racism had become, fuelled by online interactions and statements by politicians she said would not have been acceptable a few years ago.

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Daily PostDiplomacyLondon
IPOB accuses Britain of hypocrisy for condemning Israeli expansion of Jerusalem settlement

IPOB accuses Britain of hypocrisy for condemning Israeli expansion of Jerusalem settlement

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the British government’s condemnation of Israel for building permanent structures in Jerusalem. British Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, had condemned Israel’s decision to advance the E1 settlement project east of Jerusalem. Miliband described the Israeli government’s action as an “unacceptable and destructive act” that risks severing the […]

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The GuardianScandalUSA
Zuckerberg lied about concern for child safety, Meta whistleblower testifies at landmark trial

Zuckerberg lied about concern for child safety, Meta whistleblower testifies at landmark trial

Arturo Béjar, former Meta safety engineer, tells jury tech company was aware of products’ potential harm to children has taken a “don’t ask, don’t tell” strategy when it comes to the safety of children on its social media platforms, according to a who testified during a against the company on Tuesday. He is slated to continue his testimony on Wednesday., a former Meta safety engineer, told the jury that the company was aware of the harm its products caused children, which included its recommendations pushing content from sexual predators and violent and graphic images. He said he repeatedly raised the issue to various Facebook and Instagram executives but that they did little to resolve it.

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The GuardianScandalUSA
First Thing: Meta’s treatment of children on social media in spotlight as landmark trial set to begin

First Thing: Meta’s treatment of children on social media in spotlight as landmark trial set to begin

Several US states have accused Instagram and Facebook’s parent company of deliberately causing young people harm with its products. Plus: the Italian nuns fighting to keep control of their spot in the sunGood morning. More than half of the states in the US have that goes to trial on Tuesday, accusing the parent company of Instagram and Facebook of deliberately designing addictive products that lured in young people and caused them harm.The sweeping legal proceedings could have profound consequences for the company. The attorneys general say that if Meta is found liable, damages could be as high as $200bn – equivalent to the company’s 2025 annual revenue. The lawmakers are also asking that Meta be compelled to change the design of its products to make them safer for children, which may have longer-term effects than a fine.What is Meta accused of? The 233-page lawsuit, first filed in October 2023, alleges that Meta regularly collects data on children under the age of 13 without parental permission. The lawmakers claim in court documents that Meta “refuses to abandon its use of known harmful features” and that its motives are based solely on profit.How has Meta responded? Meta denies all allegations and says: “Rather than sticking to the facts or the law, the states have instead decided to chase an outlandish payout. The state AGs may call this a landmark case, but their limited claims are unsubstantiated and their financial demands are vastly disproportionate.”Why have conditions on board the ship become contentious? The Lincoln, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier left port from San Diego on 21 November 2025 and has now set a modern record for the longest time at sea without a port call. It has been more than 250 days since it has touched land.What else is causing concern with US navy ships? A US guided-missile destroyer in the South China Sea in July. The USS Benfold was reported to have been towed to Subic Bay in the Philippines.

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The GuardianDiplomacyIran
Trump says he views strait of Hormuz as ‘American territory’

Trump says he views strait of Hormuz as ‘American territory’

President at rally in South Carolina makes comments on key strategic waterway and jokes about bombing IranDonald Trump called the strait of Hormuz “an American territory” on Friday, as the US continues its military blockade of Iran’s shipping and ports while Trump’s administration struggles to end its war with the country.“We don’t even know if we won, because I view the strait of Hormuz as an American territory right now,” Trump said, addressing a crowd in South Carolina. He was campaigning for senator Darline Graham, who is running to permanently fill her late brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat.

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The GuardianScandalAustralia
Cults, setups and rumours: years after their downfalls, former NSW Liberal MPs are exacting revenge

Cults, setups and rumours: years after their downfalls, former NSW Liberal MPs are exacting revenge

David Elliott and Eleni Petinos believe they were brought down by their own party. The Icac hearing has given them a chance to set the record straightGet our , or Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold.It’s been almost four years since the former New South Wales MP, David Elliott, announced that he for a seat in the Hills in greater Sydney after his own seat was abolished. He had realised that, thanks to branch stacking in his area, he stood .

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The GuardianEconomyUnited Kingdom
UK reports unexpected deficit of £1.8bn as John Healey prepares for first budget

UK reports unexpected deficit of £1.8bn as John Healey prepares for first budget

July data shows total public debt was £2.98tn, or 94% of GDP – up £96bn on a year earlierThe UK government ran a larger than expected £1.8bn deficit in July, underlining the challenges facing the chancellor, John Healey, as he draws up his first budget.City economists had expected a shortfall of zero for July, a month when Treasury receipts tend to be swollen by self-assessment income tax payments.

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The GuardianClimateUnited Kingdom
‘We’re not remotely prepared’: Labour MPs fear party has gone soft on climate crisis

‘We’re not remotely prepared’: Labour MPs fear party has gone soft on climate crisis

Polls suggest growing skepticism around net zero, with politicians left feeling uncertain on how to proceedBritain has seen a summer of record-breaking wildfires, deadly heat and drought with almost 2, 900 heat associated deaths recorded in England during May and June alone. Homes have been destroyed more recently by the and deadly wildfires have swept across Europe.Despite the ever more visible impacts of the climate crisis, there is widespread concern that there has been no big political push for it at the centre of British politics or a renewed case for net zero.

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The GuardianElectionsWest Midlands
Tice should apologise to firefighters for ‘enjoy it’ remark on extreme heat, says Labour

Tice should apologise to firefighters for ‘enjoy it’ remark on extreme heat, says Labour

Exclusive: Bridget Phillipson’s comments show her party feels voters have been alienated by Reform net zero attacksRichard Tice should apologise to firefighters for his comments this week urging British people to “enjoy” this summer’s extreme heat, according to the Labour party chair.Bridget Phillipson has called on Reform’s deputy leader to say sorry to those who, over the last few weeks, have battled wildfires across the country that have forced evacuations and destroyed homes.

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The GuardianClimateUnited Kingdom
Reform says we need to choose between climate and economy. It's wrong | Larry Elliott

Reform says we need to choose between climate and economy. It's wrong | Larry Elliott

The party’s deputy leader Richard Tice says we should stop worrying about extreme heat and enjoy it. This dangerous nonsense will wreck our finances and the planetSo now we know: the smart response to the UK’s summer of record temperatures is to do precisely nothing. , Reform UK’s deputy leader, the climate crisis is just one of those things. Nothing can be done about it, so we should simply bask in the sunshine.It is reasonable to assume Tice would not have said anything quite as crass had he been addressing people in Stourbridge who have . Or the farmers whose crops shrivel . Or the .Larry Elliott is a Guardian columnist

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The GuardianInformationUnited Kingdom
Reform’s Tice accused of misinformation after urging people to enjoy heatwaves

Reform’s Tice accused of misinformation after urging people to enjoy heatwaves

Backlash from nurses, medical experts and green campaigners in response to deputy leader dismissing efforts to reach net zeroReform’s deputy leader has been accused of spreading misinformation after he dismissed efforts to tackle the climate crisis and urged British people to enjoy the warmth of the recent heatwaves.Richard Tice prompted a backlash from nurses, medical experts and green campaigners on Monday after he told a press conference he believed it was “arrogant” to try to stop the climate emergency, while encouraging people to focus on upsides such as better English wine.Additional reporting by and

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The TelegraphHumanityUSA
Muslim convert ‘plotted to blow up New York capitol’

Muslim convert ‘plotted to blow up New York capitol’

A Muslim convert has been charged with plotting to disguise herself as a food delivery worker and blow up New York’s state capitol building to “kill senators”. Jessica Bowie, 35, aimed to “destroy as much of the building as possible and kill the senators while they are meeting”, according to an affidavit by an FBI special agent with the joint terrorism task force in Albany, where the state capitol is located.

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The GuardianCultural EventsUSA
A party, 101 princesses and an eccentric millionaire: Jon Ronson on a mysterious castle – and what it taught him about masculinity in crisis

A party, 101 princesses and an eccentric millionaire: Jon Ronson on a mysterious castle – and what it taught him about masculinity in crisis

When my son texted me from a Connecticut fortress in the middle of the night with an alarming message, it set me on a quest to understand the bizarre lifestyle of its ownerI awoke one morning in the summer of 2023 to discover that, while I’d slept, my son Joel had been texting my wife and me a series of unnerving messages about a perilous situation he had found himself in, in Connecticut.From what I could tell, as I frantically tried to piece together the night’s events, one of Joel’s friends had been invited to a party being held by a stranger she’d met that week on Tinder. So Joel and two others went along for the ride. But when they arrived, they found the man’s home so bizarre that Joel did something he’d never done before – he sent me the coordinates of his location and a photograph, just in case.

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The GuardianAIUSA
Would even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not | Timothy Garton Ash

Would even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not | Timothy Garton Ash

It’s clear here in Silicon Valley that AI is advancing faster than humans’ ability to control it. That means even sober prophecies seem optimisticHere in Silicon Valley, the experts think that within the next couple of years we’ll see an extraordinary takeoff for artificial intelligence. “Welcome to the foothills of the singularity,” as a Stanford University friend greeted me. More prosaically, the imminent breakthrough is described as “recursive self-improvement” – the point at which AI itself trains each successive model of AI, resulting in an exponential development to something which, in many significant respects, is more intelligent than us humans.As Robert Wright puts it in his book : “Never before has the near-term future … held such a wide array of not-implausible paths for humankind that would be so wildly transformative.” But will this be heaven or hell? Heaven, says Elon Musk, who “an age of amazing abundance” – although he also sees a 10-20% chance of killer robots murdering us all. Hell is more likely according to , one of the intellectual founding fathers of AI. “My intuition is, we’re toast,” he told an interviewer in 2023. And talking to , author of The Infinity Machine, a book about the quest for superintelligence, Hinton estimates p(doom) – the probability of human extinction – at 50%, “because I haven’t got a clue how to estimate the real number”. “As soon as evolution [of AI] kicks in, we’re fucked,” he adds cheerfully. But whether it’s God or Godzilla, artificial superintelligence is just around the corner.Timothy Garton Ash is a Guardian columnist

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The GuardianWar & ConflictEurope
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy vows response to Russia’s deadly shopping centre attack

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy vows response to Russia’s deadly shopping centre attack

Ukrainian president calls strikes on home town Kryvyi Rih an ‘absolute Russian atrocity’ and says world must ‘not remain silent’. What we know on day 1,641Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to hit back at Russia after its deadly attack on a shopping centre in central Ukraine. At least 16 people were killed and more than 130 wounded, authorities said, when drones on in Kryvyi Rih in what the Ukrainian president called a “cynical and despicable” attack on Friday. In an evening , Zelenskyy said of the strikes in his home town: “An absolute Russian atrocity. They’re just monsters. We will definitely respond.” He added: “It is important that we have everything to protect life. It is important that the world does not remain silent about all this. There must be an end to this Russian war – and we need the world to help us make that happen.” The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, condemned the attack as “terror by design” and threatened “the most far-reaching Russia sanctions listings since the start of the war”. Four more people, including three minors, were killed in another strike in the southern Mykolaiv region on Friday, said the interior minister, Ivan Vygivsky.Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least two people early on Saturday, local authorities said. The Kyiv city military administration reported a fire in a warehouse in the capital’s Darnytskyi district after issuing an alert for a ballistic missile. One person died and several were injured, it said, citing preliminary information. In the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, a Russian drone killed a man and wounded four people, according to the regional military administration’s chief, Ivan Fedorov.Countries allied with Ukraine are to meet on Monday to reaffirm support for Kyiv in the war, at talks held on Ukraine’s independence day. The meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing will be co-chaired by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, the UK prime minister, Andy Burnham, and the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz. About 10 leaders including the European Council chief, António Costa, will be in Kyiv for the meeting, according to an EU official. Zelenskyy urged a strong response from Ukraine’s allies after Russia’s shopping centre attack, saying: “The world must respond to them accordingly – with real pressure on the aggressor. For peace to be possible, Russia must face real accountability.”Germany is seeking to extradite a suspect from Romania over the discovery of an underground stash of weapons in a forest near Berlin that German media reports have linked to Russian intelligence, . Two weeks after German authorities found a drone carrying explosives at Leipzig airport, the interior minister confirmed federal prosecutors had opened an investigation related to the secret cache of guns “on suspicion of preparing a serious act of violence that threatens national security”. “This case demonstrates that ‌we are operating under a high threat level,” Alexander Dobrindt told reporters.Ukraine has sanctioned Russian hit children’s cartoon Masha and the Bear and its producers in a step towards banning the series, the Ukrainian culture minister said on Friday, slamming it as a Russian “propaganda” tool. The cartoon about a little girl and a retired circus bear has been viewed tens of billions of times on YouTube alone and broadcast in about 100 countries but has faced criticism in Ukraine and among its allies, including the UK and Estonia, as painting Russia in a positive light. The Kremlin has laughed off the allegations.

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The GuardianWar & ConflictUkraine
Attack on Ukraine shopping centre that killed 16 is ‘terror by design’, says EU foreign policy chief

Attack on Ukraine shopping centre that killed 16 is ‘terror by design’, says EU foreign policy chief

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, threatens harshest sanctions yet on Russia after strike on Kryvyi Rih, the home town of Volodymyr Zelenskyy Russian drones have slammed into a busy shopping centre in central Ukraine, killing 16 people in an attack that Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “cynical and despicable”.The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, condemned Friday’s attack on Kryvyi Rih – the president’s home town – as “terror by design” and said she was “putting forward the most far-reaching Russia sanctions listings since the start of the war” when ministers meet in Ireland next month.

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