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• Australia news live: Macquarie Island marine park to triple in size; full Ben Roberts-Smith judgment due

  04-06-2023 23:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Tanya Plibersek has signed off a decision to expand the park to 475,465 square km, protecting penguins, seals and sea birds. Follow the day’s news liveAsked whether he thinks there ought to be penalties for PwC, Chalmers says the federal police investigation needs to roll out first, through the government will consider further action “if more needs to be done”:First of all, let’s let the AFP process play out. That’s important. Treasury’s referred it to the AFP
  
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• Sunak seeks to regain migration initiative during Dover visit

  04-06-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  PM will outline what he views as progress on issue amid pressure from backbench Tory MPsRishi Sunak will travel to Dover on Monday in a bid to regain the initiative on Tory migration pledges amid pressure from his own backbenches as flagship legislation returns to parliament.The prime minister is expected to outline what he views as the progress made in the six months since introducing the illegal migration bill, intended to change the law so those who arrive in the UK by irregular means can be
  
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• Keir Starmer says nuclear power is ‘critical part’ of UK’s energy mix

  04-06-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour leader pledges to get stalled projects operational to boost energy security, cut costs and create jobsKeir Starmer has described nuclear power as a “critical part” of the UK’s energy mix and pledged to get stalled projects over the line, as Labour positions itself firmly behind the technology.Before the Labour leader presents his net zero energy policies during a speech in Scotland early next week, the party said it would “push forward” nuclear to boost energ
  
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• Cameron-Osborne austerity years cost UK dearly when Covid struck, says TUC

  04-06-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Union body claims policies left Britain ‘hugely unprepared’, in report before opening hearing of inquiryYears of austerity overseen by David Cameron and George Osborne left Britain “hugely unprepared” for Covid, with consequences that were “painful and tragic”, union leaders have claimed.In an attempt to frame the opening hearing of the UK Covid inquiry next week as a trial of public sector cuts, the Trades Union Congress will argue in a report that the polici
  
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• WATCH: Huge manta ray swims by divers in Maldives

  04-06-2023 23:28
  
  A scuba diver summoned a large manta ray to swim toward her in the Maldives by putting her arms out and rotating them.
  
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• WATCH: Gushing water pours from second-story balcony in Turkey

  04-06-2023 23:26
  
  Gushing floodwater bursts out of a second-story apartment in the Turkish capital of Ankara as heavy rain hit the city.
  
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• Sonic boom from US fighter jets ‘pursuing light aircraft’ rattles DC residents

  04-06-2023 23:15 via theguardian.com
  
  The jets were reportedly pursuing a private Cessna aircraft that had violated DC airspace before crashing in south-west VirginiaA loud noise which rocked Washington DC on Sunday afternoon and sent some residents into a brief panic was a sonic boom from a flight authorized by the US Department of Defense, officials said.It came as jet fighters were scrambled to pursue a light aircraft that had violated airspace in the Washington DC area and later crashed into mountainous terrain in south-west Vir
  
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• Boy seriously injured as wind sweeps zorb into air at festival in Southport

  04-06-2023 22:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Nine-year-old inside transparent ball as ‘freak gust of wind’ carries it over trees before landing on wheelie binA nine-year-old boy has been seriously injured after the inflatable zorb ball he was playing in was carried so high into the air by “a freak gust of wind” that eyewitnesses described it gliding over some trees.The child was inside the transparent plastic orb, floating on a pool of water at an outdoor festival in Southport, Merseyside, when the ball suddenly too
  
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• Pro-Ukraine group of partisans captures Russian soldiers

  04-06-2023 22:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion say they ‘will hand captured soldiers to Kyiv’A pro-Ukraine group of Russian partisans has said it captured several soldiers during a cross-border raid into southern Russia and will hand them over to Ukrainian authorities.The Russian Volunteer Corps made the claim in a video statement released on Telegram on Sunday after a raid into the Russian region of Belgorod. Continue reading...
  
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• Washington DC area 'explosion' sound caused by military jets pursuing unresponsive plane before deadly crash

  04-06-2023 22:21 via foxnews.com
  
  A loud noise similar to an explosion heard in the Washington, D.C., metroplex area was the sonic boom of military aircraft scrambling to catch up to a Cessna aircraft with an unresponsive pilot before it crashed, killing all four people onboard. The city of Annapolis Office of Emergency Management reported that the boom heard on Sunday was in fact caused by an authorized Department of Defense (DOD) flight. The noise was heard in areas as far east as the Eastern Shore of Maryland and as far west
  
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• Bournemouth beach deaths: victims named as Joe Abbess and Sunnah Khan

  04-06-2023 21:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Family of Joe, 17, pay tribute to ‘fabulous young man’ and relatives of Sunnah, 12, say she ‘was an angel’A 17-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl who died after getting into difficulty in the water off Bournemouth beach last week have been named as Joe Abbess and Sunnah Khan.Joe, from Southampton, was described as a “fabulous young man” who was “kind and generous, loving and caring, hardworking and funny”, according to a family statement issued by
  
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• Two-year-old girl killed in Russian missile attack on Dnipro in Ukraine

  04-06-2023 20:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Twenty-two people injured including five children, while row continues over closed air raid sheltersRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesA two-year-old girl was found dead under the rubble of a house near the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro overnight as recriminations continued about the availability of air raid shelters in the capital.Serhiy Lysak, the governor of the Dnipro region, said another 22 people were injured, including five children, in an attack that destroyed or damaged se
  
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• Directors union reaches tentative deal with Hollywood studios as writers strike

  04-06-2023 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Agreement comes as writers remain on strike and actors are currently holding a strike authorization voteThe Directors Guild of America (DGA) which represents film and television directors announced late on Saturday that it had reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood’s major studios, averting a possible work stoppage.The development comes as Hollywood writers are currently on strike and actors represented by the Sag-Aftra union are currently holding a strike authorization vote. Continu
  
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• Michelle Hodgkinson: family express ‘utter shock’ at fatal stabbing in Droylsden

  04-06-2023 20:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Tributes paid to ‘loving’ 51-year-old who died after being attacked in Greater ManchesterThe family of Michelle Hodgkinson, who died after being stabbed in Droylsden, Greater Manchester on Friday, have expressed their “utter shock” at the attack and how horrific her final minutes were.The 51-year-old was fatally attacked while she was walking along Edge Lane on Friday afternoon. A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and has since been detained under the Me
  
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• India train accident: Workers remove wreckage from tracks

  04-06-2023 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rescue efforts have concluded at the site of the country's worst train crash in over two decades.
  
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• Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy figures on Tiananmen Square anniversary

  04-06-2023 19:23 via theguardian.com
  
  At least 20 people detained including activist Alexandra Wong and leader of opposition partyHong Kong police have detained more than 20 people, including prominent pro-democracy figures, on the 34th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown in China.Police said late on Sunday they had detained 23 people between the ages of 20 to 74 who were suspected of “breaching the peace”. One woman, 53, was arrested for obstructing police officers. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: girl, 2, killed in Dnipro blast as Kyiv fends off air attack – as it happened

  04-06-2023 19:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Girl’s body pulled from wreckage and 22 injured after strike Volodymyr Zelenskiy blames on Russia; fires reported in Shebekino townWhat we know on day 466 of Russia’s invasionRescue teams search through rubble after an airstrike hits a residential district in Ukraine’s central city of Dnipro.Rescuers were seen digging with their bare hands as they searched for survivors among the debris. Continue reading...
  
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• Poland: hundreds of thousands march against rightwing populist government

  04-06-2023 18:33 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘We’re half a million here,’ says Donald Tusk at what he says is biggest political gathering since Poland regained independenceHundreds of thousands of people have marched through central Warsaw to protest against Poland’s rightwing populist government before a delicately poised election due in the autumn.The Law and Justice (PiS) party came to power in 2015, since when it has eroded democratic norms, attacked the independent judiciary and launched campaigns against the L
  
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• Killer of three Israeli soldiers was Egyptian border police officer, says army

  04-06-2023 18:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Netanyahu calls deaths of three members of Israel Defence Forces on Sinai border a terrorist attackA man who shot and killed three Israeli soldiers in a rare incident on the Sinai border with Egypt has been identified by the Israeli military as a member of the Egyptian border police.Two Israel Defence Forces (IDF) combat soldiers were killed early on Saturday morning at a military post near Mount Harif, in the Negev desert, the army said. The discovery of their bodies a few hours later triggered
  
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• Chuck Todd to leave NBC’s Meet the Press after nearly 10 years

  04-06-2023 17:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Kristen Welker, the network’s chief White House correspondent, will take over hosting duties for the political affairs showChuck Todd has announced that he will be leaving NBC’s Meet the Press after nearly 10 years.On Sunday, Todd, who has hosted the political affairs show for more than nine years, told viewers: “It’s been an amazing nearly decade-long run. I am really proud of what this team and I have built over the last decade.” Continue reading...
  
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• Migrants flown from Texas to California and left outside church were ‘lied to’

  04-06-2023 17:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Rights group says 16 migrants were flown via private chartered plane but it’s unclear who paid for the travelA rights group has said 16 migrants had been “lied to” and deceived after being transported from Texas to California and dropped off outside a church in Sacramento.The migrants from Venezuela and Colombia entered the US through Texas, reported the Associated Press. They were flown to California from New Mexico via a private chartered plane, but it’s unclear who pai
  
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• Qantas and Virgin given little incentive to cheapen air fares, watchdog warns

  04-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  ACCC warns airline industry is at ‘critical juncture’ with a developing duopoly stunting competitionFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian aviation is at a “critical juncture”, with policy shortcomings allowing for a duopoly marked by higher air fares and poorer service, the consumer watchdog warns, as it loses extra resources to scrutinise the sector.Qantas Group &ndash
  
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• ‘Last resort’: government faces legal action to force repatriation of Australians from Syrian refugee camps

  04-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Seventeen women and nine children will take the government to court, arguing that Australia has ‘effective control’ of their detention and the power to set them freeAustralian mothers and children held in a Syrian detention camp will take the Australian government to court in an attempt to compel the government to bring them home.Seventeen Australian women and nine children – the wives, widows, and children of slain or jailed Islamic State fighters – held in the Roj camp
  
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• Jail terms for exploiting migrant workers to be introduced in Australian government crackdown

  04-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  New laws to include making it a criminal offence to coerce someone into breaching their visa condition and bans on hiring other visa holdersFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian employers who exploit migrant workers will be banned from hiring other visa holders and will face new criminal penalties, as part of a government crackdown.On Monday the federal government will announce legal changes t
  
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• Can your suburb help fix Australia’s housing crisis? It all comes down to density

  04-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite adding millions of people and dwellings over the past decade, our cities are well behind globally in terms of population densityGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSkyrocketing rents and a projected home shortage have sparked fierce debate on the most effective ways to address Australia’s housing crisis.Experts say one of the most effective fixes is to increase the supply of housing, specifically infilling urban areas to increase the density of
  
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• Australian government considers compensation for Afghanistan war crime victims

  04-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Human rights and legal groups have stepped up their calls for a compensation plan in the wake of the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation rulingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government is looking for “a way forward” to compensate families of victims of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, the defence minister has told legal advocates.But officials continue to warn about the compl
  
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• Colombian president’s allies resign amid illegal wiretapping scandal

  04-06-2023 16:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Inquiry reveals phone calls of Gustavo Petro’s aide’s nanny were intercepted in ‘grotesque’ abuse of powerTwo of Gustavo Petro’s closest political allies have resigned as the Colombian president’s office was embroiled in a bizarre scandal involving a nanny, illegal wiretaps and a missing briefcase full of cash.Petro’s closest adviser, Laura Sarabia, and his key political power broker, Armando Benedetti, stepped down on Friday after an investigation by th
  
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• Motorcyclist killed and athlete severely injured during Hamburg Ironman

  04-06-2023 16:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Head-on collision during race leaves 70-year-old rider deadAthlete and camera operator treated after collisionThe rider of a motorbike has died following a crash with a competitor in an Ironman European championship race on Sunday, police in the host city of Hamburg said.Police said there was a head-on crash when a race support motorbike carrying a rider and a passenger collided with a triathlete who was cycling in the opposite direction. Continue reading...
  
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• Virgin Mary apparitions ‘not always real’, says Pope after statue row

  04-06-2023 16:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Pontiff appears to reference a woman who drew pilgrims to a statue near Rome she claimed shed tears of bloodApparitions of the Virgin Mary are “not always real”, Pope Francis has said, in what appears to be an indirect reference to a woman who drew thousands of pilgrims to a town near Rome to pray before a statue that she claimed shed tears of blood.“Don’t look there,” the pontiff said during an interview with Rai 1 on Sunday when asked about apparitions of the Virg
  
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• Uganda says 54 African Union peacekeepers killed in Somalia by al-Shabaab militants

  04-06-2023 16:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Death toll one ofheaviest since pro-government forces launched offensive against jihadists last AugustFifty-four Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has said, in one of the worst recent attacks by al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn country.“We discovered the lifeless bodies of 54 fallen soldiers, including a commander,” Museveni said in a Twitter post late on Saturday. Continue read
  
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• India train disaster: signal fault identified as cause, says minister

  04-06-2023 16:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Train was diverted on to wrong tracks, says railways minister as efforts to clear wreckage continueIndia’s railways minister has said the country’s deadliest train crash in more than two decades was caused by an error in electronic signals that sent a train on to the wrong tracks.Ashwini Vaishnaw said the full investigation into Friday’s crash in the eastern state of Odisha, which killed at least 275 people and injured more than 1,000, was still under way but “the root ca
  
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• Family confirms missing resident found deceased in Iowa building collapse

  04-06-2023 16:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Branden Colvin Sr is the first confirmed fatality in six-story apartment building that partially collapsed in Davenport last weekThe family of Branden Colvin Sr confirmed on Saturday he was found deceased at the six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, that partially collapsed on Sunday, 28 May.Colvin’s 18-year-old son, Branden Colvin Jr, had been sleeping outside of the building awaiting news on his father. “I know my dad’s in there and there’s nothing I can do &
  
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• FA Cup final: Elton John bumps into Manchester City players at airport

  04-06-2023 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Manchester City players bump into Elton John at the airport after their 2-1 FA Cup final victory over Manchester United at Wembley.
  
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• Traffic cop sues city over ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ cards for NYPD friends and family

  04-06-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Mathew Bianchi claims superiors retaliated against him for writing tickets for people holding ‘corrupt’ courtesy cards Mathew Bianchi became a Staten Island traffic cop in 2017, two years after joining the New York police department, assigned to enforcing traffic violations and issuing tickets. In the first two years on that beat, he received stellar performance evaluations.But in November 2018 – a year into his career in the traffic unit – Bianchi issued a ticket to a ci
  
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• Events in Brazil and UK to celebrate lives of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

  04-06-2023 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  British journalist and Brazilian Indigenous expert were killed a year ago on Monday in remote Amazon region they tried to defendFriends and admirers of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira are preparing to gather in towns and cities across Brazil as well as London to remember the men and the causes they cherished.The British journalist and the Brazilian Indigenous expert were shot dead during a reporting trip in the Amazon’s remote Javari valley region one year ago, on 5 June 2022.If you want to
  
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• The Myanmar junta kills … and the rest of the world looks away

  04-06-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Since the coup in 2021 the carnage has been unceasing, meanwhile Russia and China continue to send weaponsIn the targets of the junta: life and war inside rebel-held MyanmarThe problem is not that governments around the world are unaware of what is happening in Myanmar. It’s that they are not doing nearly enough to stop it.Since the military seized power in a coup in early 2021, it has terrorised the country, killed, tortured and imprisoned thousands of citizens, broken countless laws, and
  
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• Li Shangfu: China’s defence minister at Shangri-La Dialogue warns of ‘cold war mentality’ in digs at US

  04-06-2023 08:50 via theguardian.com
  
  After refusing to meet with his US counterpart, general says ‘some countries’ interfering in others’ business but Beijing does not seek confrontationChina’s defence minister, Li Shangfu, has said a cold war mentality is resurgent in the Asia-Pacific region, but Beijing seeks dialogue over confrontation. The remarks came after Li refused to formally meet the US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.Speaking at the dialogue, Asia’s t
  
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• Ukraine war: Girl, 2, killed and 22 injured in Dnipro after Russian strike

  04-06-2023 08:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rescuers found the child's body in the wreckage of a residential building in Ukrainian city Dnipro.
  
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• Lone renter in ‘David and Goliath’ row with Montreal developers

  04-06-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Carla White’s battle has shone a light on city’s lack of affordable new housing for those on low incomesA single tenant in a Montreal apartment block has halted a multimillion-dollar development project in a standoff that has focused fresh attention on the lack of affordable housing in major Canadian cities.Property developer Mondev has been trying for years to persuade Carla White to move from her small C$400-a-month (£238) apartment so it can demolish a row of mostly abandone
  
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• Richard Marles meets Gen Li Shangfu, as Chinese defence minister refuses formal meeting with US counterpart

  04-06-2023 02:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Defence minister is also believed to have raised concerns about the ongoing detention of Australian citizens and human rights issuesFollow our live blog for the latest news updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian defence minister Richard Marles has met his Chinese counterpart and called for “safe and professional interactions” between military planes and ships in the Indo-Pacific region.Marles is also believed to have raised concerns
  
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• India train accident: Modi vows punishments over deadly Odisha crash

  04-06-2023 02:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least 288 people were killed in the collision of two passenger trains and a goods train in Odisha.
  
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• Ghetto Kids: Winning Britain's Got Talent would mean a bigger house in Uganda

  04-06-2023 01:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of Ugandan children is on the verge of glory after reaching the final of Britain's Got Talent.
  
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• Your pictures on the theme of 'bridges'

  04-06-2023 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A selection of striking images from our readers around the world.
  
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• Sudan conflict: Caesarean by phone light - giving birth in a warzone

  04-06-2023 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Women in Sudan's few remaining maternity wards are having babies to the sound of gunfire.
  
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• Why are people leaving Russia, who are they, and where are they going?

  04-06-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A trickle of Russians leaving became a stream after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine of 2022.
  
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• Solar panels - an eco-disaster waiting to happen?

  04-06-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A French factory is pioneering recycling of solar units as experts warn of a waste mountain by 2050.
  
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• How the Pakistani military feel about Imran Khan after protests

  04-06-2023 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How did the 9 May protests affect support for Imran Khan inside Pakistan’s military cantonments?
  
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• Can sci-fi films teach us anything about an AI threat?

  04-06-2023 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers have cited the plot of Pixar's WALL-E in a series of AI "disaster scenarios".
  
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• AI threats: Can The Matrix and other sci-fi films teach us anything?

  04-06-2023 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers have cited the plot of Pixar's WALL-E in a series of AI "disaster scenarios".
  
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• WATCH: Kitten rescued from car engine on busy highway

  04-06-2023 00:34
  
  Police officers helped rescue a kitten trapped in a car engine along a busy highway in Howard County, Maryland, and one official said "I've never been on a call like this."
  
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