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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with US senators to discuss his company’s upcoming models, as President Donald Trump said he is considering AI “controls” following OpenAI’s disclosure that one of its AI systems escaped containment during a security test.

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega aims to exclude “traitors” and “coup-plotting” opposition members from elections, while also seeking to extend the presidential term from six to seven “renewable” years, according to a draft constitutional reform sent to Congress.

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US President Donald Trump has again signalled support for selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkiye, brushing aside Israeli objections. The potential deal remains blocked by US legal restrictions after Ankara’s purchase of Russian air defence systems, while Israel argues the sale would undermine its military advantage in the region.

German police have shot dead the suspect in a car-ramming attack on Berlin’s Pride march, ending a 24-hour manhunt.

The world claims to regard education as a universal right. Its financial system tells a different story.

Khan’s accuser, named only ⁠as Sarah, recently told CNN that Khan had shown escalating behaviour of touching and groping her, recounting a time she said he touched her intimately while she was pretending to be asleep.

This month, three high-level visits within the space of six days showed how the rivalry between Morocco and Algeria is increasingly shaping the policies of European governments in the Maghreb.

The world slides closer to WW3.

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At least 10 people have died and 17 remain trapped, including rescuers, after a suspected gas explosion caused a tunnel collapse at a hydropower project in northeast India.

The sale intends to bolster Saudi air defence systems as the kingdom risks escalation with the Iran-backed Houthis.

US marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit have released video showing them boarding M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman as part of the naval blockade against Iran.

British police have arrested 12 people in connection with an “extreme right-wing” terrorism threat targeting an Islamic gathering held in eastern England over the weekend.

Prosecutors allege Shehu and his associates funnelled proceeds from cocaine trafficking into Albanian property, using falsified titles to disguise the money’s origin, and have since frozen roughly 110 million euros ($126m) tied to the sale in a notary’s account.

Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she plans to return to the country from exile in December, despite a death sentence passed during her two-year stay in India.

Iran says it attacked “US bases and strategic centres” in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar after the US bombed Iranian cities for a second consecutive night.

Cuba today proposed an additional debate in the UN assembly on the necessity of ending the U.S. blockade on Cuba.

Gaza community figure, Mohammed al-Wahidi was killed in an Israeli air strike just moments before displaced children gathered to watch Egypt face Argentina in a World Cup screening he organised.

A string of high-profile US Democrats have withdrawn their support from Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner after a former girlfriend accused the politician of sexual assault.

United States President Donald Trump has used the opening weekend of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations to praise the US military and critique democratic socialists, warning of a “communist menace” that he claims poses a major threat to the country.

“We have just got to ask ourselves: Is this where we’re at, in the state of America, that we’re believing something like this? You can look for yourself: This thing has pond scum all in it, and it stinks. There’s no vandalism,” he said.

“We have just got to ask ourselves: Is this where we’re at, in the state of America, that we’re believing something like this? You can look for yourself: This thing has pond scum all in it, and it stinks. There’s no vandalism,” he said.

Never to be called an “administration” but a DICTATORSHIP.

Hell has been successfully brought to earth.

Has Western media helped normalise Israel’s violence against Palestinians? And how has US corporate and legacy media coverage of the genocide in Gaza over the last two and a half years shaped public attitudes and political decisions? This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks to journalist Adam Johnson, author of the new book “How to Sell a Genocide”.

Burkina Faso has broken off diplomatic relations with France, further widening the rift with its former colonial ruler.

The sweep also sends an undeniable message to establishment Democrats in Washington, including House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who campaigned against Mamdani’s candidates and lost. Mamdani and his slate were openly fighting for dramatic change on key issues, with Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza and affordability chief among them.

“When I am speaking about AIPAC, I’m speaking about an organisation that has been supportive of the status quo, that has fought any attempt to actually deliver safety to people, not just in Palestine, but frankly, through much of the region, and it is a status quo for immorality,” Mamdani said on Monday at City Hall.

The viral ‘Cockroach’ movement’s supporters occupy New Delhi’s protest site, refusing to leave until minister resigns.

The viral ‘Cockroach’ movement’s supporters occupy New Delhi’s protest site, refusing to leave until minister resigns.

Awesome news for Cuba!

Awesome news for Cuba!

Awesome news for Cuba!

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has acknowledged that some of the island’s economic problems ‘don’t come from outside’, a reference to foreign pressure campaigns [Getty]

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has acknowledged that some of the island’s economic problems ‘don’t come from outside’, a reference to foreign pressure campaigns [Getty]