The chancellor’s potential inheritance tax cut in Wednesday’s budget would aid millionaires amid a cost of living crisis Jeremy Hunt faces a backlash from “red wall” Tory MPs if he uses a fiscal windfall of up to £20bn to deliver tax cuts for the rich rather than to help ordinary […]
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Dossiers were compiled by 15 departments after scouring social media activity to vet people invited to speak at official events Fifteen government departments have been monitoring the social media activity of potential critics and compiling “secret files” in order to block them from speaking at public events, the Observer can […]
Fears mount for Gaza refugees as nowhere is deemed safe for civilians in effort to destroy Hamas Israel-Hamas war – live update Airstrikes on crowded UN shelters in north Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp killed more than 80 people on Saturday, as Israeli plans to expand operations into south Gaza deepened […]
Company behind Chat GPT said to be in turmoil as top staff join exodus Sam Altman, the recently sacked boss of OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT bot, was telling investors he planned to launch a new company before his shock departure, it was claimed. The former OpenAI president, Greg […]
Singer says safety comes first after death of Ana Clara Benevides Machado, 23, in sweltering stadium Taylor Swift’s concert in Brazil on Saturday night has been postponed after a fan died shortly before the start of her gig in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. The show’s organisers, Time4Fun (T4F), said […]
Exclusive: New foreign secretary to say UK has ‘moral mission’ to help world’s poor in white paper David Cameron is marking his return to frontline politics by saying he wants to unlock billions of dollars for foreign aid over the next decade, as part of a “moral mission” to help […]
Party leader’s comment prompted by predecessor refusing to say if Hamas are terrorists on Piers Morgan TV show Keir Starmer has said Jeremy Corbyn’s “days as a Labour MP are over” after the former party leader repeatedly refused to call Hamas a terrorist organisation. Starmer said his predecessor, who lost […]
Daniel Hagari’s comments come amid mounting concerns about Israeli plans to expand military operations where people have sought refuge from fighting See all our Israel-Hamas war coverage The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has urged leaders of developing nations to unite in the face of growing challenges due to the […]
Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of X, attempted to do damage control as Paramount and Warner Bros among others also pulled ads Apple will pause all its advertising on X, formerly Twitter, two days after owner Elon Musk tweeted his enthusiastic agreement with an antisemitic post. A cascade of other major […]
AI firm’s board said Altman was ‘not consistently candid in his communications with the board’ and had lost its confidence Interview: Sam Altman on whether AI will save humanity – or destroy it Sam Altman, the chief executive and co-founder of OpenAI, has been ousted from his own company after […]