President proposes letting ‘all hell break loose’ if hostages held by Hamas are not returned to Israel at noon on Saturday Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has warned that if all the Israeli hostages held in Gaza are not returned by Saturday at noon he would propose […]
Most answers had ‘significant issues’ when researchers asked services to use broadcaster’s news articles as source Leading artificial intelligence assistants create distortions, factual inaccuracies and misleading content in response to questions about news and current affairs, research has found. More than half of the AI-generated answers provided by ChatGPT, Copilot, […]
Gerald Cooney, former leader of Tameside council, says he warned regional officials about Trigger Me Timbers group Labour was warned more than a year ago about a “vile” WhatsApp group involving two of the party’s MPs, local councillors and a series of offensive messages, the Guardian has been told. It […]
Ex-Foreign Office official says he saw conduct that ‘crossed the threshold into complicity with war crimes’ Mark Smith: I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, subject to political manipulation and has seen conduct […]
MP apologises for messages posted in same group chat Andrew Gwynne was sacked as a minister over The Burnley MP Oliver Ryan is being investigated by the Labour party over “unacceptable and deeply disappointing” comments in a WhatsApp group. Ryan said he was a member of the WhatsApp chat that […]
Email david.lengel@theguardian.com with your thoughts Latest updates from the Superdome in New Orleans Follow our half-time show and ads blog here Because it’s 2025 and he is legally obliged to be in everything, Bob Dylan tribute act (but what a tribute act) Timothée Chalamet pops up chatting to Kendrick Lamar […]
Prime minister takes home test at No 10 with soul singer Beverley Knight to promote HIV Testing Week Keir Starmer has taken a public HIV test in an effort to destigmatise testing for the virus and to highlight HIV Testing Week. The prime minister took a home test at 10 […]
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Pledge to fix broken welfare system follows new evidence that people are worried about returning to work for fear that benefits will be withdrawn Britain’s broken welfare system is fuelling the “greatest unemployment challenge of a generation”, ministers have concluded as they draw up a root-and-branch overhaul designed to counter […]
Meta accounts of those affected flooded with ads for casinos and betting sites We didn’t click ‘consent’ on any gambling website. So how did Facebook know where we’d been? Gambling companies are covertly tracking visitors to their websites and sending their data to Facebook’s parent company without consent in an […]