Mother of Elon Musk’s child sues his AI company over Grok deepfake images
Ashley St Clair, mother of Musk's son, Romulus, sues over 'pain and mental distress' caused by fake AI images.
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US justice department investigating Minnesota Democrats over alleged obstruction of ICE
It comes as fresh details emerged in the death of a Minneapolis woman shot last week by an ICE agent in the city.
Watch: Armed group robs Pokémon store in New York City
Multiple hooded and masked people ransacked Pokémon merchandise and smashed glass card displays at the Manhattan shop.
Uganda's president heads for victory as his main rival cries foul
President Museveni has about 75% of the vote with results in from more than half of all polling stations.
UK urged to ratify high seas treaty to avoid being shut out of Ocean Cop summit
As international treaty comes into force, bill to make it law in Britain is moving at ‘glacial pace’ through parliamentThe UK risks being shut out of a historic oceans summit because parliament has failed to ratify the UN’s high seas treaty, environmental charities and campaigners have warned.The high seas treaty, formally known as the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, comes into force on Saturday, after two decades of talks. Continue reading...
‘He needs to disappear for a very long time’: has Peter Mandelson finally run out of spin?
Bruised and tainted by his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the Labour peer still has admirers – and the drive to go againThe BBC’s interview with Peter Mandelson had offered ample evidence of the Labour peer’s “formidable political brain”, according to Louis Mosley, UK head of the US data firm, Palantir Technologies.An indefensible error of judgment had been made by Mandelson, Mosley said in a panel discussion with Laura Kuenssberg after the airing of some of the 30-minute interview on her Sunday morning political show, but “he is a masterful interpreter of Trump and we now live in a world where that man will determine much of what happens, and we need people who can be that translation function”. Continue reading...
Nasa readies its most powerful rocket for round-the-moon flight
Artemis II mission could launch on 6 February, sending astronauts on a 685,000-mile journeyNasa is preparing to roll out its most powerful rocket yet before a mission to send astronauts around the moon and back again for the first time in more than 50 years.The Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as early as 6 February, taking its crew on a 685,000-mile round trip that will end about 10 days later with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading...
Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas
Virunga park ranger says babies are well cared for by mother Mafuko but high infant mortality makes first weeks criticalIt was noon by the time Jacques Katutu first saw the newborn mountain gorillas. Cradled in the arms of their mother, Mafuko, the tiny twins clung to her body for warmth in the forest clearing in Virunga national park, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).Katutu, head of gorilla monitoring in Virunga, has seen dozens of newborns in his 15 years as a ranger. But, he tells the Guardian, even he was touched by the sight of the fragile infant males, who face serious obstacles if they are to become silverbacks one day. Continue reading...
Can the US afford Trump’s $1.5 trillion ‘dream military’?
Donald Trump plans to boost US military spending to $1.5 trillion in 2027. His plan to pay for it does not add up.
LIVE: Gaza death toll rises by Israeli raids, Trump names ‘Board of Peace’
Israeli raids cause rising casualties in Gaza, as attacks persist despite the ceasefire agreement.