How significant are AfD's historic gains for Germany and the rest of Europe?
The BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler sees the far-right win in Saxony-Anhalt state ringing alarm bells for the EU and traditional parties.
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Ukraine seeks to seize water company owned by billionaire family of British theatre mogul
Dispute centres on stake held by Patarkatsishvili family in bottled water firm it jointly owns with Russian oligarch A British theatre impresario and her billionaire family are embroiled in a bitter dispute with Ukrainian authorities seeking to seize a water company they jointly own with a Russian oligarch. The row centres on a 34% stake held in the producer of Ukraine’s biggest bottled water brands by the Patarkatsishvili family, including Liana Patarkatsishvili, who recently worked on an immersive show with Toby Jones and Meera Syal. Continue reading...
Philippines warns China may reassert itself amid US-South Korea drill cuts
Manila defence chief says Washington gave 'definite assurances' that its commitments to the Philippines remain.
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Permissions belong in the assembly context
Someone moves off the finance team at 9 a.m. on a Monday. Your sync runs nightly at 2 a.m. For The post Permissions belong in the assembly context appeared first on The New Stack .
Iran to announce restricted zone outside Strait of Hormuz
Iran's security chief Mohsen Rezaei says Tehran will announce a restricted zone around the Strait of Hormuz.
Australia’s proposed ‘opt out’ law targets Big Tech algorithms
Social media platforms face scrutiny over addictive algorithms; new law aims to give Australians greater feed control.
Eight-year-old Gaza girl killed by Israel on first day of school
An eight-year-old girl and her father were killed when an Israeli strike hit their vehicle on her first day of school.
Adidas faces boycott over amputee campaign featuring Israeli soldier
Adidas is facing calls for a boycott after featuring a former Israeli soldier in a campaign for amputees.
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Saxony-Anhalt: Preliminary official results show AfD tops vote
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the Saxony-Anhalt state election but failed to secure an absolute majority in the state parliament. Follow DW.
Jamaica to file slavery reparations petition during UK visit
Petition to King Charles questions the legality of slavery under English law and UK’s responsibility for reparations.
Ukraine war briefing: US envoys leave Kyiv without breakthrough on ending war
Zelenskyy says after talks with Witkoff and Kushner that Kyiv seeking ‘serious volumes’ of US support for winter defences. What we know on day 1,657 US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have held “encouraging” talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv in their first official visit to Ukraine but made no breakthrough towards ending the war with Russia. The envoys’ trip followed talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday which a Kremlin aide said were “highly useful” while also giving no indication of a breakthrough. Zelenskyy said at a news conference that his talks with the envoys on Sunday covered air defence needs – including Patriot systems – and a “winter package” of support covering both air defence and energy infrastructure before the colder months. He said Kyiv was seeking “serious volumes” of American support on that front, with backing from European partners as well. It appeared the war would continue into winter, he also said. Zelenskyy said Russia had intensified strikes on Ukrainian cities before Russia’s State Duma election later this month, calling the attacks deliberate “terror” against civilians. Ukraine was working with 67 domestic companies developing systems to shoot down Russia’s jet-powered drones at scale. He said the sides agreed to hold a follow-up meeting involving Ukraine, the US and Europe, with a location still to be set. The US envoys brought new and “more effective” proposals to Ukraine on ending the war with Russia , according to one senior Ukrainian presidential official. “It’s not the same as it was before. This one now is more effective,” the unnamed offical told Agence France-Presse after the talks with Zelenskyy. “They’re still talking. This is actually the most important part. There are three of them now.” Ukraine’s rail operator announced the envoys’ departure from Kyiv early on Monday. Witkoff said earlier that both sides would need to compromise , adding: “We think we have the ingredients to get to that place … and we look forward to continuing this as long as it takes.” Kushner said: “Hopefully this trip has come out with some new ways to advance forward. I think we’ve learned a lot from the trip.” In Moscow the US envoys had “ discussed substantive plans which will be announced in the coming weeks” , a White House official said. The Kremlin said the Americans had “put forward a number of ideas on possible routes to a settlement”, without elaborating. Witkoff said he was hopeful a new round of US-mediated Ukraine-Russia talks would be announced “in short order”. Putin has repeatedly said Moscow intends to seize the rest of eastern Ukraine while Zelenskyy insists Russia should not be rewarded for its aggression. A girl was killed and three other people were wounded in a Ukraine drone attack on the Russia-held Black Sea port city of Sevastopol late on Sunday, the city’s Moscow-appointed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on Telegram. Russian forces struck a Ukrainian cargo vessel in the Black Sea which was carrying military equipment supplied to the Ukrainian army by western countries, Russian news agencies reported the defence ministry as saying on Sunday. Kyiv’s forces struck the Ryazan oil refinery – about 480km (300 miles) inside Russia – causing a fire, Ukraine said on Sunday. Russia’s foreign minister said Germany’s accusation that Moscow was involved in a drone incident near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Germany’s Leipzig airport were, “by and large, the start of a real war”, state news agency Tass reported. “He is, in effect, declaring war on us,” Sergei Lavrov said of the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz. Berlin has ordered a series of measures in response to the attack attempt. Continue reading...
Why is Kenya cracking down on foreign traders and small retailers?
President Ruto says small businesses should be reserved for Kenyans as his government moves against foreign traders.
Five dead after Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport
Five people are dead and five seriously injured after a Boeing 767-300 cargo plane "overran" the runway and caught fire, officials say.
Serbia’s Red Star Belgrade honour Ratko Mladic with tifo
Red Star Belgrade fans unveiled a tifo honouring Ratko Mladic at the Belgrade derby with Partizan.
North Korea deploys warship ‘capable of annihilating retaliatory strikes’
Leader Kim Jong Un says vessel will form part of Pyongyang's nuclear response system, strengthen naval forces.
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner hold Ukraine talks after meeting Putin
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, seeking to revive efforts to end the war. But the latest diplomatic push seems to have produced no breakthrough.
Several killed in Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami
At least five people have died after a cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport. The aircraft overran a runway, struck several vehicles and caught fire.
Supporting independent journalism in Ukraine
OpenAI, AIRPPU and WAN-IFRA launch an AI program to help Ukrainian news organizations strengthen innovation, resilience, and independent journalism.
Iran war live: Tehran to announce new Hormuz shipping route in coming days
Move comes as Iran's top negotiator warns of heavier responses to new attacks after US strikes on Iranian oil tankers.
Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI
Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI Apparently today is RSI day at OpenAI, for Recursive Self-Improvement - I think it's their new AGI. Both this piece and the new essay An Alien Mind (by Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki) talk about it, and this one doesn't even bother to expand the acronym. Included are details on how OpenAI's own research team are using coding agents. Like pretty much everyone else 2026 has been the year that agentic engineering really took off at OpenAI, best illustrated by this chart: I'm intrigued at what caused that significant acceleration in AI spend per researcher in late July - my best guess is that's when internal employees gained access to the model later released as GPT-6 Astra. Tags: ai , openai , generative-ai , chatgpt , llms , coding-agents , november-2025-inflection , recursive-self-improvement
Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement
The Seattle Times and Newsday are just the latest plaintiffs to take OpenAI to court, alleging copyright infringement. The two outlets say the company used their journalism as training data for its AI models without permission and often reproduces passages from their reporting in response to user queries. This is similar to lawsuits filed by […]