UK cinemas look at banning Meta smart glasses over piracy fears
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UK cinemas look at banning Meta smart glasses over piracy fears

Trade body says local chains would have to balance concerns with potential benefits provided by AI-enabled technologyCinemas across the UK are considering banning customers from wearing Meta’s smart glasses, amid fears they could be used to pirate films.The UK Cinema Association (UKCA) trade body said that a number of local chains could end up introducing policies that restrict camera-enabled smar...

Piracy fears prompt calls for ban on Meta smart glasses in UK cinemas
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Piracy fears prompt calls for ban on Meta smart glasses in UK cinemas

Trade body says local chains would have to balance concerns with potential benefits provided by AI-enabled technologyCinemas across the UK are considering banning customers from wearing Meta’s smart glasses, amid fears they could be used to pirate films.The UK Cinema Association (UKCA) trade body said that a number of local chains could end up introducing policies that restrict camera-enabled smar...

Kyiv under fire: Russian strikes kill at least 16
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Kyiv under fire: Russian strikes kill at least 16

A Russian missile barrage overnight on Thursday killed at least 16 people and wounded 40 in Kyiv as explosions echoed across the capital. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had been preparing the attack "for a long time". 

Trump plan to allow drilling near US world heritage site sparks alarm
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Trump plan to allow drilling near US world heritage site sparks alarm

Administration’s plan to scrap drilling-free buffer zone around New Mexico site prompts scrutiny from UnescoThe Trump administration’s push to expand oil and gas extraction across the US is set to bring drilling near cherished natural and cultural sites, raising alarm among conservationists and prompting questions from the UN’s heritage body.Unesco said it has received information on the administr...

‘It kept adding up’: how add-on utility fees can lead to eviction for tenants

‘It kept adding up’: how add-on utility fees can lead to eviction for tenants

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Tenants can be evicted for not paying utilities even if they have paid rent – tenants and their allies are fighting backThis story was supported and co-published by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting ProjectIn 2024, Constance Soule got a surprise from her landlord: a “notice of termination” that gave her 10 days to move out of her apartment.Soule, a disabled Alzheimer’s pati...

Racism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, says equalities minister

Racism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, says equalities minister

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Exclusive: Bridget Phillipson says politicians have helped fuel hatred and that police are not taking violence against women and girls seriously enoughUK politics live – latest updatesRacism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, the equalities minister has said, as she warned that young men were being sucked into violent misogyny by the “cesspit” of social media.Bridget Phillipson said she...

Chinese stem cell therapy reverses heart failure in 90% of patients in landmark trial

Chinese stem cell therapy reverses heart failure in 90% of patients in landmark trial

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A hospital in east China has used reprogrammed stem cells to treat severe heart failure, with 90 per cent of patients showing significant recovery in heart function after the novel therapy. On Wednesday, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, affiliated with Nanjing University, released the long-term follow-up results of a phase 2 clinical study, which was published in the journal Nature Medicine. While dea...

China urges US to drop sweeping drone tariffs, warns of global supply chain fallout

China urges US to drop sweeping drone tariffs, warns of global supply chain fallout

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Beijing has urged Washington to scrap planned tariffs of up to 100 per cent on imported drones, warning the measures unfairly target Chinese products and threaten global supply chains. The tariffs are not set to take effect until September 3, but Chinese drone shipments to the United States are already under pressure, with exports of some models plunging in July, the latest customs data showed. On...

Ceuta: FRANCE 24 brings you up to speed

Ceuta: FRANCE 24 brings you up to speed

France 24

🇪🇸 🌍 🔎 In Ceuta, the fate of migrants who crossed into the Spanish enclave at the end of July remains murky, but the trauma of the precarious journey remains. Most of the migrants who remain are forced to sleep in dangerous conditions, many among them unaccompanied minors. Meanwhile, the families of those who attempted the crossing have little to no news of what happened to their loved ones. F...

Ceuta: FRANCE 24 brings you up-to-speed

Ceuta: FRANCE 24 brings you up-to-speed

France 24

🇪🇸 🌍 🔎 In Ceuta, the fate of migrants who crossed into the Spanish enclave at the end of July remains murky, but the trauma of the precarious journey remains. Most of the migrants who remain are forced to sleep in dangerous conditions, many among them unaccompanied minors. Meanwhile, the families of those who attempted the crossing have little to no news of what happened to their loved ones. F...

ICC slams US decision to sanction the court's president and a senior prosecution lawyer

ICC slams US decision to sanction the court's president and a senior prosecution lawyer

France 24

The International Criminal Court on Wednesday slammed the latest US sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its president, as a “flagrant attack” on the global tribunal's independence and vowed to continue seeking justice for atrocities around the world. The State Department announced Tuesday that it had hit ICC president Tomoko Akane, a Japanese national, and ICC senior trial lawyer Abdou...

US national debt tops $40 trillion for first time, dealing blow to Trump

US national debt tops $40 trillion for first time, dealing blow to Trump

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The US gross national debt has surged past $40 trillion for the first time, government data showed Wednesday, outstripping earlier forecasts at a pace fuelled in part by President Donald Trump's invalidated tariffs. The uptick in borrowing is a blow to Trump, who promised to cut public spending during his 2024 presidential campaign, and sparked a backlash from US representatives across the politic...

Plane pilot killed in US collision with police helicopter

Plane pilot killed in US collision with police helicopter

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An aeroplane pilot died on Wednesday after a violent collision with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter near a runway at a small airport, but both state troopers aboard the helicopter survived, authorities said. The plane was coming down on the runway and veered into the helicopter that was near the ground, Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens, the state’s acting police commissioner, said during a ...

Prince Harry and Meghan to move back to Britain

Prince Harry and Meghan to move back to Britain

France 24

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan plan to move back to Britain this month, six years after they stepped down from ​their royal duties and relocated to the US, a source close to the couple said. The surprise move comes after the couple spent recent years repeatedly criticising the royal family and lambasting the British press, saying the tabloids had made their lives hell and they wanted to carve ou...

DRC’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases, outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed

DRC’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases, outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed

France 24

The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases, government data showed Wednesday, as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in one of the country’s remotest regions. Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed the outbreak had so far recorded 5,021 cases, including 2,378 deaths as of Sunday, as it rages in some of the most challenging conditions...

Huge questions loom over Prince Harry and Meghan's shock return to UK

Huge questions loom over Prince Harry and Meghan's shock return to UK

France 24

Dozens of questions swirled Thursday as Prince Harry prepares to move back to the UK with his wife and children, six years after his departure sparked a bitter rift with the royal family. In a surprise move, Harry and Meghan "plan to leave the United States by the end of the month to settle in a private, non-royal residence, which is said to be located outside London", The Daily Telegraph reported...

Burnham says fly-tippers will be forced to pay for the clean-up when they dump waste illegally – UK politics live

Burnham says fly-tippers will be forced to pay for the clean-up when they dump waste illegally – UK politics live

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The prime minister plans to bring in the National Crime Agency to tackle the gangs behind dumpsValue being generated by student loans is “not what it should be”, Reform UK’s deputy leader said.Asked by reporters about the funding of the scheme by stopping foreign students accessing loans, Richard Tice said:Regarding the funding of this, cash is cash. Whether you think that it’s cash as a positive ...