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BBC Daniel Randall said the recurring event was about bringing people together For almost two years, Jewish and Palestinian people have come together in central London each month to share stories, songs and hopes for peace, amid the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine. The events are organised by Standing …

Just when you thought social media couldn’t get any weirder, the company that brought you ChatGPT has launched a new social media platform. It’s named Sora, after its video-generating AI, and while it’s now on the App Store, you can’t just download it and start scrolling. Here’s the catch: Sora is a social …

Israel says it has deported 171 more foreign activists, including Swedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg, who were detained when Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla trying to breach its naval blockade of Gaza to deliver aid last week. The Israeli foreign ministry said the activists were flown to Greece and …

The competition will be held at the Global Theater, Riyadh, which staged the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship in December. That event offers a $1m (£745,000) bonus if a player pots a golden ball after a maximum 147 break, for a 167 clearance. Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the Saudi General Entertainment …

Just when you thought social media couldn’t get any weirder, the company that brought you ChatGPT has launched a new social media platform. It’s named Sora, after its video-generating AI, and while it’s now on the App Store, you can’t just download it and start scrolling. Here’s the catch: Sora is a social …

👉Listen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast app👈 The Conservative Party conference starts with Sam’s story about another Reform defection. Mark Gallagher donated to Kemi Badenoch’s leadership campaign, but the Tories claim he was never “really true blue”. Also on this preview episode – the active operation …

South Africa’s highest court has unanimously ruled that all parents of new-borns are entitled to equal parental leave – a landmark judgment hailed as a major victory for gender equality and family rights. Under the current law, mothers are granted four months of leave, while fathers receive just 10 days. …

A 79-year old woman, who died following a collision with a Tesco delivery van in Gwynedd, has been named. Susan Margaret Hofsteed, of Upper Garth Road in Bangor was walking up Garth Hill, when the delivery driver reversed up the hill and collided with her on Monday 29 September, the …

In 1980, Dame Goodall spoke to the BBC’s Terry Wogan about how she became interested in animals and shared some of her observations on chimpanzees’ likeness to humans. The primatologist and animal rights campaigner, who revolutionised the study of wild chimpanzees, has died aged 91. BBC News

OpenAI wants our social media feeds to feature even more AI. Its AI video generator Sora is getting its own social media app, powered by a newly updated version of its AI video model called Sora 2, the company announced Tuesday via livestream. The app will be a kind of …

Anna WhittakerNottingham political reporter BBC County council leader Mick Barton has not spoken to journalists from the Nottingham Post and its online arm, Nottinghamshire Live, since August A local newspaper has launched a legal challenge against a Reform UK council leader’s decision to refuse to speak to its reporters. Nottinghamshire …

Enda McClaffertyNorthern Ireland political editor Reuters The NI secretary of state has defended the new scheme The Irish government is being consulted about how the new controversial UK digital ID scheme will impact cross-border workers, Northern Ireland Secretary of State Hilary Benn has confirmed. Under the scheme aimed at tightening …

An internet and mobile phone blackout has hit Afghanistan, as part of a Taliban crackdown on immorality. Internet connectivity in Afghanistan had flatlined to about 1%, said NetBlocks, an international internet access monitoring organisation. “The incident is likely to severely limit the public’s ability to contact the outside world,” it …

Labour Party members have voted to accept that a genocide is taking place in Gaza by Israel – putting pressure on the government to also do so. Members voted to approve an emergency motion at Labour’s conference to accept the findings of the UN commission of inquiry, which nearly two …

Electronic Arts (EA), one of the biggest gaming companies in the world, has agreed a deal to sell the company for $55bn (£41bn). The consortium of buyers include Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners. EA is known for making and publishing best-selling games …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man was allegedly arrested at Travis Kelce’s Kansas City home after attempting to serve deposition papers to Taylor Swift. Justin Lee Fisher was reportedly trying to deliver the deposition request on behalf of Justin Baldoni’s legal team in connection to his …

It took 20 minutes before ambulance crews were formally told it was safe to approach the scene of the Southport knife attack, the public inquiry into the murders has heard. By that time some police officers and paramedics had already gone to the Hart Space dance studio where Axel Rudakubana …

BBC Soldier F is accused of murdering 22-year-old James Wray (left) and 26-year-old William McKinney Military witness statements provided at the time of Bloody Sunday in 1972 can be used as evidence in the Solider F trial, a judge has ruled. Soldier F, whose anonymity is protected by a court …

The family of a British couple detained in Iran have said they are “in the dark” about the pair’s upcoming court appearance. Lindsay and Craig Foreman, from East Sussex, were on a motorcycle trip around the world when they were detained by Iranian authorities in January and later charged with …

OpenAI and Nvidia have struck one of the biggest partnerships in AI, with Nvidia pledging to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI while supplying the compute power needed to build the company’s next generation of models. The deal, announced Monday in a letter of intent, calls for OpenAI to …