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Caroline DaviesPakistan correspondent, Islamabad EPA Field Marshal Munir, who has been army chief since November 2022, will now also oversee the navy and air force Pakistan’s parliament has voted to give army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir new powers and lifetime immunity from arrest and prosecution, a move that critics …

Peers have called for more time to debate legislation which would introduce assisted dying in England and Wales, as the bill makes slow progress through the House of Lords. More than 900 changes have been proposed by peers, which experts believe is a record number for a piece of legislation …

ChatGPT Atlas is an AI-powered web browser that can book travel, order groceries or do research, all on your behalf. OpenAI says it’s like having a personal agent built into your web browser. That’s what has security experts concerned.  As remarkable as AI systems are, they’re also imperfect. From hallucinations …

A second brother of a young French anti-drugs campaigner, Amine Kessaci, has been shot dead in Marseille in a suspected criminal gang killing. An elder brother was murdered in 2020. Brahim Kessaci was shot and his charred body found in a burned-out car, a common method in gang killings known …

Three Chinese astronauts have successfully returned to Earth from their nation’s space station after their capsule was damaged. The team deployed a red and white striped parachute as they descended, before landing at a remote site in the Gobi Desert in Asia on Friday. The astronauts – Chen Dong, Chen …

PA Prof Higgs was a researcher at Edinburgh University in 1964 when he predicted the existence of a new particle, also dubbed the “God particle” The late Prof Peter Higgs has gifted his Nobel Prize medal to the university where he proposed a groundbreaking idea that would change scientists’ understanding …

Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Victoria Gill/BBC News My own dog seems a long way from a wild wolf If you, like me, have a spoiled, lazy dog that enjoys cheese flavoured treats, the fact that your pet’s ancestors were wild predators can seem unfathomable. But a major new study …

Danny Fullbrook and Sam Read,in Milton Keynes Sam Read/BBC Schools in the Milton Keynes area have been visited by the initiative About 4,000 school pupils have had a taste of Formula 1 in their classrooms in a bid to get them interested in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) careers. …

Blue Origin has launched its huge New Glenn rocket with two spacecraft on board destined for Mars, as the firm makes a major step forward in its race against Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Crowds cheered at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as they watched liftoff, which had been stalled for …

The Paralympics is preparing the ground for a potential ban on transgender women competing in women’s sports, with science to guide their decision, and plans to take the lead from the Olympic movement. International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons was part of the Olympic scientific meetings last week that …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Blue Origin’s New Glenn Mission NG-2 launched a second mission from Cape Canaveral Thursday, carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to Mars. The spacecraft is expected to reach the Red Planet by 2027. The launch was previously delayed due to extreme solar activity …

Billionaire UK businessman Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns Tottenham Hotspur football club, has received a pardon from US President Donald Trump. Lewis, 88, pleaded guilty to insider trading as part of an agreement with prosecutors in 2024 that saw him avoid prison. He was accused of passing on information …

Do you care if the music you’re listening to is artificially generated? That question – once the realm of science fiction – is becoming increasingly urgent. An AI-generated country track, Walk My Walk, is currently sitting at number one on the US Billboard chart of digital sales and a new …

Members of the House of Lords have put forward more than 900 proposed changes to the law to deliver assisted dying, ahead of a debate on Friday. Experts believe the number of amendments, which is understood to be 942, is unprecedented, but opponents say significant alterations are needed to ensure …

Is it a marketing stunt or a genuine marginal gain? A strange looking red piece of footwear has been catching the eye in the build-up to England’s final World Cup qualifiers. The fluorescent red ‘mind-altering’ shoes were worn by Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa at a news conference on Wednesday. …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For 12 years, Eva LaRue and her daughter Kaya Callahan were tormented by a stalker — an ordeal the actress described as “psychological terrorism.” “You become your own prisoner,” the “CSI: Miami” alum told Fox News Digital. “Your mind is constantly in …

Mark Poynting,Climate reporter and Matt McGrath,Environment correspondent Reuters The world’s burning of fossil fuels is set to release more planet-warming carbon dioxide than ever before this year, new figures show. It is another sign that efforts to fight climate change by cutting emissions are moving far too slowly to meet …

James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Nye family Gracie Nye in hospital when she was first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes Scientists have discovered why type 1 diabetes is more severe and aggressive when it develops in young children. Type 1 is caused by the immune system attacking cells in the …

Todah OpeyemiBBC Africa, Benin City AFP/Getty Images Guests and dignitaries looked on as protesters stormed the Museum of West African Art in Benin City on Sunday Nigeria’s stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) has found itself in the crosshairs of local power politics on the week it was …

BBC/Hosu Lee Han Dong-hyun, a student at Seoul Hanbit School for the Blind, is among those who will take the “longest version” of the infamous Suneung exam Every November, South Korea comes to a standstill for its infamous college entrance exam. Shops are shut, flights are delayed to reduce noise, …