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Several of the rebel groups which have been fighting the Ethiopian authorities in different parts of the country have announced they have formed an alliance to remove the government in Addis Ababa. The alliance brings together the Fano militia in Amhara, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and four other smaller groupings in a coalition named Alliance for Survival. The seven groups accuse Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government of presiding over “war, genocide, mass destruction, and utter poverty”, claiming Ethiopia is at risk of disintegration. The BBC has asked the government for comment. Ethiopia has faced…

Almost two million people are under evacuation orders in Japan as Typhoon Dujuan batters a number of the country’s prefectures. Japan’s Meteorological Agency had warned of an “imminent threat to life”, but several warnings have now been downgraded, with the danger to life warning remaining in place in Oshima Town. Strong winds caused power cuts for more than 50,000 people, while hundreds of flights have been cancelled and rail services have been suspended. Dujuan has had sustained winds of 130km/h (80.8mph) and gusts of 194 km/h. It is the latest in a series of storms in the Pacific, made more…

Three suspects have been detained in South Africa in connection with the murder of a woman in an area east of Johannesburg – the last of nine recent cases in that region that has shone a spotlight on the level of violence against women in the country. Under pressure to solve the spate of murders which has involved victims’ bodies being dumped on a roadside, police have described the arrests of the three – a man and two women – as a “breakthrough”. Referring to all nine cases, acting police chief Lt Gen Puleng Dimpane said her officers were “working…

Several of the rebel groups which have been fighting the Ethiopian authorities in different parts of the country have announced they have formed an alliance to remove the government in Addis Ababa. The alliance brings together the Fano militia in Amhara, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and four other smaller groupings in a coalition named Alliance for Survival. The seven groups accuse Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government of presiding over “war, genocide, mass destruction, and utter poverty”, claiming Ethiopia is at risk of disintegration. The BBC has asked the government for comment. Ethiopia has faced…

Ibrahim Issa, 50, is from the Yemeni coastal town of Dhubab, right on the front lines of the war between Yemen’s Houthis and the Saudi-backed pro-government forces fighting them. Today he sits, surrounded by his family, on a tarpaulin spread over a sandy floor inside a vast open-sided warehouse at Markazi camp in Obock, northern Djibouti, packed with Yemeni families who have fled by boat across the narrow Bab al-Mandab strait. After their sea crossing, Yemeni refugees have made their way by truck and on foot to this camp, jointly administered by the government and the UN. “How could I…

Since headlines broke about claims AI advancement could lead to human extinction, James Downs has felt his anxiety rising. “It makes me almost feel powerless. Like, what can I do as an individual?” said the mental health campaigner from Cardiff. This sense of fear has led him to check his phone for more news. “And the more you look at it the more your attention’s drawn to the negative or scary things, and the worse and worse it can seem,” said the 37-year-old. Earlier this month, a top safety researcher at Anthropic warned AI was advancing so quickly he believed…

Google has been fined €403m (£345m) by the Republic of Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) over its handling of location data. The penalty – one of the largest of its kind imposed by the Irish watchdog authority – followed an inquiry launched into the tech giant six years ago, following complaints from several European consumer rights organisations. On Monday the DPC said its investigation found Google had processed data in a manner that was not “lawful”, “fair” or “transparent”. The inquiry concerned Google’s processing of location data in three specific features – Web & App Activity, Location History and Location…

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has described warnings that AI could lead to humanity’s extinction by the next decade as “doomsday narratives”. “2030 is not going to be the end of the world. There is 0% chance that’s going to be the end of the world”, Huang said in an interview with CBS News. Huang added: “Scaring people is unnecessary. It is irresponsible.” Warnings from researchers in recent weeks about potential risks posed by the technology escalated the debate about AI safety, with some industry executives calling for a slowdown in developing models. His remarks follow claims posted on social…

The UK should “team up” with a proposed economic alliance between Canada and Europe, Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has said. “This is all about the substance, to build an alliance of the future,” he told the BBC. “The world has changed. America has changed. So we need to change.” Champagne also gave a frank assessment of the Canada-US trade war after a deal collapsed last month, saying the country had “stood up for our industries, our workers, our country” by imposing tariffs. His comments come after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed “opening the door” to an…

Top US and Chinese officials have discussed creating a new “notification mechanism” for AI incidents that could affect national security, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters on Sunday. Bessent made the comments after what he called “successful” talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York. The meeting came as US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are due to hold a summit in Washington later this week. AI has come under intense scrutiny in recent days after researchers warned of the potential risks posed by the technology, and some of the industry’s most high profile…