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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Maia Wyn Davies
Poppies pour across Tower of London to mark VE DayReutersPoppies are a symbol of remembrance in the UKNearly 30,000 ceramic poppies are on display at the Tower of London to mark 80 years since the end of World War Two in Europe. The red poppies have been positioned to resemble a cascading "wound" at the heart of the Norman fortress, which was bombed during the Blitz.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Kasra Naji |Maia Wyn Davies
A fourth round of Iran-US talks over Tehran's nuclear programme has been postponed. Iran said the two countries, along with facilitators Oman, had jointly decided to postpone Saturday's meeting in Rome for "logistical and technical reasons". The US said the timing of the talks had not been confirmed in the first place.
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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Kasra Naji |Maia Wyn Davies
Next round of Iran-US nuclear talks postponedKasra Naji and Maia DaviesReuters/Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump wrote to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in March, offering to begin nuclear talks A fourth round of Iran-US talks over Tehran's nuclear programme has been postponed. The foreign minister of Oman, facilitating negotiations, said Saturday's talks in Rome were being rescheduled because of logistical reasons, adding that a new date would be set when agreed by all sides.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Simon King |Maia Wyn Davies
Image source, PA MediaImage caption, St James's Park in London on Monday, where the highest temperature of the year so far was recordedTemperatures could reach 29C (82F) this week, after the warmest day of the year so far was recorded on Monday. The 24.5C recorded at St James's Park in London will likely be exceeded over the coming days, with the UK expected to see its warmest start to May on record.
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2 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Hollie Cole |Maia Wyn Davies
The children's commissioner said the apps were being allowed to go unchecked [Getty Images]The children's commissioner for England is calling on the government to ban apps which use artificial intelligence (AI) to create sexually explicit images of children. Dame Rachel de Souza said a total ban was needed on apps which allow "nudification" - where photos of real people are edited by AI to make them appear naked - or can be used to create sexually explicit deepfake images of children.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Hollie Cole |Maia Wyn Davies
The children's commissioner for England is calling on the government to ban apps which use artificial intelligence (AI) to create sexually explicit images of children. Dame Rachel de Souza said a total ban was needed on apps which allow "nudification" - where photos of real people are edited by AI to make them appear naked - or can be used to create sexually explicit deepfake images of children. She said the government was allowing such apps to "go unchecked with extreme real-world consequences".
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2 weeks ago | 
kritik.com.my | Maia Wyn Davies
By Maia DaviesA teenage girl has been killed and three students were injured in a stabbing at a private school in western France. The attack took place at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in Nantes on Thursday afternoon. The attacker is said to have been arrested at the scene after being restrained by a teacher. A significant police presence and emergency services were sent to the school, with army officers also present. It has since been evacuated.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Maia Wyn Davies
Israeli military admits its troops killed UN worker in Gaza StripAPThe UN guesthouse in Deir al-Balah where staff were located when the building was struck, killing one and injuring othersIsrael's military has admitted killing a United Nations (UN) worker with tank fire, having previously denied responsibility, in an incident in the Gaza Strip last month.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Maia Wyn Davies
Tasers in prisons to be trialled after Abedi attackGetty ImagesThe use of Tasers in prisons will be trialled after guards were injured by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, the justice secretary has said. The Prison Officers' Association (POA) had called for guards to have access to electric stun guns in light of Hashem Abedi's use of makeshift weapons to attack staff at HMP Frankland, a high-security prison in County Durham.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Maia Wyn Davies
The White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood has called a Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch that impersonated her using exaggerated prosthetic teeth "mean and unfunny". The British actress said the US comedy programme "punched down" on her and suggested the sketch was misogynistic. In a series of Instagram posts, Wood wrote that she was happy to be made fun of "when it's clever and in good spirits" but that there "must be a cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap way".
