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Watch: Undercover reporters posing as party donors meet with Nigel FarageNigel Farage’s senior aide suggested a way to get around electoral law to secure a foreign donation of £500,000 for Reform UK, according to undercover filming broadcast by Channel 4.Dan Jukes was filmed meeting a man posing as the British-based son of a rich American businessman.Electoral law sets out that to be a permissible donor to a UK political party you must be a UK registered voter, or a company registered in the UK.In this instance, the son would be a permissible donor, his father would not be.Reform UK denies…
Watch: Moment workers are rescued from Nepal tunnelRescuers pull two people from a hydropower tunnel more than a week after a massive flash flood devastated the Nepal-China border.35 mins agoAsia
Watch: What it was like in court as Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asked judge to remove jurorA judge has again told the deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial to keep trying to reach a verdict after a dramatic sixth day of deliberations in a case that has gripped America. Tensions flared in court after the jury forewoman sent the judge a note saying one juror would not follow the judge’s instructions on reasonable doubt.There was audible shock in the room when the defence team asked for the juror to be removed, a request that was denied by the judge.Clancy, 36,…
Nepal says it will need billions in funding to rebuild after flash floodsBBC South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri is in Nepal where authorities are trying to begin rebuilding amid the debris.59 mins agoAsia
ReutersArgentina’s President, Javier Milei, has heightened tensions with the UK over the Falklands, warning he will impose economic sanctions on firms which exploit oil close to the British overseas territory.In a national address, Milei said the “winds of change” favoured Argentina’s claim to the islands, emboldened by signs the US might reconsider its stance of neutrality on the issue.Milei said the Sea Lion oilfield, where a British and an Israeli firm are due to begin exploration work, was a “clear and present danger”.More than 40 years after the war over the territory, sovereignty of the archipelago in the south-west Atlantic…
Could robots be the future of theme parks?Galaxy Robot Park is a 16,500-square-meter venue in South Korea, with attractions including humanoid robots dancing to K-pop hits.2 hrs agoAsia
Nepal tunnel rescuers hunt for survivors with rafts and droneSouth Asian correspondent Azadeh Moshiri is at the site of a tunnel where rescuers still hope to find survivors following the Nepal-Tibet floods.4 hrs agoAsia
Kate Flock/Massachusetts General HospitalPatient Tim Andrews (centre) with Dr Tatsuo Kawai (left) and Dr Leonardo Riella (right)A kidney transplanted from a pig has worked inside a patient for 271 days – the longest on record, say US doctors.Tim Andrews said the transplant gave him “hope” and spared him months of needing to go to hospital to have his blood filtered by a dialysis machine.The team at Mass General Brigham hospital say their work shows pig organs can be used as a “bridge” until a human transplant becomes available.But the pig organ eventually failed and was removed so Andrews needed a…
NewsFeedAre Trump’s AI videos just memes or psychological warfare?Trump’s use of AI generated content has ramped up in recent months, going so far as posting videos of fake military strikes on Iranian infrastructure. His administration says he’s ‘sending a message’, but as media’s Emma Withrow explains, the rest of the world is left to figure out if he’s serious or not.By Emma WithrowPublished On 3 Sep 20263 Sep 2026SaveShare Are Trump’s AI videos just memes or psychological warfare? on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd media on Googleinfo
ReutersLocals in the Sydney suburb of Lane Cove are concerned about the planned construction of four new data centresClaire KeenanSydneyThe sheer size and noise of data centres are what people tend to notice first. Some say they sound like a jet plane about to take off, others complain of a high-pitched whine.When Lucy* puts her child to bed, she hears a constant humming. “I’ll hear it and think, ‘What is that? What is going on?’,” she says.And then she’ll remember that the noise is a data centre just 350m (0.2 miles) from her front door in the desirable suburb of…