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13-year-old swimmer wins gold and sets record at Asian GamesChina’s swimming “sensation” Yu Zidi wins the 200m women’s butterfly in Tokyo – breaking her own record.8 hrs agoSwimming

REUTERS/SalahuddinAleema Khanum, pictured in January 2025 outside Adiala jail, speaking to the media after her brother’s jail sentenceThe sister of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister, Imran Khan, has been arrested ahead of next week’s protests held in his support, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has said.Aleema Khanum was detained in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday afternoon, PTI officials said, calling it an “illegal detention”. Her son is demanding her return.The order for Khanum’s arrest, which came from Lahore’s deputy commissioner, alleged that she was mobilising Imran Khan’s supporters “through social media and public meetings”. It added that she…

Getty ImagesNot all employees of major firms working on artificial intelligence (AI) think the technology spells doom for humanity.In text exchanges and conversations, multiple people who have worked for companies including OpenAI, Meta and DeepMind were sceptical of the idea that unchecked AI development would lead to tools that could kill people en masse. “Lol”, “Haaaaaa” and “Bringing the luls” were among the reactions the BBC received to a recent flurry of high-profile warnings by some people in the industry.While these fears go back decades, claims made last week by Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic employee, went viral and were…

HBO MaxCasual sex. Relationships. Parenting. Sharon Horgan has already seen us through several life stages via hit comedy dramas such as Pulling, Catastrophe and Motherland.Now, with her latest show Youth, Horgan puts the spotlight on 50-something women, imbued with her trademark tightly balanced mix of hilarity and pathos.The HBO Max series sees Horgan’s character, Alex, gamely attempting to juggle a stressful publishing career while looking after a teenage son and elderly parents. She’s part of the so-called sandwich generation, those in midlife who have to juggle caring responsibilities for old and young while often working, too. And that’s not all…

Watch: Emotional Earl Spencer says he misses sister Diana every day”This is my swan song too. I’m not here to bang on about Diana, this is my final word, celebration of her”, Earl Spencer told presenter Laura Kuenssberg.1 hr agoUK

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Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump has said his proposed triumphal arch will double as a complex to store military equipment, complete with the ability to deploy snipers and drones.In a Sunday morning post, Trump said he is updating the plans at the “strong request” of the US military and for “national security purposes”.The “top grade” military complex and arch will “house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas, and additionally have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage”, he said.He did not provide details…

Mindy MeleyalMindy says people often presume she is straight because of her ageAs a 75-year-old lesbian, Mindy Meleyal has lived through every major milestone in the modern LGBT rights movement, from the start of decriminalisation in 1967 to the first same-sex marriages in 2014.But now she says this important part of her identity is frequently overlooked due to her age.She’s part of England’s older LGBTQ+ community, which a new report suggests often experiences poorer health, more limited finances and greater social isolation than the wider older population.The report, from the Centre for Ageing Better, says without specialist support, this growing…

Hanna Petros SolomonAster Yohannes and Petros Solomon fought in Eritrea’s war of independenceHanna Petros Solomon breaks down in tears as she recalls how she and her siblings effectively became orphans 25 years ago when their father was arrested in Eritrea and jailed without trial. Their mother was subsequently detained – and no-one has heard from either of them – or of them – since.”He had a towel on his shoulders like a sportsman,” she tells the BBC about the last time she saw her father when she was 10 years old, and he had gone out for a jog.”He used…

ReutersVoters are heading to the polls in Berlin and the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-VorpommernLocal elections are taking place in two German states on Sunday which could increase the political pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz.Opinion polls in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommerm suggest Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is at risk of damaging defeats, which would raise further questions about the chancellor’s future.These latest elections come after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won a major victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt two weeks ago, while the CDU saw its vote halved.There has been speculation in Germany that Merz could be replaced…