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Israel's exploding robots still terrorise Gaza neighbourhoods
Will Hamas agree to hand over its weapons? Has another Nakba been averted? 'When the bombs in Gaza stop, the true pain starts' The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas brought thousands of people back to their homes in Gaza City, to assess the damage, see what can be salvaged, and start to rebuild. In Jabalia, Sheikh Radwan, Abu Iskandar and beyond, people returned to flattened neighbourhoods, and to the knowledge that, still among the rubble, some of the explosive robots that had caused it sat, silent and undetonated. The "robots" had become a common fear in northern Gaza since the Israeli army first used them on Jabalia refugee camp in May 2024.
Is this why aliens haven't contacted us yet? Extraterrestrials are BORED of trying to find us - and have simply stopped looking, scientist claims
'Arc de Trump' designed by president unveiled as he reveals controversial past plan for monument site'Vile' American flag spotted in Republican's office sparks Capitol investigation Experts reveal five-day window when'life-threatening' storm is set to smash US as it brews in Atlantic Ocean RICHARD EDEN: The VERY telling video that suggests one of Meghan's closest confidants has been'Markled'. He once leapt to her defence... now like so many others he needs to watch his step She's the dancer caught'going at it' in bed with Britney Spears. Nepo babies dare to bare! Celebrity offspring leave nothing to imagination as they dominate Victoria's Secret show... what would their parents say? Nightmarish moment train door closes on 65-year-old man's coat and drags him to his death MAUREEN CALLAHAN: Trump's depraved critics have committed their foulest act yet... Bella Hadid's health battle takes dark turn: Loved ones reveal hellish new details about model... as ominous texts emerge Why'embarrassed' Keith Urban is'in hiding' amid divorce from wife Nicole Kidman Disney superfan, 31, vanishes from her Midwest home months after announcing pregnancy... then horrific discovery is made at Walt Disney World Selena Gomez admits she was'sobbing' and fearing the worst just WEEKS after marrying music producer Benny Blanco in lavish ceremony Race against time to build a 211-mile gravel track across America's most extreme frontier for new'Manhattan Project'... but it could be too late Victoria's Secret show 2025: Bella Hadid rules the runway after her health woes, Jasmine Tookes opens the show at nine months pregnant and Emily Ratajkowski makes her debut aged 34 as legendary Angels and nepo babies unite after failed woke rebrand Red-eyed female executive, 61, with $1.1m home attacked two Alaska Airlines staff and forced plane to make emergency landing, police say Most shocking moments from female-fronted talk show dubbed'The View for conservatives' Nancy Pelosi explodes at reporter as she's escorted down Capitol Building steps Is this why aliens haven't contacted us yet? READ MORE: Reaching out to aliens could result in'the end of all life on Earth' It's one of the biggest unanswered questions in science: if there's life beyond Earth, why hasn't it contacted us yet?
Experts reveal five-day window when 'life-threatening' storm is set to smash US as it brews in Atlantic Ocean
'Arc de Trump' designed by president unveiled as he reveals controversial past plan for monument site'Vile' American flag spotted in Republican's office sparks Capitol investigation Experts reveal five-day window when'life-threatening' storm is set to smash US as it brews in Atlantic Ocean RICHARD EDEN: The VERY telling video that suggests one of Meghan's closest confidants has been'Markled'. He once leapt to her defence... now like so many others he needs to watch his step She's the dancer caught'going at it' in bed with Britney Spears. Nepo babies dare to bare! Celebrity offspring leave nothing to imagination as they dominate Victoria's Secret show... what would their parents say? Nightmarish moment train door closes on 65-year-old man's coat and drags him to his death MAUREEN CALLAHAN: Trump's depraved critics have committed their foulest act yet... Bella Hadid's health battle takes dark turn: Loved ones reveal hellish new details about model... as ominous texts emerge Why'embarrassed' Keith Urban is'in hiding' amid divorce from wife Nicole Kidman Disney superfan, 31, vanishes from her Midwest home months after announcing pregnancy... then horrific discovery is made at Walt Disney World Selena Gomez admits she was'sobbing' and fearing the worst just WEEKS after marrying music producer Benny Blanco in lavish ceremony Race against time to build a 211-mile gravel track across America's most extreme frontier for new'Manhattan Project'... but it could be too late Victoria's Secret show 2025: Bella Hadid rules the runway after her health woes, Jasmine Tookes opens the show at nine months pregnant and Emily Ratajkowski makes her debut aged 34 as legendary Angels and nepo babies unite after failed woke rebrand Red-eyed female executive, 61, with $1.1m home attacked two Alaska Airlines staff and forced plane to make emergency landing, police say Most shocking moments from female-fronted talk show dubbed'The View for conservatives' Nancy Pelosi explodes at reporter as she's escorted down Capitol Building steps Experts reveal five-day window when'life-threatening' storm is set to smash US as it brews in Atlantic Ocean A powerful tropical system brewing in the Atlantic Ocean could become the next major threat to lives and property in the US, meteorologists have warned. Forecasters are tracking a tropical wave, a poorly organized area of showers and thunderstorms, currently located off the coast of Africa, which is expected to develop into a named storm between October 21 and 25.
Italian news publishers demand investigation into Google's AI Overviews
The AI-generated summaries created in Google searches have'detrimental effects on Italian users, consumers and businesses', according to FIEG. The AI-generated summaries created in Google searches have'detrimental effects on Italian users, consumers and businesses', according to FIEG. Italian news publishers demand investigation into Google's AI Overviews Newspaper federation says'traffic killer' feature violates legislation and threatens to destroy media diversity Thu 16 Oct 2025 08.53 EDTLast modified on Thu 16 Oct 2025 10.23 EDT Italian news publishers are calling for an investigation into Google's AI Overviews, arguing that the search engine's AI-generated summaries feature is a "traffic killer" that threatens their survival. FIEG, the Italian federation of newspaper publishers, said it has submitted a formal complaint to Agcom, Italy's communications watchdog. Similar complaints have been filed in other EU countries.
EU discusses 'drone wall' to protect airspace from Russian violations
Can Ukraine restore its pre-war borders? Why are Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine a'red line' for Russia? Is Russia testing NATO with aerial incursions in Europe? EU discusses'drone wall' to protect airspace from Russian violations The European Commission is in discussions to adopt a new counter-drone initiative to protect European Union airspace from Russian violations, as it seeks to strengthen border security with its own advanced drone technology after a string of drone incursions were reported in a host of EU and NATO member countries over the past month. The proposal, which was included in a defence policy "roadmap" presented on Thursday, will aim for the new anti-drone capabilities to reach initial capacity by the end of next year and become fully operational by the end of 2027, according to a draft of the document.
Revealed: What Jesus REALLY looked like - as Mel Gibson sparks outrage for recasting the long-awaited Passion of the Christ sequel
Nancy Pelosi explodes at reporter as she's escorted down Capitol Building steps Trump threatens'land strikes' on Venezuela as CIA begins covert operations in Latin American country and Maduro declares'No to coups' She's the dancer caught'going at it' in bed with Britney Spears. Bella Hadid's health battle takes dark turn: Loved ones reveal hellish new details about model... as ominous texts emerge Diane Keaton's cause of death revealed just days after actress' passing at 79 as her family pens emotional message to fans Emily Ratajkowski fans rejoice as she makes Victoria's Secret show debut at age 34 Murderer's final words and hearty last meal as he's executed after 30 years on death row Nepo babies dare to bare! Celebrity offspring leave nothing to imagination as they dominate Victoria's Secret show... what would their parents say? Victoria's Secret show 2025: Bella Hadid rules the runway after her health woes, Jasmine Tookes opens the show at nine months pregnant and Emily Ratajkowski makes her debut aged 34 as legendary Angels and nepo babies unite after failed woke rebrand Popular food can be used to fight resistant viruses ... and it costs just pennies Disney superfan, 31, vanishes from her Midwest home months after announcing pregnancy... then horrific discovery is made at Walt Disney World Chilling new footage shows knifeman on night he'stabbed Ukrainian refugee to death' on a train in murder that shook America Britney Spears unleashes on ex Kevin Federline AND her SONS - accusing him of'gaslighting' and claiming she's seen one boy for just 45 minutes in five years Jailed Diddy's harsh reality check as very unglamorous conditions rapper has to abide by after prison revealed Mel Gibson's highly-anticipated sequel to The Passion of the Christ has sparked outrage from fans, after it was revealed that it is moving forward with a new cast due to the time gap. The original 2004 movie followed the final 12 hours of Jesus Christ's life, and starred Jim Caviezel, 57, as Christ. However, The Resurrection of the Christ -- which takes place three days after Christ's crucifixion on Good Friday -- will now star Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen, 36, in the role of Christ.
Scientists reveal the surprising age at which your brain reaches its peak - so, are YOUR best days behind you?
Nancy Pelosi explodes at reporter as she's escorted down Capitol Building steps Trump threatens'land strikes' on Venezuela as CIA begins covert operations in Latin American country and Maduro declares'No to coups' She's the dancer caught'going at it' in bed with Britney Spears. Bella Hadid's health battle takes dark turn: Loved ones reveal hellish new details about model... as ominous texts emerge Diane Keaton's cause of death revealed just days after actress' passing at 79 as her family pens emotional message to fans Emily Ratajkowski fans rejoice as she makes Victoria's Secret show debut at age 34 Murderer's final words and hearty last meal as he's executed after 30 years on death row Nepo babies dare to bare! Celebrity offspring leave nothing to imagination as they dominate Victoria's Secret show... what would their parents say? Victoria's Secret show 2025: Bella Hadid rules the runway after her health woes, Jasmine Tookes opens the show at nine months pregnant and Emily Ratajkowski makes her debut aged 34 as legendary Angels and nepo babies unite after failed woke rebrand Popular food can be used to fight resistant viruses ... and it costs just pennies Disney superfan, 31, vanishes from her Midwest home months after announcing pregnancy... then horrific discovery is made at Walt Disney World Chilling new footage shows knifeman on night he'stabbed Ukrainian refugee to death' on a train in murder that shook America Meghan-linked charity is hit by racism and sexism allegations as staff claim it is a'toxic' and'hostile' workplace Britney Spears unleashes on ex Kevin Federline AND her SONS - accusing him of'gaslighting' and claiming she's seen one boy for just 45 minutes in five years Jailed Diddy's harsh reality check as very unglamorous conditions rapper has to abide by after prison revealed Scientists reveal the surprising age at which your brain reaches its peak - so, are YOUR best days behind you? READ MORE: Actor Tom Hanks thinks 35 is the hardest age - but is he right? With each passing day, you may feel like you're getting further past your peak.
Britain has experienced its first official 'MEGA FIRE' - and scientists warn the devastating blazes could soon become the norm
Nancy Pelosi explodes at reporter as she's escorted down Capitol Building steps Trump threatens'land strikes' on Venezuela as CIA begins covert operations in Latin American country and Maduro declares'No to coups' She's the dancer caught'going at it' in bed with Britney Spears. Bella Hadid's health battle takes dark turn: Loved ones reveal hellish new details about model... as ominous texts emerge Diane Keaton's cause of death revealed just days after actress' passing at 79 as her family pens emotional message to fans Emily Ratajkowski fans rejoice as she makes Victoria's Secret show debut at age 34 Murderer's final words and hearty last meal as he's executed after 30 years on death row Nepo babies dare to bare! Celebrity offspring leave nothing to imagination as they dominate Victoria's Secret show... what would their parents say? Victoria's Secret show 2025: Bella Hadid rules the runway after her health woes, Jasmine Tookes opens the show at nine months pregnant and Emily Ratajkowski makes her debut aged 34 as legendary Angels and nepo babies unite after failed woke rebrand Popular food can be used to fight resistant viruses ... and it costs just pennies Disney superfan, 31, vanishes from her Midwest home months after announcing pregnancy... then horrific discovery is made at Walt Disney World Chilling new footage shows knifeman on night he'stabbed Ukrainian refugee to death' on a train in murder that shook America Britney Spears unleashes on ex Kevin Federline AND her SONS - accusing him of'gaslighting' and claiming she's seen one boy for just 45 minutes in five years Jailed Diddy's harsh reality check as very unglamorous conditions rapper has to abide by after prison revealed Britain has experienced its first official'MEGA FIRE' - and scientists warn the devastating blazes could soon become the norm READ MORE: Scientists warn that'FIREWAVES' will devastate UK cities Britain has experienced its first official'mega fire' - and scientists warn the devastating blazes could soon become the norm. Back in June, the Carrbridge and Dava Moor in the Scottish Highlands was devastated by the worst wildfire in living memory. The blaze burned over 11,000 hectares (42.5 square miles) of forest and peatland, killing thousands of animals in its path.
Early Signs of Steganographic Capabilities in Frontier LLMs
Zolkowski, Artur, Nishimura-Gasparian, Kei, McCarthy, Robert, Zimmermann, Roland S., Lindner, David
Monitoring Large Language Model (LLM) outputs is crucial for mitigating risks from misuse and misalignment. However, LLMs could evade monitoring through steganography: Encoding hidden information within seemingly benign generations. In this paper, we evaluate the steganography capabilities in frontier LLMs to better understand the risk they pose. We focus on two types of steganography: passing encoded messages and performing encoded reasoning. We find that current models are unable to encode short messages in their outputs without a monitor noticing under standard affordances. They can succeed, however, if given additional affordances like using an unmonitored scratchpad and coordinating on what encoding scheme to use. We additionally find early signs that models can perform basic encoded reasoning in a simple state-tracking problem. This includes some ability to reason with their own and pre-defined schemes, including encoding schemes such as Hexadecimal. Despite this, they can rarely hide reasoning subtly within a cover task to fool a monitor. Overall, our results indicate that current LLMs exhibit nascent steganographic capabilities. While these capabilities are likely insufficient to bypass well-designed monitors at present, this could change in the future.
RECODE: Reasoning Through Code Generation for Visual Question Answering
Shen, Junhong, Cai, Mu, Hu, Bo, Talwalkar, Ameet, Ross, David A, Schmid, Cordelia, Fathi, Alireza
Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) struggle with precise reasoning for structured visuals like charts and diagrams, as pixel-based perception lacks a mechanism for verification. To address this, we propose to leverage derendering -- the process of reverse-engineering visuals into executable code -- as a new modality for verifiable visual reasoning. Specifically, we propose RECODE, an agentic framework that first generates multiple candidate programs to reproduce the input image. It then uses a critic to select the most faithful reconstruction and iteratively refines the code. This process not only transforms an ambiguous perceptual task into a verifiable, symbolic problem, but also enables precise calculations and logical inferences later on. On various visual reasoning benchmarks such as CharXiv, ChartQA, and Geometry3K, RECODE significantly outperforms methods that do not leverage code or only use code for drawing auxiliary lines or cropping. Our work demonstrates that grounding visual perception in executable code provides a new path toward more accurate and verifiable multimodal reasoning.