Is the war entering a new phase? Syria has called for an "independent and transparent" investigation into the sinking of a cargo ship in the Black Sea, demanding answers over the fate of the ship's 10 crew members, including nine Syrians and an Egyptian, who remain unaccounted for. The Togolese-flagged Alfa Watan, went down in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone early on Tuesday, amid a rising number of drone strikes hitting Black Sea shipping during the Russia-Ukraine war. Mazen Aloush, from the Syria's port authority asked the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Bulgarian authorities to find out why a search and rescue mission was called off, before the missing sailors were found. "Their fate is still unknown" said Aloush, adding that "the reasons that led to the suspension of search and rescue operations" had to be established.

Is the war entering a new phase? More killed in Kramatorsk as Russia targets Ukraine's transportation system Share'New tactic': Russia expands deadly attacks on Ukraine's transport system on social media Russian glide bomb hits buses in Ukraine's Kramatorsk, killing at least 30 A Russian glide bomb struck two passenger buses in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk on Thursday morning, killing at least 30 people and wounding 18, regional authorities said. Ukrainian officials said the attack was deliberate. When dropped from planes on the Russian side of the front line, such bombs can glide to fixed coordinates on the ground, in this case, a street in the town that lies about 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) from the front line. "For them, a bus full of passengers is an attractive target precisely because a single strike can kill the maximum number of people."

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Amazon's tablets have always ran a forked version of Android with its own ecosystem, apps and app store. It's been that way since the company launched the original Kindle Fire way back in 2011. The company's latest Alexa Tablets also run custom Android, and they come preloaded with Kindle, Prime Video, Audible, Amazon Music, Amazon Quick and Amazon Luna. However, unlike their predecessors, they have full access to the Google Play store and all the apps you can download from it, as well. Previous Amazon tablets only had access to the Amazon Appstore, which has a much smaller number of applications.

Amazon has launched new Alexa tablets in 12 inches, 11 inches and 8 inches. They all come with an aluminum unibody, and Amazon says Alexa is built into their core. The tablets are also pre-installed with the Kindle app, Amazon's other applications and the Google Play Store. Amazon's Alexa Tablet 12 Pro is the flagship device in the lineup and has "three times faster processing and nine times faster graphics" than any tablet it has ever shipped. The 12-inch Pro tablet is powered by a 4nm 8-core chip with up to 16GB of RAM, quad Dolby Atmos speakers, support for Wi-Fi 6E and a battery that lasts for up to 16 hours of video playback.

'My donated Brummie accent gives me confidence' A man who appealed for help to no longer sound like a character from Star Wars says he has found his calling. Christian Wilson, from Bromsgrove, has verbal dyspraxia - a difficulty in placing muscles in the correct position to produce speech. He uses text-to-speech software in order to communicate, but said he wanted to sound like a man from Birmingham. The 24-year-old's dream was made possible in 2024 when he selected two voice donors that blended a Birmingham accent and a Warwickshire accent, which he hoped would help him sound more like his father. Since May, Wilson has worked at Worcestershire County Council as a SEND Peer Advocate.

One employee says the system can mean their work is monitored by AI for seven hours a day as they handle inquiries, often from bereaved customers. One employee says the system can mean their work is monitored by AI for seven hours a day as they handle inquiries, often from bereaved customers. 'Dystopian': Co-op becomes latest firm to put staff under AI surveillance Thu 8 Oct 2026 05.00 EDTLast modified on Thu 8 Oct 2026 06.04 EDT The Co-op has become the latest employer to place workers under AI surveillance with an automated listening technology that rates every phone call some of them make to customers. In a system described as "oppressive and dystopian" by a whistleblower, Co-op Legal Services is using AI models to record, analyse and award a percentage score for interactions between agents and customers seeking advice about probate, wills and estates. A model from OpenAI has been trained to assess more than 50 discrete aspects of each phone call and provide pass and fail scores to managers who use the data to analyse employee performance.

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Zelenskyy condemns one of Russia's most'vile strikes' as at least 28 killed in Ukraine Rescuers work outside a damaged five-story residential building following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv on Wednesday. KYIV - Russia pounded Ukraine with waves of missiles and drones in one of its most "vile strikes" on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, killing at least 28 people, including children, and damaging industrial facilities and energy infrastructure. Ukrainian Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi put the country-wide death toll at 28. The heaviest losses were in Pryluky in Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region, where a Russian missile obliterated a five-story residential building. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.