How successful is Ukraine's'gas war' against Russia? How will Putin travel to Hungary with an ICC arrest warrant? How much of Europe's oil still comes from Russia? A bystander filmed the moment a Russian drone struck near an apartment building in Sumy, Ukraine, injuring several people. Russia launched a wave of deadly drone and missile attacks on cities across Ukraine on Tuesday.

At least seven people have been killed including two children during intense Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, says President Volodymyr Zelensky. A kindergarten was hit in Ukraine's second biggest city Kharkiv and there was widespread damage in Kyiv, in a series of attacks that Zelensky said proved Moscow had not come under enough pressure for its continued war. At least 27 people including children are reported hurt. Hours earlier, US President Donald Trump said his plans for an imminent summit in Budapest with Russia's Vladimir Putin had been shelved as he did not want a wasted meeting. The Kremlin has rejected calls for a ceasefire along the current front lines made both by Trump and European leaders.

In April 2019, the Mayor of London introduced the ULEZ, an area in which drivers of more polluting vehicles must pay a daily charge of £12.50. It aims to reduce air pollution emissions from road transport and accelerating compliance with EU air quality standards. It previously only covered the same area of central London as the Congestion Charge, but it was expanded across all London boroughs on August 29, 2023. ULEZ is one of several London air pollution policies introduced since 2016 like the Low Emission Zone, Low Emission Bus Zones, and bus and taxi electrification. Share or comment on this article: Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ expansion had NO impact on air pollution while raking in millions from drivers

The bare-bones Mac writing app represents a literalist sensibility that is coming back into vogue as A.I. destabilizes our technological interactions. The so-called desktop first appeared on a home computer in 1981, with the release of the Xerox 8010 Star Information System. That device pioneered the graphical-user interface, or G.U.I., a convenient series of visual metaphors that allows us to interact more easily with our machines. The most basic computing interface is the command-line prompt, the empty box in which users write instructions in code directly to the machine; the Xerox Star replaced that forbidding vacuum with a friendly illustration of a tabletop surface, textured in patterned pixels, scattered with icons for folders, spreadsheets, and filing trays. A 1982 paper on the device described the then novel system: "Users are encouraged to think of the objects on the Desktop in physical terms.

Scientists have identified more than fifty ways that houses can ignite. It's possible to defend against all of them--but it's arduous, and homeowners can't do it alone. In June, 2012, hundreds of homes in Mountain Shadows, Colorado, a subdivision in the foothills of the Rockies, were reduced to ash during the wind-whipped Waldo Canyon Fire. On a cul-de-sac called Hot Springs Court, however, four dwellings somehow remained standing. The mystery of their survival nagged at Alex Maranghides, a fire-protection engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (), who worked with several colleagues on a meticulous reconstruction of the fire. How did the homes make it through? Was there something special about them--a fireproof roof, say, or a fancy sprinkler system? The team collected weather reports, topographic data, G.P.S. records from fire engines, photos, videos, and property-damage reports.

Melania Trump accused of'calculated campaign to destroy' notorious biographer in lawsuit claiming she sabotaged tell-all on First Lady Popular hair products associated with multiple cancers... including one of the deadliest Prince Andrew will be summoned to give evidence on Jeffrey Epstein to US Congress committee as victim says shamed royal should'do right' by Virginia Guiffre and testify What Britney Spears is really like behind closed doors: For first time, Kevin Federline reveals secrets he refused to spill even for $1 million... including'terrifying' acts that left their children running to him The real story behind Jim Carrey's disappearance: He once made $20m per film. Now insiders tell TOM LEONARD about the mysterious suicide of his married lover and claims of autism'cure' at the heart of his Hollywood downfall Is Meghan about to launch a new'Kardashian-style' mega brand? Duchess cosies up to CEO behind Kim Kardashian's wildly successful Skims range as speculation about her new venture grows Women's tennis in'manliness' row: World's No 1 and 2 come under fire from rival for their'high testosterone' - before Aryna Sabalenka appears to fire back after being labelled a'big' player Harvey Weinstein's ex-wife Georgina Chapman is facing foreclosure on $2.5 million NYC home Suzanne Somers' widower shocks fans as he resurrects star in'AI clone' format: 'You can't tell the difference' Vicious catfight erupts between Trump's leading ladies. Feud is talk of White House: 'It's real and it's personal' Karoline Leavitt goes scorched earth on'bitter' Biden press secretary over'deplorable' comments Three brutal words in my best friend's wedding invite cut like a knife. Meghan's hit a trashy new low.

Melania Trump accused of'calculated campaign to destroy' notorious biographer in lawsuit claiming she sabotaged tell-all on First Lady Popular hair products associated with multiple cancers... including one of the deadliest Prince Andrew will be summoned to give evidence on Jeffrey Epstein to US Congress committee as victim says shamed royal should'do right' by Virginia Guiffre and testify What Britney Spears is really like behind closed doors: For first time, Kevin Federline reveals secrets he refused to spill even for $1 million... including'terrifying' acts that left their children running to him The real story behind Jim Carrey's disappearance: He once made $20m per film. Now insiders tell TOM LEONARD about the mysterious suicide of his married lover and claims of autism'cure' at the heart of his Hollywood downfall Is Meghan about to launch a new'Kardashian-style' mega brand? Duchess cosies up to CEO behind Kim Kardashian's wildly successful Skims range as speculation about her new venture grows Women's tennis in'manliness' row: World's No 1 and 2 come under fire from rival for their'high testosterone' - before Aryna Sabalenka appears to fire back after being labelled a'big' player Harvey Weinstein's ex-wife Georgina Chapman is facing foreclosure on $2.5 million NYC home Suzanne Somers' widower shocks fans as he resurrects star in'AI clone' format: 'You can't tell the difference' Vicious catfight erupts between Trump's leading ladies. Feud is talk of White House: 'It's real and it's personal' Karoline Leavitt goes scorched earth on'bitter' Biden press secretary over'deplorable' comments Three brutal words in my best friend's wedding invite cut like a knife. Meghan's hit a trashy new low.

Melania Trump accused of'calculated campaign to destroy' notorious biographer in lawsuit claiming she sabotaged tell-all on First Lady Young Americans identifying as trans or nonbinary in FREEFALL as experts pinpoint what's behind the shift Prince Andrew will be summoned to give evidence on Jeffrey Epstein to US Congress committee as victim says shamed royal should'do right' by Virginia Guiffre and testify What Britney Spears is really like behind closed doors: For first time, Kevin Federline reveals secrets he refused to spill even for $1 million... including'terrifying' acts that left their children running to him The real story behind Jim Carrey's disappearance: He once made $20m per film. Now insiders tell TOM LEONARD about the mysterious suicide of his married lover and claims of autism'cure' at the heart of his Hollywood downfall Is Meghan about to launch a new'Kardashian-style' mega brand? Duchess cosies up to CEO behind Kim Kardashian's wildly successful Skims range as speculation about her new venture grows Women's tennis in'manliness' row: World's No 1 and 2 come under fire from rival for their'high testosterone' - before Aryna Sabalenka appears to fire back after being labelled a'big' player Harvey Weinstein's ex-wife Georgina Chapman is facing foreclosure on $2.5 million NYC home Suzanne Somers' widower shocks fans as he resurrects star in'AI clone' format: 'You can't tell the difference' Vicious catfight erupts between Trump's leading ladies. Feud is talk of White House: 'It's real and it's personal' Karoline Leavitt goes scorched earth on'bitter' Biden press secretary over'deplorable' comments Three brutal words in my best friend's wedding invite cut like a knife. Meghan's hit a trashy new low.

SoftBank has raised at least $24 billion in loans and bonds so far in 2025 and is seeking to raise more in the overseas bond market. SoftBank Group is returning to the overseas bond market for the second time this year amid an aggressive fundraising push for artificial intelligence, led by its bet on OpenAI. The Japanese technology investment giant is looking to raise about $1.5 billion to $2 billion in the dollar debt market, and about €500 million ($580 million) from euro-denominated notes, according to people familiar with the matter. A spokesperson for SoftBank said the bond deal size hasn't been finalized, declining to comment further. With a heavy emphasis on new AI investments, SoftBank's billionaire founder Masayoshi Son has pledged as much as $500 billion for a project known as Stargate and announced a planned $30 billion stake in OpenAI earlier this year.

AI models such as ChatGPT routinely misrepresent news events, providing faulty responses to questions almost half the time, a study has found. The study published on Wednesday by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC assessed the accuracy of more than 2,700 responses given by OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, Microsoft's Copilot, and Perplexity. Overall, 45 percent of responses had at least one "significant" issue, according to the research. Sourcing was the most common problem, with 31 percent of responses including information not supported by the cited source, or incorrect or unverifiable attribution, among other issues. A lack of accuracy was the next biggest contributor to faulty answers, affecting 20 percent of responses, followed by the absence of appropriate context, with 14 percent.