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As Trump and Xi talk, China surges ahead with its AI ambitions
In the expansive grasslands of Inner Mongolia, farmers are picking plump potatoes alongside new neighbours: huge, rectangular blocks that will fuel China's AI platforms. Ulanqab, with its steppes and volcanoes, is an unlikely digital frontier. For years, it has been China's official potato capital. But now its fields have also become construction sites for a slew of data centres, as Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping meet to discuss AI safety among other things. Hundreds of workers in yellow helmets carry heavy equipment into the building site as welding sparks fly off metal scaffolding.
Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran in UN speech as officials meet on sidelines
Trump threatens to'annihilate' Iran in UN speech as officials meet on sidelines To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Figure caption, Watch: Trump threatens to'annihilate' Iran if no deal reached President Donald Trump has told the United Nations General Assembly he faces a big decision on whether to strike Iran again or pursue a peace deal. A single member of Iran's delegation watched on during the president's speech on Tuesday in New York, in which he said he could annihilate the Islamic Republic if the conflict went unresolved. Before a standing-room-only audience, Trump also rejected global government, vowed to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine and ensure the US wins the artificial intelligence race. His comments came on a day of high-level diplomacy.
Trump Administration to Cancel Obamacare Coverage for 760,000 Enrollees Over Alleged Fraud
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Trump praises relations with Burnham despite tensions over AI and Iran
Andy Burnham and Donald Trump held their first face-to-face meeting in New York. Andy Burnham and Donald Trump held their first face-to-face meeting in New York. US president calls UK prime minister'a natural businessperson' as leaders meet at UN assembly in New York Donald Trump has asserted his relationship with the UK is "more up" with Andy Burnham than under Keir Starmer despite tensions between the two countries on a range of thorny issues including regulation of artificial intelligence, the Chagos islands and the war in Iran. At their first face-to-face meeting, the US president praised Burnham, who sat nervously alongside him, as a "natural businessperson", saying he thought he had "lots of assets on his side" and would be a "great" prime minister. Burnham, who was joined in the talks by Ed Miliband, the foreign secretary, and Jonathan Powell, his national security adviser, said he and Trump had built on the "good connection" they established early on, in an effort to shore up relations which had splintered over Iran .