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Ecstatic scenes and historic moments: What's happened so far in the midterms
Americans are electing members of Congress, which is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate. All 435 House seats are up for election. In the Senate, only 35 of 100 seats are being contested because senators serve six-year terms. This results tracker shows both the races being decided now and the 65 seats that are not up for election this year - 34 held by Democrats and 31 by Republicans. Ecstatic scenes and historic moments: What's happened so far in the midterms To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Weapon or wine bottle? China disputes reports of artillery shell in Papua New Guinea
Chinese authorities have dismissed reports that a suspected China-made artillery shell was found in a commercial shipping container in Papua New Guinea, saying it is a shell-shaped wine bottle. It poses no danger at all, the Chinese embassy wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday, drawing skeptical comments. Police in Port Moresby arrested four Chinese nationals last Friday after the 32kg object was found at a construction site in the capital city. Authorities were looking into whether it was a live device, local reports said then, with police commissioner David Manning describing it as a very concerning discovery. In a report on Wednesday, the Australia Broadcasting Corporation cited unnamed sources identifying the object as an undetonated 130mm Chinese Type 59 Artillery Projectile that contains chemical explosives and a fuse.
Anthony Zurcher: Democrats surge deep into Republican territory with historic wins
Americans are electing members of Congress, which is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate. All 435 House seats are up for election. In the Senate, only 35 of 100 seats are being contested because senators serve six-year terms. This results tracker shows both the races being decided now and the 65 seats that are not up for election this year - 34 held by Democrats and 31 by Republicans. To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
OpenAI employees warned about operational security lapses for years, sources say
A man described as Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer, looks behind a TV where a recording device had been placed at a conference room in OpenAI offices, in a still image from surveillance video included in a charging document after U.S. federal agents arrested and charged him with installing a hidden audio recording device, in San Francisco on Oct. 5. | U.S. Department of Justice / via REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO - When OpenAI disclosed in October that it found a recording device planted in an executive conference room, a number of former employees had the same reaction -- they were not surprised. Even before OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022, some company staffers raised concerns internally about its security practices, according to five people familiar with the matter. Employees shared their concerns with top OpenAI leaders and the board of directors, the people said, adding that some staffers came away from those interactions concluding that management was more focused on keeping pace with competitors like Google and Anthropic than on security. These workers argued that OpenAI's controls were so lax that outsiders, including foreign governments, could obtain sensitive information about the artificial intelligence lab's technology with relative ease, the people said. For example, anybody at OpenAI who could access its code could see the technical details underlying many company projects.
Killer who escaped Tennessee prison captured after week-long manhunt
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US authorities have recaptured a convicted murderer who escaped a Tennessee prison more than a week ago. Jacob Allen Morley, 28, was serving a life sentence over the killing of his colleague in 2022, when he escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, about 90 miles (145 km) north of Memphis. The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) said security footage showed Morley, wearing his prison uniform, breaching the prison fence around 11:30pm on 25 October, and later stealing a vehicle from a nearby farm. On Wednesday the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced Morley was in custody after an operation that involved local, state and federal agencies.
Democratic rising star Ossoff projected to hold Georgia seat
Americans are electing members of Congress, which is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate. All 435 House seats are up for election. In the Senate, only 35 of 100 seats are being contested because senators serve six-year terms. This results tracker shows both the races being decided now and the 65 seats that are not up for election this year - 34 held by Democrats and 31 by Republicans. To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
No more rice grains in Kellogg's Rice Krispies due to changing weather
Breakfast cereal giant Kellogg's has stopped using rice grains in Rice Krispies and Coco Pops in the UK due to changing weather conditions that have disrupted supplies. Corn flour and rice flour are being used instead, a Kellogg's spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that the updated recipes have been carefully assessed and the firm has taken customer feedback into consideration. Those ingredients are replacing rice grains as crops have been hit by dry weather in key producing countries in Asia, reducing harvests and driving up prices. The new recipes mean cereal packaging will now include a contains wheat gluten warning. Rice Krispies products in the US and Canada will continue to be made with real rice with no changes to their recipes expected, a spokesperson for Kellogg's North American business told the BBC.
Why Kim Kardashian came back to 'the worst TV drama ever'
Why Kim Kardashian came back to'the worst TV drama ever' To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. It was meant to be Kim Kardashian's triumphant debut as a leading actor - but last year's legal drama All's Fair was so universally panned by critics that it actually broke streaming records as audiences clambered to see what all the fuss was about. Kardashian, who is best known as a media personality and businesswoman, tells the BBC she had no choice but to lean into the discourse and come back for a second series. We thought we were this law show, dealing with some really serious issues, she jokes. But viewers mostly enjoyed its comedy value - with outlandish outfits and zingy one-liners from co-stars Sarah Paulson and Glenn Close sending the show straight into the pantheon of'camp classics'.
Scammers using AI-generated images of missing pets to demand reward money
When Stephanie Young's cat Buddy went missing from her garden in September last year, she flooded pet rescue sites and social media groups with information about him. Her hopes were raised when an image of him was sent through by a woman named Melissa, who claimed to have fed her cat and wanted reward money for her autistic grandchildren. The foster carer from Birmingham was 100% certain she had found her cat and remembered thinking Buddy had picked a lovely garden to sit in as she got money out of the bank to pay for his return. Within hours, she had agreed to meet Melissa nearby to collect him, but the individual never turned up, refused a cash payment and pushed for 100 Apple gift cards as a reward. Threats to sell or murder her pet soon followed when she discovered the images of Buddy were AI-generated and questioned the woman's authenticity.
The Papers: King calls slavery 'monstrous' and 'Celeb loses gag bid'
King calls slavery'monstrous' and'Celeb loses gag bid' Image caption, The i Paper leads with King Charles III's comments on slavery during his address at the Commonwealth leaders summit in Antigua and Barbuda. King says slavery was'monstrous', reads the paper's headline, although he stops short of apologising. Instead, it writes the King praised the Royal Navy's role in ending the transatlantic slave trade at the meeting. Image caption, King Charles says Britain had leading role in ending the slave trade, is the Daily Mail's summary of the Monarch's speech - which it judges was punchier-than-expected. Image caption, The Times continues slavery was evil but we helped end it, leading with King Charles' expressing his most profound sorrow over the transatlantic slave trade.