Is the war entering a new phase? Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's St Petersburg kills 1, hits energy sites Share Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's St Petersburg kills 1, hits energy sites on social media A "massive" Ukrainian drone attack on St Petersburg in Russia has killed at least one person and injured five others, the city's governor said on Sunday. Alexandre Beglov said firefighters were battling blazes at the St Petersburg oil terminal, the Ruchi oil depot and industrial warehouses in the Kolpino district south of the city. City authorities said the attack disrupted flights at St Petersburg's main airport, one of the country's busiest, which was restricting operations "for safety reasons", Beglov said. Russian e-commerce company Ozon said there was a fire at its logistics hub in St Petersburg, and the internet company VK said its data centre in the Leningrad region had been attacked by drones, adding that normal services were available to users.

Fighting between government forces and Houthi fighters has intensified across multiple fronts in Yemen amid a spiralling humanitarian crisis. Eight soldiers loyal to the internationally recognised Yemeni government were killed during heavy clashes on the al-Maqatirah front in Lahij governorate, the government-affiliated Tur al-Bahah military axis said in a statement on Saturday. Elsewhere in Taiz, government forces said they broke a Houthi attack on the al-Shaqab front, while government-aligned Homeland Shield Forces reported destroying a Houthi supply vehicle with a drone in al-Wazziyah. The Southern Giants Brigades also said they targeted Houthi positions with precision strikes in al-Madaribah, near the Lahij border. Meanwhile, government troops and allied Popular Resistance fighters pressed ahead with their offensive in al-Jawf and Marib. Military officials reported using artillery barrages and drone strikes against Houthi military positions, barracks and troop assemblies in al-Jawf, while coalition aircraft bombed Houthi command hubs and supply depots.

The young woman, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of further reprisals from the authorities, said she was detained on Sunday as thousands of people congregated in central New Delhi. They were demanding the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls, which saw the removal of 133 million people from the voter lists. With no cash and her phone battery drained, the woman spent nearly an hour wandering along a dark road, trying to figure out what to do next. A car pulled up and the driver asked if she needed any help. "I was frightened and completely lost. When those volunteers finally helped me get back safely, it felt like a miracle. I had never imagined that someone I had never met would come forward to help me like that," she told Al Jazeera.

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'This is an apartheid regime' Does Trump have real leverage over Netanyahu? Israeli drone attacks kill six Palestinians across Gaza despite'ceasefire' Share Israeli drone attacks kill six Palestinians across Gaza despite'ceasefire' on social media Israeli drone attacks killed at least six Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to Palestinian medical and emergency workers, as deadly raids continue despite a year-old "ceasefire". The attacks were in northern, central and southern Gaza, with one of the latest reported deaths near Jabalia refugee camp. One Palestinian was killed and several injured when an Israeli drone struck the al-Mawasi area of Rafah, Wafa said. Earlier, two people were killed and others wounded in an attack in the Tuffah neighbourhood of northeast Gaza City, according to staff at al-Shifa Hospital.

In his last few executive orders signed as California governor, Gavin Newsom, whose final term ends in January, issued one asking for independent verification of artificial intelligence models and set up an expert committee to create kill switches for AI agents that could go rogue and cause harm. In 2024, Newsom vetoed a bill, passed in the state assembly, asking for similar requirements that the governor has now called for in his executive order. Newsom said at the time that it would amount to "thwarting the promise of this technology". "He is in a lame duck period here," says Alex Hanna, director of research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), unsure that the measures will pass in the remainder of his term. "He is setting up his next thing."

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a responsibility to help poorer nations struggling with rising debt, high inflation and price shocks caused by war spillovers, the head of the global lender says. Speaking as the IMF's annual meetings in Bangkok wrapped up on Saturday, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said discussions with global policymakers showed both "optimism and worry". "But AI is also recognised to be a source of worry and so are inflation, high levels of debt, wars, climate risks." Georgieva said vulnerable nations are missing out on the AI investment boom that is driving growth in richer countries while at the same time dealing with higher borrowing costs. Higher global interest rates mean low-income countries now spend 8 to 14 percent of their revenue on debt repayments, up from previous years, she said.

As the growth of artificial intelligence accelerates, it is already posing significant challenges to society. Companies have started laying off workers whose jobs AI models can now perform. The expansion of data centres has spiked energy consumption and increased the carbon footprint. AI agents are being used by malicious actors to automate the spread of disinformation. Algorithms are demonstrating bias, raising concerns about flawed application and discrimination by human-related technologies that use them.

For months before carrying out Canada's deadliest school shooting in almost four decades, Jesse Van Rootselaar was consulting an unlikely adviser on how to perpetrate mass murder. "In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom, the 870 [Remington shotgun] is brutal Close quarters is its playground," OpenAI's ChatGPT guided the 18-year-old, according to reports. Earlier this week, on October 14, US authorities charged a Washington State man with allegedly conspiring with Van Rootselaar to plan the attack. But the mass shooting incident has raised questions that go beyond the traditional legal understanding of culpability. The British Columbia government in September filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, accusing them of failing to prevent the incident and claiming they were aware of the conversations that turned deadly.

Vibe coding allows people to use AI to build software without writing code themselves. And now, free AI-generated alternatives to popular programmes like Premiere Pro and Excel are emerging, sparking security concerns and hidden costs. Israeli'ad' firm helped infect spyware into Al Jazeera devices