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US diplomat meets Netanyahu to push for ‘concrete steps’ to protect Gaza civilians US diplomat Antony Blinken has met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss “concrete steps” to minimise harm to civilians in Gaza. The meeting comes after Israel’s military said it had “completed the encirclement of Gaza City” and was attacking Hamas infrastructure. The leader of the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah is set to speak later as the group intensifies its attacks on Israel. The Israeli government said it is sending Gazans working in Israel back to the besieged enclave, but has not given details. Meanwhile, about…

Suspected mushroom poisoning: Erin Patterson faces Australian court on murder charges Erin Patterson, the Australian woman charged with murdering three people in a mushroom poisoning case, has also been accused of trying to murder her ex-partner on four occasions, according to court documents. Patterson, 49, was charged with three counts of murder and five of attempted murder on Thursday. The murder charges relate to a family lunch she hosted in July at her home in the town of Leongatha, Victoria. Police believe the victims were poisoned with death cap mushrooms.  In court documents released to local media on Friday, police…

They were first linked last year.

Five Wilko stores will be returning to the high street before Christmas.

‘Big blow because he was getting some momentum.’

‘Crypto King’ Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of FTX fraud US ‘Crypto King’ Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering at a trial in New York.  The jury delivered its verdict after less than five hours of deliberations.  Bankman-Fried, 31, once ran one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges and was one of the most public faces in the industry. He was arrested last year after his firm, FTX, went bankrupt.  He will be sentenced on 28 March next year and could face decades in prison. “Sam Bankman-Fried perpetrated one of the biggest financial frauds in American history…

Stokes is set for knee surgery.

Elementor #560105 November 3, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Top tech firms to let governments vet AI tools, Sunak tells summit  The Guardian also discusses the AI summit at Bletchley Park and reports that PM Rishi Sunak announced that top tech firms will let governments vet AI tools – although the paper says the PM was “forced to defend the voluntary nature of the testing agreement”. It also says that the PM has made it clear he considers AI a threat “potentially as serious as a nuclear war”. Today’s top stories Like…

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