Elementor #559752 November 2, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Mirror – Escape from hell The Daily Mirror reports the latest from Gaza. Under the headline “Escape from hell,” its front page features the photo of a severely wounded Palestinian boy who was let out of the enclave for treatment in Egypt. The front page also leads on a story about UK entertainer Robbie Williams. Today’s top stories Like this…
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Elementor #559746 November 2, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – First Britons flee Gaza hell The re-opening of the border into Egypt is the splash in the Express. The paper says the UK foreign secretary has vowed that although everything in Gaza is “difficult and uncertain”, he “will not rest” until every UK national is brought home. James Cleverly’s comments follow the announcement that the first British citizens…
Elementor #559740 November 2, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Sun – Bring them home The Sun leads on the faces of the 32 children being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza alongside the headline “bring them home”. The paper says that Hamas kidnapped 32 children during its 7 October attacks on southern Israel and it says it is endorsing parents’ calls to “free our children”. It adds “this is…
One word: dry.
‘I wish I could change what happened to us.’
The mum-of-two, 49, was taken into custody on Thursday morning and questioned at Wonthaggi police station in Victoria, Australia.
Much of northwestern Europe went on high alert Wednesday as a storm dubbed Ciaran threatened to bring gale force winds and extreme rainfall to the region. Three French departments — Finistere, Cotes-d’Armor and Manche — will be placed on red storm alert, the highest level, at midnight (2300 GMT), national weather agency Meteo-France said. Meanwhile thirty other departments including Paris and its surrounding regions are placed on orange alert.
Creepy.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday vowed a “merciless fight” against surging anti-Semitism after residents of the French capital discovered anti-Jewish graffiti on buildings in several districts. Paris prosecutors have launched a probe into the incident as a possible hate crime. “The Israel-Hamas conflict is clearly being imported into France,” representative council of French Jewish institutions Robert Ejnes said.
We and other aid agencies are asking people to join us to call for a ceasefire. Whatever your politics, surely our shared humanity demands this.
The group of family and friends were killed when soldiers allegedly demanded to take over their house in Volnovakha, a town in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
‘Her story is a stark reminder of the indiscriminate nature of this disease, which can affect anyone at any time.’
Be careful what you write.
Holidaymakers opted for sandy beaches and sunshine.
But don’t panic if you fail.
Elon Musk and ChatGPT boss jet in for UK’s AI summit – as Sunak warned of ‘here and now’ threats SKY News says Rishi Sunak has been warned not to ignore the “here and now” threats to people’s jobs posed by artificial intelligence, as Elon Musk and the creator of ChatGPT jet in for a landmark UK summit. Bletchley Park is set to welcome more than 100 figures from politics and business from today, including…
Kamala Harris to call for urgent action on AI threat to democracy and privacy The Guardian says Short-term threats posed by artificial intelligence to democracy and privacy need to be addressed as urgently as longer term existential threats, Kamala Harris, the US vice-president, is expected to say in a speech setting out the Biden administration’s vision before the UK’s Bletchley Park summit on AI. In a speech in London on Wednesday before attending the conference,…
Elon Musk is a risky star draw at Rishi Sunak’s AI summit — what will the shindig actually achieve? The Independent says Rishi Sunak will today bring together leaders of the tech world for a two-day summit to discuss the dangers and opportunities of artificial intelligence – a conversation the world urgently needs to have. Ahead of its start, Number 10 announced the get-together will finish with a live-streamed chat between the prime minister and…
Scientists excited by AI tool that grades severity of rare cancer BBC News says Artificial intelligence is nearly twice as good at grading the aggressiveness of a rare form of cancer from scans as the current method, a study suggests. By recognising details invisible to the naked eye, AI was 82% accurate, compared with 44% for lab analysis. Researchers from the Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research say it could improve treatment and…
Afghan refugees forced to leave Pakistan say they have nothing Afghan refugees are being forced to leave Pakistan as the country begins a nationwide crackdown on foreign nationals they say are in the country illegally. Thousands of Afghans in Pakistan have made their way back to Afghanistan in the last two months. Many of them have said they have nothing to go back to and are scared of heading back to a Taliban government. In…
Egypt There is hope the Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt will open today – for the first time since Israel’s siege began. It’s believed there are around 88 injured Palestinians and around 500 foreign nationals waiting by the border, and it is hoped they will be allowed to cross into Egypt. Ambulances had entered Gaza from Egypt earlier in the morning and are said to be heading back towards the border. Photos have emerged…
Elementor #559446 November 1, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – ‘graveyard for children’: airstrikes kill dozens at Gaza refugee camp The Guardian devotes its front page to Israeli airstrikes which hit Jabalia in northern Gaza. It says dozens of people have been killed after Israeli airstrikes destroyed apartment blocks in Gaza. The paper reports that Israel’s military said the attack was meant to kill a key Hamas commander.…
Odey Asset Management is set to close five months after allegations of sexual assault and harassment against founder Crispen Odey.
Elementor #559428 November 1, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – Rail ticket queue-turn Metro reports that hundreds of railway ticket offices are to stay open after a shock government U-turn. The paper hails the government’s last-minute decision to scrap plans to close hundreds of rail ticket offices in England. The U-turn is a “victory” for campaigners for the elderly and disabled, it adds. England and Bayern Munich player Harry…
Elementor #559422 November 1, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – Revealed: ‘Orgy of narcissism at heart of Covid failings’ The Daily Express leads with Dominic Cummings’s appearance at the COVID inquiry. During a dramatic day, it was revealed Boris Johnson had described the chaos at the heart of government as an “orgy of narcissism”. The front page features an image of a crater in Gaza after an Israeli…