Pakistan’s defence minister has said the country is in an “open war” with neighbouring Afghanistan, after both nations launched strikes overnight. Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Islamabad’s patience had run out as tensions escalated, with casualties reported on both sides. “Our cup of patience has overflowed,” he said in a social media post. “Now it is […]
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A vegetarian diet can reduce the risk of five types of cancer by as much as 30%, a study has found. In the largest study of its kind, University of Oxford researchers found vegetarians have a 21% lower risk of pancreatic cancer and a 9% lower risk of breast cancer compared to meat eaters. Vegetarians
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As the deadline looms for a leading AI lab to hand over its tech to the US military, a study has appeared suggesting AI models are more than willing to go nuclear in wargames. Only a couple of years ago, the phrase on everyone’s lips was “AI safety”. I’ll be honest, I never took the
A three-year-old boy who would almost certainly have been born paralysed because of a severe spinal abnormality is able to walk after having ground-breaking stem cell surgery while still in the womb. An ultrasound scan 20 weeks into pregnancy showed Tobi Maginnis had spina bifida, a disabling condition in which the spinal cord fails to
Defence Secretary John Healey has told officials to review military records to find any evidence of Jeffrey Epstein trafficking women into Britain through RAF bases. He has told them to leave “no stone unturned” as they search through more than 20 years of Ministry of Defence (MoD) documents to find evidence of the paedophile billionaire’s
The US and Iran held indirect talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme on Thursday, but left the negotiating table without a deal. They made “significant progress” in Geneva, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who participated as a mediator, said afterwards, without elaborating. It comes as the US has gathered a large fleet of aircraft and warships
Ukraine’s president has spoken of personal challenges, after several years of conflict with Ukraine, admitting “I’m not the best father” in a Sky News interview. Speaking to international correspondent, Alex Rossi, Volodymyr Zelenskyy also praised the work of civilians to fix Ukraine’s energy systems after repeated Russian attacks, amid an extremely harsh winter. On Thursday,
A YouTuber accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend recorded the livestream he used as an alibi four days earlier, a court heard. Stephen McCullagh appeared to be broadcasting himself live playing Grand Theft Auto and drinking Guinness in his house in County Antrim while Natalie McNally was being killed around 30 miles away in Lurgan,
A driver has been jailed after crashing into the back of a car while gambling on his mobile phone, and causing a pregnant woman to go into labour. Derby Crown Court heard Jack Bentley, 30, from Meadow Way, Derby, was seen veering into the grass verge of the A50 in Derbyshire, swerving between lanes and
A woman who broke her back falling from a window trying to flee Nottingham attacker Valdo Calocane was warned by police he could have killed her, an inquiry heard. Three years before going on his killing spree in 2023, Calocane tried to get into the woman’s flat while she was showering – forcing her to