Originally set up for Iraqi refugees fleeing war, the al-Hol camp is now a “reliquary of the defeat of Islamic State”, said New Lines magazine.

The former PM has been drafting a “plan for the days after a ceasefire in Gaza with Jared Kushner”, Donald Trump’s son-in-law. According to reports, this plan involved Blair heading a secretariat of up to 25 people “running the territory”, said The Times.

This poses a risk to public health, as people are drawn to low-nutrient soft drinks in an effort to stay cool.

It “initially grew” out of “alarm that Catalonia’s drive for independence would break up Spain”, said The Economist and “as that threat has receded”, it has turned to illegal immigration and “waging a culture war against feminism, trans and animal rights”.

It is true that autism is being diagnosed at higher rates among children in many richer countries over recent decades, but experts say it is likely due to increased awareness, testing and the broadening definition of the neurological disorder.

For the past decade, “some of Trump’s biggest donors have been secretly funding a clutch of the most influential groups on the right of British politics”, said Peter Geoghegan in Prospect.

A wealth tax is “deadly for our economy,” said Bernard Arnault, chief executive of LVMH and one of the wealthiest people in the world.

These chatbots are “generally ‘yes men’”, said Ryan Beck, chief technology officer at Pray.com, but he doesn’t feel this is a problem. “Who doesn’t need a little affirmation in their life?”

“America is all that stands between Israel and a pariah status that would have dire implications for its diplomatic, legal and military security,” said The Economist. But there are “cracks deep within the foundations of the alliance”.

Homework is “not compulsory by law”, said Georgina Fuller in The Times, but “many primary schools seem to set it for children as young as four”.

Mexican music is facing a crackdown. Local authorities are banning public performances of narcocorridos, popular ballads that romanticise drug cartels.

It sent shockwaves through Hollywood when Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show was taken off the air following controversy over comments made by the host about the killing of right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk. Here are some other hosts and pundits who have faced criticism in the past.

During the “escalating public row”, Maurici Lucena, chair and chief executive of Aena, “hit out” at Ryanair’s boss, Michael O’Leary, accusing him of “lying continuously”, said the Financial Times.

Trump and Keir Starmer have agreed a tech industry partnership, backed by Nvidia and OpenAI, which will see top US firms, including Microsoft, pledge to invest billions in the UK’s artificial intelligence infrastructure.

The theory of panspermia dates back many years and was “popularised in the 1970s” by the British astronomers Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe, said BBC Science Focus.

At least seven members of the Infidels MC gang are in leading roles overseeing the sites backed by Israel and the Trump administration, at which hundreds of Palestinians have been killed.

To call Trump divisive would be an understatement. A YouGov poll published in July found the British public were split about whether this week’s state visit should even go ahead.

As the United States and China compete for dominance in outer space, Africa is also looking to get in on the race toward the stars.

Reducing air pollution didn’t actually cause additional warming – but it “removed an artificial cooling”, said Wilcox and Samset on The Conversation. Air pollution “shields the Earth from sunlight and therefore cools the surface”.

The “official narrative” is that Mexico’s violence is “entirely the fault of drug cartels, period”, said author Belén Fernández on Al Jazeera. “This rationalisation conveniently excises from the equation the Mexican state’s established track record of killing and disappearing”.

Known as Diella, which means “sun” in Albanian, it’s hoped that the new AI minister will be “impervious to bribes, threats, or attempts to curry favour”, said Reuters

In many cases, workers who have outgrown their current roles are “sitting in the wrong seat at this time in their careers and clinging to it because of market fear,” said Forbes.

Currently, 35 states in the US have some rules or policies regarding classroom phone use.

Whatever “diplomatic momentum existed” has “evaporated into thin air” since Israel struck Qatar, said Daniel DePetris in The Spectator. The latest draft ceasefire was “tabled just a few days ago” but it “now lies in tatters, if it was a serious proposal to begin with”.

Many schools across the U.S. have floated the idea of banning cellphones in classrooms. While these bans largely have bipartisan support, not everyone agrees that completely banning phone use is a good idea — some believe it can cause different types of harm. Here are the pros and cons.

Portraying these men as "the embodiment of pure deceit" is a lighthearted social media trend, said The Daily Tar Heel, but it also poses a serious question: "why do people feel so uncomfortable when men embrace their femininity"?

A casque-headed iguana has given birth to eight babies at the Shropshire wildlife park – without any contact with a male, via a phenomenon called parthenogenesis.

Construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has "fuelled nationalist fervour in Egypt, which relies on the Nile for almost all of its water needs", said the Financial Times, but "also in Ethiopia, where use of the river is seen as a sovereign right".

With the help of "AI-generated images, deepfake anthems and algorithmic fervour", Burkina Faso's president has been transformed into a "digital messiah", gripping the attention of Africans across the continent, said The Africa Report.

Taking a long-haul flight soon? ✈️ Here's how you can prepare so that your body feels restored after hours of sitting.

The viral- and algorithm-driven nature of BookTok often means "the same works are pushed over and over again", and bestsellers incongruously promoted as "hidden gems", said Herrmann in Vogue.

Bayrou called the vote to try to push through his €44 billion savings plan – although budget reform "was precisely what claimed the scalp of his predecessor", Michel Barnier, after only three months as prime minister.

"In a country of close-knit communities," said The Guardian, New Zealanders have "struggled to understand" how Phillips could have survived and evaded detection for so long in such harsh terrain.

In 2023 alone, a "surge" in .ai registrations created EC$87 million (£24 million) in income, said the International Monetary Fund, "just over 20% of the government's total revenue for the year".

"This was a man that was allowed to abuse girls and women for two decades," said Julie K. Brown, who reported on Epstein for the Miami Herald in 2018. "The victims deserve to know whether our government did the job that they were supposed to do."

Consumers want "higher-quality, artisan" coffee; smaller chains, independent sites and speciality houses are booming.

China showed off its liquid-fuelled intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles that have the "entire world under its strike range", according to state media. Beijing also revealed its first air-launched nuclear missile, the JL-1, which was displayed on a military truck.

Volunteers at these clinical trial camps are infected with the virus and then given the trial treatment or a placebo, and monitored over a fortnight to see how their body responds. But is being a human lab rat and spending all that time alone in a room as easy as it sounds?

This is not the first time Trump has been rumoured to have passed away, said The Tab. In 2020, at the height of the Covid pandemic, social media was abuzz with hearsay that he'd died from an overdose of the virus treatment hydroxychloroquine.

The sight of the leaders of China, Russia and India – the three most powerful countries not aligned with the West – "smiling and laughing" at the summit "like good friends" was "almost certainly intended" for a US audience, said The New York Times.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promised that GPT-5 would serve as "a legitimate Ph.D.-level expert in anything," said Gary Marcus in his Substack newsletter.

A federal appeals court ruled last week that President Donald Trump overreached his authority by raising taxes on imports. theweek.com/politics/tru...

It's highly dangerous because it can increase the risk of collisions with other planes, or cause the pilot to mishandle the aircraft.

It stems from a fear of the unknown, said Liz Baxter, a careers advisor at Nottingham College, on CNBC. When their phone rings, young people think: "I don’t know who's on the end of it. I don't know how to deal with it".

The popular far-right figure is accused of plotting to overthrow his left-wing rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after losing his bid for re-election in 2022.

China has accused Taiwan of "blaspheming" those who died fighting Japan during the war and tensions have been rising ahead of the military parade to mark the anniversary today, in Beijing.

What began as a novelty at fantasy conventions in the 1980s has now spawned active communities around the world, as well as courses and qualifications, focusing on a tail-propelled dolphin kick and breath-holding techniques.

Why have social media platforms become so polarised? And, can they ever be fixed? These two questions are at the heart of a novel experiment at the University of Amsterdam.

Investor anxiety about an AI bubble is at "fever pitch" with fears growing that a surge in artificial intelligence investment could lead to a crash similar to 2000's dot-com bust.

Research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine suggests that, in 2023, "70% of UK adults" felt that "vaccinations were safe and effective" – and that's "down sharply from 90% in 2018".