Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk's Grok over AI deepfakes
Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
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Who is Reza Pahlavi? The exiled prince urging Iranians to ‘seize cities’
The exiled prince calls on Iranians to 'seize city centres' as Tehran accuses him of leading 'terrorist' war.
More than $200k raised in a day for hero Bondi Junction police officer after ‘rare’ cancer diagnosis
Amy Scott, who confronted Joel Cauchi alone during the April 2024 Westfield attack, has been diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ breast cancer Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAmy Scott, the New South Wales police officer who pursued and shot the perpetrator of the Bondi Junction stabbing attack, has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form of breast cancer”.Joel Cauchi killed six people in a mass stabbing attack on 13 April 2024 at the Bondi Westfield shopping centre and wounded another 10. Continue reading...
Opposition ‘deeply sceptical’ of Labor bill – as it happened
This blog is now closedPM recalls parliament to fast-track hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attackGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria premier returns to Bendigo home after evacuating during firesThe Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, has posted a video on social media returning to her home in Bendigo, after she was among thousands forced to evacuate on Friday evening due to bushfires.You can see here that the fire is still in the landscape across Mount Alexander, and just on the other side of that ridge line is the beautiful community of Harcourt. It’s where the kids went to kinder.A lot of homes that have been lost, there’s going to be a big rebuild ahead. It’s heartbreaking. Like, I’m standing here in my back yard, right? Fire’s really close. My home’s still standing and my family is safe. To get a warning to be told that it is too dangerous to stay in your own home, that you must leave, and you must leave now, it’s gut-wrenching. It’s sickening. Every time I think of this, I also think of the woman I met at the relief centre in Seymour, where she showed me on her phone the photo of her house that has been destroyed in the fires around Longwood. My heart breaks for her and everyone else who’s lost their homes.There are plenty of tough, strong people out there, not just on the fire ground, but their backup crews at the staging area, in the incident control centres, in the relief centres. We got the best of Victoria on display, the stories I’ve heard, the generosity, the support, the friendship, that is really the best of us. Continue reading...
New campaign urges Starmer not to diminish legal rights of Send children
Backed by actor Sally Phillips and MPs across parties, group raises concerns about overhaul of provision in EnglandKeir Starmer is being urged not to diminish the legal rights of children with special educational needs by a new national campaign backed by the actor Sally Phillips and a cross-party group of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative MPs.The group Save Our Children’s Rights claims the prime minister is “considering taking our legal rights away” as part of the government’s overhaul of special educational needs and disabilities (Send) provision in the forthcoming schools white paper for England. Continue reading...
Energy and health optimism help lift civil service morale under Labour
Foreign Office and MoD among only four departments with declining morale in annual Whitehall monitor report Civil service morale rose slightly after Labour took power in 2024, with the biggest jumps in satisfaction in the energy and health departments, an annual Whitehall monitor report will show.The survey from the Institute for Government (IfG) thinktank, due to be published this week, found that morale rose from 60.7 to 61.2% on the civil service employee engagement index. Continue reading...
Guardian Hope appeal raises £950,000 for charities tackling racism and division
Appeal, now in its final few days, raising funds for organisations trying to stop rise of hatred across UKDonate to our charity appeal hereGenerous Guardian readers have so far raised more than £950,000 as our Hope appeal supporting charities tackling social division, racism and hatred enters its final few days.The 2025 appeal, which closes at midnight on Wednesday evening, is aiming to raise £1m for grassroots voluntary organisations campaigning against extremism, anti-migrant rhetoric, and the re-emergence of “1970s-style racism”. Continue reading...
Jacinda Ardern pulls out of Adelaide writers’ week as fallout over Randa Abdel-Fattah’s axing continues
Ructions within festival board over Palestinian-Australian academic’s inclusion began in October, email reveals Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has become the latest international headline act to pull out of the 2026 Adelaide writers’ week in protest over the Adelaide festival board’s decision to rescind its invitation to Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah.Ardern had been scheduled to discuss her memoir A Different Kind of Power with the ABC 7.30’s Sarah Ferguson on 3 March. Continue reading...
Integration of armed factions remains one of Syria’s biggest challenges
It is also at the centre of the post-war state building project.
India’s Kohli becomes second-highest run-scorer in international cricket
Indian great surpasses Sri Lanka's Sangakkara with 28,068 runs across all formats but trails compatriot Tendulkar.