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Nobel Prize-winning scientist at Google issues chilling AI forecast

Demis Hassabis's stark prediction is likely to fuel the anger of growing numbers of anti-AI protestors who fear the technology poses an existential threat.

Our top 7 kids-eat-free deals at chains & cafes this half-term

WANT to treat the kids to a slap up meal but you’re watching the pennies? Make the most of fantastic kids-eat-free deals.

'We did everything wrong!' The tragedy of the hit-free band behind Blondie’s Hanging on the Telephone

They gigged wildly, helped other groups to fame and their songwriting brilliance gave Blondie a signature track. Could a deathbed wish now see the Nerves finally making it big?

Tom Skerritt obituary

US actor who often played authority figures and was admired for his film roles in Alien, Top Gun and A River Runs Through It

Cousin of Monaco prince, 29, mysteriously found dead in garden as man arrested

A MAJOR police probe has been launched after a cousin of the Prince of Monaco was found dead in mysterious circumstances.

Oleshky truce appears to hold as two European leaders have ‘frank’ call with Putin

Frontline near Russian-occupied city in southern Ukraine quiet for first time in years ahead of planned evacuation

Goals, humility, charity work

In the unbearably tribal world of football, Harry Kane truly is one of a kind.

Why Adam Azim v Dalton Smith is British boxing’s next mega-fight

Rising super-lightweight star Adam Azim joins 'Corner Talk' for an explosive breakdown of domestic rival Dalton Smith’s split-decision win over Alberto Puello.

Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil after presidential election loss, reports say

Far-right senator on plane to US after missing deadline to hand over his passport since loss to Lula

I run a lifeblood manufacturing firm

We don’t need new schemes; we need the cost of making things in Redditch to stop rising faster than our competitors.

Harry Kane Triumphs with Historic Ballon d’Or Win

Harry Kane is the men’s Ballon d’Or winner for 2026, the first Englishman to win the trophy in 25 years. At a lavish ceremony at the Palladium Theatre in London, Kane unexpectedly won ahead of co-favourites Lamine Yamal of Barcelona and Kylian Mbappé of Real Madrid. In a contest that has been critiqued for promoting individualism and celebrity in sport, Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s chief sports writer, Barney Ronay, about the symbolism of Kane’s win.

Meghan Markle 'in bits' as she flees abroad with Harry, Archie and Lilibet

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have taken their two children on a short break overseas amid the latest family drama, it has been reported. The Duchess of Sussex’s father, Thomas Markle Snr, is at the centre of a massive police probe after his own son, Thomas Markle Jnr, claimed to have found a stash of child sex abuse images at his father's former home in Cebu.