Children forced to give up school for work as fighting upends daily life in YemenChildren forced to give up school for work as fighting upends daily life in Yemen

Renewed fighting between Iran-aligned Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces has shattered four years of relative calm In the mornings, 13-year-old Muneer Farie went to school, and in the afternoons he helped his father feed the livestock. He took his studies seriously, dreaming of becoming the first teacher in his family ...

‘You were right’: Ed Miliband tells critics Labour was wrong on Gaza‘You were right’: Ed Miliband tells critics Labour was wrong on Gaza

Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’ Ed Miliband will tell campaigners and party members who raised the plight of Palestinians they were right that Labour’s approach had not been enough, saying he was heeding the calls of ...

UN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end warUN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end war

Waltz says Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end war because they ‘were asking for everything up front’ The Trump administration’s ambassador to the United Nations said the US rejected Iran’s proposal to end the ongoing war there because Iranian negotiators “were asking for everything up front”. Echoing comments by Donald ...

61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies

Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history It took all day to clear a section of road in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City. At the end of it, Ahmed Alyan, a UN ...

Firms take lead on AI safety standards as security incidents mountFirms take lead on AI safety standards as security incidents mount

Progress in frontier AI development is far outpacing governments’ capabilities — and willingness — to police it. “There is a disconnect between the law and the reality of what is being regulated,” one former EU official said, pointing to the bloc’s 2024 AI Act; once touted as the first comprehensive ...

Firms take lead on AI safety standards as security incidents mountFirms take lead on AI safety standards as security incidents mount

Progress in frontier AI development is far outpacing governments’ capabilities — and willingness — to police it. “There is a disconnect between the law and the reality of what is being regulated,” one former EU official said, pointing to the bloc’s 2024 AI Act; once touted as the first comprehensive ...