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Published on 11/10/2026 – 15:22 GMT+2 At least 139 migrants died after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti earlier this week, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday, with 84 others still missing. The vessel had been carrying 305 people from Djibouti to Yemen when it sank near Guhere, north of the town of Obock, per the IOM. The incident occurred on the night of 8 to 9 October. The death toll climbed from 109 after 30 more bodies were recovered. Among the 109 bodies initially recovered, 52 were men, 42 were women, and 15…
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Protests by secondary-school pupils, a fuel crisis and a budget debate getting off to a bad start in the National Assembly, where there is no majority, the government is facing a string of difficulties that are being reflected in opinion polls. Seven months before the end of his second term, Emmanuel Macron’s popularity has fallen to its lowest level since he entered the Elysée Palace in 2017, according to a new barometer published at the weekend. According to the Ipsos BVA-Cesi survey (source in French) for La Tribune Dimanche, only 15% of those questioned have a favourable opinion of the…
Picking up products, placing them on shelves and repeating the same movements for hours. At a Føtex supermarket near Copenhagen, robots are learning to perform one of the most time-consuming jobs in retail. Developed by Danish start-up Hive Robots and built by China’s Unitree, the machines have been training since June. For now, human operators guide every movement, helping the artificial intelligence learn how to handle different products. The ambition is to have them restocking shelves independently by early 2027, working mainly at night when the supermarket is closed. The experiment is part of a wider trial with Salling Group,…
Published on 11/10/2026 – 13:02 GMT+2•Updated 13:19 Pope Leo XIV announced on Sunday that he was scheduled to have surgery in the “coming days” to remove a nodule in his lung. Speaking during his weekly address in St. Peter’s Square, the 71-year-old pontiff said the nodule had been discovered during “recent checkups” and that doctors believed it would be best to intervene. “It was detected at a very early stage and is well localised,” he said. “I have decided to undergo surgery to have it removed,” he continued, adding that the procedure was “already scheduled for the coming days.” The…
Guided aerial bombs struck residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, 10 October, killing at least 17 people, including three children, and injuring at least 18 others, according to Ukrainian officials. Emergency crews searched damaged apartments, cleared rubble and helped survivors escape as smoke rose over the southern city. Cars were left mangled in the streets and homes were badly damaged, while ambulances ferried the wounded to hospital. The bombardment came amid escalating Russian strikes across Ukraine, which have killed more than 60 people in four days. Missiles also hit Kyiv on Saturday, injuring four people, according to the capital’s mayor.…
Published on 11/10/2026 – 12:45 GMT+2 Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) model Claude submitted a false tip about an unsolved homicide to a police website during testing, the company and US authorities said. The incident adds to concerns about AI systems taking unintended actions as they gain the ability to interact with websites and carry out tasks. The false tip was submitted on 18 July through a website collecting information about unsolved killings, according to a statement from police in the US city of Philadelphia. Anthropic said Claude Haiku 4.5, an older model in its Claude range, was carrying out example…
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Published on 11/10/2026 – 11:12 GMT+2•Updated 11:22 Thousands of people gathered in Lisbon and Porto on Saturday to protest rising living costs and housing prices. The protests, which were also planned in Aveiro, Braga, and Funchal, were organised by a platform named “You can’t live like this anymore,” and saw demonstrators chanting about wages and holding signs with messages such as “this salary isn’t enough to live on.” Others lifted placards bearing slogans such as “I want to move out of my parents’ house before I’m 50.” One attendee at the Lisbon march, Teresa Fonseca, told the Lusa news agency…
Published on 11/10/2026 – 9:14 GMT+2 At least four people have reportedly died since Isaias made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Friday, authorities have said, as forecasters warn of flooding and tornado risks as the storm pushes further inland. Isaias, which has since weakened into a post-tropical cyclone, first hit the city of Destin on Friday evening, bringing 105 mph (around 169 kph) winds as it struck the Florida Panhandle. Officials have so far reported four deaths related to the storm, including two in Florida’s Escambia County and two in Alabama, according to US media reports. The US’…