UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute 10. October 2026 (12:00) George Williamson says ‘national resilience’ is key focus of ATI amid US and China’s runaway leadership in fieldThe UK must not become dependent on foreign AI systems that can be switched off at short notice and must develop its own versions of the technology, according to the head of the Alan Turing Institute.The country needs a stronger domestic position in AI in response to the US and China’s runaway leadership in the field, with “national resilience” a key focus for ATI said George Williamson. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Suicide memorial in Chicago signals compassionate shift by Catholic church 10. October 2026 (12:00) First US memorial for suicide victims dedicated by Chicago archdiocese earlier this year at Queen of Heaven cemeteryThe Chicago archdiocese has recognized the Rev Charles Rubey’s work supporting families whose loved ones died by suicide this year by dedicating in his honor a memorial to the lives lost to suicide and the victims’ surviving families.In 1979 Rubey founded the Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide, a counseling and support program run by Catholic Charities of the archdiocese of Chicago. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Hurricane Isaias live updates: hundreds of thousands without power as storm batters US Gulf Coast 10. October 2026 (12:00) First Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season makes landfall in the USFull story: Hurricane Isaias hammers Gulf coastSign up for the US Breaking News emailOur data visuals team has been keeping tabs on the path of hurricane Isaias. Here’s where we expect it to hit:The storm is expected to move across Alabama and into the Tennessee Valley later today and Sunday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘We’re not asking for luxury’: school protesters in Paris suburb feel abandoned by French state 10. October 2026 (11:00) Students say they are desperate to get back to class but conditions are so bad that the protests must continueOn a normal school day, Mohammed, 17, wakes at 6am, cares for his younger siblings to help his single mother who works as a security guard, then takes two crowded buses and a local train to get to his high school in Sevran, a low-income banlieue town in the suburbs north-east of Paris.“There aren’t enough chairs or desks to go round, so some students have to stand up,” Mohammed said. “Classes can be so packed you can’t interact with the teacher. In this year’s heatwaves, it felt like 40 degrees in overcrowded classrooms with no shade or curtains. It was so hot my brain couldn’t function.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
