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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that intelligence assessments indicate Russia is planning drone and missile attacks against countries supporting Ukraine, including Poland. Speaking to parliament on Thursday, Mr Tusk said the alleged strikes would be designed to weaken NATO’s ability to respond collectively to aggression against one of its members. “According to intelligence assessments, Russia’s plan … includes hybrid drone and missile strikes against countries supporting Ukraine, including Poland,” he said. Mr Tusk said the attacks could be made to appear “accidental”, with the aim of paralysing or weakening the resolve of NATO states to invoke the alliance’s…

New York lawmakers are preparing to strengthen AI safety rules after leading technology executives issued warnings about the risks posed by artificial intelligence, according to one of the architects of the state’s forthcoming legislation. Democratic state senator Andrew Gounardes, sponsor of the RAISE Act, said concerns about biological weapons, nuclear weapons and other catastrophic harms were the same issues lawmakers had raised during debates over the legislation. “I’m very rarely one to say, ‘I told you so’ or ‘We told you so,’ But this is exactly … the things we had warned about,” Mr Gounardes said. The RAISE Act is…

Samuel Monroe Jr’s cause of death was respiratory failure and coccidioidal meningitis, with sepsis pneumonia listed as a contributing factor, according to his death certificate. The actor, known for Menace II Society, was 52. The document states that Monroe was buried at a cemetery in Los Angeles. It also records a coccidioidal meningitis infection alongside the respiratory failure. Monroe’s mother, Joyce Patton, previously said he died last month. He had been hospitalised in April with a severe case of meningitis and MRSA pneumonia. Patton asked fans on Facebook to pray for the family, particularly Monroe’s three children. In addition to…

Texas Longhorns assistant coach Johnny Nansen has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after a three-car crash in Austin, Texas. Austin police said officers were called to the collision in the 700 block of South Capital of Texas Highway at about 8.55pm on Wednesday, September 16. Nansen, 52, was identified as the driver of one of the vehicles. Officers said he displayed signs consistent with possible impairment and showed multiple clues of impairment during standard field sobriety tests. He was subsequently arrested on a misdemeanour DWI charge. There was no immediate indication of whether he had provided a…

Claims about King Charles’s reaction to Diana’s death have resurfaced in extracts from a forthcoming book by her brother, Earl Spencer, who writes that the then-Prince of Wales sounded “giddily elated” in the immediate aftermath. Spencer says he spoke to Charles shortly after Diana’s death was confirmed in 1997. While other callers were struggling to offer condolences, he recalls that Charles sounded “like a lottery winner”. “Looking back now, I suspect the prince’s first reaction must have been to think more of how this event might free him to marry the woman he loved, rather than appreciating the loss of…

Savers are being urged to review their accounts after the Federal Reserve delivered its first interest rate increase in more than three years, lifting the federal funds rate to a range of 3.75% to 4.00%. The move is expected to push savings rates higher, with the potential for further gains if the Fed raises rates again at its next meeting in October. But savers will need to act carefully to make the most of the changing environment. Savings moves after the Federal Reserve rate hike Money that needs to remain readily available could be moved from a traditional savings account…

Jennifer Hegseth’s unofficial influence inside the Pentagon is facing renewed scrutiny as military whistleblowers accuse her husband, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, of presiding over a chaotic and demoralised department. Mrs Hegseth, 49, has become a constant presence alongside the 46-year-old defence chief, appearing at official events, meeting President Donald Trump, training with Marines and attending high-level discussions despite holding no formal Pentagon post. Her prominent role has reportedly unsettled staff. Some Department of Defence employees have privately compared her to Yoko Ono, the wife of late Beatles star John Lennon who was known for protecting and managing the public narrative…

Abdul El-Sayed has rejected Hasan Piker’s claim that the United States has caused more terror than al-Qaeda, but has stopped short of fully disavowing the political streamer despite mounting pressure from Democrats and his Republican Senate rival in Michigan. Mr Piker made the remark in an interview this week, saying the US had caused “tremendous terror all around the world”. Asked whether America was responsible for more deaths through terror than al-Qaeda, the group that planned the September 11 attacks, he replied: “Pound for pound, as far as the number of deaths, yes.” Dr El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in Michigan’s…

Oil prices above $100 a barrel are causing less alarm for the US economy than they would have done in previous decades, although economists warn that persistently high petrol and diesel costs could still weaken household spending and push up business expenses. Brent crude rose to almost $110 a barrel on Monday, its highest level since May, before easing to about $107 on Tuesday. The move revived concerns about inflation and borrowing costs, but analysts said the headline crude price was not the clearest measure of the pressure facing consumers. Americans now spend about 2.5% of their income on petrol,…

Ms Rachel has pledged to match Macklemore’s $1 million Palestine donation and called on other wealthy white celebrities to support relief efforts for Palestinians. The children’s creator said she would give the money to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, of which she is an ambassador. In a statement, Ms Rachel wrote: “I will match Macklemore’s donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.” She added that celebrities had a “moral obligation” to “use our privilege and our platforms to protect children and human rights.” Macklemore announced that he would…