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OpenAI to work with Pentagon after Anthropic dropped by Trump over company’s ethics concerns

CEO Sam Altman claims military will not use AI product for autonomous killing systems or mass surveillance said it had struck a deal with the Pentagon to supply AI to classified networks, hours after ordered the government to stop using the services of one of the company’s main competitors., OpenAI’s CEO, announced the move on Friday night. It came after an agreement between Anthropic, a rival AI company that runs the Claude system, and the Trump administration broke down after Anthropic sought assurances its technology would not be used for mass surveillance – nor for autonomous weapons systems that can kill people without human input.

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‘Iron river’: Mexico’s cartel violence fuelled by trafficked firearms from US

Lax American gun laws mean weapons are readily available to buy and smuggle south of the borderMexico was rocked this week by a wave of brutal violence after the capture of the drug lord Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, AKA , as members of his powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel blew up trucks, fired on police stations and engaged in gun battles with Mexican security forces.The chaos eventually calmed but not before 62 people had been killed, including a pregnant woman caught in the cross fire. The scale of the carnage, as well as the arsenal involved, has a key element of Mexico’s struggle against organised crime: cartels are armed to the teeth, and most of their weapons are trafficked from the US.

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The GuardianWar & Conflict

Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran has no mandate – or legal basis

US president violates UN charter just days into his Board of Peace era, and chooses to take the biggest gamble of his administrationThe first war of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace era has begun – an unprovoked attempt at regime change in collaboration with Israel, with no legal foundation, launched in the midst of diplomatic efforts to avert conflict, and with minimal consultation with Congress or the American public.Trump’s recorded eight-minute address after the first bombs had fallen, made clear that this would be no limited strike aimed at cajoling Tehran into concessions at the negotiating table. He warned that if Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) did not surrender they would be killed, and the country’s armed forces, its missile and navy would be smashed.

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The GuardianWar & Conflict

With few good strategic options, Iran’s best prospect may be to retaliate while it can

Regime could try to retain control of streets as US and Israel have expressed no intention of mounting ground invasionVenezula’s Nicholás Maduro was captured. But Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have chosen a different strategy for Iran: to target and aim to kill the country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, , and as many other senior regime figures as possible.Though Iranian military sites and its air defence systems were also targeted by coordinated US and Israeli bombing, beginning in the morning, the most significant attack was on Khamenei’s compound in Tehran.

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US and Israel strike Iran as Netanyahu says ‘many signs’ Khamenei ‘no longer alive’

Tehran carries out extensive retaliatory strikes on Israel and US air bases as region is plunged into fresh conflictIsrael and the US have launched a war on Iran, unleashing waves of air attacks across the country in an attempt to bring about regime change and plunging the region into a conflict that could last weeks or months.The sudden offensive throughout the day across a swathe of the Middle East, with explosions reported in Israel, Bahrain, Syria, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

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Daily PostWar & Conflict

Iran: Trump confirms ‘Major Combat Operations’ alongside Israel

President of the United States, Donald Trump has announced that the United States has launched “major combat operations” against Iran, formally confirming Washington’s direct involvement in coordinated military strikes alongside Israel. He made this announcement in a video posted early Saturday. In the eight-minute address shared on Truth Social, Trump declared: “A short time ago, […]

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The GuardianPoliticiansIran

The rise and fall of Iran’s ruthless and pragmatic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The radical cleric took over as supreme leader in 1989 and is likely to be replaced by hardline figuresWhen he appeared in public for the first time in five years in October 2024, Iran’s supreme leader, , had an uncompromising message: Israel “won’t last long”, he told tens of thousands of supporters at a mosque in Tehran in a Friday sermon.“We must stand up against the enemy while strengthening our unwavering faith,” the then-84-year-old told the gathering.

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