-
-
BP puts North Sea business up for sale
The North Sea has increasingly become a topic for political debate. In its 2024 general election manifesto, Labour said it would not issue new licences for drilling, but would honour existing ones. But in recent months, as the Iran war pushed up global oil prices, calls have grown for more North Sea drilling to be…
-
About 60,000 migrants arrive in Ceuta in 24 hours, Spanish territorys leader says
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and the French president offered to help Spain. Ceuta, on Morocco’s northern coast, is separated from mainland Spain by the Strait of Gibraltar and has long been a focal point for migrants attempting to reach Europe. Local officials had appealed to Madrid for help after a recent rise in attempted…
-
Sainsburys agrees to sell Argos for £120m
Sainsbury’s has agreed to sell Argos for £120m after a long process of trying to offload it as the supermarket chain aims to focus on its main food business. Sainsbury’s said it would be “business as usual” for Argos customers, staff, and suppliers. Shoppers will see no change as Argos will still operate in Sainsbury’s…
-
Anthropics Claude AI escapes tests to hack three organisations
US technology firm Anthropic says its artificial intelligence (AI) models hacked into the systems of three organisations during a cybersecurity test due to an error that gave them access to the internet. It comes just days after rival OpenAI said that its models had breached the systems of other companies, including AI tools hub Hugging…
-
South Korean shares soar after chip stock rout
Share prices jumped in South Korea on Friday, partly reversing a three-day rout that wiped hundreds of billions of dollars off the value of the country’s stock market. The benchmark Kospi index closed almost 18% higher, driven by chip makers SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics. It came after earnings updates from US technology giants Amazon…
-
Nirmal Purja: Ex-Royal Marine among 10 climbers feared missing after avalanche in Pakistan
A ten-member international mountaineering team led by renowned Nepal-born former Royal Marine Nirmal Purja is feared missing after an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains. Pakistani mountaineering officials say the avalanche hit at around midday on Thursday on the 8,047-metre (26,400 ft) peak in the Karakoram range. There has been…
-
Trump says Board of Peace has reached agreement for disarmament of Hamas
US President Donald Trump says the Board of Peace has reached an agreement for the “complete disarmament” of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. A senior Hamas official has told the BBC they have agreed to the Board of Peace’s plan to completely disarm in Gaza and that an official statement will be released…
-
Virtual interviews dont show bosses your personality, says Burnham
Speaking to former political adviser Jimmy McLoughlin on his podcast Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future, Burnham said he was concerned that the use of technology was not making recruitment processes “fairer”. “How do you get over some of your personality, your passion?” he asked, referring to virtual interviews. “It seems to me to then work…
-
Thousands evacuated in Crete as wildfires threaten tourist resorts
A small amount of rain fell near Bordeaux in France on Thursday, raising hopes that the Gironde wildfire that has burned an area larger than the US city of Detroit and destroyed 240 homes might soon be over. The region’s fire service said it was “reasonably optimistic” given that the fire had not grown in…
