US justice department drops probe into Fed chairman Jerome Powell

The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told MPs he welcomes reports that X is taking over sexualised deepfakes produced by its AI tool, Grok. Sir Keir told MPs he had been informed X was “acting to ensure full compliance with UK law” – but his spokesman later clarified he did not have any new…

Gideon LongBusiness reporter Kseniia Kalmus Kseniia Kalmus started to make drones for the Ukrainian army after Russia’s invasion The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is often described as the world’s “first drone war”. It has led to a continuing huge growth in the production of military drones, both within and outside Ukraine. Before Russia’s invasion of…

Hundreds of thousands of workers have taken take part in strike action across France on Thursday, after trade unions called for a day of protests against budget cuts. Organisers said one million people turned out, while the interior ministry put that number at 500,000, with 80,000 police officers deployed. Scuffles were reported in the cities…

Kelly Foranand Jonny Humphries,North West Kelly Foran/BBC Andy Hawthorne said the idea, formed to help ease food insecurity, had “gone a bit nuts” A charity boss who founded a community shop selling groceries at a fraction of the price of supermarkets said the concept was so successful “it had gone a bit nuts”. Andy Hawthorne…