Tag: bbc.com
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How do we support ketamine users when their needs are so different?
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0ee7/live/6a68cca0-c96c-11f1-a6e6-417671ef62cb.jpg”] BBC Megan says four weeks in rehab for ketamine use is already helping her feel physically better, though it’s unclear if her bladder damage can be reversed Megan Harmes was 14 when she first tried ketamine. A decade later, rehab is helping her rebuild her life after bladder issues caused by the…
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Ukrainians dying because US restricting intelligence sharing, Zelensky adviser tells BBC
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fd6e/live/09c582e0-cc13-11f1-b0fa-5b9abd1bf87b.png”] Naomi-Scherbel Ball/BBC Serhii Beskrestnov said “people have already died” due to lack of warnings about incoming missile attacks Ukrainians have died because Kyiv is still not receiving reliable US warnings of incoming Russian attacks, according to a key adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov told the BBC that lives had…
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US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/76fb/live/a102f4a0-cbe9-11f1-ad7b-fd8c269705fe.jpg”] CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images The US has ordered all artificial intelligence (AI) technology from the Chinese firm DeepSeek to be removed from most government systems. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has banned all use of DeepSeek within civilian government agencies, and any technology built with the aid of its AI…
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Doncaster Sheffield Airport set to come into public ownership
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/397e/live/e1e28c00-cbd1-11f1-aba9-2bb2608f11d9.jpg”] BBC Doncaster Sheffield Airport is set to come into public ownership Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) is set to come under public ownership, with politicians on the cusp of agreeing a deal with landowner Peel. South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) will buy the airport and adjacent Innovation Quarter employment land – totalling…
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Helen Haines: Warning signs over threats to Australian politicians were rising before MP hit by car
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/98d1/live/ef977c30-cc48-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Shock and disbelief: How the attack on an Australian MP unfolded in a small rural town As increasingly frequent acts of violence against politicians have shocked the globe in recent years, Australia has watched on with a contradictory feeling: that attacks like that could not happen here, and that it was only…
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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting device had Saudi support, says court filing
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ad18/live/95af9980-cbd2-11f1-aba9-2bb2608f11d9.png”] Reuters/DOJ A Saudi national charged with secretly planting a recording device in one of OpenAI’s meeting rooms has been accused of having “considerable support” from the Saudi government, according to a court filing in California. US prosecutors claimed Abdulrahman Alfozan, who worked for the AI firm, was in “frequent communication… with a…
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Inside the film studio bringing Hollywood to Berkshire
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/390c/live/fd34c9c0-cbcf-11f1-aba9-2bb2608f11d9.jpg”] Shinfield has already become home to Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and The Magic Faraway Tree Shadowbox Studios Shinfield has only been operating for the last few years but is already welcoming some of Hollywood’s biggest names to Berkshire. It’s home to 18 state-of-the-art sound stages, with two spanning over 40,000 sq ft of…
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Capybara pups at Manx wildlife park draw record crowds
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7b36/live/c3ff4750-cbcc-11f1-aba9-2bb2608f11d9.jpg”] Kathleen Graham Eight capybaras are the first litter since just one pup at the park four years ago Curraghs Wildlife Park has experienced its busiest October weekend ever after the birth of eight capybara pups, which staff say have “delighted” people and boosted conservation funding. The pups were born to two females…
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Vinted blocks French looters listing stolen goods for sale
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3138/live/44562b50-cbd0-11f1-aba9-2bb2608f11d9.jpg”] Getty Images Vinted says it has removed listings of items believed to have been looted from shops during the ongoing riots in France. The second hand re-selling platform said following the weekend’s disorder it had “taken immediate action to identify and remove listings linked to looting”. Shops across several French cities were…
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In pictures: French landmarks damaged and destroyed by violent protesters
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9ff6/live/21dbaa40-cbd6-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.png”] BBC Local curfews have come into force across France following a weekend of disorder. Most of the protesters were peaceful in expressing their opposition to rising fuel prices, the cost of living and deteriorating public services, including schools. But others – dressed in black and wearing masks and balaclavas – set fire…