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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/acc2/live/919d9da0-c746-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Watch: ‘Super bizarre, traumatic’ – Witnesses recount fatal Six Flags incident Warning: This story includes distressing content A man has died after falling from a rollercoaster at a Six Flags amusement park on Monday in the US state of Georgia. The man, Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, 42, was found dead under the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8156/live/62cbcee0-c749-11f1-b4d5-87f9c6c95a29.jpg”] North Rhine Westphalia Police Cologne German police have launched an investigation into two teenagers accused of controlling a robot that allegedly groped a 16-year-old girl. Police in Cologne have confiscated the red and gold robot that allegedly grabbed the girl’s buttocks and made thrusting motions against her before she screamed and moved…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8583/live/42414480-c72f-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Reuters Serhii K was extradited to Germany from Italy late last year Four years after one of the most dramatic acts of sabotage in modern European history, a Ukrainian man goes on trial in Hamburg on Wednesday accused of blowing up Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipelines to Germany. Serhii K, as he…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2e42/live/dc1ac240-c723-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] Caine Prize / Seth Avusuglo Simbarashe Kundizeza says he was inspired by a poem about fish tanks to write a story about his family struggles in Zimbabwe Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using artificial intelligence (AI) to write his short story, which won this year’s Caine Prize for African Writing. His…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/39ef/live/bdb3fce0-c6f6-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] Federico Veronesi An emotional scene of an elephant carrying a deceased calf has earned Italian photographer Federico Veronesi the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026. While tracking elephants in Namibia’s Huab River Valley, Veronesi spotted an unusual trail of drag marks across the sand of a dry riverbed. Following the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5a40/live/7b9bd230-b0d8-11f1-b1d1-571ed4d7ff2c.jpg”] Getty Images Google’s translation service handles one trillion words per month “Il pleut des cordes,” say the French when it’s raining hard. “It’s raining ropes,” is the direct translation. It’s the kind of idiom which can trip up an AI translator. “You can imagine the dilemma this throws AI into,” says François…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/38df/live/64af4870-c6e7-11f1-bf38-57dc5cd42af2.jpg”] Could using AI in your job application be ruining your chances of getting hired? Would you use AI to help you write a CV or cover letter? How about during an online assessment or video interview for a job? We are increasingly using the technology to help us with job applications, graduates…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a4d4/live/9551bda0-c796-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] AFP via Getty Images About 400 postmen and women are leaving Royal Mail per week, according to the Communication Workers Union (CWU), who claims this number has gone up since the company introduced a new delivery system earlier this year. The CWU says the firm had been losing about 330 postal staff…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/b1cd/live/0cddb1d0-c751-11f1-b4d5-87f9c6c95a29.jpg”] Saka responds to Arteta’s challenge with ‘huge impact’ Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Bukayo Saka scored a goal and registered an assist in the win over Lille. By Alex Howell Arsenal reporter at Emirates Stadium Published 5 hours ago Bukayo Saka responded to the challenge set by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta as…

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