Key events3m agoAI poses ‘Hiroshima’-style threat to humanity without global rules, says Cooper17m agoFarage warned his ‘establishment hit job' jibe about unregistered gift allegations could lead to harsher punishmentKeir Starmer has been posting on social media about the England-Mexaco game.
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AI poses ‘Hiroshima’-style threat to humanity without global rules, says CooperArtificial intelligence poses a “Hiroshima”-style risk to humanity if governments do not agree to curb how it is developed, Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, has warned. Kiran Stacey has the story.Kiran’s story is in part based on an essay that Cooper has written for Chatham House published here.Farage warned his ‘establishment hit job' jibe about unregistered gift allegations could lead to harsher punishmentGood morning. Two weeks today (unless there is some news development in the totally unexpected category) Keir Starmer will formally resign as PM, and the king will appoint Andy Burnham to replace him. Starmer has been forced out in part because of the rise of Nigel Farage; Labour MPs might have forgiven bad local election results, but not when they implied a new insurgency party was on course to win in 2029, with a far-right agenda that might tear up liberal democratic norms cherished by Labour MPs (and many others).By some cruel twist of fate, Starmer is now on his way out just as the electoral threat from Farage is, while not disappearing, certainly falling back a bit.At the weekend Rowena Mason, Ben Quinn and Peter Walker published a good long read looking at all the reasons why some people in Reform UK are starting to think that the Farage era is nearing its end.And then Sunday Times published its own investigation with more, potentially damaging allegations about Farage.Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary standards commissioner, is already investigating claims that Farage broke Commons rules when he did not disclose a £5m donation from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. Greenberg is now being urged to investigate the latest allegations as well.Last night, in a statement to the Daily Express, Farage claimed he was the victim of “establishment hit job”. He also said:
