When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sen...

Cambridge scientists grow blood stem cells, raising new possibilities for regenerative medicine Scientists have grown embryo-like structures in the laboratory that replicate the early development of the heart, including the production of blood, raising new possibilities for regenerative medicine. The ability to generate blood stem cells in the laboratory may one day make it possible to treat patients in need of bone marrow transplants using their own cells. Continue reading...

Report raises concerns about liability issues and lack of testing as development of AI health tools booms The use of artificial intelligence in healthcare could create a legally complex blame game when it comes to establishing liability for medical failings, experts have warned. The development of AI for clinical use has boomed, with researchers creating a host of tools, from algorithms to help interpret scans to systems that can aid with diagnoses. AI is also being developed to help manage hospitals, from optimising bed capacity to tackling supply chains. Continue reading...

Nearly 2,000 prisoners and detainees – including about 1,700 people seized from Gaza and held without charge – set free from Israeli jails

Sarkozy must go to La Santé prison in Paris after conviction over scheme to obtain election funds from Gaddafi regime The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been ordered to go to jail in Paris next week after a court last month sentenced him to five months in prison for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, was summoned to meet state prosecutors on Monday. They told him he must present himself at the entrance of La Santé prison in the south of Paris on 21 October to begin his sentence. Continue reading...

Catherine McKenna’s memoir delves into thorny parts of being in office including death threats and being referred to as ‘climate Barbie’

Six books offering new perspectives on issues of global importance, united by rigorous research and a remarkable ability to tell powerful stories in an engaging and compelling way.

Prince of Wales’s decision welcomed as a means of drawing attention to the event and galvanising talks

Three Bollywood movies will be made in the UK, says British PM, and two more British universities will be setting up a campus in India Compensation schemes for victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal will be improved, with a new appeals process and funded legal advice for post office operators, the government has announced. Responding to the first part of the findings from a two-year public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, regarded as one of the worst miscarriages of justice in UK legal history, the business secretary, Peter Kyle, said there would be a new appeals process for people who have accepted fixed-sum offers under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme, one of several compensation schemes. Funded legal advice will also be offered. Continue reading...

If you yearn for an Ayn Randian existence of absolute self-reliance, there are plenty of bestsellers that can help. They may not make you happier though

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

Israel's Ron Dermer, U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Qatar's PM Have Arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh for Gaza Talks. Hamas Is Reportedly Demanding the Release of the Bodies of Its Former Leader...

Scientists find 10% chance that similar events to the ‘unheard of’ temperatures in 2023 could occur each year

Trio led experiments demonstrating that bizarre properties of quantum world can translate into measurable effects in the everyday The Nobel prize in physics 2025 has been awarded to British, French and American scientists for their work on quantum mechanics. John Clarke, a British physicist based at the University of California at Berkeley, Michel Devoret, a French physicist based at Yale University, and John Martinis, of the University of California Santa Barbara, share the 11m Swedish kronor (about £871,400) prize announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Continue reading...

Women are ditching their families to seek adventures on their own terms. What took us so long, asks Zoe Williams

America has always had a strong aversion to seeing the military on the country’s streets. That is not stopping the current president.

Being selective about the platforms that we spend our time on, and learning how to handle social media conflict will help the digital ecosystem for all of us.

A landmark study says food systems are breaching Earth’s limits. Europe once promised to lead the way, but the revolution fizzled.

Playing the oft-reviled subgenre of psytrance, this Bristol event is celebrating its 25th year. Amid the UV paint and crochet frog hats, we find out why it’s thriving

With a passionate fandom and chart supremacy, it seems like nothing can damage Taylor Swift, as expectation about her new album grows.

If smoking was the cancer villain of the 20th century, eating ultra-processed food may be its 21st-century counterpart, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinb...

Here’s why people need to be cautious about acetaminophen.