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Nigel Farage invests £215,000 in Kwasi Kwarteng’s bitcoin firm

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-09T11:50:36+00:00

Reform UK leader strengthens ties with crypto sector with stake in former Tory chancellor’s company Stack BTCBusiness live – latest updatesNigel Farage has invested in Kwasi Kwarteng’s bitcoin reserves company, as the leader of Reform UK aligns himself closer with the cryptocurrency industry.The MP has invested £215,000 in Stack BTC, the crypto business that is chaired by the former Conservative chancellor. Continue reading...

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Pixar chief says LGBTQ+ plot elements cut from Elio as company is ‘not making therapy’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-09T11:41:12+00:00

Pete Docter says Pixar will concentrate on more commercially appealing films after staff dissent over deleted scenes that implied lead character was gayPixar chief creative officer Pete Docter said that the reason why LGBTQ+ plot elements were removed from the company’s 2025 film Elio was that Pixar is “not [making] therapy”.Docter was speaking to the Wall Street Journal in the wake of the successful release of Pixar’s latest film Hoppers, which opened at No 1 at the North American box office this weekend. Continue reading...

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Bahrain king calls Iranian attacks unjustifiable

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-09T11:38:00+00:00

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa says “unprecedented attacks” by Iran against Bahrain “cannot be justified".

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Glasgow Central station to stay closed for at least two days after fire and building collapse

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-09T11:29:55+00:00

Blaze, believed to have started in vape shop, gutted building next to station and destroyed shops, salon and cafeGlasgow Central is to remain closed for at least two days after a building next door to Scotland’s busiest railway station collapsed during a large fire.National Rail said the station would be closed on Monday and was likely to remain closed on Tuesday after the fire, believed to have started in a vape shop in Union Street on Sunday afternoon. Continue reading...

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UK interest rate cuts unlikely this year amid Iran war – and a rise could be ahead

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-09T11:20:10+00:00

Markets predict Bank of England will hold rates in 2026 as bond yields soar on forecasts of prolonged conflictIran war drives oil prices above $100 a barrelBusiness live – latest updatesUK interest rates are not expected to be cut this year and could even rise next summer, according to financial markets, in a dramatic reversal of forecasts before the US-Israel war on Iran.Markets data on Monday showed that investors predict the Bank of England will most likely keep its base rate on hold at 3.75% for the remainder of the year, and would raise them to 4% next June. Continue reading...

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Middle East crisis live: Mojtaba Khamenei chosen as Iran’s new supreme leader as finance ministers prepare to discuss surging oil prices

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-09T11:19:13+00:00

Iran has named hardliner Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader; Donald Trump says oil price spike ‘a small price to pay’ as markets tumbleFull report: Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba chosen as Iran’s new supreme leaderTell us: how have you been affected by the latest events in the Middle East?Donald Trump has said a decision on when to end the war with Iran will be a “mutual” one he’ll make together with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Times of Israel has reported.It said Trump also claimed in a brief telephone interview on Sunday that Iran would have destroyed Israel if he and Netanyahu had

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Countries can rewild borders to deter invasions, says EU environment chief

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-09T11:17:36+00:00

Jessika Roswall cites Poland and Finland, which have made border areas near Russia or its allies ‘more hostile’ to crossCountries should look to rewild their land borders as a deterrence to invasion and build up other geographical defences to attack, Europe’s environment chief has said.Jessika Roswall, the EU’s commissioner for the environment, water resilience and a competitive circular economy, said nature should be used to improve national security. “Investing in nature and using nature as a natural border control is necessary, and actually increases biodiversity. It’s a win-win,” she said.

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« La guerre est une affaire trop sensible pour être pilotée par l’IA »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-09T11:17:05+00:00

L’épreuve de force qui a éclaté fin février aux Etats-Unis entre le secrétaire à la défense, Pete Hegseth, et Dario Amodei, le patron d’Anthropic, révèle l’urgence d’établir un cadre politique et juridique capable d’arbitrer l’usage de la technologie, estime Stéphane Lauer, éditorialiste au « Monde », dans sa chronique.

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УНІАН покаже серіал "Гострі картузи", прем'єра вже сьогодні

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-03-09T11:15:41+00:00

Уже сьогодні, 9 березня, на телеканалі УНІАН.Серіал відбудеться прем’єра легендарної кримінальної драми "Гострі картузи". Серіал, який вперше вийшов на екрани у 2013 році, швидко став світовим феноменом...

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BSE launches SmallCap 500 Index and four factor indices

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-09T11:15:39+00:00

The BSE SmallCap 500 Index is a combination of constituents from the BSE 250 SmallCap Index and the BSE 250 Microcap Index.

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La Chine prête à recevoir Donald Trump à la fin du mois, malgré la guerre en Iran

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-09T11:10:45+00:00

Lors de sa conférence de presse en marge de l’Assemblée annuelle, le ministre chinois des affaires étrangères, Wang Yi, a condamné la guerre en Iran, mais s’est gardé de critiquer directement les Etats-Unis, laissant la porte ouverte à la visite de Donald Trump fin mars.

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Liverpool and Manchester United complain to X over ‘sickening’ Grok AI posts

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-09T11:08:11+00:00

AI feature generated offensive posts about Diogo Jota and the Hillsborough and Munich disastersLiverpool and Manchester United have complained to Elon Musk’s X after the Grok AI feature made offensive posts about Diogo Jota and the Hillsborough and Munich disasters.The posts were generated when users asked the AI tool to make hateful posts about the two football teams. Continue reading...

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How AI firm Anthropic wound up in the Pentagon’s crosshairs

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-09T11:00:48+00:00

Standoff with DoD over Claude chatbot reignites debate over how AI will be used in war – and who will be held accountableUntil recently, Anthropic was one of the quieter names in the artificial intelligence boom. Despite being valued at about $350bn, it rarely generated the flashy headlines or public backlash associated with Sam Altman’s OpenAI or Elon Musk’s xAI. Its CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei was an industry fixture but hardly a household name outside of Silicon Valley, and its chatbot Claude lagged in popularity behind ChatGPT.That perception has shifted as Anthropic has become the cen

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Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-09T11:00:47+00:00

Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charityThe large tortoiseshell – an elusive and enigmatic butterfly that became extinct in Britain in the last century – is a UK resident species once again, with a flurry of early spring sightings.Britain’s list of native butterflies has increased to 60 with the return of the insect after individuals emerged from hibernation in woodlands in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset, Cornwall and the Isle of Wight. Continue reading...

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Top US banks weigh suing federal regulator over crypto banking rules

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-09T11:00:47+00:00

Exclusive: Bank Policy Institute, representing lenders such as JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, argues that new licenses could harm US consumers and financial systemSome of the largest US banks are considering suing their financial regulator, arguing that a new raft of licenses for crypto, payment and fintech could put American consumers and the wider financial system at risk.The Bank Policy Institute (BPI), which represents 40 of the biggest US lenders including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, is understood to be weighing its legal options after the Office of the Comptroller of the Curren

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