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Microsoft is adding automatic AI model selection to its Visual Studio Code editor that will automatically pick the best model for "optimal performance." This new auto model feature will select between Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, GPT-5 mini and other models for GitHub Copilot free users, but paid users will "primarily rely on Claude Sonnet 4." […]

London-based consumer tech startup Nothing has raised $200 million and vowed to usher in a new generation of “AI-native” devices running on operating systems that “are significantly different from the ones today.” In a press release that reads part ode to technology and part manifesto, Nothing founder and CEO Carl Pei said the cash infusion […]

<p>IDF spokesperson says forces have ‘begun dismantling Hamas terrorist infrastructure in Gaza City’ with residents warned ‘remaining endangers you’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel-hamas-war">See all our Israel-Gaza war coverage</a></p></li></ul><p>Wafa, the Palestinian news agency, <a href="https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/161389">has been told</a> by medical sources that at least 38 Palestinian people, including women and children, have been killed by Israeli forces since dawn today.</p><p>As well as facing relentless bombardments, Gaza City, the biggest built-up area of the territory, is being gripped by a famine caused by Israel’s restrictions on aid.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/16/israel-gaza-war-israels-defence-minister-says-gaza-is-burning-amid-escalation-in-bombardment-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a>

<p>High court judge issues arrest warrant, saying a suspect has been charged in relation to 2012 death of 21-year-old</p><p>A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a British national on suspicion of the murder of the Kenyan woman Agnes Wanjiru, who was found dead in the grounds of a hotel near an army base in 2012.</p><p>The high court judge Alexander Muteti issued the arrest warrant earlier on Tuesday in Kenya, with the prosecution telling the court a suspect had been charged with murder, and seeking the application for a warrant of arrest to facilitate his extradition to Kenya.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/16/kenya-seeks-arrest-former-british-soldier-alleged-agnes-wanjiru">Continue reading...</a>

<p>State forced to stop gathering critical data on pregnancy experiences after Trump administration’s shakeup</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a>’s shakeup of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has forced Mississippi to stop gathering critical data on women’s experiences before, during and<strong> </strong>after pregnancy – even as the state recently declared a public health emergency over its surging infant mortality rate.</p><p>Mississippi has<strong> </strong>suspended data collection for Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (Prams), a national database that has been integral to policymaking on maternal and infant health for nearly four decades, the Guardian has learned.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/16/mississippi-infant-deaths-cdc-prams">Continue reading...</a>

<p>Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010</p><ul><li><p>‘<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/16/there-are-no-buses-privatisation-dead-end-ludlow">Birmingham is up the road but there are no buses’</a></p></li></ul><p>The public has paid almost £200bn to the shareholders who own key British industries since they were privatised, research reveals.</p><p>The transfer of tens of billions of pounds to the owners of the privatised water, rail, bus, energy and mail services comes as families face soaring bills, polluted rivers and seas, and expensive and unreliable trains and buses.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/16/uk-public-paid-200bn-to-shareholders-of-key-industries-since-privatisation-study">Continue reading...</a>

<p>Caulfield says ‘the future is Reform’ as second Conservative MP in a week leaves for Nigel Farage’s party</p><p><em>Vikram Dodd is the Guardian’s crime correspondent.</em></p><p>Police expect to arrest 50 more people following Saturday’s large far-right-led march through London, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police said this morning.</p><p>If you are Conservative right-minded, then the future is Reform. The country is going to change a lot. The same people who thought that Brexit would not happen think that Reform will not happen. They are in for a shock.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/16/starmer-cabinet-resignation-paul-ovenden-news-updates-uk-politics-live">Continue reading...</a>

Inside the mind of the most prolific anti-5G arsonist in the world—and the incoherent, very online political violence of our era.

The Cloudflare CEO joined The Big Interview to talk about standing up to content scraping, the internet’s potential futures, and his company's relationship to Trump.

<p>In Truth Social post, US president denounces publication as ‘one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers’ in US; Vance and Miller announce crackdown on ‘far left’ groups</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jd-vance">JD Vance</a> has assailed what he called the “far left” and its increased tolerance for violence while guest-hosting Charlie Kirk’s podcast on Monday, saying the administration would be working to dismantle groups who celebrate Kirk’s death and political violence against their opponents.</strong></p><p>Vance, hosting the podcast from his office next to the White House, spoke to high-profile members of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> and some of Kirk’s long-time friends in the movement, including Tucker Carlson and Trump adviser Stephen Miller.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/16/donald-trump-new-york-times-defamation-charlie-kirk-vance-miller-news-updates-us-politics-live">Continue reading...</a>

<p>Investigation uncovers documents and satellite imagery that confirm children being taken to sites for patriotic indoctrination, weapons training and combat drills</p><p>Russia is running an extensive network of more than 200 camps to re-educate, Russify and militarise Ukrainian children, a new investigation has found.</p><p>The facilities, across Russia and occupied Ukraine, include camps as well as schools, military bases, medical facilities, religious sites and universities.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/16/russia-has-network-of-200-camps-for-brainwashing-ukrainian-children-report">Continue reading...</a>

<p>Overnight advance aimed at ‘dismantling Hamas’s grip’ as Israel accused of genocide in UN human rights report</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/16/israel-gaza-war-israels-defence-minister-says-gaza-is-burning-amid-escalation-in-bombardment-latest-updates">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Israel has launched its long-threatened <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/16/israel-gaza-war-israels-defence-minister-says-gaza-is-burning-amid-escalation-in-bombardment-latest-updates">ground offensive</a> into the densely packed streets of Gaza City, military officials have confirmed.</p><p>One Israel Defense Forces (IDF) official said that troops had begun what he called the “main phase” of the offensive, with an overnight advance from the outskirts towards the city centre.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/16/israel-launches-ground-offensive-deep-inside-gaza-city">Continue reading...</a>

<h4>Tech giant confirms facility next to the M25 is its latest AI-fueled server farm</h4> <p>Google today confirmed it is the mystery hyperscaler behind one of Europe's largest datacenter campuses as it cut the ribbon on a facility situated on the outskirts of the M25 in Hertfordshire.…</p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' -->

Google's president and chief investment officer Ruth Porat tells the BBC there are "profound opportunities in the UK".

Three members of the self-proclaimed Kingdom of Kubala have been living near Jedburgh for several months.

<p>Sanctions and security guarantees for Ukraine are among the ‘missing pieces’ Ukrainian president says are necessary for peace ahead of Trump’s state visit to UK</p><p><strong>A Ukrainian arrested in Italy last month over the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Europe must be extradited to Germany,</strong> a court in Bologna ruled.</p><p><strong>The man,</strong> identified as Serhii K, has denied being part of a cell which placed explosives on the pipeline and <strong>will appeal against the extradition ruling at Italy’s supreme court,</strong> his lawyer <strong>Nicola Canestrini</strong> told AFP.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/16/zelenskyy-trump-sanctions-russia-news-updates-europe-live">Continue reading...</a>

The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

Earnings figures for the three months to July are used for the yearly increase.

The policy has been a success, but economists have raised questions around its fairness and its sustainability.

Stephen Miran and Lisa Cook will both cast votes at the central bank’s meeting on Wednesday, where policymakers are expected to lower interest rates.