Thursday, September 17

Protests in Spain over government’s handling of Ceuta migrant crisis

EPA Large crowds gathered in the capital Madrid Thousands of people have protested in cities across Spain over the government's handling of the influx of migrants to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on the north African coast. Spanish opposition parties accuse Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of abandoning the residents of Ceuta, while the government says right-wing parties are exploiting the crisis. On Wednesday a police report said Moroccan security forces showed "total permissiveness" during the unprecedented influx, days after Sánchez insisted Morocco was not responsible. He has blamed trafficking gangs and online misinformation for encouraging people to cross the border. Morocco has denied orchestrating or being involved in the mass crossing. At least 72,...

‘I wouldn’t have taken them back’: Trump says he’s ‘happy’ Harry and Meghan have left

Donald Trump has said he is “happy” the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have now left the United States, singling out Meghan for being “terribly disrespectful” to the late Queen Elizabeth II. The US president was asked about Prince Harry and his wife one week after they left California for what has been described as an “extended stay” in Britain, with their two children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. US President Donald Trump says he’s “happy” Prince Harry and Meghan have left his country to live in Britain again. Getty The Sussexes arrived in the UK last Wednesday on board a private plane that landed at Birmingham Airport. Trump was asked about the royal couple during a meeting with journalists inside the Oval Office. “I’m happy about it,” Trump told repor...

Meta Platforms faces pivotal trial as opening statements begin in California

Opening statements kicked off on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children. Attorneys general from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are seeking a financial penalty that could, in theory, total as much as $US1.4 trillion ($2 trillion) plus changes to how the company operates Facebook and Instagram. California Attorney General Rob Bonta arrives at the courthouse on Tuesday. AP Photo/Noah Berger Twenty-nine states sued the tech giant in 2023 over child safety and privacy — the other 25 will go to trial later. The company also faces lawsuits in state courts. The lawsuit accuses the social media giant of contrib...

Trump lashes out after senator references president’s attachment to little-known aide

The White House has gone on the attack after a prominent Democrat made a remark about a little-known aide to Donald Trump amid a blast questioning whether the president actually wants the job. Natalie Harp, 35, has found herself in the spotlight after she was one of the select few staffers chosen to accompany Trump on his secret flight out of Turkey in June. US President Donald Trump and Natalie Harp step off from Marine One on Sunday. AP Georgia senator Jon Ossoff made a tongue-in-cheek reference to Harp at a campaign rally on Sunday. “While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings, he golfs, and trades stocks,” Ossoff said. “He doesn’t want to do the job...

Hollywood stars and friends pay tribute to Hayden Panettiere following death aged 36

The father of Hayden Panettiere’s daughter says the family is “going through a time of profound shock and grief” after the sudden death of the actress, aged 36. Ukrainian former professional boxer Wladimir Klitschko shared a sweet photograph of himself and Panettiere with their daughter, Kaya, on her mother’s shoulders in a tribute posted on Instagram. Wladimir Klitschko and Hayden Panettiere and their daughter Kaya, whose face has been concealed. Instagram/@klitschko Panettiere gave full custody of the 11-year-old to her former fiance. “The announcement of Hayden’s tragic death saddens me deeply. She left this world far too soon,” Klitschko wrote. “Hayden was, although no longer my partner, an important part of my life and the mother of our daughter, Kaya. “She b...

OpenAI introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ experience amid scrutiny over child safety

OpenAI is rolling out a new “ChatGPT for Teens” experience that it says will provide additional safety protections for teen users. The move comes as OpenAI faces a string of lawsuits alleging that inappropriate conversations with ChatGPT contributed to the harm or deaths of young people. The experience will bring together new tools and a number of youth safety protections that OpenAI has rolled out over the past year, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST). OpenAI says its new “ChatGPT for Teens” experience will help young people have a safer, more positive experience on the platform. Klaus Vedfelt/Digital Vision/Getty Images via CNN Newsource Those will include nudges for teen users to take a break if they’ve been active for 90 minutes withi...
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