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Countries have not immediately explained their reasons for not signing declarationJD Vance continues, talking about “revolutionary applications” of AI and the need to deregulate to allow for its fast development and its roll out.Our administration, the Trump administration, believes that AI will have countless revolutionary applications and economic innovation, job creation, national security, health care, free expression and beyond, and to restrict its development now will not only unfairly benefit incumbents in the space, it would mean paralysing one of the most promising technologies we have seen in generations.I’m not here this morning to talk about AI safety, which was

Danny Kruger says those who backed the bill did so under false premise after change to safeguards announcedYesterday President Trump praised Australia’s prime minister as a “very fine man” when he said he would consider exempting the country from his new 25% tariff on steel and aluminium imports.But perhaps he does not consider Keir Starmer a “very fine man”. At the same press conference, asked if the UK might also get an Australian-style steel tariff exemption, Trump replied:Well, we have a huge deficit with the UK. Big difference. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/feb/11/assisted-dying-bill-high-court-judge-kim-leadbetter-danny-kruger-keir-starmer-labour-uk-politics-live-news Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date

MP defends removal of scrutiny by high court judge, as critics say change is ‘rushed and badly thought out’Kim Leadbeater has said her assisted dying bill for England and Wales will still have the strongest safeguards in the world despite the removal of scrutiny from a high court judge, as opponents derided the change as “rushed and badly thought out”.The Labour MP’s decision to replace the signoff by a court with an expert panel including a lawyer, psychiatrist and social worker caused significant alarm among MPs who had voted for the bill on the basis that a high court judge

Murray Auchincloss reports fall in annual profits to $8.9bn last year from almost $14bn in 2023Business live – latest updatesThe chief executive of BP has defended its tumbling profits as the board braces for a campaign by an activist investor to overhaul the troubled oil company.Murray Auchincloss reported a sharp slump in BP’s annual profits to $8.9bn (£7.9bn) last year from almost $14bn in 2023, just days after it emerged that the activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management has taken aim at the oil major by building a stake in the company. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/11/bp-chief-profits-murray-auchincloss-elliott Author :