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Nov 24, 2025 - World

Conchologists, and citizen scientists team up to seek out endangered mollusc species along River ThamesIt is tiny, hairy and “German” – and it could be hiding underneath a piece of driftwood near you. Citizen scientists and expert conchologists are teaming up to conduct the first London-wide search for one of Britain’s most endangered molluscs.The fingernail-sized German hairy snail (Pseudotrichia rubiginosa) is found in fragmented patches of habitat mostly along the tidal Thames. Continue reading...

Nov 24, 2025 - World

Senior UK police officer says AI is accelerating violence against women and girls and that technology companies are complicitOne in four people think there is nothing wrong with creating and sharing sexual deepfakes, or they feel neutral about it, even when the person depicted has not consented, according to a police-commissioned survey.The findings prompted a senior police officer to warn that the use of AI is accelerating an epidemic in violence against women and girls (VAWG), and that technology companies are complicit in this abuse. Continue reading...

Nov 24, 2025 - World

FTSE 100-listed miner forces Australian company to walk away from takeover after rebuffing second approachBusiness live – latest updatesBHP has walked away from another attempt to take over rival miner Anglo American after it was again rebuffed, failing in a last-minute effort to disrupt the planned merger with Canadian mining business Teck Resources.The Australian mining company reportedly became interested in making another offer for FTSE 100-listed Anglo last week, more than a year after abandoning a £39bn attempt to buy the business. Continue reading...

Nov 24, 2025 - World

Donald Trump said during his White House campaign that if he won the 2024 election, he would be able to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours. But in 10 months since he took office, the road to peace deal has has been fraught with changing dynamics

Nov 24, 2025 - World

Morgan Geyser, now 23, admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death in 2014 to please the online horror character Slender Man.