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MSNow - 'Shooting yourself in the foot': As Trump alienates allies, EU invites Canada to be associate member

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'Shooting yourself in the foot': As Trump alienates allies, EU invites Canada to be associate member
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September 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
“If you consider what is within the skin and inside the body, what is more hideous to see, more disgusting to touch, more foul to smell?”

- BBC’s Inside the Medieval Mind, 2008
September 16, 2026 at 6:04 PM
...suppose they did withdraw from the UK and lots of people decided to seek asylum there.
September 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Reposted by Steve Being
Meanwhile, from Brexiteers MAGA friends in the US Congress Foreign Affairs Committee, a deliberate provocation about a 'four state solution' for the UK, shortly after Trump spoke out in favour of Irish unity:
September 14, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Heinrich: Is ICE going to be raiding polling places?

Homan: "I have not seen any operational plans…They don't want ICE near polling places, don't want voters ID, don't want observers. What are they hiding? There is no plan for enforcement action at polling places."
September 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
"Will this wind be so mighty as to lay low the mountains of the Earth?"

BBC News - AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC
It comes as the AI firm's boss has called for the technology's development to be slowed down, citing "serious" risks.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
BBC News - Masked men, lorries and road blocks: How anti-migrant activists are changing tactics

>> Nick Lowles, the group's CEO, said Thomas had "been upfront about his intention to create a 'patriotic army that is able to take control of the United Kingdom'".

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anti-migrant activists like Danny Tommo are changing tactics
Patriot Platform wants to build a group of working-class voters to influence political parties on the right.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 12, 2026 at 9:34 AM
>> Hubinger works in AI alignment, [...] In other words, it aims to keep it on track with what humans value.

...or say they value.

BBC News - Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' - BBC News
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Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'
It is the latest in a series of increasing warnings about the safety threat posed by artificial intelligence.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM