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Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchersMainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda, researchers in Germany have found, describing it as a shortcoming that had unwittingly helped the far right by legitimising their ideas and disseminating them more widely.The findings, published in the European Journal of Political Research, were based on an automated text analysis of 520,408 articles from six German newspapers over the span of more than two decades. Continue reading...

Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang, a key figure in modern physics, has died in Beijing at 103

Jason Clare says artificial intelligence is ‘supercharging bullying’ to a ‘terrifying’ extentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA disturbing new trend of AI chatbots bullying children and even encouraging them to take their own lives has the Australian government very concerned.Speaking to media on Saturday, the federal education minister, Jason Clare, said artificial intelligence was “supercharging” bullying. Continue reading...

Torrential rains in east-central Mexico last week have left at least 72 dead and raised concerns about the government's ability to alert people to severe weather

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, where the two discussed the ongoing response to the Russian invasion and how to end the war. CNN's White House correspondent Kristen Holmes said that she found one key piece of the discussion "striking" that harkens back to the infamous Oval Office battle between the two men. Speaking to the anchors, Holmes said, "The one thing I thought was most striking was this, kind of, moment or several moments in which Zelenskyy seemed to correct President Trump. President Trump would say, 'You know, I spoke to Putin. I think Putin wants peace. I think Putin wants an end to the war.' Zelenskyy says, 'He doesn't want an end to the war. Russia doesn't want an end to the war. We want an end to the war.'"Friday, the Ukrainian president was "pushing back on this notion," that Putin wanted to end the war, said Holmes. "The reason why that was interesting to me was because last time we saw a different Zelenskyy, one who had had a bad run-in with the vice president and with President Trump, it had been very aggressive. So we saw a much more docile Zelenskyy, who nodded along to many of the things that President Trump said. You saw a little bit more pushback here from him. But, of course, at the end of the day, he still needs President Trump," she added.The contrast she mentioned stems from the February meeting, where Zelenskyy repeatedly corrected Trump's facts, and he was accused of being "disrespectful." Holmes said that after observing the meeting, it seems even less clear what the two men intend to request of Russian President Vladimir Putin in an in-person negotiation.

If signed into law, the bill proposed by far-right party would follow other European countries in banning face veilsPortugal’s parliament has approved a bill banning face veils worn for “gender or religious” reasons in public, in a move seen as targeting Muslim women who wear face coverings.The measure was proposed by the far-right Chega party and would prohibit coverings such as burqas (a full-body garment that covers a woman from head to foot) and niqabs (the full-face Islamic veil with space around the eyes) from being worn in most public places. Face veils would still be allowed in airplanes, diplomatic premises and places of worship. Continue reading...

US president seemed more intent on brokering a peace deal after surprise phone call with Putin earlier in dayDonald Trump seemed more intent on brokering a peace deal than he was to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles during a White House meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying that the US may need them for a future conflict.While Trump did not rule out providing the long-range missiles Zelenskyy seeks, Trump appeared cool to the prospect as he looked ahead to a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Hungary in the coming weeks. Continue reading...

In the six attacks on similar vessels launched by Trump, this is the first where any survivors have been reportedThe US has seized survivors of a military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region last month, according to officials in Washington.Trump later confirmed the attack, telling reporters that the targeted vessel was a narco-submarine. Continue reading...