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The AI already in your phone | BBC News
We’re slowly getting used to Artificial Intelligence doing uncannily human things - chatting with us, creating pictures and videos. But so far, all of this AI has used a lot of computing power.
China property giant Evergrande files for US bankruptcy protection - BBC News
Property giant Evergrande has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US as the real estate crisis in China deepens. It will allow the heavily-indebted company to protect its assets in the US as it works on a multi-billion dollar deal with creditors. Ev...
Claims of Russian missile strike on Poland trigger NATO emergency talks - BBC News
It’s reported that Russian missiles have landed in Poland near its border with Ukraine, killing two people on a farm.It came on a day that Russia launched a ...
Kyiv prepares to evacuate if power lost after missile attacks - BBC News
Residents in Kyiv, Ukraine, have been warned by Mayor Vitaly Klitschko to prepare to leave the city if there is a total loss of power.Speaking on Ukrainian t...
What we know about Ukraine and Russia's 'restricted' battle for Kherson - BBC News
The city of Kherson, in Ukraine, was the biggest prize seized by Russia in the first month after its invasion on 24 February. Now there are suggestions that...
'Massive' Russian missile strikes hit power and water supply across Ukraine - BBC News
Ukraine says power and water supply across the country has been badly hit after Russia launched more than 50 missiles targeting critical facilities.In the capital Kyiv, 80% of residents were without water, and about 350,000 apartments had no electricity,...
Why are some of Brazil's poorest people voting for Lula in the election? - BBC News
Brazilians will vote on Sunday to elect their next president, in a competition between left-wing former President Lula da Silva and right-wing incumbent Jair...
Family secretly film life in Russian-occupied Ukraine - BBC News
Russia is scrambling to pull its military personnel and citizens out of the city of Kherson ahead of a Ukrainian counter-offensive.Ukrainian father Dmytro Bahnenko reflects on the months he and his family lived there under occupation and secretly filmed f...
Frontline fighting in Ukraine as government forces advance in Donbas - BBC News
The commander of Russian forces in Ukraine has admitted that the situation in the east of the country is “tense” as Ukrainian troops continue to advance in the Donbas region and towards the city of Kherson in the south. Russian officials have told reside...
75 missiles rain down on Kyiv and four other cities as Putin launches revenge attacks
Five Ukrainian cities have been targeted in coordinated revenge attacks a day after Vladimir Putin was urged to retaliate over an explosion on a key Crimea bridge. Several loud blasts were heard in the Ukrainian capital around 8.15am local time in what a...
Ukraine offensive advances in south of country - BBC News
Ukraine’s President Zelensky says his troops have made more advances against Russian forces. It comes days after Ukrainian forces retook the strategic town of Lyman in the east of the country. Now the Ukrainian advance in the south around the city of Kh...
Ukraine can push back against Russian forces, says Nato secretary general - BBC News
Nato's secretary general has said the recapture of Lyman in eastern Ukraine shows Ukrainians can push back against Russian forces. Russia has withdrawn its troops from the strategic town, which is within the territory that President Vladimir Putin declare...
Footage shows harsh conditions of military call-up centres in Russia - BBC News
Draftees called up to fight for Russia against Ukraine have spoken about the harsh conditions they are faced with in call-up centres across the country.There have been reports of those protesting the drafts being raped by police following their arrests.
Ukrainians in Zaporizhzhia flee Russia annexation – BBC News
Russia has said it will formally annex four more parts of Ukraine, just days after self-styled referendums took place. The votes have been condemned by Ukraine and the West as a ‘sham’.
Ukrainians in Russian-occupied areas told to be ready to fight for Russia - BBC News
Ukraine's progress against Russian forces in its southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia has been far more limited than its successes in the north-east. Both sides come under regular fire as they rely heavily on artillery to push forwar