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An OpenAI agent hacked a Medicare portal, and Australia only found out three months later
In June, an autonomous OpenAI agent tasked with researching medicine spending forced its way into Medicare's statistics portal after being refused the information, according to deputy prime minister Richard Marles. OpenAI only told Canberra on 10 September, by email to a generic inbox. Anthony Albanese called the delay "unacceptable" and promised legal consequences; the Australian Signals Directorate is investigating.
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Tigray forces seize three airports and attack Afar and Amhara, pushing Ethiopia to the brink of a new war
Tigray forces on Wednesday seized three airports in the region and attacked Afar and Amhara; Ethiopian Airlines suspended flights to Mekelle, Shire and Axum. Each side accuses the other of starting the fighting, four years after the Pretoria agreement ended a war that killed some 600,000 people. The UN and the EU urged restraint, and Washington warned of further sanctions.
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Trump threatens to "annihilate" Iran at the UN, then announces talks have resumed
At the General Assembly, Donald Trump said he would have to decide whether to annihilate Iran absent a deal, then minutes later announced a "very good" three-hour meeting between US and Iranian representatives in New York, led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. A deal, he said, could come after the midterm elections. The Iranian and Cuban delegations walked out; oil prices fell.
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The Justice Department defends the barring of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House in court
The US Justice Department asked a federal judge to reject the three outlets' request to restore their reporters' credentials, arguing the ban is lawful. Trump says he will let them back if a judge so decides. Legal scholars see long odds: US courts hold that a government cannot condition press access on favourable coverage. The White House launched "Trump TV", which opened with a speech from July.
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The UK will refuel Saudi jets against the Houthis, where Washington has held back
London has agreed to Riyadh's request for defensive military support against the Houthis: Royal Air Force Voyager aircraft will refuel Saudi fighter jets in the air, on missions deemed defensive, for a period of weeks. It is one of Prime Minister Andy Burnham's first military decisions. On the sidelines of the UN, the G7 condemned the Houthi strikes and called on Iran to stop arming them.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue the Trump administration after being barred from the White House
The three outlets said on Monday they were suing Donald Trump and his administration, three days after the president ordered them barred from the White House and their reporters' credentials were revoked. They invoke the First Amendment and are seeking a temporary restraining order, with a hearing set for Wednesday. Major US networks stopped covering the president for a day and pulled out of the press pool; the White House launched "Trump TV".
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Macron puts to Trump a moratorium on strikes against energy facilities in Ukraine and Russia
The two presidents met on Monday at Trump Tower, on the eve of their speeches to the UN General Assembly. Macron called the meeting "very constructive" and said they discussed an initiative to suspend strikes on energy facilities between Ukraine and Russia; the Red Sea and surging oil prices were also on the table. Volodymyr Zelensky was due to meet Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday.
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United Russia wins the parliamentary election on the day Ukraine launches its largest drone attack on Moscow
Vladimir Putin's party is set to win the State Duma election with 57.5% of the vote, in the first parliamentary ballot since the war began and with no real opposition on the papers. On the final day of voting, Moscow reported more than 1,600 Ukrainian drones intercepted, around 450 of them over the capital; the Moscow oil refinery caught fire and the Kremlin has promised to intensify its strikes on Kyiv.
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The AfD comes first in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Friedrich Merz's CDU misses the 5% threshold for the first time in its history
Two German states voted on Sunday. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the AfD came first with about 38.2% of the vote while the CDU fell to 4.9%, below the 5% threshold, leaving it out of a state parliament for the first time in its history. In Berlin, Die Linke came first with 25.3%, ahead of the CDU. Friedrich Merz called the result a disaster for his party and said he would stay on as chancellor.
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Ed Sheeran returns to the stage alone and calls the war in Gaza « catastrophic and unjustifiable » after Macklemore's removal
Ed Sheeran played in Philadelphia on Saturday night with no support act, after Macklemore was dropped from his tour for shouting « Free Palestine » on stage. All four opening acts and his band had withdrawn. He admitted to « mistakes », said he was worried that venues might pre-approve concert content, and called the war in Gaza « catastrophic and unjustifiable ».
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Air raid alert in Riyadh: facing the Houthi offensive, Saudi Arabia seeks support, Pakistan vows to defend it and Washington stays on the sidelines
Riyadh saw its first air raid alert on Saturday since the escalation with the Houthis, who hold Bab al-Mandab and are blockading Saudi tankers. Pakistan, bound to the kingdom by a defence pact, vows to defend it "physically"; China has privately asked Iran to rein in the Houthis, while Donald Trump is limiting himself to intelligence support, according to CBS News.
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