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Carney says Canadians will decide their future after Elon Musk expresses support for separatism1:51 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says that Canada’s future will be decided by Canadians and that they should be free from “large tech firms that think they can tell us what to do” when asked about Elon Musk’s call for Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate from the country JD Vance rebukes selling access to government officials after Kimberly Guilfoyle’s ‘unseemly’ texts revealed1:51 ‘It's extremely unseemly, these text messages. There's no other way to read it,’ one Trump loyalist said of the U.S. ambassador to Greece’s reported conversation with a donor to the president New Banksy artwork set to be unveiled as part of major exhibition1:19 Two concrete walls with the original Banksy pieces will be installed into The Minories Gallery garden in Colchester on Friday Naturally occurring fungus could help protect wheat from disease – study1:19 Wheat producers in northern Europe are particularly vulnerable to a disease called STB, which can cut wheat yields in half during severe outbreaks. Majority of sextortion cases involve boys as cases double in a year1:19 ‘Sextortion’ is when predators persuade young people to share indecent images of themselves, and use them for blackmail Young Brits facing sharp rise in mental health problems – with one group particularly affected1:19 A professor has warned of a ‘turning point’ that society must address as more young people feel ‘they’re going to have a future that’s less hopeful than their parents’ AI chatbots could help safely diagnose patients ahead of GP visits as experts hail ‘crucial step’1:19 The study found that AI’s suggested diagnoses matched the eventual confirmed diagnosis in more than half of cases Retailers suffer sharp year-on-year decline in footfall1:18 Total UK footfall was down 2.9% on last September, a significant drop from August’s 1.7% decline, according to the BRC and Sensormatic. Healey under pressure from Labour MPs to hit billionaires with private jet tax1:18 The Independent has seen a cross party letter from 40 MPs, including a number of Labour MPs, arguing that the tax is fair and closes a loophole How the emboldened Pacific Islands are battling fiercely for climate justice1:18 After an ICJ Advisory Opinion in July 2025 that there is a legal responsibility for states to reduce climate harm, small island nations at a pre-COP summit in Fiji are now demanding accountability for the climate crisis. Alex Croft in Fiji reports |