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Two firefighters have died while battling a huge blaze near Bordeaux’s airport in south-west France, officials have said.Reports in French media say the blaze, near one of the parking lots at the airport, originated from a brush fire and then spread to a building.Pictures shared on social media show passengers getting off a plane as a massive plume of smoke rises nearby. A number of flights scheduled to arrive at Bordeaux–Mérignac airport have been delayed. Some 100 firefighters, backed by specialist aircraft, are reported to be trying to extinguish the blaze.The country’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said he had been…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldDonald Trump has tapped a longtime critic of the technology sector to lead US competition enforcement as head of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division.Adam Candeub, general counsel at the Federal Communications Commission, was nominated by the president on Tuesday as an assistant attorney-general. A White House official confirmed on social media that he would lead the antitrust division. The appointment comes as competition rules have become a flashpoint for the administration in the wake of its high-profile settlement with…

Artificial Intelligence companies make vast claims about their tools replacing human labour – our charts show what’s happening.

Burnham was given a round of applause by his senior ministers earlier, as he opened the first meeting of his new cabinet after appointing his top team on Monday.Appointments below cabinet rank followed on Tuesday evening, including Dan Jarvis, who stepped in as defence secretary when John Healey resigned amid a funding row, appointed to his previous post as security minister. James Murray, who became health secretary when Wes Streeting quit in May, has been made financial secretary to the Treasury and paymaster general. Meanwhile, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar is set to be given a seat in the House…

Luke Littler thinks he still has a long way to go to be the “greatest ever” darts player but is motivated to keep checking achievements off his list, starting with going back-to-back at the World Matchplay in Blackpool.Littler moved one step closer to that goal by booking his place in the quarter-finals against Josh Rock with a dramatic 11-8 victory over Nathan Aspinall. It was a simply incredible showing from Littler. After hitting a nine-darter in the opening leg, he nearly found perfection again in the fourth but was just wide on D15. He also hit 14 180s in the…

Mike Preston, known for playing settler leader Pappagallo in “Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior” and Detective Bob Delaney in the Australian series “Homicide,” died June 8 in Florida. He was 93. Preston’s death was confirmed to Variety by his wife, Josie Preston. Preston, who was born Jack Davis, was an early U.K. chart-topping singer in the late ’50s with three Top 40 hits. He then relocated to Australia and began working as a nightclub singer and performer. He found success hosting “In Melbourne Tonight,” before going on to appear in 42 episodes of the Australian series “Homicide.” He had…

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Vulnerable people warned to keep concealed phones turned off for 24 hours during national alert testKaren Bentley, the CEO of Wesnet, the national peak body for specialist women’s domestic and family violence services, is providing advice for women and children experiencing domestic and family violence, who may have hidden phones as part of their safety plan.The national test will be a critical alert, meaning it will sound through a device that is on silent or do not disturb.She says: double quotation markWesnet’s recommendation is that on Monday, if you do have a concealed or hidden phone, to support your safety,…

CHICAGO – MARCH 28: Traders in the Ten-Year Treasury Note options pit at the Chicago Board of Trade signal offers in a flurry of activity following the announcement by the Federal Open Market Committee that it was raising short term interest rates another .25 percent March 28, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesInvestors concerned about the stock market and looking for ways to prepare their portfolio for a potential equities downturn typically turn to the U.S. treasuries market as a “flight to safety” allocation. But if you followed the dual stock and bond market…

For decades, the technology industry was a fortress that labor unions couldn’t breach. Tech workers already had cushy compensation packages, dream benefits like unlimited vacation and free lunch, and a flat corporate hierarchy that made engineers feel as powerful as their bosses, all of whom dressed down in sneakers and hoodies. So why unionize?Now, that fortress is cracking from the inside. Unions have become increasingly popular for tech employees. After months of mass layoffs tied to artificial intelligence and mounting anxieties about how it’s being deployed, some tech workers say they’ve been saddled with higher workloads while facing the threat…