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The sister of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister, Imran Khan, has been arrested ahead of next week’s protests held in his support, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has said.Aleema Khanum was detained in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday afternoon, PTI officials said, calling it an “illegal detention”. Her son is demanding her return.The order for Khanum’s arrest, which came from Lahore’s deputy commissioner, alleged that she was mobilising Imran Khan’s supporters “through social media and public meetings”. It added that she will be detained for 30 days.Khanum is a vocal critic of her brother’s detention, regularly speaking to…

File image. By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The National Head of Operations of the OK Movement, Hon. Engr. Francis Nnoli, has resigned over what he described as a growing disconnect between the movement and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. His resignation followed a disagreement over whether the OK Movement should operate independently or align formally with the NDC, which is the platform on which Peter Gregory Obi and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso are pursuing their joint 2027 presidential bid. In a statement by Nnoli on Sunday, he said his decision was driven by the…

Adults with severe mental illness are nearly five times more likely than their peers to die from serious physical diseases before the age of 75, according to research.The analysis of NHS data by the Rethink Mental Illness charity reveals that people with severe mental health problems die 15-20 years earlier than the wider adult population, largely due to preventable physical conditions.Rethink’s calculations show that adults under 75 with serious mental ill health – defined as those referred to specialist secondary mental health services – are 6.3 times as likely to die from liver disease, 6 times more likely from respiratory…

The National Theatre will stage a bold theatrical event as it prepares to host ‘Circus in Motion: The Lagos Contemporary Circus Festival 2026.’ Scheduled for October 3rd to 4th, the landmark festival promises to transform the iconic Iganmu cultural hub into an arena of high-flying acrobatics, contemporary dance, and other ground-breaking theatrics. Organised by the National Theatre in collaboration with international art collectives, the upcoming two-day showcase marks Nigeria’s first major foray into the world of contemporary circus—a movement that discards traditional animal acts in favour of story-driven acrobatics, human athleticism, and dramatic narrative. ‘Circus in Motion’ aims to blend…

Fighting is intensifying between Yemen’s Ansarullah Houthis and Saudi Arabia.For the first time since a ceasefire in 2022, the Houthis fired missiles towards the capital, Riyadh.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe Iran-backed group says it will respond to any escalation with an escalation of its own.The stand-off highlights the historic enmity between the two sides.But it also risks dragging the wider region into conflict. What will it take to stop the attacks?Presenter: Rob MathesonGuests:Nawaf Obaid – senior research fellow at King’s College London and former adviser to the Saudi governmentMuhanad Seloom – non-resident senior fellow at the Middle…

A Liberal Democrat council leader has said the party is “sleepwalking into irrelevance” and questioned whether Sir Ed Davey was the right leader.Julian Brazil, the leader of Devon County Council, told the BBC the party was “lacking ambition” and “not saying the things that people can relate to”.Asked whether Sir Ed was the right leader for the party, Brazil said “I wish he was” but “all the evidence is no”.A Lib Dem spokesperson said the party was in “an incredibly strong position” under Sir Ed’s leadership because he was focused on the “issues that really matter” such as the cost…

On 8 September, OpenAI claimed that its AI agents had solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the most famous and difficult challenges in mathematics. Had a human solved it, they would have collected both prize money and plaudits from their fellows. The announcement instead ignited what some mathematicians have called an “existential crisis” in their field over the power of AI, and accusations that OpenAI misused human work.The maths behind Navier-Stokes is difficult to understand, but the critiques levelled by mathematicians will be familiar to artists, office workers, or anyone else concerned about AI. OpenAI’s results, like any arising from…

I won’t lie – I was having nightmares before the trip. When my family immigrated to Australia from Europe, my husband travelled ahead to organise a place for us to live. I followed him seven weeks later with our four children, all aged under seven. I was a ball of stress for weeks in the lead-up.Walking on to the plane with four kids in tow, I could almost hear people think, “Oh my God, I don’t want to be seated next to them!” And I completely understand.I had booked a window row and a seat in the middle row, thinking…

Climbing the party-branded stairs of the Brighton Centre with a Liberal Britain tote bag over his shoulder, Cody Butler looks quite at home at the Liberal Democrats’ annual jamboree.But asked how he is finding it, the 21-year-old replied: “Odd.” The former Tory activist resigned as chair of the One Nation Conservative Network and left his old party in July, arguing that centrists, remainers and members worried about the climate crisis and conservation were no longer welcome in the party. A week ago, he joined the Lib Dems.“There is no easy way to describe joining a new political party, because it’s…

Donald Trump on Saturday said he would appoint an artificial intelligence czar and create an “AI Force” to help monitor the technology, though he gave almost no details about either plan.As global fears over AI have grown, especially in the past week in the face of multiple industry figures sounding the alarm about its dangers, the president has been critical of calls to slow down development of the fast-moving industry.The creation of a czar and a new AI body in the US appears a response to critics of his stance, which in part is born out of a fear that…