Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAlmost 6 million tonnes of waste is generated on passenger flights each year. Squeeze and settle into your chair on a long-haul economy flight, and you might be offered a drink, in a plastic cup, which you’ll stir with a plastic stick. You might be given a […]
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Jay Gruden was fired as head coach of the Washington Redskins on Monday after an 0-5 start to the sixth season of a tenure that featured only one playoff appearance. The Redskins have gone 35-49-1 overall under Gruden, whose brother, Jon, coaches the Oakland Raiders. The team said offensive line coach Bill Callahan would replace
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The prime minister has said he will raise the case of Harry Dunn with the White House if a resolution cannot be found any other way. The 19-year-old was allegedly killed in a crash involving a US diplomat’s wife – she has since left the UK despite telling police she had no such plans. Asked
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The Latest on international climate protests (all times local): 1:40 p.m. Climate activists have blocked roads and staged a sit-in in Madrid as they joined a global wave of actions by the Extinction Rebellion movement to draw attention on failed environmental policies. A few dozen activists briefly chained themselves to each other and to an
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThousands protest against IVF bill Large crowds have taken to the streets of Paris in opposition to a bill that would give single women and lesbian couples access to fertility treatments. If passed, the new law would be France’s first major social reform since the legalisation of
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Image caption Ofcom said Naga Munchetty’s exchange with co-host Dan Walker did not break its broadcasting rules Media watchdog Ofcom has said it has “serious concerns around the transparency of the BBC’s complaints process” following its handling of the Naga Munchetty case. The BBC’s director general Lord Hall recently reversed a decision to partially uphold
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Image copyright PA Image caption Drax power station near Selby in North Yorkshire produces 7% of the UK’s electricity Four new gas-fired turbines at Drax power station have been approved by the UK government – against a ruling from its Planning Inspectorate. The turbines replace coal-fired units, but the inspectorate said they should be blocked
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Leading artificial intelligence expert Dr Stuart Russell warns in his new book, Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control, that AI could become “an enemy of the human race”. Dr Russell told BBC Radio 4’s Today the danger is not that AI will develop consciousness, but that it will become “too competent” at fulfilling
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The NFL’s biggest trend so far in 2019 is, well, setting trends. In its 100th season, highlighted by all sorts of celebrations and honor what has become the nation’s most popular sport, those trends tend to skew toward the negative side. Because this is supposed to be an uplifting season, it’s worthwhile to take note
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Even fans of Mr. Trump often say they wish he would lay off Twitter. Not Ms. Daniels, who called it a “brilliant” diversionary tactic. “He plays you, the press, like a fiddle, and you fall for it every time,” she said. “He gets everybody talking and it sucks up airtime for days. Meanwhile over in
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