Not so across the Atlantic. On Wednesday, Donald Trump dismissed the EU associate membership proposal out of hand, threatened to impose “very heavy tariffs” if the agreement came to fruition and warned he may view it as a “hostile act”. But the US president is the unintentional matchmaker for this EU-Canada love-in. Traditionally, America is
Speaking to the Today programme on Thursday, Suleyman warned against firms continuing to create AI systems capable of setting their own objectives, earning money and owning assets. That would mean “essentially seeding a new silicon species”, he said, which could “no doubt compete with us for resources, no matter how much it cares about humanity
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has welcomed the European Union’s ambition for Canada to become its first “associate member”, calling for closer cooperation on defence, critical minerals and energy security. Carney told the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday that Canada and Europe were “stronger together” in the face of “geopolitical rupture”. His comments came
North-eastern Spain has been hit by torrential rain and flash floods, leaving one person dead and causing widespread disruption across the region. Spain’s national weather agency AEMET issued warnings for heavy rain across eastern regions on Wednesday, including a red alert for Barcelona’s coastline. Rescuers recovered the body of a man on Thursday in Olivella,
New Germany coach Jurgen Klopp says his team can help ensure “national pride is not entrusted to the wrong people” after a recent far-right election victory. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won 43.8% of the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, falling just short of securing an absolute majority in the regional parliament.
Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has resigned after his ruling right-wing bloc was narrowly defeated by the centre-left opposition in the country’s general election. He made the announcement in a post on X on Thursday afternoon, after preliminary votes from Sunday’s election showed about 50,000 votes separated the two blocs in the country of about
