Amazon’s cloud ‘hit by two outages caused by AI tools last year’

20/02/2026 15:34 The Guardian

Reported issues at Amazon Web Services raise questions about firm’s use of artificial intelligence as it cuts staffBusiness live – latest updatesAmazon’s huge cloud computing arm reportedly experienced at least two outages caused by its own artificial intelligence tools, raising questions about the company’s embrace of AI as it lays off human employees.A 13-hour interruption to Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) operations in December was caused by an AI agent autonomously choosing to “delete and then recreate” a part of its environment, the Financial Times reported. Continue reading...

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Trump’s EPA to roll back rule limiting hazardous mercury from coal plants

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20/02/2026 17:01 The Guardian

Amid Trump crackdown on Chinese students, one US university appears to block them altogether

Purdue says no ban on Chinese students exists, but reportedly rescinded dozens of offers after warnings from legislatorsSeveral universities have scrapped partnerships with Chinese institutions in recent months as a direct result of pressure from US legislators. But no university appears to have gon...

20/02/2026 14:00 The Guardian

Australia-US minerals deal underpinned decision to allow Alcoa to keep clearing WA forest, document reveals

Document also shows US miner had been unlawfully clearing land for 15 years despite warnings from departmentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government’s decision to allow the US mining giant Alcoa to continue clearing swathes of Western Australian jarrah f...

20/02/2026 14:00 The Guardian

Climber convicted of manslaughter after leaving girlfriend on Austria’s highest peak to seek help

Thomas P given five-month suspended prison sentence and €9,400 fine over death of Kerstin G by gross negligenceEurope live – latest updatesAn amateur mountaineer has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of his girlfriend, whom he left behind on Austria’s highest pe...

20/02/2026 13:45 The Guardian

Aston Martin issues another profit warning and sells F1 naming rights for £50m

Struggling British carmaker says earnings for 2025 will be worse than City forecasts as US tariffs hit salesAston Martin has warned that its losses will be worse than expected and sold its permanent naming rights to its Formula One team, as the struggling British carmaker battles to stabilise its fi...

20/02/2026 12:00 The Guardian

Trump weighs strikes as he gives Iran ‘10 to 15 days’ to agree deal over nuclear programme – US politics live

The US has amassed an arsenal of military assets in the Middle East that would allow it to launch an aerial bombing campaign against IranExperts say there are already sufficient US military assets in the Middle East to begin an aerial bombing campaign against Iran, potentially in conjunction with Is...

20/02/2026 11:45 The Guardian

‘A momentous watershed’: Europe’s papers react to arrest of former prince Andrew

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20/02/2026 11:15 The Guardian

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them

Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans to invade, and why most of Europe – including the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy – d...

20/02/2026 10:00 The Guardian

‘Al-Aqsa is a detonator’: six-decade agreement on prayer at Jerusalem holy site collapses

Israeli police raid compound, arrest staff and curb Muslims’ access as Ramadan begins A six-decade agreement governing Muslim and Jewish prayer at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site has “collapsed” under pressure from Jewish extremists backed by the Israeli government, experts have warned....

20/02/2026 09:32 The Guardian

Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ

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20/02/2026 09:00 The Guardian

Bolivia’s ex-leader Evo Morales reappears after months-long unexplained absence

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20/02/2026 04:10 The Guardian

Trump warns Iran ‘bad things’ will happen if they fail to make a ‘meaningful’ nuclear deal – US politics live

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20/02/2026 02:16 The Guardian

Chris Baghsarian: police hopes fade of finding 85-year-old kidnap victim alive after raid on Dural property

NSW police search ‘makeshift stronghold’ in Wildthorn Ave, Dural after grandfather abducted from North Ryde home last Friday in case of mistaken identityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice say “hope is fading...

20/02/2026 00:02 The Guardian

Australia news live: mayor says Pauline Hanson should face charges over anti-Muslim comments; NSW to introduce minimum age for ebikes

Canterbury Bankstown council mayor Bilal El-Hayek warns Hanson’s remarks ‘will incite someone’. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment says Syria situation ‘distressing’ for children, but lays blame on parentsMurray Watt, the federal enviro...

19/02/2026 23:08 The Guardian

Avalanche risks remain high in California after deaths of skiers

Forecasters predict more snow in Sierra Nevada mountains as climate crisis increases threat of dangerous conditionsAvalanche risks remain high in the Sierra Nevada mountains of northern California this week, following the deadliest snowslide the region has seen in modern times.The climate crisis has...

19/02/2026 20:39 The Guardian

Forget the Board of Peace, Trump may be closer than thought to attacking Iran

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19/02/2026 17:59 The Guardian

Russia ‘not ready for peace’ with ‘no tangible signs’ of serious engagement, EU says - Europe live

Comments come after Zelenskyy accused Russia of using ‘delay tactics’ to stall peace talks with UkraineMeanwhile, Sweden has pledged about €1.2bn in new military support package for Ukraine, responding to president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call for urgent help with air defence and ammunition ov...

19/02/2026 16:18 The Guardian

Hosts Italy voice ‘absolute opposition’ to Russia flag flying at Winter Paralympics

Italian government urges IPC to reconsider its stanceRussian and Belarusian athletes to compete under flagsItaly, the Winter Olympic hosts, has called for a reversal of the decision to let 10 Russian and Belarusian athletes compete with national flags and anthems at next month’s Paralympic Games.T...

19/02/2026 16:17 The Guardian

‘Made in Europe’ EU industrial strategy could hit supply chains, UK minister warns

Nick Thomas-Symonds says move could also create unnecessary UK-EU trade barriers and increase costsBusiness live – latest updatesA British minister has warned that the EU’s “Made in Europe” industrial strategy could hit supply chains, increase costs and create unnecessary trade barriers betw...

19/02/2026 15:01 The Guardian

More than 1,000 Kenyans lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine war, report says

Intelligence findings read to parliament say ‘rogue’ agencies and individuals recruiting Kenyan nationals to frontlineMore than 1,000 Kenyans have been lured to fight for Russia in its war with Ukraine, according to an intelligence report to the Kenyan parliament that highlights the scale of a...

19/02/2026 14:39 The Guardian

Experts warn NIH director now leading CDC will push ‘RFK Jr’s agenda’

RFK Jr ally Jay Bhattacharya was named acting director of the CDC and will be fourth leader in a year to head agencyJay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was named the acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday, making...

19/02/2026 14:00 The Guardian

Nearly 20% fewer lower socioeconomic students studying law as Pocock calls to scrap Morrison-era job-ready scheme

Experts say the Morrison-era Job-ready Graduates scheme has instead had a ‘devastating impact’ on the very people higher education needs to serveFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew university enrolments from student...

19/02/2026 14:00 The Guardian

Airbus suggests split solution for Europe’s faltering fighter jet programme

Aerospace firm proposes two separate warplanes amid dispute over who leads €100bn projectAirbus has suggested splitting Europe’s faltering future fighter jet programme into two separate warplanes, amid a dispute between manufacturers over who leads the €100bn (£87bn) project.The company’s d...

19/02/2026 12:37 The Guardian

Former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested at Sandringham estate | First Thing

Police assessing if Mountbatten-Windsor shared sensitive information with Jeffrey Epstein. Plus: how plastic production has doubled Good morning.Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.What other information has the f...

19/02/2026 11:19 The Guardian

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office – live

The police raided Andrew’s Norfolk home this morningFull report: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrestedYou would have to go as far back as King Charles I to find the last senior member of the British royal family arrested prior to today’s developments.Charles was arrested in 1647 during the English...

19/02/2026 11:13 The Guardian

Reform UK plan to rip up Equality Act shocking and un-British, says Starmer

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19/02/2026 09:25 The Guardian

Macron defends EU AI rules and vows crackdown on child ‘digital abuse’

French president rejects US criticism as António Guterres and Narendra Modi warn on child safety and AI monopoliesBusiness live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesEmmanuel Macron has hit back at US criticism of Europe’s efforts to regulate AI, vowing to protect children from “digit...

19/02/2026 08:26 The Guardian

Bernie Sanders rails against billionaire ‘greed’ amid California tax battle

In a fiery speech in Los Angeles, the Vermont senator criticizes ‘grotesque’ levels of economic inequalityBillionaires are “treading on very, very thin ice,” Bernie Sanders warned on Wednesday during a fiery speech in Los Angeles, imploring California voters to fight “grotesque” levels o...

19/02/2026 06:17 The Guardian

Ministers must end ‘barking mad’ restraints on civil service pay, union leader warns

Exclusive: Prospect boss Mike Clancy cites problems retaining technical and digital expertsMinisters must end “barking mad” restraints on civil service pay or risk being unable to recruit the technical and digital specialists it needs to keep pace, a union leader has warned.Mike Clancy, the Pros...

19/02/2026 06:00 The Guardian

Councils in England call for ‘radical’ means testing of Send school transport

Demand is rising at unsustainable rate and could cost £3.4bn by 2030-31, local authorities warnFamilies who have children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) should be means tested for school transport, according to councils in England, who say demand is rising “at an unsustain...

19/02/2026 05:00 The Guardian

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