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Expected U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Fuels Israeli Concerns of Regional Arms Race

An Israeli minister sought to downplay the deal, but critics said it could spur other regional countries to…

Trump administration says 15 agencies will get $5bn in ‘AI for science’ effort

Administration will also overhaul how US government funds federal research by supporting individual scientists and AI over universitiesThe…

$37.5bn cost of Iran war revealed as senator warns of ‘another forever war’ | First Thing

Pete Hegseth reveals costs so far as Trump administration seeks more funding. Plus, rediscovered plane wreck that changed…

Andy Burnham announces review of prisoner early release scheme

PM says he wants to be sure everything concerning controversial policy has been looked at before it goes…

Six beluga whales finally leave embattled Canadian marine park

Whales flown to US aquariums after long-running saga in which Marineland had threatened to euthanise themSix beluga whales…

Australia to warn China it won’t be bullied by ‘provocative‘ actions as it builds military and nuclear arsenal

Foreign minister Penny Wong will deliver speech criticising China’s recent launch of a nuclear-capable submarine-launched missileGet our breaking…

Cocaine worth $370m seized in Liberia’s biggest-ever drugs bust

The seizure follows a long-running investigation into drug-trafficking networks, police say.

The rise of the ‘hot literati’: how reading became sexy

Celebrities are hosting literary clubs and designers are launching products emblazoned with the classics – but does reading’s…

‘The magnificent, the magical, the marvellous!’ It’s TV’s happiest endings

Gold dances, the Good Friday agreement and standup superstardom … get ready to blub because here are the…

BBCPhil/Storgårds / Park & Jupiter Ensemble reviews – stylish Strauss and lyrical Sibelius … and a lutenist’s singalong

Royal Albert Hall, LondonSueye Park’s poetic, enthralling Proms debut in Sibelius’s violin concerto was followed by an effervescent…