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Oil prices fall in longest losing streak in a year on hopes of progress in US-Iran talks – business live
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready for ‘energy ceasefire’, calls for trilateral meeting with Putin, Trump
Zelenskyy said Ukraine is ready for an “energy ceasefire” with Russia, provided Moscow stops attacks on critical infrastructure.
BBC Business3 outlets
UK economy will grow by less than expected next year, OECD says
Higher energy prices due to the conflict in the Middle East and climate change could hit growth.
The Guardian
OECD: global economy has been more resilient to Iran war than expected
Paris-based body warns that ‘economic prospects remain heavily dependent on durable resolution to conflict’ The global economy has withstood the strains of the Iran war better than first feared but its outlook is “heavily dependent” on a lasting resolution to the conflict, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned. In its interim economic outlook, the Paris-based body suggested global growth had been more resilient than expected when the US-Israeli war on Iran began in late February. Continue reading...
The Guardian
New UK agency to fight ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham tells UN
PM aims to ‘stem poisonous tide’ of disinformation and deepfakes with National Centre for Information Defence Security chiefs will set up a new national centre to tackle disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states such as Russia, Andy Burnham has announced, saying the government had a duty to “stem the poisonous tide” from damaging British interests. The National Centre for Information Defence will “detect, attribute and disrupt” information attacks by foreign powers, many of which are enabled by AI , bringing together the intelligence agencies, law enforcement and social media companies. Continue reading...
CNBC
Trump-Xi summit puts AI safety talks on the table but neither side wants to slow down
Recent weeks have seen AI safety fears reach new heights. That will be a key focus for the U.S. and Chinese premiers, analysts told CNBC.
CNBC
CNBC Daily Open: Nothing artificial about 'Super Intelligence'
President Donald Trump seeks to rebrand AI ahead of his meeting with China's Xi Jinping, while rejecting a "globalist scheme" to regulate the technology.