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“Be ready by having some everyday essentials… three litres of water per person per day, tinned goods... to last a few days”
Speaking to @vicderbyshire, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting details advice to households to be prepared for a “dangerous and turbulent world”.
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“Clearly it’s politically and symbolically important, because it is showing that Andy Burnham’s government is prepared to get involved in the Middle East militarily.”
Reacting to the news that the UK will provide air-to-air refuelling support to the Saudis fighting the Houthi movement, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, the former National Security Adviser, tells #Newsnight#, “I don’t think in military terms it’s very significant”.
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“You just said that 10% doesn’t seem an unreasonable estimate that AI could kill all humans”
“Yes”
“Wow… oh my God.”
@vicderbyshire speaks to Nobel Prize Winner and so-called ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton about predictions by an Anthropic researcher that there’s a more than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within a decade.
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"A lot people ask me why the UK's interest rate so much higher than Europe... the issue is very simple..."
Economist Mohammed El-Erian discusses the difference between UK interest rates and Eurozone countries, which he says can rely on "pooled insurance".
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"What we've seen is an enormous rise in borrowing costs, the driver is the US..."
Economist Mohamed El-Erian explains the latest moves in the global bond markets and how they’re impacting the UK.
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"These are totally unacceptable tweets... I think it was proportionate to arrest him"
Zack Polanski, Green Party Leader, on the arrest of comedy writer Graham Linehan at Heathrow airport on Monday.
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