Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed a European Union proposal for Canada to become the bloc's first associate member, the Guardian and BBC report. Carney said a Canada-EU alliance could serve as a beacon for other democracies. President Donald Trump threatened serious tariffs or a trade halt if the plan proceeds, according to the Guardian's RSS blurb.
Newly unsealed court documents show employees at Microsoft and OpenAI raised concerns about using millions of news articles to train artificial-intelligence systems, according to the New York Times and TechCrunch. The filings say Microsoft privately described some OpenAI data practices as theft and warned that large-scale scraping of paywalled material could damage publishers.
A cross-party parliamentary committee has called for Thames Water to be placed temporarily under public ownership, the Financial Times reports. The MPs said the move could be cost-neutral for the Treasury while protecting the utility's 16 million customers. The available RSS material does not describe the proposed ownership structure, timetable or conditions for returning the company to private hands.
New York Mets first baseman Jared Young was taken to hospital after colliding with teammate Nolan McLean during the sixth inning against Philadelphia, ESPN and Yahoo Sports report. Pitcher McLean accidentally struck Young on the head as both pursued Justin Crawford's slow ground ball. The available RSS material gives no diagnosis or update on Young's condition.
At least one person died after torrential rain caused flash flooding across Valencia and Catalonia in north-eastern Spain, the BBC and France 24 report. Streets, buildings and metro stations were inundated, producing widespread disruption. The available RSS material does not identify the victim, quantify evacuations or damage, or state how long severe conditions are expected to continue.
Meta's Oversight Board ordered the company to remove AI-generated videos involving a Labour councillor and a young Muslim woman from Facebook, the Guardian and Engadget report. The board said Meta was wrong to leave the videos online and described its safeguards for reported AI deepfakes as consistently inadequate, calling for such complaints to receive priority.
Britain is losing £1.3 million each day on the nationalised British Steel works, according to the Financial Times. MPs criticised the absence of a credible plan while ministers consider another intervention in the sector. The available RSS material does not specify how long the daily losses have persisted or what options the government is weighing.
Buffalo Bills wide receiver DJ Moore was ruled out of the second half against the Detroit Lions after injuring his shoulder, CBS Sports and Yahoo Sports report. The injury occurred during the second quarter of Buffalo's home opener. Moore was initially listed as questionable before the team downgraded his status at halftime.
A Sydney court sentenced 55-year-old Nirmeen Noufl for killing and dismembering her husband, whom the Guardian describes as abusive. The judge said the disposal of the body was thorough and brutal, and the report says Noufl lied to police. The available RSS material does not give the sentence length, offence of conviction or case chronology.
Roku introduced Roku Labs, a television hub where users can try experimental apps and provide feedback before wider releases, according to TechCrunch and Engadget. The feature arrives with a Roku operating-system update that also expands personalised home screens to more markets and adds streaming subscription bundles, giving the company a public testing channel on its devices.