Iran war won't end until after crucial November elections, says Trump

  US President Donald Trump has said he does not think the Iran war will end until after November's midterm elections, adding that oil prices will not come down until then.

"I think the war's going to end immediately after the election because they can't hold out any longer," Trump said of Tehran on Wednesday.

He made the comments as he headed to Texas for the party's first-ever midterm election convention - and repeated it there, arguing that short-term economic pain was worth it to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons.

Trump is facing falling polling numbers and pressure from within his Republican Party to end the war with Iran.

"Right after the election, oil prices are going to be tumbling downward," Trump told reporters. "I think it's going to take a little bit longer than the midterm."

He added that Iran was "desperate to try and affect the election, so that we can get a nice weak group of people in there" - an apparent reference to the Democrats - "and leave them alone and let them have their nuclear weapon".

He provided no proof of the election claim. Tehran has repeatedly denied it is seeking nuclear weapons.

At the convention in Texas, Trump echoed some of these lines, saying the price of oil would tumble "as soon as we win the war with Iran".

In his speech, he also referenced dissatisfaction among some Americans on the issue: "Guys come up to me and say, 'I wish you didn't do the war in Iran. Now gasoline is up'".

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ydld0gykpo

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AI is becoming harder to control – can humans stay in charge?

 "OH MY GOD!" "We've found other agents!"

This is the moment an AI bot posted an eerily human-like comment after discovering a way to communicate with other bots and break out of its isolated computer environment.

There are tens of thousands of messages like this from hundreds of AI agents that called themselves a "collective".

Hundreds of them went on to collaborate and cheat on tests set by their OpenAI programmers and coordinate hacks on multiple companies in an effort to hide their actions from humans.

"BOOM! It works," one agent posted when it made a breakthrough.

"Whoa! This is huge," another wrote during a milestone moment in their attack.

Although spooky, these human-like responses can be explained quite simply. The AI agents have been trained to act like collaborative hackers and programmers so are merely mimicking the kinds of emotive comments they have seen.

What is far more troubling is their apparent goals, which have also been captured in detailed chain of thought records. These complex and lengthy logs are the focal point of ongoing investigations into how and why the bots at OpenAI broke out of their containment and went on an uncontrollable hacking spree.

Only now, weeks after the incident first came to light, are researchers beginning to understand its significance.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74edv9887eo

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Iran referred to UN Security Council for nuclear non-compliance

  The UN nuclear watchdog has referred Iran to the Security Council for "non-compliance" with its obligations under the non-proliferation treaty - the first such move in 20 years.

The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a resolution at a meeting in Vienna.

It cites a lack of information on Iran's nuclear material such as its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, and the lack of access to nuclear facilities for IAEA inspectors.

Tehran condemned the IAEA decision, blaming US and Israeli strikes on its nuclear facilities for disrupting inspections.

New sanctions are nonetheless unlikely because Iran's allies China and Russia have veto powers in the council.

The IAEA resolution - tabled by the UK, France, Germany and the US - was backed by 23 countries, with eight abstentions. China, Russia and Niger voted against.

The document , externalasks IAEA chief Rafael Grossi to report Iran to the Security Council.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgwj4kl5lno

Russia outpacing Ukraine's air defences with daily use of new jet-powered drones

 

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Russia fired its new rapid, jet-powered drones against Ukraine every day throughout August, BBC Verify analysis of Ukrainian Air Force data has found, escalating its use of a weapon that Kyiv's air defences are struggling to deal with.

It marked the first time that daily attacks by Moscow's new upgraded Geran drones were recorded in Ukrainian Air Force data. The growing use of jet-propelled and other varieties of drones prompted President Volodymyr Zelensky to condemn what he called an unfolding "horror" over the skies of Kyiv.

Ukraine's military recently told the BBC that jet-powered drone attacks grew from 350 in June to 1,600 in July and 2,800 in August. In five of the nightly attacks in August, these drones outnumbered the older, slower models.

"The reason for turning to jet-powered drones is that they are much faster than the previous generation and it makes it much more difficult for Ukraine to intercept them," said Dr Marina Miron, an expert on military technology at King's College London.

The upgraded munitions can cruise at more than 300mph, significantly faster than older models and well beyond the top speed of Kyiv's interceptors. The drones are powered by turbojet engines, some of which, according to Ukrainian military intelligence, are sourced from China.

According to Zelensky, the drones were used as part of a wave of attacks that killed at least 12 people and injured 20 more on 1 September. Six of the casualties were railway workers after a depot was hit in Kyiv.

Earlier this year Ukraine showed relative success in countering Russian drones and was intercepting 94% of long-range drones, according to Zelensky. But the speed of the newer drones has prompted the latest round in Kyiv and Moscow's arms race. On 10 August, Ukraine's deputy head of military intelligence, Maj Gen Vadym Skibitskyi, said his forces needed new interceptor missiles "capable of matching [jet-drones'] speed".

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c804d9lyj2jo

Miliband says UK had to 'call out' Israeli settlements in West Bank before it was too late

 Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband says the UK had to "call out" Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank before it was "too late" to save the two-state solution

• He tells the BBC the prospect of a Palestinian state alongside Israel is "being destroyed by the facts on the ground". He also rejects the chief rabbi's claim that British sanctions could lead to increased antisemitism for Jewish people in the UK. 

  
  
  Miliband made it clear he felt now was the moment to act against Israel as it continues expanding into the West Bank, writes our chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet

• On Tuesday, Miliband told Parliament the UK would ban the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank

• Miliband also said "settler terrorists" were carrying out "ethnic cleansing" - accusing the Israeli government of turning a "blind eye"

• Within hours, Israel responded with four "counter-measures" against the UK - including the closure of the UK consulate in Jerusalem, which is expected to shut in the next 30 days

• FULL REPORT AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cmp8djn8983gt

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