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Nine people remain in a critical condition following a train crash on Friday near Bedford, about ​100 kilometres north of London, in which ‌the driver of one of the services was killed. Two passenger trains bound for London collided at around 5:15pm local ​time (1615 GMT) on Friday. The driver of one ​of the trains died at the scene. Providing an ⁠update on those injured in the crash on ​Saturday, British Transport Police Chief Constable Lucy D'Orsi said ​more than 80 people had received hospital treatment on Friday night. "As of this morning, 28 remain in hospital, and nine are ​in a critical condition," she said. Investigators were working to ​establish what caused the accident, D'Orsi added. Read More: Racing cars collision leaves four dead A video posted on social ‌media ⁠by one of the passengers on Friday showed what appeared to be the damaged front of one train entangled with the back of another, with the ​carriages remaining uprigh...

Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their use in the education of older children to prevent a negative impact on learning, the country’s prime minister said on Friday. Facing a broad decline in education test scores, the government in 2024 banned smartphones from schools and gave teachers more powers to enforce discipline in the classroom. Using AI increases the risk that young children skip important steps in their education, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told a press conference. “The most important thing in school is that our children learn to read, write and do mathematics,” Store said, adding that the new standards will be imposed from the new school year beginning in late August. Read More: The Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobs Pupils from first through seventh grade (ages 6 to 13) should generally not use AI, while those in lower secondary school (ages 14...

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday warned that India was pursuing what he described as a strategy of "hydro-hegemony", saying that at least 17 projects, including reservoir and river diversion schemes, were designed to alter the Indus river system drastically. In April last year, following a deadly attack on tourists in the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), India unilaterally suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) after accusing Pakistan of backing the attackers — a charge Islamabad categorically denied. The treaty has since remained at the centre of renewed tensions between the two neighbours over the sharing of transboundary water resources. Addressing the Brussels Conference on "Transboundary Water Resources: A Weaponised Global Common", Dar said India's actions went beyond rhetoric and posed a challenge to the IWT framework. Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50 ...

The Balochistan government on Wednesday unveiled a Rs1.089 trillion budget for the fiscal year 2026-27, setting aside Rs206 billion for development spending, announcing the creation of 5,000 government jobs and projecting Rs771 billion in transfers under the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award. The provincial cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti, unanimously approved the budget before Provincial Finance Minister Mir Shoaib Nosherwani presented it in the Balochistan Assembly. The total budget outlay stands at Rs1.089tr, including Rs797b for non-development expenditure and Rs206b for the Provincial Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). Of the development allocation, Rs106b has been earmarked for new schemes, while Rs100b has been reserved for the completion of ongoing projects. Read: CM Murad unveils Rs3.56tr Sindh budget, raises salaries and minimum wage The province will also receive Rs45b under federally funded development projects and Rs40b in f...

The United States has so far not released the full text of the interim US-Iran agreement to halt the war in Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz. But a draft copy reviewed by Reuters lays out in 14 points a high-level understanding that defers until a final agreement is signed many of the most difficult issues, such as how to wind down Iran's nuclear program. It ​paves the way for a broader 60-day negotiation period due to begin in Switzerland on Friday. The full draft document is published here verbatim: 1. The Islamic Republic of Iran and ‌the United States, together with their allies in the current war, declare upon the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding an immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, and undertake that from now on they will not launch any hostile action against each other, and will refrain from the threat or use of force against each other. The final agreement will confirm the provisions of this Article and the rem...

A proposed $300 billion private investment fund is part of the US-Iran framework agreement, with more than half the amount already committed, a source familiar with the negotiations told Reuters. The fund, tentatively named the Reconstruction and Development Fund, is designed to encourage investment in Iran and provide both sides with an economic incentive to reach a final agreement. According to the source, commitments exceeding $150 billion have already been secured from companies in the United States, Gulf states, Asia, South America and Africa. The fund would support projects in energy, logistics, manufacturing and transportation. The investment vehicle would not contain government money, grants or war reparations. It is also separate from discussions on sanctions relief and the release of frozen Iranian assets. A senior Iranian source said Tehran had initially sought $400 billion in compensation for war-related damages, but the idea evolved into a private investment fund ...