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Donald Trump has announced the US will impose an additional 100% tariff on China imports, accusing it of taking an “extraordinarily aggressive position” on trade.In a post to his Truth Social platform on Friday, the US president said Beijing had sent an “extremely hostile letter to the world” and imposed “large-scale export controls on virtually every product they make”. Mr Trump, who warned the additional tariffs would start on 1 November, said the US would also impose export controls on all critical software to China.The president added that he was imposing the tariffs because of export controls placed on rare…

Tom Hollander says he’s not worried about AI actors replacing real ones and thinks the creation of synthetic performers will only boost the value of authentic, live performance.The 58-year-old plays entrepreneur Cameron Beck in The Iris Affair, a drama about the world’s most powerful quantum computer. Dubbed “Charlie Big Potatoes” – it could eat ChatGPT for breakfast.It’s a timely theme in a world where artificial intelligence is advancing at pace, and just last week, the world’s first AI starlet – Tilly Norwood – made her Hollywood debut.Hollander is not impressed. He suggests rumours that Norwood is in talks with talent…

Gregg Wallace is suing the BBC and one of its subsidiaries for causing him “distress and harassment”, after being sacked from the corporation in July.The former MasterChef presenter is claiming up to £10,000 in damages from the BBC and BBC Studios Distribution Limited, who he says failed to disclose his personal data, according to court documents. Wallace, 60, apologised after a report, commissioned by the cooking show’s production company Banijay UK, upheld multiple historical accusations against him, largely for the use of inappropriate language and humour, but including one of “unwanted physical contact”.Wallace suggested his recently diagnosed autism had played…

Messaging platform Discord has said the official ID photos of around 70,000 users have been stolen by hackers.The app, which is popular with gamers and teenagers, said the hackers targeted a firm responsible for verifying the ages of its users. Discord said its own platform was not breached. The stolen data could include personal information, partial credit card numbers and messages with Discord’s customer service agents, the firm said.No full credit card details, passwords or messages and activity beyond conversations with Discord customer support were leaked, it added.Discord said it had revoked the third-party service’s access and was continuing to…

A new generation of artificial intelligence that provides a “confidence rating” of its answers could make algorithms more trustworthy and speed their rollout in safety-critical situations.Scientists developing the technology called “uncertainty-aware AI” say it removes the risk of hallucinations – fictitious answers created by computer algorithms when they have incomplete or conflicting data. The new AI assistant would instead provide its best assessment of a situation when faced with patchy evidence, but confirm that it wasn’t sure.A human operator would then be able to judge how much weight to put on the answer and seek additional information where necessary. Image:…

Tim Westwood has been charged with four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault. The charges relate to seven different women during a period from 1983 to 2016, the Metropolitan Police said. The youngest was aged 17 at the time of the alleged assault.The 68-year-old former BBC Radio 1 DJ will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 10 November.Police have said the former broadcaster is alleged to have indecently assaulted a 17-year-old girl in the Fulham area of London in 1983. He is also accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her…

Dolly Parton’s sister has said that the country singer is “going to be just fine” after worrying fans by asking for prayers.Freida Parton had asked people to pray for the singer on Tuesday. “Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately,” Ms Parton wrote in a Facebook post.”I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been [led] to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me.”She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers…

The Danish government is proposing a ban on several social media apps for under-15s, according to the country’s prime minister.”We have unleashed a monster,” Mette Frederiksen told Denmark’s parliament on Tuesday. “Mobile phones and social media are stealing our children’s childhood.”Research published by Denmark’s wellbeing commission earlier this year found 94% of the country’s young people had a social media profile before they turned 13 – despite that being the minimum age for many social media platforms.It also found nine to 14-year-olds were spending an average of three hours a day on TikTok and YouTube. Ms Frederiksen did not give…

An extraordinary milestone was achieved overnight for the price of gold.The spot gold price topped $4,000 an ounce for the first time on record – and futures data suggests no let up in its upwards momentum for the rest of 2025. It was trading at $4,035 early on Wednesday morning.Money latest: ‘I want to create the Nike of lingerie’It has risen steadily since Trump 2.0 began in January, when it stood at a level around $2,600. Sky News was quick to report on the early reasons for a spike in the price when heavy outflows were witnessed at the Bank…

A 61-year-old man has been found guilty of stalking Myleene Klass by sending her an air gun, handcuffs, a police uniform and “disturbing” unwanted letters.Peter Windsor, 61, was found guilty of stalking both Ms Klass and her Classic FM colleague Katie Breathwick, at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday. Windsor, who suffers from schizophrenia and claimed to be not guilty by reason of insanity, sent the items to the station’s central London studios between 2020 and 2024.Former Hear’Say star Ms Klass said last week how she felt “sheer terror” after being sent an air pistol, a silver ring and a police…