LA officials giving update as fire crews battle three blazes
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Three wildfires are still burning in the Los Angeles area - officials are giving an update on the blazes which you can watch live above
Most schools in LA will reopen on Monday as the district says it's "confident" it's safe for students to return
It comes as weather forecasters are warning the strong winds which fuelled the infernos last week are expected to pick up again
But these gusts - forecast to peak at 70mph (110km/h) on Tuesday - are within normal ranges for Santa Ana winds, fire crews tell the BBC
The number of people killed has risen to 24
‘Just the start’: X’s new AI software driving online racist abuse, experts warn
Amid reports of creation of fake racist images, Signify warns problem will get ‘so much worse’ over the next year
A rise in online racism driven by fake images is “just the start of a coming problem” after the latest release of X’s AI software, online abuse experts have warned.
Concerns were raised after computer-generated images created using Grok, X’s generative artificial intelligence chatbot, flooded the social media site in December last year.
Signify, an organisation that works with prominent groups and clubs in sports to track and report online hate, said it has seen an increase in reports of abuse since Grok’s latest update, and believes the introduction of photorealistic AI will make it far more prevalent.
Malala Yousafzai says Taliban do not see women as human beings
Activist urges Muslim leaders to confront Afghanistan’s government over its oppressive policies against girls and women
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has called on Muslim leaders to confront the Taliban government in Afghanistan for its oppressive policies against girls and women.
Speaking at an international conference on girls’ education in Muslim nations, hosted by Pakistan in Islamabad, the activist said the Taliban’s actions “go against everything our faith stands for”.
“Simply put, the Taliban in Afghanistan do not see women as human beings,” she said.
Israel kills 45 Palestinians as US sees possible Gaza deal this week
- Israeli forces kill at least five Palestinians in an attack on Salah al-Din School in Gaza City that sheltered forcibly displaced people.
- At least 45 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn on Monday, Al Jazeera Arabic reports, citing medical sources.
- The latest attacks came as Israel’s siege of north Gaza crossed the 100-day mark, with Palestinian officials saying some 5,000 people have been killed or are missing since the offensive began.
- US President Joe Biden has meanwhile stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as negotiations continue in the Qatari capital, Doha.
Reports in Israel of positive progress towards Gaza ceasefire deal
There are a lot of reports within Israel of positive progress towards a deal. They are saying Israel is bringing what they can to the negotiating table.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid said Qatari officials who briefed him on how the negotiations are going said Hamas was not interested in thwarting the deal, that they were onboard.
But there are still a lot of divisions within the far-right Israeli government. Netanyahu met with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to try to warm him up to the idea of a deal, but this morning Smotrich released a statement saying he would not be part of any deal, that it’s “a threat to national security.”
With South Korea in Crisis, Eight Justices Will Decide President’s Fate
The Constitutional Court, an arbiter in a polarized nation, is about to consider whether Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment for declaring martial law was justified.
Reporting from Seoul
For six weeks, South Korea has lurched through its worst political crisis in decades, throwing the resilience of the country’s democracy into question. On Tuesday, it takes the biggest step toward a resolution, when the Constitutional Court begins deliberating whether to remove or reinstate the country’s impeached president.
The eight justices on the court will be the final arbiters on the fate of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached and suspended from office on Dec. 14 by the National Assembly for his short-lived declaration of martial law 11 days earlier.
The stakes are high. Rival groups of citizens have rallied for weeks, some in front of the court, either calling for Mr. Yoon’s ouster or demanding his return to office. Hard-liners on both sides have warned of “civil war” if the court does not rule in their favor.
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