The week around the world in 20 pictures

Crisis in the Middle East, Russian shelling in Ukraine, Artemis’s lunar flyby and World Press Photo winners – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Warning: this gallery contains images some readers may find distressing Continue reading…

Bessent, Powell summon Wall Street CEOs for emergency meeting over Anthropic AI risks amid Pentagon dispute

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street bank heads to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for a flash meeting to warn them of cybersecurity threats posed by AI giant Anthropic, according to a Thursday night report from Bloomberg. Bessent and Powell convened the last-minute meeting at Treasury’s D.C. headquarters in … Read more

Kamala Harris says she’s ‘thinking about’ running for president again in 2028

Former vice-president spoke before a crowd at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network gathering in New York US politics live – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Kamala Harris said she is “thinking about” running in the 2028 presidential election. “I might, I might. I’m thinking about it,” the former vice-president … Read more