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OpenAI restructures into public-benefit firm, Microsoft takes 27% stake The deal removes a major constraint on raising capital for OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and values the firm at $500bn.…

Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales dies aged 93 21 minutes agoEmma Saunders,Culture reporter and Paul Glynn,Culture reporter BBC Images Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales has died aged 93, her family…

Why Hurricane Melissa is so dangerous 17 minutes agoRachel Hagan and Mark Poynting,Climate Reporter Getty ImagesThe storm intensified from a tropical system to a Category 5 hurricane in just one…

Alleged stalker tells of tears outside McCann home 5 minutes agoMatt Taylor and Dan Hunt,Leicester Julia WandeltJulia Wandelt has given her version of events about a face-to-face encounter with the…

Councils paying school transport costs for 470,000 pupils in England 15 minutes agoHazel ShearingEducation correspondent Getty Nearly half a million under-16s in England use taxis, buses and other transport funded…

Palestinian grandparents care for 36 children orphaned by Israel in Gaza More than 39,000 children in Gaza have lost one or both of their parents since Israel’s war on Gaza…

Israel claims Gaza deal breach over captive body, explosions heard in south Gunfire, Israeli shelling and explosions have been reported in Rafah and the eastern part of Khan Younis in…

News Eleven killed in Kenya plane crash near Maasai Mara National Reserve Eight Hungarian and two German passengers were onboard, and the Kenyan pilot was also killed, Mombasa Air Safari…

Record rains drive flooding in Vietnam, submerging ancient city Vietnam’s weather agency has recorded its highest level of rainfall for a 24-hour period in the historic city of Hue. Floodwaters…

Tesla chair warns Musk may quit if trillion-dollar pay deal is rejected The warning comes as Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services urge shareholders to vote against the proposed pay…