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• Finance ministers and top bankers raise serious concerns about Mythos AI model - BBC17 April 2026, 1:34 am
  Finance ministers and top bankers raise serious concerns about Mythos AI model  BBCProject Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era  AnthropicThe Mythos cyber scare signals the economics of AI scarcity  Financial TimesWhy Anthropic and OpenAI are locking up their latest models  The EconomistThe AI model that’s ‘too powerful’ to be released to the public  BBC
  
• Gibbs-White’s early strike decisive as Nottingham Forest edge past 10-man Porto - The Guardian17 April 2026, 1:30 am
  Gibbs-White’s early strike decisive as Nottingham Forest edge past 10-man Porto  The GuardianNottingham Forest 1-0 Porto (2-1 on aggregate): Forest reach first European semi-final in 42 years  BBCNottingham Forest 1-0 Porto (agg 2-1): Europa League quarter-final, second leg – as it happened  The GuardianNottingham Forest 1-0 Porto (Agg: 2-1): Morgan Gibbs-White sends Vitor Pereira's side through to Europa League semi-final vs Aston Villa  Sky SportsNottm Forest 1-0 FC Porto (16 Apr, 2026) Game Analysis  ESPN
  
• Red hair gene favoured by natural selection over last 10,000 years, study finds - The Guardian17 April 2026, 12:45 am
  Red hair gene favoured by natural selection over last 10,000 years, study finds  The GuardianNatural selection ‘favours gingers’, researchers at Harvard find  The TelegraphAncient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia  NatureRedheads are genetic winners? Ha, I knew it  The TimesMassive Ancient-DNA Study Reveals Natural Selection Has Accelerated in Recent Human Evolution  Harvard Medical School
  
• Aston Villa: How Unai Emery turned spectacular European nights into Villa's new normal - BBC16 April 2026, 11:22 pm
  Aston Villa: How Unai Emery turned spectacular European nights into Villa's new normal  BBCAston Villa 4-0 Bologna: Unai Emery's side set up Europa League semi-final against Nottingham Forest  BBCAston Villa vs Bologna LIVE! Europa League quarter-final match updates, commentary, news and score  Sky SportsWatkins breaks record as Aston Villa cruise past Bologna into all-English semi-final  The GuardianAston Villa 4-0 Bologna (7-1 agg)  Aston Villa Football Club
  
• Trump's Lebanon ceasefire takes Israel by surprise - BBC16 April 2026, 10:55 pm
  Trump's Lebanon ceasefire takes Israel by surprise  BBCMiddle East war live: Israel-Lebanon ceasefire takes effect  Financial TimesIran war live: Ceasefire starts in Lebanon as Trump says Tehran deal close  Al JazeeraTrump news at a glance: president urges Hezbollah to act ‘nicely and well’ as Israel-Lebanon ceasefire begins  The GuardianLive updates: Ceasefire in Lebanon goes into effect as Trump voices confidence in Iran deal  CNN
  
• Foreign Office’s top civil servant Olly Robbins forced out over Mandelson vetting row - The Guardian16 April 2026, 10:51 pm
  Foreign Office’s top civil servant Olly Robbins forced out over Mandelson vetting row  The GuardianKeir Starmer did not know Mandelson failed vetting, government says  BBC'Starmer in peril' and 'Gunners hero dead'  BBCStarmer can’t survive the Mandelson crisis now  The TelegraphPeter Mandelson failed US ambassador vetting – but was given the job anyway  The Independent
  
• The Apprentice 2026 winner revealed - "Nothing in my life will ever compare" - BBC16 April 2026, 9:02 pm
  The Apprentice 2026 winner revealed - "Nothing in my life will ever compare"  BBC'All-female Apprentice final great for young girls'  BBCKarishma has saved The Apprentice – by having a brain  The i PaperApprentice winner reveals her plans with Lord Sugar’s £250k investment  The IndependentThe Apprentice Final 2026: When is the last episode of Lord Sugar's reality show  The Scotsman
  
• Saudi cash deadline leaves LIV facing fight for survival - The Telegraph16 April 2026, 9:01 pm
  Saudi cash deadline leaves LIV facing fight for survival  The TelegraphIs this the beginning of the end for LIV Golf?  BBCLIV and let die: golf rebels count cost of Saudi cutbacks and other sports fear worst | Matt Hughes  The GuardianLIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil says season will continue 'full throttle' amid reports of Saudi Arabia cutting financial backing  Sky SportsSaudi Arabia’s PIF on verge of cutting support for LIV Golf  Financial Times
  
• It will take more than £600m a year to boost UK industrial competitiveness | Nils Pratley - The Guardian16 April 2026, 8:57 pm
  It will take more than £600m a year to boost UK industrial competitiveness | Nils Pratley  The GuardianScheme to support energy-intensive firms to be expanded  BBCGovernment cuts electricity bill for 10,000 manufacturers in boost for UK competitiveness  GOV.UKRachel Reeves is warned of more factory closures as she delays energy support  The TelegraphFears government cash will come too late to save manufacturing jobs  Sky News
  
• Artemis II crew talk about their Moon mission - live updates - BBC16 April 2026, 7:59 pm
  Artemis II crew talk about their Moon mission - live updates  BBCThe Artemis II astronauts are set to take questions about their moon journey  CNNArtemis astronaut describes charring on heat shield during crew's fiery return to Earth  ReutersA Hug for Home Away from Home  NASA (.gov)Artemis II astronauts: What they said in first post‑Moon Q&A  BBC
  
• Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium supply - Vanguard News16 April 2026, 7:50 pm
  Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium supply  Vanguard NewsTrump says Iran agrees to hand over ‘nuclear dust’  The Washington PostTrump says uranium will be ‘taken care of’ – as it happened | US-Israel war on Iran  The Guardian'Iran ready to hand over uranium': Trump makes big claim; Tehran denies any deal reached  The Times of IndiaTrump claims Iran agrees to hand over enriched uranium, says deal very close  India Today
  
• Mum accused of murder says she was 'smoking crack as man stabbed to death' - Liverpool Echo16 April 2026, 7:32 pm
  Mum accused of murder says she was 'smoking crack as man stabbed to death'  Liverpool EchoMan stabbed to death as 'tooled up mob burst into Liverpool flat in drugs taxing'  The MirrorMurder suspect 'chased co-defendant into B&M' after claim he stabbed drug dealer  Daily RecordMurder suspects went to Nabzys for takeaway after man stabbed to death  Liverpool EchoMum 'hinted she organised' robbery in which man was stabbed to death, trial hears  Liverpool Echo
  
• Pope says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ amid feud with Trump’s White House - The Guardian16 April 2026, 7:25 pm
  Pope says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ amid feud with Trump’s White House  The GuardianPope criticises 'tyrants' who spend billions on wars, days after Trump spat  BBCI thought hell would freeze over before I agreed with the pope. But in a world riven by cruelty, that day has finally come  The GuardianThe pope versus the president: how Leo became Trump’s fearless foe  Financial TimesU.S. Bishops’ Chairman on Doctrine Issues Clarification on Just War Theory  usccb
  
• Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthews announce surprise pregnancy - Metro.co.uk16 April 2026, 6:58 pm
  Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthews announce surprise pregnancy  Metro.co.ukVogue Williams and Spencer Matthews announce 'baby No 4'  RTE.ieVogue Williams reveals she's expecting her fourth child with husband Spencer Matthews in sweet holiday photos  The SunVogue Williams and Spencer Matthews announce fourth baby on the way  RSVP LiveVogue Williams reveals she's pregnant  Yahoo News UK
  
• Reeves vows to cut link between gas and electricity prices in UK - Financial Times16 April 2026, 6:47 pm
  Reeves vows to cut link between gas and electricity prices in UK  Financial TimesReeves looking to break link between gas cost and electricity prices  The GuardianUK Government Looking at Delinking Gas and Electricity Prices  Bloomberg.comHousehold bills to drop by hundreds in major government energy bill shake-up  dailystar.co.ukReeves vows to break link between cost of gas and electricity prices in boost for UK households  The Independent