Now playing Next Tech News Slack is adding AI agents. This is what you can do with them The new AI features could help humans with tasks such as drafting emails. 16/09/2024
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Now playing Next Europe News Starmer seeks to learn from Italy's 'dramatic' decline in migrants The centre-left Labour Party prime minister isn't a natural ally of Giorgia Meloni, who heads the far-right Brothers of Italy party, yet the two sides hope to work together to reduce irregular migration to Europe and improve the UK's relations with the rest of the continent. 16/09/2024
Now playing Next Eco-Innovation This Swedish vertical farm grows vegetables inside of supermarket This in-store farming solution uses a hydroponic method, where plants are grown in rockwool plugs in water without soil. 15/09/2024
Now playing Next Ukraine Battling the echo chamber: Osavul takes on Russian disinformation Russian disinformation adapts to different audiences, from young people to political groups. Osavul's co-founder explains how to recognise these tactics. 15/09/2024
Now playing Next Iran Iran says it successfully launched domestic-made satellite into space The West is concerned that Tehran might be advancing its ballistic missile systems and that this development could also help its nuclear weapons programme. 14/09/2024
Now playing Next Democratic Republic Of Congo Briton and Belgian amongst 37 people sentenced to death in DR Congo A military court in DR Congo handed down death sentences on Friday to 37 people after convicting them on charges of participating in a coup attempt. 14/09/2024
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Now playing Next Europe News Russia expels six UK diplomats over espionage allegations The diplomats' activities threatened Russia's security and were aimed at ensuring Moscow's defeat in its war against Ukraine, according to domestic media. 13/09/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Starmer says Putin started Ukraine war and can end it any time Starmer's comments come a day after it emerged that the US and UK had made the decision to allow Ukraine to use partly British-made Storm Shadow missiles to strike targets deeper inside Russia. 12/09/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Austrian security forces raid 72 alleged Islamic extremists Tuesday's raids came a month after authorities foiled a plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna which were subsequently cancelled. 12/09/2024
Now playing Next Tech News How will the US’ new tech sanctions affect Russia? The US’s latest sanctions come into force on Thursday and are also targeted at countries that trade with Russia. 12/09/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Google’s AI model subject to Irish privacy inquiry The Irish privacy watchdog will check whether Google's development of its AI model is compliant with the EU data protection regulation. 12/09/2024