China’s success in technology has not come out of thin air, even given the unlikely origins of the DeepSeek deep shock. The obscure Hangzhou hedge fund that coded a ChatGPT competitor as a $6m side project emerges from a concerted effort to invest in future generations of technology. This is not an accident. This is…

Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent Tom Symonds & Helen Catt Political correspondents House of Commons There are no plans to expand the definition of extremism, Home Office minister Dan Jarvis has said, following reports it could be broadened to cover potentially violent environmentalists and misogynists. He said Islamist extremism followed by far right extremism were…

Family handout Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died when a Land Rover crashed into their school playground The driver of a car that crashed into a school tea party, killing two eight-year-old girls, has been rearrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Claire Freemantle, 48, previously expressed her “deepest sorrow” and said she…

A jury has found three lifeguards not guilty of failing to take “reasonable care for the health and safety of others” on the night Armagh swimmer Christopher Rogers died. Mr Rogers, 20, passed away after blacking out during a swim training session at Armagh’s Orchard Leisure Centre in April 2017. During the session he had…

One former England coach previously suggested to me that Australia were genetically superior, a statement that would perhaps test the credulity of most evolutionary scientists. Lewis, meanwhile, was criticised after saying the Australian climate is a big advantage: “I walked from Bondi to Coogee the other Sunday morning and pretty much the whole of the…

Cardiff University has confirmed plans to cut 400 full-time jobs amid a funding shortfall. The proposals to save money could also involve school and subject closures and school mergers, with nursing, music and modern languages among the subjects being cut. The University and College Union said it would fight plans for compulsory redundancies. The university…

Isaac Ashe BBC News, Leicester Getty Images/Facebook/Instagram (Left to right): Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Kaveporn Punpare, Nusara Suknamai, Izabela Roza Lechowicz and Eric Swaffer were killed in the crash A helicopter crash in which five people were killed at Leicester City’s King Power Stadium was an accident, an inquest jury has concluded. The football club’s chairman Vichai…