The US has admitted, for the first time, that it deployed a space weapon in Earth’s orbit.

It said the weapon was necessary to safeguard US forces against hostile enemy action, but didn’t elaborate on the weapon’s capabilities or when it was put into orbit.

Details of how it operates have not been disclosed by US officials. So what do we know so far?

In this video…

01:12 – How has the world responded?
01:36 – What weapons are up there?
02:43 – Why does the US have weapons in space?
03:55 – What is the ‘golden dome’?
04:53 – What is the Outer-Space Treaty?
05:15 – What if someone breaks the treaty?
05:49 – What is the US Space Force?
06:03 – What does the US Space Force do?
07:18 – What are other countries doing?
09:14 – Should we be worried?

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Scotland has become the first country in the world to make period products free for all.

MSPs unanimously approved the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday.

There is now a legal duty on local authorities to ensure that free items such as tampons and sanitary pads are available to “anyone who needs them”.

The bill was introduced by Labour MSP Monica Lennon. She has been campaigning to end period poverty since 2016.

She said it was a “practical and progressive” piece of legislation made all the more vital because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Periods don’t stop for pandemics and the work to improve access to essential tampons, pads and reusables has never been more important,” she added.

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A look at a false claim made by the prime minister about Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and its fallout.

Outside Source’s Ros Atkins talks through what was said, the political reaction and the targeting of Sir Keir by protesters near Parliament.

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It’s a sex abuse scandal that has gripped the world. But despite all the headlines and stories, important questions remain unanswered about Jeffrey Epstein.

How did he become so powerful? How did he befriend so many important people? And where did the money come from that allowed him to abuse hundreds of girls and young women?

Panorama follows the crooked money trail to show how Epstein conned and ingratiated his way into the lives of the super-rich and then used their money to fund his global sex trafficking operation.

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China’s President Xi Jinping will meet Donald Trump later this month with the issue of AI governance high on the agenda.

In recent weeks there has been increasing concern around the risks that AI might pose to humanity, after a safety researcher at Anthropic suggested the technology could, “kill all humans” within the next decade.

Washington has long framed the United States’ development of AI as a race against China – one that it considers vital to its national security. But does China see it the same way? And if so, what are the chances of these rival superpowers cooperating to reign in the risks of AI?

The Global Story’s Asma Khalid is joined by Kyle Chan, a fellow at the Brookings Institute and an expert on Chinese tech development, to understand how China’s AI ambitions differ from the US, and what‘s really at stake if these two countries fail to find common ground on this era-defining technology.

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00:00 Introduction
02:20 Will AI kill us all?
03:28 Why could AI be dangerous?
05:42 AI race between China and US
10:58 China’s AI history
13:49 The impact of DeepSeek
17:35 Trump’s AI risk comments and China
24:57 Could we see an AI slowdown?

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