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India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has been sentenced to two years in prison in a criminal defamation case.

Mr Gandhi, from the Congress party, was convicted at a court in Gujarat state for comments he made about Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s surname during an election rally in 2019.

He will not go to jail immediately – he was granted bail for 30 days and will file an appeal against the conviction.

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The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution put forward by the UK that will create an investigation into the war crimes committed by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi people. For the last year, Amal Clooney has been representing Nadia Murad – a Nobel Peace Prize nominee who was captured and tortured by IS. Ms Murad, 24, is a human rights advocate who had been public about the injustices towards the Yazidi people.
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US President Donald Trump has said fears about the safety of artificial intelligence (AI) are a “hoax”, as he criticised calls to have more guardrails in place for the fast-moving technology.

OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks people should have more faith in his company and others like it to do the right thing when it comes to AI development amid rising public concerns about all the risks.

“The world should trust that we are going to do the right thing because it’s the right thing and we feel the magnitude of this,” Altman said on Tuesday during a conference in San Francisco.

However, Altman noted that people were justified in their fears around AI, as the capability of the tools has progressed rapidly.

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US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his support for a united Ireland.

He’s on day two of a visit, which he is spending at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, County Clare, for the Irish Open.

On Saturday, Trump told reporters he would love to see a united Ireland while at a meeting with the Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin in Dublin.

Speaking on Sunday at his Doonbeg golf resort, he said it would be natural to put Ireland and Northern Ireland “together”.

He spoke to reporters after watching the tournament leader Irish golfer Shane Lowry tee off.

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