Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are taking part in marches across France as five unions join strikes and protests in a national day of action.

The protests began in September with high school students complaining about poor conditions and resources in education, but have spread to include the so-called “yellow-vest” movement and workers.

Authorities expect 500,000 to 700,000 demonstrators to join marches, with tens of thousands more in Paris alone, in a day billed by one union leader as “a great day of convergence”.

The five unions have combined forces across the public and private sector, with demands for higher wages to combat the cost of living and protected public services.

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has said that 70,000 police and gendarmes are being deployed, vowing “an extremely firm response” to any potential outbreaks of violence.

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AI juggernaut Anthropic could “pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity,” its owners warned last week, “if not developed, deployed, and operated with appropriate safeguards, oversight, and security measures”.

It’s one of many similarly dire predictions AI companies have made about their own products in recent months, but this one is distinct, because it is part of the company’s pitch to future shareholders. Anthropic will be the first fully AI-focused company to list on the US stock market, with what is expected to be a record-breaking valuation. Launching its IPO means revealing truths about its finances and its ethics to the public.

So what’s in that public filing? And why does Anthropic’s leadership want investors to believe AI might destroy the world? The BBC’s AI correspondent Marc Cieslak joins The Global Story’s Asma Khalid to explain.

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00:00 Introduction
01:02 What it means for Anthropic to go public
04:06 Anthropic owners’ concerns over AI safety
07:55 Why Anthropic is the first AI company to go public
11:03 Anthropic warn of risks in IPO filing
13:01 Why do they think people want to invest in their company?
15:31 The possible global impact
18:48 What does going public mean for Anthropic’s ethics?

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At 23:41 ET, Senator Jon Ossoff was projected to win his race against Republican challenger Mike Collins.

His victory was not unexpected – Ossoff had a comfortable lead in the polls over his Republican challenger, Rep Mike Collins, heading into election day.

But Republicans had still hoped this would be a more competitive race. It’s a state that has voted reliably red for decades. President Donald Trump won it in 2024, after Joe Biden eked out a narrow win there in 2020.

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The Court of Appeal judges have ruled Vickrum Digwa’s original 21-year jail sentence for the murder of Henry Nowak was unduly …

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