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Heavy rains and strong winds from a severe cyclonic storm have been battering India’s southern coast with reports that several people have died. Thousands of people living in low-lying areas have been evacuated in the states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Many residential areas of the city of Chennai have been flooded, with cars swept away and trees uprooted. Chennai airport, one of the busiest in India, shut down its operations on Monday. Police in Chennai said that six people had been killed – the causes of death included falling structures and electrocution. Two people were killed when rain…

A former Tesla employee has told the BBC he believes the technology powering the firm’s self-driving vehicles is not safe enough to be used on public roads. Lucasz Krupski leaked data, including customer complaints about Tesla’s braking and self-driving software, to German newspaper Handelsblatt in May. He said attempts to highlight his concerns internally had been ignored. Tesla did not respond to requests for comment. Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, has championed its self-driving technology. “Tesla has by far the best real-world AI,” Mr Musk said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday. But, in his first…

Hundreds of rescuers are searching for 12 hikers still missing after a deadly volcano eruption in Indonesia. The search on Sumatra’s Mount Marapi was halted on Monday due to safety concerns as there were continual eruptions. Eleven hikers were killed after Marapi erupted over the weekend. Five of their bodies have been brought down. The volcano spewed a 3km (9,800ft) ash cloud into the air, dimming the sky and blanketing surrounding villages in ash. Most of the 75 hikers in the area during the eruption were evacuated. About 200 more people were deployed to help with the search on Tuesday…

Canadian entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his partner have been found dead in the Caribbean island nation of Dominica under suspicious circumstances. The bodies of Mr Langlois and Dominique Marchand were discovered on Friday, reportedly in a burnt-out vehicle. The couple had been missing for several days from an eco-resort they owned on the island. Mr Langlois founded Softimage, an animation software firm whose product was used in major blockbuster films. Three foreign nationals and one Dominican have been taken into custody over the incident, according to Dominica News Online, which cited Dominica’s National Security and Legal Affairs Minister Rayburn Blackmoore.…

One of the most highly anticipated games of a generation is one step closer to being released. Rockstar Games has announced Grand Theft Auto 6 will be unveiled in a trailer on 5 December at 1400 GMT. However, it is still unknown when the game itself will be released. Despite this, many fans are excited, and Rockstar’s post on X announcing the trailer launch has already had 26 million views in just under two hours. It has been 10 years since Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto 5, which is the second best-selling video game ever behind Minecraft, having sold more than…

Clean energy stocks are out of vogue, as higher interest rates and lagging efforts to combat climate change dog the sector. Those obstacles might not go away anytime soon. The iShares Global Clean Energy exchange-traded fund, which tracks the performance of sectors from renewable electricity to semiconductors to solar energy, has slumped 27% this year, underperforming the MSCI All-Country World index’s 15% gain. The fund is on pace for its third straight annual loss. Plug Power shares have slipped 63% this year, Enphase Energy shares have plunged 60%, SolarEdge Technologies shares have declined 71% and NextEra Energy shares have slid…

Eleven climbers have died and another dozen are missing in Indonesia following the eruption of a highly active volcano in the province of West Sumatra, officials told CNN on Monday. Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia has 127 active volcanos – more volcanoes than anywhere else in the world – and Mount Marapi is among the country’s most active. The 2,891 metre (9,500 feet) high volcano erupted on Sunday, spewing volcanic ash and sending giant plumes of smoke into the sky. Evacuations are underway in the area, Abdul Malik, head of search and rescue teams in West Sumatra, told CNN and…

Venezuelans have voted overwhelmingly in favour of claiming a disputed oil-rich territory long controlled by neighbouring Guyana. More than 95% approved establishing a new state in Essequibo, officials say. Caracas says the region has been part of Venezuela since independence from Spain 200 years ago, but Guyana says it was awarded to what was then British Guiana in the late 19th Century. The dispute flared up again in 2015 after a major offshore oil discovery. President Nicolás Maduro hailed the referendum result as an “overwhelming victory for ‘Yes’ throughout Venezuela”. Essequibo, an area of 159,500 sq km (61,600 sq miles),…

Edinburgh Zoo has always known that its two giant pandas would eventually be sent back to China and preparations have been under way for years. The initial 10-year loan was extended by two years but now the 20-year-old pandas, who have become a major visitor attraction, are about to head to Sichuan province. “There’s a whole lot of logistics that have to happen,” says Darren McGarry, head of living collections at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), which runs the zoo. It has spent a long time making complex arrangements to safely send the pandas to the China Wildlife…

Alaska Air (ALK) on Sunday announced it will buy rival Hawaiian Airlines (HA) for $1.9 billion. The acquisition was the culmination of “several months” of negotiations, according to Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci. It will include $900 million in Hawaiian Airlines debt. “This is a fantastic deal that bring two airlines that have amazing loyalties in our regions together,” said Minicucci in a news conference, adding that the merger will give customers in both states expanded domestic and international choices. The deal, which is forecast to take between nine and 18 months, will see both companies keep their brands, a unique decision Minicucci…