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South Africa’s rugby team have arrived back home from France after winning the World Cup for a record fourth time. The team were met at OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg by a huge, rapturous crowd on Tuesday. South Africa is the most successful team at the World Cup after winning four titles in eight appearances. Captain Siya Kolisi greeted supporters at the airport with the Webb Ellis Cup, won on Sunday after a nail-biting match against New Zealand. — CutC by bbc.com

South Australian police are searching for the body of a man thought to have been killed in a shark attack. The 55-year-old was surfing near Granites Beach south of Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula on Tuesday morning local time when witnesses reported seeing him being attacked. The authorities have been scouring the area by air and water with the assistance of local volunteers. It is the third serious shark attack in the state this year. Another surfer was killed in May about 120km from Streaky Bay, while a third suffered a non-fatal attack earlier this month. It is not clear…

Sam Altman thinks the technology underpinning his company’s most famous product could bring about the end of human civilization. In May, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman filed into a Senate subcommittee hearing room in Washington, DC, with an urgent plea to lawmakers: Create thoughtful regulations that embrace the powerful promise of artificial intelligence – while mitigating the risk that it overpowers humanity. It was a defining moment for him and for the future of AI. With the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT late last year, Altman, 38, emerged overnight as the poster child for a new crop of AI tools that can generate images…

When polls close on November 7, Ohio will either become the latest state to enshrine abortion rights into its constitution or enter a period of uncertainty as the state Supreme Court considers allowing a six-week abortion ban to be enforced. For Joel Spring, a 33-year-old from West Chester, neither option seems ideal. Spring said he’s “pro-life” but also thinks “we have to have some legal abortion,” with a cutoff somewhere in the first or second trimester. The state’s six-week ban went too far, he said, but so does Issue 1, a ballot initiative that would prevent the state from restricting abortion access before fetal viability, which…

Saudi Arabia is set to host the 2034 World Cup after Australia decided against bidding to stage the tournament. Football Australia confirmed its decision only hours before Fifa’s deadline for declarations of interest on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia is the only other nation to bid. “We have reached the conclusion not to do so for the 2034 competition,” read a statement from Football Australia. The 2026 World Cup will take place in the US, Mexico and Canada. Morocco, Portugal and Spain will host the 2030 tournament, with matches also in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Saudi Arabia has hosted several major sporting events…

As the conflict between Israel and Hamas intensifies, an unlikely development has emerged – China playing the part of peace broker. But there are limits to what it can achieve. China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, discussed the conflict with officials in Washington at the weekend amid fears of a bigger regional war. The US has pledged it would work with China on trying to find a resolution. Mr Wang has also spoken to his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts after China’s Middle East special envoy Zhai Jun flew to the region to meet Arab leaders. It has also been one of…

As two of Boris Johnson’s closest aides during the pandemic – Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain – prepare to give evidence at the Covid inquiry later, our political editor Chris Mason reflects on what we’ve heard so far. Shambolic dysfunction in Downing Street, with thousands upon thousands of lives at stake. That is the claim, to the Covid inquiry, from some of those who worked very closely alongside Boris Johnson during the pandemic. They are painting a picture of chaos, and of a prime minister they claim was temperamentally unsuited to the scale of the challenge the pandemic confronted him…

Energy giant BP has reported lower than expected profits despite global oil prices rising again. The company posted profits of $3.3bn (£2.7bn) between July and September, lower than predictions of $4bn. Its earnings were down from $8.1bn in the same period in 2022 when BP made huge profits following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which led to oil prices soaring. Oil prices are currently lower than that period, but have risen recently. BP said while oil production was strong, gas trading had been “weak” in recent months. Its latest results are the first to be released after Bernard Looney resigned as…

Police in India have arrested a man in connection with a series of explosions at a Jehovah’s Witnesses meeting in the southern state of Kerala. Three people were killed and more than 50 injured in the blasts at a programme held by the Christian-based religious movement on Sunday. Police said the man, Dominic Martin, was arrested under an anti-terror law. He had earlier posted a video claiming responsibility for the attacks and surrendered to police. The blasts took place during the last day of a prayer session organised by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the town of Kalamassery, about 10km (six miles) north-east of…

Two people have been injured in a shooting at a hospital in the central Japanese city of Toda, local media report. The suspect, possibly in his 40s or 50s, fled on a motorcycle and is currently at large. Meanwhile, at least one person has been taken hostage inside a post office in neighbouring Warabi, the city said. It is as yet unclear if the two incidents are connected. Japanese media has aired footage of a man carrying a gun and standing at the entrance of a post office near the Toda Chuo General Hospital where the two people were shot.…